100% this. Plus extra bonus points for the chapters and chapter index in the description.

Yes, really good stuff here.

Are there any similar channels?

@n74357175 yes real good stuff. That said I would be scared of that driveway as it does look like the FBI is watching you. I guess people in the neighborhood are wondering what is going on and that crazy person running around outside in the driveway :-D

I agree I subscribed 😊

This was really good. Thank you.

REO link owner here as well

It seems the Reolink is the only one that makes sense.

Same here, and when I started seeing the images I thought oh thats better, thats worse than my reolink, and the results were pretty close to what I see with mine. Certainly not the $1100 camera, but value for $ I'm happy with the ones I have.

@@lithgowlights859 I'm still on 720p cameras, so any 4K camera in this review would look more detailed!

Thanks! The good news is it's getting much easier. I have all the infrastructure in place now to quickly and efficiently test cameras without needing to break my own camera setup (a second 16 port PoE switch, a second computer with blue iris, etc).

People elsewhere have proven you can get clean captures at night of fast moving objects.

@@TheHookUp - Genius!

@@johnsmith2247 Can you link some? I am more interested in good night performance with reasonable cost.

The biggest problem with Reolink is low light conditions. They reduce the shutter speed to make the image look bright, but in movement its all blurry.

@@haknys That is my experience as well. My other issue with Reolink is poor motion detection algorithm on the RLC-511. Even on the most sensitive setting it has difficulty picking up a person more than 50-60 feet away, but is then too sensitive up close and activates on shadows or light changes. AXIS motion detection is much more accurate and configurable.

No disagreement here that Axis cameras are much better than Reolinks, but the value is pretty hard to argue with, especially when compared to other consumer solutions like Wyze, Ring, Simplisafe, and Vivint.

@@TheHookUp We only sell Axis to the customers with the budget, but its of course not for the private marked. Sometimes even combine it with thermal camera and high end video analytics. But the price can be astronomical, not to mention the infrastructure and servers. Different marked. Cool that you include it in the test anyway, so one can see the difference between pro and consumer. I would however argue that low light performance is maby the most important spec for most private homes, and that there are better low-ligh performers in the same price class as Reolink.

@@haknys I'd love to hear your recommendations for a good low light performer in the same price class as Reolink.

Can you elaborate on your last sentence?

@@750Pressure I'm feeding the camera streams to Blue Iris and it's using DeepStack AI for better detection. He has a couple of videos on it and how to set it up. After a year now, I lowered the sensitivity of the motion and it works much better with fewer false alarms. I ended up using both systems.

@@750Pressure They are programs which run on blue iris and make objects sharper in images. In Liveevil's situation they are the positions he enjoys with Rodger.

Thank you!

Thanks!

Make sure to check out the Jan2022 firmware if you haven't already, the blue iris performance increase is substantial.

@@TheHookUp Thanks for the heads up. I'll check that tonight as I do not think I have done it yet.

@@johnperrone1963 I was walking someone through it during an Amazon live stream, go here and skip to 1:10:56 www.amazon.com/live/broadcast/4fe0e303-9474-4536-a2c8-ad451d586eac?ref=cm_sw_al_SwcrPkoPSkA2I

Thanks!

Thanks! Glad it was helpful.

Hey Daniel, sorry I took so long to respond to this (I was traveling when I saw it). It was a struggle even getting an Avigilon to test. It was originally my intention to get an H5A to test but I reached out to a Florida system integrator and asked if I could pay full price and they declined saying they only sell cameras that they are going to install. I ended up having to resort to Ebay to get the one I tested, and there were no H5A models available.

Sounds like someone who works over at @Avigilon should send out a 8.0C-H5A-B01-IR promotional camera. I think he might have done @Avigilon a favor, considering the 8.0C-H5A-B01-IR cost $1099 compared to least expensive yet highly competitive Reolink costing $110.

I had to turn zipstream off for this review because it didn’t play well with blue Iris dual stream setup.

This is exactly the question I'm researching right now. I have a Unifi setup at my house that I really like, but totally get it's too much money. My father in law is building a house and got it wired for both internet and surveillance. Now I'm trying to figure out what's the best option for him. Reolink is looking really good, although I'd love to have an NVR that supports RAID. Looking at Reolink's NVR's, I don't think any do (not sure yet).

It's on my list, but it's definitely a daunting task. In order to do a good review I feel like I'd need at least a few weeks of testing with each different NVR.

@@TheHookUp Probably still shorter timeline overall than your door sensor video :-) That one was epic in it's scope!

Yeah, but that was more of a "set it up and let the computer deal with collecting data", this would be me using it day in and day out to try to find issues.

I agree, if you've got the budget for Axis they are hard to beat.

It's definitely not as easy as going to Amazon though.;

My neighbors have been the same for years, they know what's going on.

Someone commented on another one of videos "Georgeee!!! He's running again" and I about spit out my coffee.

Knowing the lens aperture and sensor size would go a long way to disentangling the hardware and software parts

the new tracking cameras look great. smooth movements and zooms in to follow the subject. So if someone approaches your driveway, the camera will follow them for optimal recording.

One thing I didn’t like about this video is he didn’t show the settings he used for the Unifi camera. You can adjust frame rate and image quality

Those are not complaints I often hear about Reolink cameras, which models are you using?

@@TheHookUp oh my gosh, thanks for such an amazingly fast response! My outdoor Argus 3s send constant alerts from the street or literally from the grass blowing in my neighbors yard but doesn’t kick on alerts or recording of people walking toward it until they’ve almost passed. They will sometimes pick up animals moving through the yard, but it seems to take about 1 to 2 seconds of motion before the recording actually starts. My indoor E1s regularly disconnect from my Internet for days at a time and then mysteriously reconnect later. Both models failed to connect with my Reolink app for viewing probably about 50% of the times I try, whether the app was already open in the background, or is being opened from scratch. I have wondered if I just got some crappy models, but after spending hundreds of dollars on these based on their good reviews, i’ve been shy about starting all over with another brand or model.

@@TheHookUp lol, and now that I made this comment, the very first video that popped up in my recommended feed is your truth about Reolink video. Off to watch that next…😂

You confirmed what I suspected based on your comment. Battery + WiFi cameras will always have that same issue. The way they work is that they have a separate non camera based motion sensor that will then turn the camera on when it senses motion (they have to do this to save battery). Unfortunately, it can often take 2-3 seconds for the camera portion to boot up, so you end up not catching a motion event until it's too late. As far as your indoor E1's not connecting, I'd suspect wifi congestion. I don't have any standard E1's, but I have tested and still use a few E1 Pro and E1 Zooms (as well as an E1 outdoor). I have not had connection issues with those, though they do prefer to be on 5ghz wifi, which can have lower range than other types.

@@TheHookUp this is helpful to know, thank you so much!

Mobotix is some good (but pricey) stuff, I bet if you tried out the Axis it would blow your mind.

Yep, that's exactly the right take away.

Almost all other brands use pigtails until you get to their ultra-premium models. It's much easier to waterproof a pigtail connection than an RJ45 jack.