Reolink 5MP PoE Camera Outdoor/Indoor Video Surveillance Home IP Security IR Night Vision Motion Detection Audio Support w/SD Card Slot RLC-410-5MP

Features:
  • 5MP HD and 100FT NIGHT VISION & WIDE VIEWING ANGLE: 5MP Super HD camera, long-distance night vision range 65-100ft with 18 infrared LEDs, up to 80˚ wide viewing angle, capture more clearer and sharper images and video, great for driveway, hallways, etc.
  • POE OUTDOOR and INDOOR: PoE with only one Ethernet cable (up to 330ft), no power adapter needed, optional PoE switch or injector, easy setup with plug and play, waterproof camera, fit for indoor and outdoor, residential areas, retail store, business.
  • SMART MOTION DETECT and ALERT: Smart motion detection, motion recording and real-time motion alert via email, app push notification to mobile phone, FTP upload snapshots and videos, motion sensibility adjustment - accurate and smart motion detection less false alarm.
  • FREE APPS and REMOTE VIEW: Free and intuitive Reolink Client and mobile app for iPhone & Android, PC Windows & MAC, no monthly subscription fee, support at least 8 camera sources, live view, remote view, motion detection, live stream control, and recorded video playback.
  • AUDIO FUNCTION and 24/7 NVR RECORDING: Built-in microphone, audio function; 24/7 HD video recording and storage with Reolink PoE network video recorders (support up to 16 cameras and with built-in 3TB HDD).
Great image and night vision

I’ve only had this camera connected for an evening but so far I’m impressed. -The image quality is great -The ir Illuminator actually does light up the area. The 100’ claim doesn’t seem far fetched, mine is easily lighting up 50’ out -Connection and setup on the Reolink NVR is super easy -The adjusting mechanism on the camera for aiming the camera was well thought out and works well -The overall fit of the camera was good with the only minor issue being the camera sitting crooked because of how the ball is attached. It looks like it was crossthreaded. So far there’s no real negatives. Hopefully it stays that way. I was leery of purchasing a Chinese NVR and cameras but so far so good. Let’s hope they don’t have a short lifespan

Nice destined and robust , easy to set and install.

It has exactly the same features as the RLC-420, just has a different shape and mounting. Look to be robust, made of metal (I think aluminum not cheap plastic as the other camera). Picture Quality is great (you don't need more than 5MP camera). Stable iPhone and Windows applications. The RLC-420 is still not supported on the cloud, I hope it will come one day. I installed 32GB SD cards and it good enough for my needs ( by fast micro SD cards so it will capture the video properly). I bought SanDisk Extream U3 $10 each at Amazon. Please be aware that this is an IP camera which receive the power over the internet cable. You can use hub that inject power to the camera or "PoE Injector Power Over Ethernet Adapter 48V 24W for 802.3af IP Camera" which cost on ebay about $4-5 per camera (Make sure it is 802.3af standard since each standard has different voltage) Of course you can access the cameras via mobile phone while you are on the road. You can also access the cameras outside of the network using any browser. However the web application requires Adobe Flash to run. Adobe flash do not run on MAC properly. I wish they will be able to use other methods.

quality ball joint for alignment

I have 7 IP based cameras and 5 inline cameras many of which have needed replacing over the last 5 years or so. So I have owned a few. I wanted POE and 5 MP so I chose the RLC-410-5MP. The first thing I noticed was the ease in aligning the camera and the single tightening screw, the best I have seen yet. Setup took a few minutes using Blue Iris DVR software. I like this camera so much I felt it needed a review. Sometimes for laughs I read reviews and wonder what people are thinking. Apparently many of these reviews are fake also but this is a great camera and I wish my friend had taken my advice when he purchased his. This camera does everything I want at the best possible price.

Great picture quality. Easiest install ever!

I replaced a primary camera and added a new camera to my 12 camera setup, running on Blue Iris NVR software on a big Dell server, monitoring many angles/doors of several buildings on my property. All of these old cameras are/were Dlink 720p bullet-cams that are 6 to 8 years old, which I paid $300 each for back then. I wanted to upgrade to much higher resolution cameras to be able to recognize faces, read license plates at a distance, and other details which are/were impossible with the old 720p cameras. Skeptical, I only ordered two of these, one is this bullet-cam model, another is the dome model RLC-420-5MP, which appears to have the same guts in a different package. Very easy to install. I already had PoE ethernet hard-wired to these camera locations (and dozens of others), so it was literally plug-and-play. I changed the IP address from DHCP to hard-coded IP address so my Blue Iris DVR software knows where to find them. Picture quality was an amazing upgrade from the old Dlink camera, and night vision works great as well, as you can see from the photos. The porch shots are from the dome camera, the driveway/yard shots are the bullet camera. I can't speak to any of the software features since I'm using advanced third-party NVR software, but the video quality is top-notch, and it easily sends 25fps at full resolution of 2560x1920, with many options on max bitrate. It can go as high as 8192kb/s, I have it set to 6144 kb/s and the video is smooth and quality is crystal clear. I plan to give these cameras a week or two to make sure there are no surprises, then I am replacing the other 12 with these and probably adding a few additional cameras, but early results are these are amazing cameras at any price, but especially for under $100 each. I included a photo (and marked it) of the same angle using the old Dlink 720p camera for comparison, you can see what a massive improvement it is.

Easy to install for a hardwired system

Disclaimer: I have a technical background but am NOT a professional IT guy or installer. Newer tech, like RIng, has some additional features that I like; for example, talk back. BUt I wanted a system with local storage so after ready a lot of reviews settles on this Reolink system. I was pleasantly surprised at how easy this installation went. I had decided to go with a PoE system in advance so pulled my own cables for it during an extensive remodel project. When the system arrived I set everything up on a workbench to make sure all the cameras and the DVR worked. Satisfied that the system wa working out of the box, I installed the cameras (five, all outside). I powered the DVR up and it established comes with all the cameras with no issues. I then explored the menu options and fine tuned the picture/options for each one. Installing the ReoLink app on my iOS devices was simple and straightforward. I am still toying with the alerts and am not sure how much of that “traffic” I want. Fortunately, that can be taylored to individual requirements. Newer tech systems, like Ring, have some features that are nice. For example; talk back. However, I wanted a system with local storage. For those of you that are running your own Cat5/6 cables, just a reminder to check your wiring after you terminate (put connectors on). A simple network tester like the Tripp Lite N044-000-R (approx $30) will save a lot of time.

Excellent camera. Very easy to setup.

The picture quality of the RLC-410-5MP is excellent. It is very easy to setup requiring no port forwarding or anything like that on your network. The ability to add SD cards for local recording is also a very useful option as it allows you to have DVR functionality without requiring a standalone DVR. I have had one of my cameras go bad, however, support has been helpful although slow. I basically get one email response per day which makes troubleshooting and correspondence during the replacement process slow. I expect the non-functional camera to be replaced soon. I would recommend these cameras for someone else...in fact last night I recommended them to a local school.

Super simple

Camera has a very good, clear image. Pretty disappointed that it only gets 25fps but I guess I should have read more about it before purchasing. I definitely would have considered a different camera had I known. I have other cams that do 50fps and, while the picture on those isn't quite as clear, the motion is much smoother. The interface when using the camera as a standalone device is the best I have seen. It's very intuitive and simple to use. Setting up email alerts was easy. The Reolink app automatically detected the camera on my network so I didn't have to mess around with settings, which was nice. Update: There was a firmware update allowing the camera to get 30fps which actually makes a big difference. I could only get 25fps when I used it with my LaView NVR but several of the features are unavailable when using NVRs from other brands. If you want to use it with another NVR you will need to login to your router, determine the IP address of the camera, enter that IP into your internet browser, and from there go to the settings and manually change the IP address to the IP on your NVR that you want to use. It works but some features will be disabled. I recommend either using this camera as a standalone device or pairing it with a Reolink NVR. I have updated my review to five stars.

Inexpensive good camera. Happy with it. Good daytime quality. Acceptable night time.

Update on the support issue. It appears the problem was not due to a defective camera. Blue Iris works fine when this camera when "reolink RLC-410" is selected. But this camera had been configured in Blue Iris as a generic ONVIF. In that mode, the decode errors lead to video artifacts. When I switched the camera type from generic to reolink, the symptom stopped manifesting. Thank you very much for the good email support from the vendor. For Blue Iris users, select MPG4 rather than MPG5 for compatibility with Blue Iris, and choose Reolink RLC-410 as the camera type. I now have four reolink cameras, three RLC-410-5MP and one RLC-411S. I am happy with all of them. =-=-=- I used to be happy with this camera. I own three of the RLC-410-5MP plus one of the prior 4MP models. Two of my 410s work fine. Unfortunately the 3rd one I bought is glitching all the time. About 20 times a day, i get rectangles at the bottom of the picture with vertical line distortion. The vendor is asking me to stare at the camera web page to catch it in the act. ?!?!?!? How can I spend my day staring at a camera web page? That's what NVRs are for. So far I am having trouble resolving this issue. Hopefully they'll come through. Obviously this is a defective unit. (Photo uploaded showing the glitchiness.) =-=-=- prior review below, from before receiving the 3rd (defective) unit -=-=-=-=-=-=-=- I am quite happy with this camera. I have 3 of them around my house, along with a smattering of GW, Dahua, Hik and other Reolinks. These new reolink 5MP cameras seem fairly good. The pictures are relatively sharp. The camera is capable of a decent bit rate. I am getting typically 2-5Mb/s in the camera's highest resolution at 10fps. I don't use any of the storage or motion activation features of these cameras. I drive them all from Blue Iris on a Core i7 with nVidia graphics. I highly recommend this combination. But NVR aside, as a slave to a really good NVR like Blue Iris, this camera performs very well for the price point compared to other similar units. Looks like Reolink got to market with 5MP a little earlier than much of their competition. (Though I see now there's also an 8MP in the market! Gotta try it for capturing license plates of porch pirates!)

Good camera and service for the money

I needed to upgrade my IP cameras and I settled on the Reolink 5MP...and I have to admit...so far I've been impressed. I like the app and how easy it is to get up and running and the picture quality is really good. I like how everything I needed comes with it (my previous cameras needed some like Blue Iris to send notifications) and I have it setup up to me alerts whenever it detects motion in SMS and email formats. I have it setup up send me a picture to my email, but you can have a short video instead if you like. The nightvision works better than my previous cameras but it is limited to a narrow field of view so don't expect it to light up your entire yard at night, but if you have any light at all...the low light level tech is awesome. I did add them to an app I have on my tablet, IP Cam Viewer, and it works with my other brand of camera too...so I have them all in one place. I can even access the camera remotely when I'm away from home...which is awesome. I've not used the cloud storage feature but it's nice to know it's there. Now to the things I don't like...I can't figure out how to give it a static IP. If the power goes out...my router will usually assign it another IP address so I'll have to change it on my app I use. Another thing I don't like, which isn't really the cameras fault, is the fact that insects are draw to the infrared lights and at night...the camera is constantly detecting motion from all the bugs flying around. But... Overall...a GREAT value so far for an IP camera that works with my current setup and is a major upgrade from my previous cameras.

Good picture quality, easy setup

Nice picture, easy setup, reliable connection. I love the POE. I've ordered two of these now. If you have HughesNet, most IP Csmeras don't work due to high latency. Nothing wrong with HughesNet, we can't get any other high speed. But, unavoidably, it takes longer for a signal to go to space, and back, than just staying wired on earth. Many IP camera companies will tell you they don't support satellite, even though it's fast (around 20 mbps) it has a huge latency (850-1500ms). This one didn't say either way, so if you're wondering, it works great for us! My only complaint would be that I wish they made the three cords, coming out of the common cable, different lengths. Three wires: Network/POE, reset button, and direct power; so standing on a ladder mounting above the 2nd floor, pushing them through a small hole is less than ideal. Because they are the same length the cables want to bind up together. Preferably, the largest connector should be the longest, and go in first. The next largest, second in length, and the shortest last.

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