Reolink RLC-81PA Review - 4K 180° Pan Tracking Security Camera

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Today, we are going to review and check out the Reolink RLC-81PA. This is a 4K wired in PoE IP NVR Security Camera that can pan 180 degrees and has motion tracking. We will check out its features, unbox, install, setup and check out its video quality day and night and also check out its performance and see if this Reolink RLC-81PA can be a good option for your Home Security Camera setup.
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00:00 Introduction
00:35 Features
01:32 Unboxing
02:38 Installation
03:02 Setup
03:24 Settings
05:30 Video Quality
07:44 Performance
09:45 Thoughts
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@nissanhawaiinationnhn9963 6 ай бұрын

Making great videos as always, you got me purchased my first ring cameras, blink cameras, Eufy cameras, now you got me hooked on reolink cameras. Thanks for the wonderful videos.

@LifeHackster 6 ай бұрын

Thank you. I appreciate it.

@paulmiyagishima7655 6 ай бұрын

Greetings from Torrance! Happy New Year sir! Hope you were able to celebrate with some good pancit! What I love about this product is the auto tracking. Just that alone would make a bad guy nervous and would draw attention. It would be hard to break in or do any vandalism if they think they are actively being watched. Thanks again for keeping us up to date with new products!

@NeilBradleyMS 5 ай бұрын

Hi There, new subscriber here!! I've got several Reolink camera's covering my property, unfortunately one has just let me down as water has got into the connection, even though I'd installed the weather proof connector. I haven't brought a camera for a few years and I'm amazed at how the technology has improved, now with Face and Vehicle detection, but also now the Pan and Tracking, WOW! It's just perfect and for such a good price. So, I just wanted to say thank you for such a great video covering all the aspects of this camera. I'm not even going to look at any more video, this one was enough for me to make my decision to purchase one. Just brilliant. - Neil (UK)

@robertoghinato5754 6 ай бұрын

Superb job like always! 5 stars deserved! happy 2024 an bless!

@floryy_ 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this video!

@LifeHackster 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@RomvnlyPlays 6 ай бұрын

I really dislike how at certain points, a person is invisible at night

@LifeHackster 6 ай бұрын

Yes, because this one doesn’t have a low light sensor. I think it is better to just turn off the spotlight and set it to IR night vision mode.

@toolate6971 6 ай бұрын

I recently purchased a lot of equipment from Reolink including the RLN36 and the USW-Enterprise-24-PoE (400W) from unifi. I have 16 and plan to add 3 more. I will purchase 3 of these cameras to round out my POE camera inventory. Also, I use the two junction boxes sold by Reolink to make fast replacement of cameras easy.

@BHP15 3 ай бұрын

hi, thanks for your great videos. you are the best at describing and showing the whole function of the camera. knowing all these cameras you have reviewed so far, i wonder whether you know which i have to choose for the 15-meter garden which i would like to have a nice view of the garden during dark nights with zoom if possible. so i appreciate you letting me know which camera is good for it. thanks

@Vuyfield 6 ай бұрын

That's a great review! Could you check the Eufy Outdoor Siren next?

@LifeHackster 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and will do.

@ronm6585 6 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@LifeHackster 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@BKLNsF1nest 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video. I have had nothing but problems with older reolink cameras. I can only connect when on the same WiFi, so viewing remotely never works. Setting up notifications was unnecessarily hard and still doesn't work. I got rid of them

@justin9152 6 ай бұрын

Reolinks are my favorite to use so far. I just wish the live feed would load faster, had rich text notifications, and hopefully these days the false alerts have improved. My unit is from about 4 years ago and having the motion alerts on blew up my phone for pretty much anything moving outside.

@knightrider6473 6 ай бұрын

I'm considering changing from swann coz the app sux and the push notifications hardly ever work.

@JanoJ 6 ай бұрын

I dont have many issues with motion alerts (much better than my previous Ring).. I do have a few Reolink cams.. but lets focus on the front of the house, where I have a Doorbell and a trackmix. I have the doorbell set to alert and record to local sd only person/visitor detection, and only within my yard, to avoid picking passers by. The trackmix only alerts when persons are detected in my yard too, however, will also record Locally persons, vehicles and pets. My Synology NAS/NVR records almost all movements (and in future will be modded to do other AI based tricks, like loitering in the area outside our yard). Net result.. very few "false"notifications (less than 2 or three a week, and usually because of a quirk of the trackmix, that whilst it is "tracking" a pet.. it may detect a person outside the normal area), and virtually ALL real notifications.

@LifeHackster 6 ай бұрын

It’s AI detection is way better compared to their older cams that doesn’t have it. Yup..rich notifications…

@PatrickC139 6 ай бұрын

The slow loading on the app is a BIG issue. Ive seen people complaining about it from people that have older phones, all the way up to high end phones and its a problem with the app, not their hardware. I wanna say it was a lot better several revisions ago in terms of loading times. (They also messed up the live view pixels on their PC Client software, not that long ago but that's a different story lol).

@datapro007 6 ай бұрын

Great review, thanks. I'm not partial to the sound it records while panning.

@LifeHackster 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@SteveK99Sub 2 ай бұрын

Appreciate the videos! Can you share what brand ethernet cables you use? Would you run Cat 5, 6 or 7? if you were starting all over again? I need to wire my entire project and don't want the cables to be the weakest component. Thank you again!

@FrostyTheBeerMan 2 ай бұрын

With this camera, can you scan this camera via qr code to automatically have it load in your app ? Thank you. always love your videos !

@manuelmascorro4916 4 ай бұрын

How do you see the pictures on your presets settings? .. also where to go to do tracking for person….. also on your playback videos to see the pictures or what it recorded

@estephanixo 6 ай бұрын

Hi! Is it possible u could test Xfinity’s outdoor cameras 🥺

@Arctic5fox 6 ай бұрын

The motor on the camera sounds like the phaser from 60s Star Trek.

@jamiehiggs5389 6 ай бұрын

How would this compare to the E1 outdoor Pro?

@KOOLBOI2006 2 ай бұрын

Which POE camera would you recommend after reviewing different ones for home setup? I ideally need 4 around my house. Cheers

@kraminbris6980 6 ай бұрын

Make it a Full Colour Night Vision version with more pixel and I might be interested. That would negate the need for spotlight glare and/or need for infrared LED's. Just sayin' (asking!)

@bennylloyd-willner9667 6 ай бұрын

The panning motor could be used as an alarm sound. Damn, it is loud!

@BIG_DRU 6 ай бұрын

I like the camera a lot..nice clarity @ 30ft……just curious to why Reolink would release it knowing about the motor noise in the recording playback, could be a deal breaker for some people……..

@JakeMerkaahm4or8 9 күн бұрын

anyone know if this problems been fixed yet?

@102Pavel 6 ай бұрын

Hello friend, I have the same camera and I have no option to set motion tracking in the app. Don't you know how this is possible? Is it possible that there are different camera settings for Europe and America??

@theoteam4641 6 ай бұрын

I really like this camera, after I review on this camera they added auto tracking lol

@MRSTEEL15 6 ай бұрын

I would just have several different brand wireless cams throughout my yard, to get ALL angles clear

@bennylloyd-willner9667 6 ай бұрын

Amazing how they let the pan motor sound drown the mic. The recorded sound from outside was really low. With all the AI power, they should be able to filter the mic sound

@swishyboi7444 4 ай бұрын

I agree too. That noise is a bit annoying

@QH96 6 ай бұрын

I think the new 16mp reolink duo would be a better but more expensive .option

@Rockaland2 6 ай бұрын

Picture quality for 75 bucks is pretty good.. Audio sounds a bit muddy...25 fps is great ! Light years better than new Ring stick up crap.. I like to see the New Argus Track coming out as well and maybe to a comparison between models...

@LifeHackster 6 ай бұрын

I have to check it out. Thanks for watching!

@matthewdon9565 3 ай бұрын

Is there a patrol mode with these?

@pjmNZ 6 ай бұрын

Looks like great camera, really disappointing though that it only works with Google as stand alone not with NVR. They really need to make the NVRs smart, otherwise will be left behind.

@AlL-fw2cy 6 ай бұрын

Any way to save events to the cloud as a backup? Say for example a theft were the system is disabled or stolen. Also is there a way to connect a YoLink siren to this?

@LifeHackster 6 ай бұрын

With this model as to cloud recording, No. you can add it to an NVR located securely inside your house though. I’m not sure about the YoLink siren though. You might using Alexa etc…

@Kaienhere 5 ай бұрын

Reolink does have a cloud subscription that you can use as backup, some models like the duo 2 even offer free cloud storage, but in the long run it's cheaper to get an NVR

@KingGene 6 ай бұрын

So when you say it works better with infrared lights, I’m guessing you’re talking about lights that you had installed in addition to the camera? Also, what Reolink NVR do you like?

@LifeHackster 6 ай бұрын

No, in my setup, the camera spotlight bounces off my ceiling causing a glare but it doesn’t in IR night vision mode.

@KingGene 6 ай бұрын

@@LifeHackster oh I understand now you just changed the mode to IR. So what Reolink NVR do you like??

@matthewellis5297 6 ай бұрын

I really with the app allowed notifications to be turned on and off using the phone's location. Schedules are nowhere near as useful. Nor does it provide a list of events. If you've had notifications off, you would have search each camera's event list separately. Really hope this gets added in the future.

@LifeHackster 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@JG-1991 6 ай бұрын

I hate the motor sound it makes wish it was quite when you pan

@montrose5paulina 6 ай бұрын

Do they make them battery power? Because my internet cable is way out of reach!!

@LifeHackster 6 ай бұрын

Not this version. Thanks for watching!

@YukonHawk1 6 ай бұрын

The panning noise alone would not make me want to buy it! It's HORRIBLE! Definitely a no go for me. Otherwise it is a nice camera, but for me a POE Trackmix is way better.

@conquerorhowie 6 ай бұрын

Let's say this camera is installed on a busy street, are you able to set a specific detection zone (let's say a drive way and front yard) as to not have the motion tracking following every car that goes by? Thanks for reviewing these cameras for us.

@LifeHackster 6 ай бұрын

You should or just turn off vehicle tracking in the settings.

@conquerorhowie 6 ай бұрын

@@LifeHackster Thank you

@conquerorhowie 6 ай бұрын

@merluzo8269 I appreciate your reply. Thank you

@swishyboi7444 4 ай бұрын

I would have this Installed in backyard if I'm on busy street

@zuhairhlayel 6 ай бұрын

🌹💐👏👍💐🌷

@pinoyuc 6 ай бұрын

6:36 glare is reflecting because of the eves.

@LifeHackster 6 ай бұрын

That’s what I said. Thanks for watching!

@pinoyuc 6 ай бұрын

@LifeHackster probably mist it cuz I paused to comment. My bad. When reviewing recording can you actually hear it panning, or not noticeable.

@SkippaG 6 ай бұрын

Reolink not connecting to alexa is disappointing tbh. Why tho??

@LifeHackster 6 ай бұрын

It can as long as you set the camera up by itself first and not plugged in on the back of the NVR.

@MaskEnvy Ай бұрын

Those of use who need to use wireless equipment are really limited 😢

@danielg9810 6 ай бұрын

Great review but not impressed with camera. I’m more intrested in true color night vision with higher megapixels.

@LifeHackster 6 ай бұрын

It would be nice if they have the CX410 camera on it.

@danielg9810 6 ай бұрын

@merluzo8269 I do have Hikvision ColorVu set up and it is awesome.

@matthewhartley8756 6 ай бұрын

We're doing this, not good and they're. They're good cameras, but when they come to apps Like the samsung app They took away features it's not even fair