REOLINKVideo Doorbell PoE Camera – 2K IP Security Camera Outdoor with Chime V2, 4:3 Aspect Ratio, 180 Degree Diagonal, 2-Way Talk, Plug & Play, Secured Local Storage, No Monthly Fee

I had bought into the whole Blink infrastructure, yea I know. Which was comically bad. The doorbell didn't work as a doorbell after one of their many updates, which is kinda an inexcusable fail. The only person that could hear it "ring" was the person that pushed the button. Recorded video and detected motion OK, but was the worst of the Blink products at that. I had one on every outside door (5). Between that and their Floodlight, that doesn't reliably work as a floodlight, I gave up, all going in the bin.That was a Black Friday impulse buy, and bought more of it, as it worked pretty well for what it costs for a while, then they updated it into uselessness. So, a little research this time around, and came across the Reolink, and well, by comparison, it's night and day. As a doorbell, it does what you'd expect a doorbell to do, push the button and it rings, and with the Alexa skill, it rings everywhere, and in my house that's a lot of places. It's like noon in an old clock shop when someone pushes the button. Given that the problem it was intended to solve was a vendor who felt their product was so valuable that it required an in-person direct adult signature to deliver, and the old doorbell gave the false sense than I heard that there was someone at the door, well the Riolink was ordered, delivered and installed before that delivery was re-attempted the next day.So the Riolink costs a lot more than the Blink, but still, not all that expensive. I have also worked with Axis which is the polar opposite. The Riolink is cheap in comparison to those. But the Riolink has a whole lot more in common with Axis than with Blink. I mean it's just a doorbell, but that doorbell has all the same kind of camera configuration options as the Axis cameras had. Not least of which, and maybe this sounds dumb, but the ability to just bring up the camera and watch it if you are expecting something. I don't know how common that is for all the consumer doorbell cams between the bottom of the barrel Blink and the Riolink, but NOT being able to just camp on a cam seemed pretty ridiculous to me. And i can do this on a real screen, on my PC and not be restricted to a smartphone app.All this makes it way better, BUT that's just the tip of the iceberg. It has some pretty impressive integration with Home Assistant, it has actual Ethernet conductivity, and PoE, and it has a pretty impressive image quality. Yea, I had to drill a hole because it wasn't just batteries and WiFi, but I'd rather have wired or wireless any day, worth the effort. Oh and support for local storage.So, the nit picks...The included angle bracket isn't enough and additional one to stack them up aren't available, and unlike a lot of the doorbell cameras there is no aftermarket for such things. I ordered some made for the Arlo cam that many have adapted for this cam, we'll see how that goes. Yea there are a lot of people selling 3D printed ones, but I'd rather just buy something manufactured, even if I have to adapt it.The included chime is a 1 to 1 thing, apparently you can pair to more than 1 chime but you can't pair multiple doorbells to the same chime. It would be nice to have multiple chimes and multiple doorbells and they all just work with all, but I guess not. However the Alexa integration really makes that not so much of a deal as I have an Echo or a FireTV Cube in every room, so honestly the chime doesn't matter so much. The down side of that is that you are no longer local if you are using that skill, from either side, you have to join the cams to the Riolink cloud service and then pair that service with Alexa which is also cloud.Oh and I had initially bought 2, the PoE version and the WiFi version, not really realizing that the WiFi version still needs to be externally powered. It does however also have an Ethernet port, which I wish also did PoE but it doesn't. I had bought a bunch of 24V PoE injectors a while back hoping they would power my EcoBee thermostats (they didn't, AC only apparently) but they work fine on the WiFi version of the Riolink, I guess even the included power adapter is actually 24V DC (not the 24VAC that is typical for doorbell wiring). So apparently AC/DC doesn't matter, though did read somewhere that it's 24V DC or 12-24V AC, so guessing that much more commonly available 12V PoE adapters wouldn't work.Anyway, like I said I had 5 Blink doorbells, which are all getting replaced with these. I have tons of PoE ports in my house, so it's just a matter of getting a cable from A to B. I will be trying Their cameras as replacements for the rest of the Blink stuff as well, so far I am impressed, a few minor gripes, but overall meets and exceeds...

Using at porch entrance. Integrates well into existing NVR setup. Easily accessed through Android/ios app. Tons of parameters to get it finely adjusted. NO SUBSCRIPTION FEES! Just bought the white version to replace another maker's subscription doorbell at the front door.

Excellent quality, easy to use. Easy to install. Nigh vision is high quality. Replaced a ring camera and is huge improvement. Best of all no subscription,.

As most people opt out to go for the ring I chouso to stray from the pack. I just liked the reolink brand since I helped out a friend install a cc-tv sistem in his house. The no subscription or monthly fees is a big plus for me. I got a NVR sistem for my home and the doorbell interfaces seamlessly with it. It does everything as well as it say in the description. The no need for complicated whiring and installation is also a big plus. The cuality of the picture is great as not only you can see who is at the door but they are not pixels on your screen and you have to use your emagination to figure out who is that. The usual delay is minimal just under a second, and the colors are vivid.

not a quick install but we love system - 3rd one so far

I added this camera to my existing system, and it integrated well. It has good picture quality, and installation was a snap (except for pulling the Ethernet cable). :-)

By far one of the worst Poe doorbell cameras I've ever owned. In my opinion, POE is a wired connection and should have a good network signal without delay, while WIFI connection will have network problems. I have had many different types of doorbell cameras and installed them all myself. and once I had it up and running, it wasn't even a week before the camera would go offline on its own randomly. I most cases obviously it would be when I needed to view the behavior of my outdoor during a heavy storm and I was out of town. came home to an offline device with no signs of any signs of disconnect or damage from anything, so I removed the device from the network and restarted the device as if I just took it out of the box. It didn't last a week, and after multiple times of trying the system remotely with complete success, it failed again when I needed it the most. Also, Poor product. The picture quality was average, and the lag between the app and camera when the camera was online with the app, or ONVIF NVR, was horrible. The lag is so bad that you can not center on the object you want unless you get lucky. Seriously, there is a 20-30 second lag time from when the camera actually online. And if it will overshoot the spot you wanted, then it just becomes a constant look of coming up short or overshooting. I don’t recommend this product if you plan on ever having to use the camera online to connect NVR. Which is one of the main options we are looking for. So good luck and consider yourself warned. This product always randomly stutters, delays, and disconnects offline.

Perfecta !!