Reolink - Wired Video Doorbell Series

I would recommend the Reolink doorbell (not battery). There is also the Amcrest AD410, but most have jumped onto the Reolink once it was released. Reason being is it isn't locked down, you can add it other NVRs, software (i.e. Blue Iris), or your own NVR stack (Scrypted NVR - AI face recognition etc). All your own storage. Not that expensive to do imo- mini PC $180 + NAS/external storage $250.

Yes I am. The battery one only records motion, and only works with the Reolink app. It doesn't do proper 24/7 recording. You will end up locked in. You can put an sd card into either, and access the recordings through the Reolink app. The way I suggested, you would build your own Network Video Recorder. Buy your own storage. But with that you get a lot more freedom. Hope that makes sense.

Just to make sure. The battery one is what I advised against. The Non battery just uses the power from your regular doorbell- not hard to install. Apologies- throughout this thing I didn't read your last sentence. If you don't have the connections, then yeah... Only other thing I could recommend is running Ethernet to the doorbell, but that required running the wire :P

that's where it falls apart. I can use Home Assistant to send the image (webrtc) to the Google Home hub, have live notifications (with live view when someone rings the doorbell) on my phone, have AI face detection (using llmvision and memory), ai person detection is like 99.9% accurate here and notifications arrive after like 1 second but I really canot get 2 way audio working outside the reolink app. Tried everything, frigate, scrypted, webrtc card and go2rtc. Not possible here.

My simple reolink doorbell works with two way audio. The doorbell is connected to Frigate, and frigate is integrated in home assistant. As an added bonus, you also get an NVR with cool object recognition, and you can trigger automations based on that

I have had two Aqara G4s fail partially. One just wouldn�t stay connected when mounted next to the door. The other one stopped sounding its chime. I moved one to the attic to watch for mice and moved the other one to a door no one ever uses. Replaced with a Reolink which I�m pulling into HomeKit with Scrypted.

I have had my Reolink doorbell camera for about a month now. The first two weeks I was barely getting a weeks use of the battery. But after dialing in the camera and making some tuning adjustments, now after two weeks, the battery is still well above 90%. It looks like it will be awhile before I will know how long the battery will now last. The changes? Making sure the camera was on the best WIFI network. My 2.4ghz band is more reliable at that location than my 5ghz was. Assigned a fixed IP address to the camera, to make it easier and faster to reconnect if it looses the wifi connection. I was getting a lot of motion events from wind blowing the tree leaves and such, so blocking the detection from those areas greatly reduced the number of motion events (now I only get motion events (and alerts) if someone is actually on the porch). The point I am trying to make is that you can extend the battery life with some simple configuration changes.

Sorry, I'm in the US but, Reolink and amcrest is what I use. Amcrest for all my wired security cameras, and reolink for my doorbell. If you care about the app, and direct HA integration, Reolink is probably your best choice in the inexpensive fully local market. Amcrest doesn't have a direct integration into HA, but they're nearly all rebranded Dahua so you can sometimes use the Dahua integration or in some cases need to find a way to load the original Dahua firmware onto the cameras. The second part seems to be getting more difficult with the more recent amcrest cameras. > 5mp+ is better Not sure where you saw this, but it's not always the case. The higher the resolution, the smaller the pixels to pick up light. Some cameras do make up for this with larger sensors, but not always. Generally, I feel like 5MP is more than enough for most situations. If you need to get clear images of people's faces or license plates, put the camera lower to the ground and get one with a longer focal length. If you want something more like the apple ecosystem, where things just work, and there's interoperability with multiple other systems from the same manufatcurer check out Ubiquiti. You get a ton of cool, enterprise grade features, but the cost is way higher, especially if you don't already have unifi hardware.

We have a Reolink PoE doorbell and I have it in Home Assistant and Unifi Protect.

I use the Reolink integration and Frigate with HA for live camera feeds on my dashboards and things like pop-ups when someone rings the doorbell. I use Unifi Protect as a separate recording system. Lots of ways to slice and dice it. Edit: I also have Hikvision ptz cameras in both systems. PTZ controls via ONVIF work better in Frigate than UProtect in my opinion.

Plus one more for Reolink! I have the PoE doorbell hooked up to their NVR and it works flawlessly. The HA integration kicks ass too.

Same here. Can't see me drilling through the frame door and my Reolink WiFi is working perfectly.

Don�t get the battery one. I bought it and returned it. It doesn�t have ONVIF, RTSP, or any of the things that would make integrate with HA or Scrypted, and the battery constantly goes dead even though I had it connected to my transformer. Just sucked all around for this purpose. I replaced it with the hardwired wi-fi version and it�s 100x better. I use it mostly with Scrypted and Homekit, but it is added to my HA instance as well. The difference in image quality is negligible to my eyes although the battery version did have a wider FOV.

Don�t have it in HK, but the Reolink PoE is awesome, no WiFi or goofy power, super reliable, only posting this here because � �it doesn�t suck�.

For me, reolink is the obvious choice. You can pick up the WiFi doorbell version for around your budget, although you'll have to add the cost of an SD card on top of that. It's completely locally controlled and the quality is great. No subscriptions, and a lot of configuration options. The box comes with a plug in chime and power supply, but if you have a hard wired doorbell already you will likely be able to power it from that.

Reolink should work well, you can buy a MicroSD card to put inside it or get their Home Hub to store the footage inside your house.

Yes, Reolink Doorbell. But I'm trying different settings. I found that the infrared lamp was turning on quite often, so that setting is turned off now, so it's a little better.

If you're buying a Reolink doorbell, here is a tip that isn't immediately obvious. The camera sensor orientation is different based on the color of the doorbell you select. If you get a white doorbell, the sensor is in a portrait orientation and can do package detection. If it is a black doorbell, the sensor is in landscape orientation and it doesn't do package detection.

Reolink would be the best option. Eufy is ok but they don't integrate well with third party smart home systems.

I have the reolink wired power wifi. Works great! Great clarity and night views are great. Microsd is great option too

They *can* come with a chime, but don't always Certainly getting it with a chime is better, but that then limits you to always buying a doorbell that comes with a chime (or relying on your smart home) I just think that for something like a doorbell, there's something to be said for a wired connection to an old school chime - my smart chimes occasionally throw a wobbly, my OH chime works every time I'm not saying everyone HAS to have one, just that if I'm paying someone to pull wires anyway, I'd probably pay them to pull both - most of the cost is just to have the electrician there and drilling holes, fishing for tape etc... the cost to have them pull two wires at that point rather than one is usually gonna be pretty negligible

I use the Reolink integration and Frigate with HA for live camera feeds on my dashboards and things like pop-ups when someone rings the doorbell. I use Unifi Protect as a separate recording system. Lots of ways to slice and dice it. Edit: I also have Hikvision ptz cameras in both systems. PTZ controls via ONVIF work better in Frigate than UProtect in my opinion.

I have had my Reolink doorbell camera for about a month now. The first two weeks I was barely getting a weeks use of the battery. But after dialing in the camera and making some tuning adjustments, now after two weeks, the battery is still well above 90%. It looks like it will be awhile before I will know how long the battery will now last. The changes? Making sure the camera was on the best WIFI network. My 2.4ghz band is more reliable at that location than my 5ghz was. Assigned a fixed IP address to the camera, to make it easier and faster to reconnect if it looses the wifi connection. I was getting a lot of motion events from wind blowing the tree leaves and such, so blocking the detection from those areas greatly reduced the number of motion events (now I only get motion events (and alerts) if someone is actually on the porch). The point I am trying to make is that you can extend the battery life with some simple configuration changes.

Same. I made my Reolink doorbell HKSV compatible via Scrypted, but the Reolink randomly croaked this week. Decided to try the G410 cause of native HKSV, but now the G400 seems like a more reliable option, even though it's a lower model? Who the heck makes a doorbell that's not fully weather resistant? I want an HKSV doorbell that works with my existing doorbell wiring that is reliable. That's it. Maybe Apple will make one eventually.

Reolink was already recommended but I�m here to second it. You can do local storage on your own wifi or store video in an sd card in the camera. Got it because I didn�t want a subscription and wanted exclusive access to the video, not stored on someone else�s servers

Feels like I'm the lone warrior here recommending Tapo ?? I have the D235, and it's great. It does cover head to toe, but you need to be strategic with placing it to ensure it covers the toe area you need. I like the ring-to-call feature � instead of just a notification, I get an actual phone call. A doorbell press is important, so I think a call demands immediate attention, unlike a pop-up that you might miss. The lag is mimimal - it was the fastest among the ones i compared (Eufy e340 and Reolink). I did a similar test like you've done - i bought all three and returned the Eufy and Reolink. Reolink seems to have a lot of fans but it performed so poorly compared to the Tapo. It was significantly laggy and the app was bad. Tapo's app is so much more refined and polished. A few reasons I didn't go with Eufy are 1. No 24x7 recording (You'll need it sometimes if you don�t have a dedicated camera in the front) 2. No RTSP support and 3. Eufy has a history of lying about it's encryption. You can read about it online

No HomeKit, but Reolink PoE works great, ONVIV into Blue Iris. Was just commenting this morning about how reliable it has been compared to previous WiFi models we tried, PoE is the way to go! https://preview.redd.it/yv7wlvbrq64f1.jpeg?width=1664&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1711372c00cecba459b9caacf227daeb14cb02c4

If you're already using Reolink I'd give their doorbell cam a try. I've got the PoE version and it works great.

I agree, bought it a month ago and integrated it with Blue Iris and HA, it�s been wonderful so far transitioning from something like Blink. I have the wired/WiFi version and haven�t had any issues

With 230v running through the chime and button (which sounds crazy to me) you could probably get away with using a Zigbee dry contact sensor like a Shelly for chime events. Anything else is going to require a transformer to step down to a �normal� level of 12-24 volts. The Reolink WiFi will work fine with this but won�t drive a mechanical chime. You have to use the one it came with. It also comes with a transformer, at least the US version does, (a small power brick) that you might be able to use the existing wiring in your wall for after it�s disconnected from the mains. That�s exactly what I did. My existing doorbell transformer wasn�t adequate so I just used the one that came with it instead. It came with a wireless chime that I use inside the house. The WiFi + battery version can drive a mechanical chime typical in USA applications but it sucks and doesn�t even work with HA anyway.

I�m using the WiFi (but hardwired) version and it works great. I use Scypted but I�d imagine Frigate would work as well since it uses ONVIF.

Reolink video doorbell good here - finally! The biggest issue I had was multiple connections just screwing up the camera and overloading it, leading to all kinds of dropouts, failures and even the doorbell button not responding. I have Frigate NVR and the feed is shown on five Android based devices around the house (Lenovo ThinkSmart View). I finally fixed it by using scrypted as the only connection to the camera. Frigate, HA, HomeKit and the ThinkSmarts all now connect to the restream and it works perfectly. No more endless errors and retries in Frigate too. So yes, they can be good and sometimes the only option if you can�t run Ethernet to the door.

I cannot recommend reolink enough. Their wifi doorbell (and the rest of their wifi lineup) has a micro SD slot for local recording. Or you can purchase their hub that will stream recordings to the hub. There is zero cloud subscription if you do not want it so the data and recordings are yours. I've used a few of their cameras for years and they have been rock solid.

We have REOLINK. The cameras constantly record and the file is saved to a computer in our home for two weeks. (We can change it to whatever, but that seemed like the best compromise for space requirements.). We initially had a Ring, but it was frustrating that it would start recording as someone walked away from the door.

Reolink but not the battery version.

Yeah our new home did come with one and I really appreciate it - I like a smart doorbell but having it wired AND with ethernet just seems like the best of both worlds. Mine triggers my wired chime by my front door, while also triggering a couple of other chimes around my house where the front door one isn't visible, and then you still get the video etc and power either way A bunch of family members have battery doorbells and honestly they just seem like a PITA. Obviously that's not the comparison here as PoE would still be powered, but I still think I'd rather have both

Reolink makes a couple of Wifi door bells that can be powered by the existing wiring. One can use the existing chime if you want to keep that. No subscriptions.

Perfect thanks We�re getting there So, I�m going to pull the trigger just now on the reolink 2k wifi doorbell. I�ll sort out a 256gb card for it Cameras wise, I could see from my post the other day that there was some negativity towards using a bundled kit. I�ve been hovering around a Costco bundle which is currently a hundred quid off and uses the P334 cameras which (according to Costco) are legit cameras AND have the SD card slots! SO Would I still be able to run the config you�ve suggested with the PoE switch? Is there any limitations cos I�m using Costco reolink bundle? Still not entirely sure if I can rotate the image 90 degrees if I mount those cams on a vertical wall to look down the side of the house. Some say you can, others claim you can�t. Some even say it�s not required, as the whole camera lens itself can turn to point the right way. Never thought this would be so tasking but have to get it right I guess.

In the middle of ditching nest for Reolink as well. Done with nest after their last price increase to Aware. Reolinks are recoding to the SD card, as well as a QNAP NAS in the house. And using scrypted to pipe things to Apple HomeKit to have events still recorded in the cloud (you know, in case the bad guys steal the camera and the NAS). Google Nest can kick rocks.

I ditched ring about a year ago and have been really happy with Reolink . Local access, no subscription required. I now have their video doorbell and 3 other cameras.

So first night I lose 3% from 22-06.

So just to confirm, I can buy the 2k wifi version, this can be wired in with my existing wiring that I�m using for the nest hello and then use the SD card for storage?

One disadvantage of this is that you're relying heavily on your smart home for your doorbell That can be fine but can also mean you do sometimes miss a caller I'd personally still install a physical doorbell - I use mine on WiFI (one WiFi camera does no harm, although I wouldn't want 20), but I believe with the Reolink you can use both Ethernet and doorbell wiring, so running both gets you the best of both worlds (and both options in future when changing doorbell) If you're installing one you may as well install the other IMO, adding both won't be much more expensive than just installing one

If you have an existing doorbell, the Reolink WiFi doorbell cam works perfect with HA and scrypted. Works over the existing 24v doorbell wiring.

I would not go with ring! They are raising prices at taking features! I recently dropped my ring and went with Reolink Wifi doorbell. I tried talking to ring about my issue with the prices changing and the loss of features and they just said I could cancel so that's what I did and am happy I did.

you can use the HA integration with the Reolink on a local only VLAN. it takes a bit of setup to get 2 way voice working though.

It's too big project for me to solve a POE solution so that's why it became a wireless one with battery. I have power on the other side of the wall so I don't know if I can drill out or take from the lamp over the doorbell.

I recommend the WiFi without battery. The battery cameras are very limited with many features missing. The size of the frame should be secondary.

I just install my doorbell to HA and am testing myself to see which one is best for the battery. I have my doorbell facing a street so I don't know if it makes much of an impact. So far I have lost 10% in about 3 hours. Right now I only have it set to take a picture when you press the bell. The cold affects it, but I don't know if there is anything else that affects it. You might regret not choosing a POE installation.

Spot on. I switched from Nest. Best move I made. Excellent HA integration and very fast. I get 4.5 days of continuous on the SD card in the camera and 6 on the NVR.