Reolink Security Camera Outdoor Wireless, Argus 2 + Solar Panel, Wifi Camera 1080P Night Vision, 2-Way Audio, PIR Motion Detection, Battery Operated Security Camera 130° Wide Angle, IP65 Waterproof

First off I have been looking at covering the front of my property with a camera for 2 reasons, keep an eye on the car on the drive, and secondly to see who was ringing the bell instead of going down several flights of stairs only to find it was someone trying to sell flog something or sign you up to something!I saw this camera just before Christmas and was given this as part of a Christmas present as I had looked at several reviews for cameras that would be suitable to do the job, only to see this coming out as tops for the budget I had.I must admit now, I am now a convert and I have bought 2 more of these devices to look after my property.The video quality both day and night is fantastic, and with being rechargeable via the optional solar panel, they work very well with no maintenance. The build quality is evident - a nice solid camera that will stand the test of time.Once registered you get a really good warranty of 2 1/2 years, 2yrs as standard, but register it online and you get an additional 6 months.Since getting the first one my boss at work has also invested in a couple after seeing the quality of the video and photos.The app is really easy to set up and configure and your up and running in 5 minutes, there is even software to allow your pc or Mac to record all the footage if required.Please note the recordings are only triggered when movement is detected - this is not a CCTV system that records 24hrs a day when nothing is happening, this records more importantly when something is happening - someone trespassing, or coming up on to your property.You can set schedules for when it doesn't record movements (maybe when you set off to work on a weekday), but then it's all changeable very easily.For the money, I believe there isn't anything else around that gives you the best value for money, and again with a long warranty, Reolink must be confident of their products.All in all I am very pleased with my purchase, the quality you can see by the photo's I have uploaded in this review.

OK where to start?SET UP... the manual isn't very clear. Here's the trick. When you intially scan the camera QR code with your phone, it will log it. Your phone then generates A NEW QR CODE!! YOU THEN HOLD THE CAMERA FACING YOUR PHONE AND THE CAMERA SCANS THE NEW ONE!!! Some people have left negative reviews saying they can't pair it... Read the above... Its simple but also an easy mistake to make.PICTURE QUALITYNormal streams are full 1080p but you have a choice of low resolution called FLUENT.PLAYBACK ... Some people leaving one star reviews saying its not HD quality... That's because they've not noticed that ALL videos that are saved, Always playback in low resolution!! ... YOU HAVE AN ICON YOU CAN PRESS TO VIEW THE RECORDED FOOTAGE IN 1080P HD!!! I've highlighted it in GREEN in the photo above.STORAGE it's on SD cards... You need to insert these, then the system formats them BUT... you then need to go into actual camera storage settings and actual press FORMAT, so don't be fooled by the first message saying format successful. You can do this procedure from your phone anywhere in the world!!!CONNECTION ISSUES I had some until I bought a netgear extender... Problem solved. If you use an extender for a camera at the back of the property, you'll need to reset the camera, then link it to the WIFI EXTENDER NOT THE ROUTER. When in the camera wifi, you'll see your router saying something like Vodafone 2.5g....A WiFi extender netwirk will show as Vodafone 2.5G_EXT...or something like this... So make sure you use that as it's the extended network.SOLAR PANEL. Brilliant quality and easy to fit. Battery had 50% but with one day's sunshine, 99%. Just remember to install it facing the pint that gets sun the most and put it at a 45 degree angle.The cameras are magnetic!! This allows you to pull them off, charge them, then pop them back on.OVERALL took 60 mins to set up... Best sub £200 I've spent... Far superior to my mates ARLO which cost 3 times more. A really superb system and very very user friendly. Yep you can access it from anywhere in the world.BAD... It just continually loop records over the 64gb card. Would be better if it took a bigger card, plus you have to take the SD card out to delete footage... I've had mine running at 1080p for a week... Still tonnes of space for months.

Very pleased indeed. Installed outside in quiet lane well away from usual wi fi signal, but with a powerline extender all works fine. Fairly easy set up. Well pleased with the PIR and alerts, especially the ability to receive an email alert and a still photo. There is no mains power in the lane so the solar panel solves that, and so far the panel is keeping the battery charged even in the awful weather here in the UK at the moment. Very impressed. Good features such as battery status, audible alarm, playback is easy and good. Video is good quality recorded in WMV format, as opposed to some weird format, so Windows plays it back simply on Media Player, and easily downloaded to PC for a permanent local record.I wanted to be able to view and operate the camera from my desktop PC as well as Android smartphone. Some other manufacturers (Swann for example) do not provide for this, and am very pleased how well the PC app works on Windows, as well as on my phone.There are very few niggles. The sound is poor, although the audible alarm if enabled is sufficient to draw attention, so speech is almost impossible. But I don't want to talk to a burglar anyway.All in all an excellent system, and highly recommended for a domestic installation.