REOLINK5MP Security PoE IP Camera, Person/Vehicle/Pet Detection, Time-Lapse, 100ft IR Night Vision, Work with Smart Home, Support 256GB SD Card, Surveillance Outdoor Indoor, RLC-510A

This Reolink RLC-510A is a great camera that I use along with other Reolink cameras connected to one of their dvr. The installation is simple, and provides multiple ways to power the camera. I used POE on all of my cameras and have had zero issues with any of them. The picture quality is good for the price point of this camera. Reolink has better cameras, but I didn't need that for this camera location. The night vision is good. I will continue to add to my system as needed and like that I can use different devices in the same enviroment.

Camera works well and is definitely a plug and play setup.

I've wanted to review these for a long time. I did a lot of research on PoE (power over ethernet) cameras that are compatible with Synology NAS (network attached storage) devices, and these came up consistently in the top of just about everyone's budget camera list, and even in the top 10 on a list of cameras overall. While these cameras can be used as standalone cameras since they accept microSD cards for internal video clip storage, most people I've looked at used a Synology NAS to store their video.These cameras are 5 megapixel, which is a good resolution for many applications, and is higher than 1080 HD. 1080p HD is 1920 x 1080, while 5 megapixel is 2592 x 1944. This resolution is good enough to get very detailed stills and video, even being able to catch detailed license place numbers on passing cars, depending on the speed they're traveling.Where Reolink really shines are two VERY important areas: software and app support, and customer service.Reolink has computer software that runs on all platforms, with installers for Windows, Mac, IOS, and Android, and Linux/BSD support is available via fully-supported Browser intergrations. I've tested both the Windows software and the IOS app, and they both worked flawlessly. You can receive motion alerts via the software if a camera detects motion. These smart alerts can be tailored to say if a person was detected, or a vehicle. The individual cameras' detection zone can also be customized, so that a tree in the view of the camera won't trip the motion detection if the wind is blowing. That section of the view can be excluded. Very cool.The other area where Reolink shines is their customer service and support. I have had several email conversations with them, even prior to making any purchases. While I haven't had to reach out to them for technical support due to an issue, I've read plenty of others' reviews where they have, and Reolink is very attentive and helpful. Based on my pre-purchase experience, I can't imagine anything different.For the purchase price of around $50USD, these cameras are a fantastic value. You can splurge a bit and go up to around $80 to get the 4k/8 megapixel version, but for most uses, this is overkill. Reolink also makes a similar camera that instead of having a fixed zoom, has an optical zoom, making it ideal for areas that you want to zoom into, such as down a long driveway. Depending on model, there's a 3x or 4x optical zoom, which run anywhere from just over $100, to nearly $200, depending on features.

Easy setup, great night vision, and all the features I want without requiring a cloud connection. The only negative: motion detection is sensitive to spiderwebs and dust. If I could set it to ignore small/thin objects, it would be perfect

Good quality cameras

I have a REOLINK NVR and half a dozen POE cameras. They are totally worthless. Utilizing top quality Cat6-7 cable, both short and long runs are on and off, on and off. Then I get the "wrong username/password bs". Both NEVER change. So I send in a ticket and get a 888 number to call. When ask where I bought, I said Amazon and was immediately hung up on.I would strongly advise avoiding this overproced junk. I have better luck with the cheap 20 dollar cams that are all made in China. Heck some of those are working just fine after 10 years. I had hoped to move up to better quality but it damn well isn't REOLINK for sure. I will add additional social media videos to document my issues. Enough of this junk.

The AI motion detection for vehicles works really well. I haven't adjusted it for people yet . The time lapse feature did not work with the Android Reolink app. I contacted tech support and they were very responsive. They had me try some older versions of app and send in some crash reports from app so their software engineers could evaluate. Ultimately they admitted there is some bug in the app that they will hopefully solve in next version. They said with Iphone app the time lapse works. I found it refreshing that a company actually responds and follows up on something like this. Otherwise the android and windows apps work fine at live viewing, viewing playback from the SD card, changing settings, and doing firmware updates. If you have the Windows app running you can have it save longer motion clips directly to your computer hard drive, take photo snapshots, and live video .I have two of the Reolink cameras and one of them I installed on a remote solar powered cart that views my garden. It is linked over a bridged router . I was surprised that the video quality and playback worked so well considering I used older routers. This remote system I powered with direct plugged in 12v. The other camera I am using POE on the internet cable. It is nice to have both options.I usually leave the infared LEDs off , but when they are on they light up a large area .Construction on this camera is solid and quality. This new version is super simple to set up the angle with just one tightening ring to tighten . But one of the rings on camera was so tight out of box I had to use a channel lock pliers to loosen it up. The other camera was able to be loosened by hand.So all in all good product and excellent support from company.

great cameras as always. switched from zosi to these and the experience is so so much better