ReolinkPoE Video Doorbell Camera with Chime, 5MP Super HD Wired Smart Video Doorbell with Camera, 180° Diagonal View, Human Detection, Two-Way Audio, Remote Access, Waterproof, Video Doorbell PoE

The image quality of this is nothing short of amazing. Showed it to my neighbour who just bought a Ring Doorbell and they thought this one was a lot better. There isn't a lot of scope for zooming in before things get pixelated but that's really not what a doorbell camera is for. If you want that, buy a 4K security camera. The night vision is particularly good and only uses a single red LED. I have another ReoLink camera and that has about 6 LEDs which really isn't very discrete, but this single LED is fine.I bought the PoE version of this doorbell because I really didn't want to mess about with batteries, or worry about WiFi connections and the like. I knew it would be a challenge getting the network cable there but I figured once it was done, it was done and if I wanted to swap it out for a different camera later I could. I'm very glad I went this way.Before I went to all the effort of the install I set the doorbell up just sitting on a table in the hall and it all worked really well. Setup was dead simple using the Reolink app even though I don't intend to use it long term. The chime is loud enough to wake the dead which was one of my concerns as I'm a bit of a night owl so it's not at all uncommon for the existing doorbell to wake me up. This one will easily do that, it's just a shame that it takes our last plug socket in the hall, but it was that or batteries.I put it off for about a week or more but eventually I tackled the install. It took me about 3.5 hours but 90% of that was me getting the network cable to the door. I had to go from my network switch which is under the stairs, drill through the external wall into the garage, along the wall in the garage, drill through the cladding in the front of the garage, drill through into the porch, hide it all up inside the window sill and eventually out to where the doorbell mounts on the doorframe. The cable is all nicely hidden except for one small run up the outside porch wall. The actuall doorbell install couldn't be simpler and took about 10 minutes!I particularly like that there's no monthly sub for this doorbell which honestly for what they off on those that charge this I think is just a money grab. I plug it into my network and use the software on my Synology NAS. It just works. Flawless.

I wanted to use this for a couple months before leaving a review. Actually, I very rarely if ever leave any reviews, but I am so pleased with this door camera that I must inform other Amazonians. It arrived all nicely packaged, as expected. The setup was a doddle - you attach a POE cable into it and it works straight out. When I am indoors, I get a gentle sound on my phone to tell me someone is at the door, or if they ring, my phone rings. If I am driving, my car sound opens up and I talk to the visitor while driving (hadsfree of course!! :). As I respond, the response is heard outside immediately. It's got a few pre-recorded messages ("you've knocked at the wrong door" !! :). You can set the size of moving object at the front door to trigger the alerts hence ignoring cats and birds. Picture from the camera is very clear, transferred in real life. Bandwith used is about 200-400kB/s (according to camera). I slotted a 32GB micro SD into it and it records events, overwriting the oldest ones. Playback is available immediately; plays well, continuous stream, with sound, just perfect. AND IT IS NOT FORCING ME TO SUBSCRIBE, OR HAVE ANY "SMART" APPLICATIONS OR ANY OTHER MILKING "APPS".Just a door camera working for me, controlled only by me, on my LAN. PERFECT!!One single thing to bear in mind is, your POE switch must be a powerful one. My Netgear GS108PE couldn't power this up. Another one I bought, a GS305EPP, provided enough juice for this to fire up and remain fired and stable for the last 3+ months. BTW the GS3055EPP is powering this camera simultanously with Ubiqiti U6 Pro WiFi dish; both are stable and happy. Also, I connected this through a 16+ years old Cat5 cable (it was buried in the internal walls and connecting front entrance wall to my utility room some 7 meters away).

I chose the Reolink product range for the PoE connectivity. It was easy to install. I added it to e Reolink NVR and some cameras as well. It all works together really well.Picture quality at night is above expectations and during the day is great too.Only reason to not give 5 star is lack of Apple Homekit connectivity and the occasional false positive notification.There are plenty of customising options to prevent this though, so it’s not a big problem.Overall a great piece of kit.