REOLINK E1 Outdoor Plug-in WiFi Security Camera, 5MP HD PTZ Camera for Home Security, Motion Tracking, 5GHz WiFi, 3X Optical Zoom, Person Vehicle Detection, Spotlight Color Night Vision, APP Control

Feature filled, flexible and local – great integration options for Home Assistant
After years of hearing recommendations from other Home Assistant users, I finally took the plunge and I’m sorry I waited so long. Setup was flawless. Great optics. Great options and detections. Local storage. A few different ways to get this cam into Home Assistant; I chose ONVIF because it gave me better control over the PTZ. The Reolink integration in Home Assistant is awesome, but the PTZ controls only allow you to pan or tilt and then you have to stop it manually or else it just keeps going. ONVIF integration allows control o speed, direction and distance so I went with that. You trade off having all the options and switches that the Reolink integration provides, but most of those are things you don’t need daily access to and can use the app. Very impressed and will be replacing some of my other cams with Reolink products!

Mixed bag, 3.5 stars
Too long; didn’t read version. Can be a challenge get it mounted just right. May have to resort to using either the app or desktop client if connecting it to wifi. Works well once everything it set up. Can be viewed and managed locally (without internet connectivity.)Arrived in a timely manor. I could not get it to connect to my wifi network via the web browser, but I was able to get it to connect via the app and the Reolink desktop client. The first camera I got had a “chirp” noise on the audio so I had Reolink send me a replacement. Reolink said I could keep the supplied accessories that came with the first camera as spares.Mounting the camera’s bracket can be a bit of a challenge to get perfect when it comes to making it level. When I first installed the bracket, my second hole was off a little bit that thew off the leveling. I’ll admit it’s partly on me, but it’s not easy to get things perfect when you’re up on a ladder and leaning over. The bracket doesn’t feature any adjustment to make it level. I later modified one of the holes on the bracket to allow for adjustment to avoid having to drill another set of holes.The camera itself works well after getting everything configured. The motion detection is far improved at ignoring bugs flying by over my RLC-410W cameras. I would have preferred 30 fps, but 25 is good enough for most applications. Pan and tilt functions work reasonably well (haven’t tried the auto tracking feature.) The spotlight feature is nice, although I would like the option to keep it turned on continuously. I do like that this camera requires no internet connectivity, and can be viewed and managed locally. To many security camera products out there requires connecting to the manufacturers’ servers just to view the camera stream. As for the quality of the stream, it’s okay, there’s considerable artifacts when there’s a lot of motion though.As for longevity, only time will tell. It has a plastic body and has a number of moving parts such as the gears which I”m sure are also plastic. If I had to guess, it likely won’t outlive my RLC-410W cameras that have aluminum bodies and practically no moving parts. I do like that a cap with a silicone gasket was included for the Ethernet jack to keep debris out of if it’s not being used.

Reolink works really well with Home Assistant, the central controller for our home automation we are using at home. A little expensive but worth every penny. Reliable, easy to control and a good quality.We will buy a few more for our home.

良い点・さすがの500万画素、画質は文句なし、想像以上にすごくきれいです。・セットアップはすごく簡単、あっという間に完了しました。IPアドレスを変更してもカメラを再登録する必要もなく、アプリの出来がかなりよいと感じます。・玄関のカメラ映像を居間のタブレットで垂れ流しする目的で購入。iodataなど他社アプリでは数時間で映像の表示が中断されますが、Reolinkのアプリは延々と途切れることなく映像を流し続けてくれ、大満足。・夜間カラー撮影が可能。通常は赤外線LEDでモノクロ撮影、動体検知すると白色LEDを点灯させてカラー撮影に切り替わります。白色LEDの点灯による防犯効果も期待できます。・そこそこの精度ですが、人や車を自動追尾し、その後監視ポイントに自動復帰してくれます。悪い点・日本語の詳しいマニュアルはありませんので、試行錯誤しながら使うほかありません。・自動追尾がうまくいかず見失ったり、何もないのに突然グルリと辺りを見回しはじめたりしてドキリとすることがあります。感度や除外エリアなどを時間帯ごとに細かく設定出来るので、うまく設定すれば誤検出は減らせそうです。

good security camera