Reolink - Wired Video Doorbell (PoE)

thats for some new version they released recently. Most of us have the original wifi or the poe. I love my poe one with no issues. Also this is an advanced doorbell not for your grandma. You need you can really fine tune detection like mask-off things you dont want to be triggered etc.

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.

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

Go with Reolink POE.  Wifi jammers or flipper zero can't do anything to it.

I use one of these through home assistant and use the reolink app as well. It definitely works.

I have the POE white and I've only had mine up for a month or so, but its working well. * Home Assistant: * Entities - I have in entities loaded connected directly to the doorbell as well as through the NVR. I don't recall whether it was the doorbell or my elite pro duo that had triggers act a little odd but going direct instead of through the NVR solved it. * Automations - I'm using it to send a photo notification through home assistant when a package or person is detected. Have had 0 issues with this. I'm using a blueprint someone already made, if you want, let me know and I'll find a link to it. * General Setup: * Installation - It was pretty simple. Only nerve-racking part was running the POE line (I tied a pull string to the end of the doorbell wiring and pulled through the attic (the line didn't go straight down the wall and had a couple 90 degree turns). I was particularly worried that the wire was going to be too brittle and that it would break and I'd be without doorbell wiring and POE (house build in the 70s). * Reliability - 1 month is too early to tell, but I haven't had any issues at all with it. * Motion Detection - I recommend turning off notifications for "Any" motion, and using the object specific ones (person, pet, package if you have the white one). Got too many false notifications on the "Any" motion, mainly centered around my door lighting coming on/off, christmas lights changing colors, and dusk/dawn. * Integration - See above regarding home assistant * Alternatives: Can't help you there as this is my first smart doorbell. I have the 16ch NVR and it seems to be recording just fine. * Other items of note: I saw in the reolink subreddit that rich text notifications may be coming (the option showed up on my doorbell in the app for a brief second). While home assistant is working fine, it would be nice to move these notifications back to the doorbell handling it, as right now it only sends a message.

I have the Reolink POE doorbell. Set it up via the app including adding and formatting an SD card, setting up streams etc, just to get it working. Then added it to my Frigate installation along with all my other Reolink cameras, running on a Mini PC that cost me a sum total of about £80 (~$100) including Coral TPU. The cameras are on their own VLAN which has no internet or local access other than to Frigate. Frigate is linked to HA and I can see all my streams in HA plus get notifications etc.

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

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’.

yep - i have mine setup to record local and ftp to my storage server. 1 is good, 2 are better.

Reolink Wi-Fi doorbell. Negative reviews are 99% from user error. People think it is a PoE camera. It is Wi-Fi, and as with any Wi-Fi camera regardless of the brand you will have issues. Still, within doorbell cameras that are Wi-Fi, Reolink Wi-Fi is the best for the residential use... And that's because many reasons, but the one of the most important things is that it can work with Wi-Fi 5. You also have to manually update the firmware for it to work properly. If you don't want issues at all then get the Reolink PoE doorbell instead. That with the manually updated firmware is flawless. So I will say that is the best residential doorbell at the moment. EDIT: Just saw that Ubiquiti released the G6 doorbell, so reolink PoE doorbell might no longer be the best for home use.

Reolink PoE doorbell and Ubiquiti Doorbell Lite are the current best 2 doorbells for residential use as of now, IMO. Which one to use depends on some factors.

At the moment it is Reolink PoE doorbell and Ubiquiti Doorbell Lite. Note both options are PoE. PoE is the best, not Wi-Fi. What to go with really depends on your full camera system. G6 doorbell next year will be the best for residential use, hand down. Reolink could also possibly come up with a new doorbell model, we'll see.

Reolink PoE doorbell. That's the least delay you are going to get.

Reolink PoE doorbell is the best, but if you can't do PoE then it is sort of debatable between Reolink, Eufy and maybe Tapo. If you are looking into getting more cameras that actually work (that means PoE cameras) in the future then you should go with Reolink. This is because not only you will be able to use that with a full Reolink setup but also will work with other setups where you mix brands (as long as you buy the PoE or Wi-Fi model). Arlo, Ring, Blink and all the other "popular" brands are trash. Avoid them.

Question, why would you have a doorbell on the back of your home? Are you expecting packages to be delivered in your backyard? If you aren't expecting packages in your backyard then use a security camera in the backyard then. Best doorbells in the market as of right now are G6 entry and Reolink PoE doorbell (probably the white version because it has package detection). For the backyard camera it is either going to be G6 turret/bullet or G6 180 if you go with Ubiquiti or if you go with Reolink then any IR night vision model (non CX/non color night vision only) assuming your backyard is pitch black at night, could be a duo/Elite there also. As always, all your cameras should be PoE. Eufy are not real serious cameras, only the PoE models from that brand could be feasible for surveillance but they don't have PoE models for doorbells iirc. It is a extremely inferior brand to Reolink or Ubiquiti and not worth getting for this purpose.

Don't get battery powered cameras, those are useless. Reolink Wi-Fi doorbell and hardwiring it would be the best Wi-Fi solution for a doorbell camera. But the very best (by an extreme amount) is a PoE doorbell like Reolink PoE doorbell (you probably want the white version) or Ubiquiti G6 Entry.

Replace with Reolink PoE doorbell or Ubiquiti G6 Entry for best performance/reliability. Reolink doorbell Wi-Fi version and hardwire it, if you can't do PoE. Skip Ring or Simplisafe.

You can supposedly hook up multiple Reolink chimes for your Reolink doorbell, but I would double check that in their subreddit. >How is reolink remote viewing live /prerecorded, from NVR? The PoE doorbell with a reolink NVR or the app? Flawless. The doorbell also supports ONVIF and is a good option (probably the best atm) for a doorbell to pair with a different NVR or Blue Iris or similar as well. The Wi-Fi doorbell version, like any Wi-Fi camera, is subject to all problems that a Wi-Fi camera can have. I'm guessing if you still want to use your chime then you'd have to do some type of automation/tinkering with Home Assistant.

Ubiquiti G6 entry. IMO best doorbell for residential use as of now. Reolink PoE doorbell is another good choice but it lacks people recognition (as in face recognition, different than detection). Reolink Wi-Fi doorbell (hardwired) would be a viable option as well but it is not as reliable as the PoE version. You can save footage locally to a microSD and/or NVR. Ubiquiti you can only save to NVR iirc. There are other methods for saving footage to a NAS as well or similar.

You get an NVR then or hub (if it is a wi-fi cam), but that's like $100-$300 or so added to it or have it recording to the cloud (but that means paying subscription) as well for backup or to a NAS or FTP server. There are a lot of options but the best ones are Ubiquiti G6 entry, followed by Reolink PoE doorbell (all these are PoE). The only Wi-Fi doorbell I'd go with is Reolink Doorbell Wi-Fi hardwired, this would be like minimum viable option. Battery powered/wireless cameras are mostly useless so I'd suggest you don't go that way...