REOLINK 2K Video Doorbell Wi-Fi Camera with Chime, 3:4 Head-to-Toe View, 180°View, 5/2.4 GHz Wi-Fi, 2-Way Talk, Person/Package Detection, Waterproof, Smart Alerts, Works NVR(Wired)

No more Ring cloud storage BS!!!!
REOLINK 2K Video Doorbell Wi-Fi Camera – A Comprehensive ReviewThe REOLINK 2K Video Doorbell Wi-Fi Camera offers an impressive combination of performance, features, and value. As smart home devices continue to evolve, video doorbells like this one promise enhanced security and convenience, and REOLINK’s offering delivers on many of these fronts. Below, we break down its key features, pros, and cons to help you decide if it’s the right choice for your home.Key Features:2K HD Video Quality: One of the standout features of the REOLINK doorbell is its 2K video resolution (2560×1920), which offers crisp, clear visuals. This is a step up from the typical 1080p resolution found in many video doorbells, providing better image clarity, especially in low-light conditions.Wide Field of View: The camera boasts a 160-degree wide-angle lens, giving you a broad view of visitors and the surrounding area. This wide field of view reduces blind spots and helps you see more of what’s happening outside your door.Two-Way Audio: The doorbell is equipped with two-way audio, which allows you to speak to visitors or delivery drivers via the REOLINK app. The sound quality is good, with minimal lag, making it ideal for communicating in real-time.Motion Detection & Alerts: REOLINK’s motion detection system is responsive and can be adjusted for sensitivity. You’ll receive alerts on your smartphone whenever motion is detected, allowing you to monitor any activity at your doorstep, whether you’re at home or away.Night Vision: The built-in infrared night vision ensures you can clearly see who’s at your door even in complete darkness. This is a critical feature for nighttime security, and the REOLINK doorbell handles it well.Storage Options: The REOLINK video doorbell supports both cloud storage (subscription required) and local storage via a microSD card (up to 128GB). This provides flexibility in how you store your video footage, though cloud storage will come with additional costs over time.Wi-Fi Connectivity: As a Wi-Fi-connected device, it’s relatively easy to set up and connect to your home network. The connection is stable, although performance can depend on the strength of your Wi-Fi signal at the installation site.Pros:Superior Video Quality: With 2K resolution, the video feed is sharp and clear, providing excellent detail. This is especially noticeable during the daytime but also performs well at night, thanks to effective night vision.Wide Angle Lens: The 160-degree field of view covers more ground, minimizing the need for additional cameras around your front door area.Reliable Motion Detection: Motion alerts are timely and accurate, with minimal false alarms. You can customize the detection area to focus on the most relevant spots, like your front door.Affordable: Compared to other high-resolution video doorbells on the market, the REOLINK 2K doorbell is priced competitively, offering great value for its features.Easy Installation: The setup process is fairly simple. You can mount the doorbell, connect it to your Wi-Fi, and start using it with minimal hassle. The app is intuitive, making the overall experience user-friendly.Cons:No Chime Included: Unlike some competitors, the REOLINK doorbell doesn’t come with an internal chime. You’ll need to pair it with a compatible chime or use the app to receive alerts on your phone.Cloud Storage Costs: While local storage options are free with the use of a microSD card, the cloud storage service comes with a subscription fee. This may not be ideal for users looking to keep ongoing costs low.Wi-Fi Range Sensitivity: If your Wi-Fi signal is weak or inconsistent, you may experience occasional lag or video dropouts. Ensure your router is within reasonable range of the doorbell for optimal performance.App Lag Occasionally: While the REOLINK app is mostly responsive, there can occasionally be a slight delay when loading live video or receiving notifications.Final Verdict:The REOLINK 2K Video Doorbell Wi-Fi Camera is an excellent option for those looking for a high-quality, feature-rich video doorbell without breaking the bank. Its 2K resolution, wide-angle lens, and night vision are standout features that provide excellent security benefits. The motion detection and two-way audio functions work well, adding to its value.While it may lack an internal chime and the cloud storage has additional costs, the overall package is strong, especially considering its price point. If you’re looking for a reliable and clear video doorbell that’s easy to set up and use, the REOLINK 2K Video Doorbell is a great choice.

Unusable. Badly designed junk.
Further update:After 2 weeks the memory card is unreadable and I cannot View my recordings. I’m kind of surprised it’s possible that it’s the memory card went bad I will swap in another one and try but I’m suspicious.Second issue is that I have it connected to Alexa so that the Alexa Hub can theoretically display the doorbell. I tried to answer a ring in coming onto my phone but when I do it says that the connection is already in use or the speaker is already in use. So I was unable to communicate with the person at the door. I believe it’s because real link is trying to establish the connection to the hub and then will not let my phone connect. After attempting to connect the device then went offline and I couldn’t view the doorbell at all as stated below there’s all kinds of strange connectivity issues.The engineering on this device is so bad maybe you get lucky with it working but I highly do not recommend these unless you have a direct ethernet connection because the Wi-Fi radio on this is garbage. The engineering support is zero.Update:After using this device for a few weeks, I found it randomly goes offline. I set up the device to have a priority connection to my TP-Link Wi-Fi 6 router mesh Network, and the signal is very strong. I’ve been back and forth with Reolink support, which is basically non-existent because they don’t speak English and have some weird interpreting where they don’t read my responses, asking the same questions over and over again. They tell me to put the device closer to my router and reset it a million times – they even said that I shouldn’t mount it against a wall LOL. I reminded them that it is a doorbell. From other Wi-Fi Reolink devices that I have I also observe a similar problem with their connectivity issues. Periodically and I have to go reset the Wi-Fi or reboot the power to the router. I had the ring doorbell and the same location for 4 years straight with zero connectivity issues so I may just have to return back to ring unfortunately. If they can figure out how to design proper Wi-Fi receiver transmitter in their devices I would consider purchasing but for now I would not recommend.SetupAn undesirable design choice for all Reolink cameras is connecting to your wifi by the camera reading a QR code from your phone. You have to play this game with the phone in front of the camera, moving it in and out, but the cameras struggle to read the code. Most other devices use Bluetooth or a temporary wifi hotspot to connect. The key is to set up the camera right next to your router so it has a great signal and is indoors before mounting so the lighting is just right.I had a hell of a time connecting to my AT&T Wifi 6 router just about 10 feet away through the exterior wall and into the attic. The Wi-Fi reception is excellent from the street, so it has nothing to do with my router. The Doorbell would connect on and off sporadically, making it difficult to complete the setup process. I had to keep resetting the device maybe six times. I noticed that the wifi signal was weak once connected, according to the doorbell (2 of the 3 bars). The only explanation is that Reolink could have done a better job designing their antennas for the doorbell. My Ring doorbell had no issues for 5 years. I thought the doorbell was an instant return because I could not connect until I changed the configuration to the “Use 5GHz band only” option, and then it’s been solid for the last few days. I appreciate that the cameras are dual-band, but they don’t seem to be designed to use both bands. All of my other Reolink cameras have connectivity issues if left on Dual Band mode, and I had to set my router to only use the 5GHz band for the camera specifically, on top of the camera being set to use 5GHz; otherwise, the camera would be inaccessible.Mounting:The mount is unsuitable for walls, and there is no place to fit their large electrical connectors. I changed to a smaller connector, which the Ring doorbell came with, and was able to shove it into the wall. They do not have a vertical angle mounting plate for hardie-board siding with a vertical tilt, so your camera will be pointing up towards the roof. They only provide a left/right angled bracket.Field of View:I don’t like the field of view of this device as it appears to be designed to view vertically instead of horizontally. I do not need to view my porch roof but do want to see traffic across my front lawn to the driveway. The ring doorbell had a 360 fish eye, allowing me to see almost across my whole front lawn. The Ring doorbell probably has a 90-degree FOV horizontally, which is unacceptable. You should plan to have other cameras to cover your property as this is meant just to cover your porch area.Video:The quality is on par with Ring doorbell. I appreciate being able to select the quality mode to save on bandwidth while viewing over the phone.Detection:Like all Reolink devices, they can detect any motion (light changes or movement, vehicle, etc) and humans and allow you to filter on the event when viewing the timeline. This is a key differentiator from so many cameras that made me select Reolink (that and the on-board storage with free viewing). Like Ring, Reolink also has a Package detection. At first the package detection was going off repeatedly thinking my porch chair was a package. I turned down the package detection setting and it stopped the false detection and successfully captured an envelope dropped on the porch.Like all Reolink cameras I appreciate the detailed configuration options in smart detections. There is overall Motion Detection setting from 0-100 and then on top of that you can adjust whatever smart detection (pet, human, package) the device supports. It takes a few days of monitoring and tweaking those settings to get things optimal for your environment. For the most part it’s pretty good and I opt to increase the false detections with more recording vs miss an important event.The great thing is that you can playback only the filtered events you wish to see and when you receive a phone alert, selecting the alert will load up that event directly. Ring doesn’t do any of that.Motion event recording at detection of the event. You can set the post-motion recording time before it stops with 15, 30, 60 seconds, but not pre-event marking. Their cameras record before human detection to ensure you get the full footage even before detection. Ring doorbell would show me an event recording only when a person was basically at the door and turning away already unless they were walking slowly.Storage and Playback:The seller of Reolink devices is the subscription-free on-board device storage. Now, you can purchase a cloud storage plan if you like, but these devices also support FTP and standard NVR streams, so you can always back up your NVR. I used a 256GB SD card and so far I’m using 1GB/day which means I’ll have 9 months of storage. That’s insane. Bye-bye Ring subscription plan for $4/mo to see 10 days worth of “events”.Playback allows you to pick a date, filter by Visitor, Any Motion, Person, and Package, which will remove all other detections in the timeline so your playback only shows those events. There is a “tile view” option showing you a sampled preview of frames for each tile and it has an icon on each tile as to which types of motions were detected (motion, person, package, etc). You don’t have to scan through and watch endlessly each video (like Ring), you can quick scroll through the tiles to get a view of what occurred without watching. Playback speeds of 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16x are available saving time reviewing footage.Audio Quality:There is less background noise than Ring. Ring had so much background noise it was hard to hear almost, however, it could detect whispering at the edge of my property almost. This device picks up audio clearly.Chime:The doorbell comes with a chime that is configurable for different tones, unlike Ring, which makes you purchase a chime.Alexa Compatibility:This is compatible with Alexa, and all the supported motion alerts can be announced on your Alexa device. When pressed, the doorbell ring will also be announced on your Alexa hub/echo, and the live video will be shown. On the Echo/Hub doorbell tile, Amazon leaves their Ring device with the additional feature of displaying the last image but no image for Reolink, unfortunately. It would be nice to have the tile preview the last image on your Echo/Hub.My most significant issues are the field of view and the device setup difficulties.

For a 5MP device, the picture quality is fine. I do find the lighting on the darker side as compared to the 12MP (RLC-1240A) above it. But it’s good enough for me.I like that it has a warning/announcing chime when a person steps into its set close proximity along with a separate doorbell chime that is pressed by visitors.I like that I can turn off the doorbell light at night along with the IR if it’s not needed (I already have a motion sensor porch light that provides more than enough lighting for the doorbell at all hours of the evening/night.I am surprised the range of view is actually narrower than expected (4:3) and that the wedge is needed for even a straight-on, door-frame-edge install. I do see delivered packages but the corner under the doorbell cam is out of sight. Perhaps the standard doorbell would have been a better choice for my application.Overall, I am still happy with this doorbell though an improvement in the contrast or light as well as a better angle can be made to happen in future releases.

Reolink a littéralement révolutionné la surveillance de mon entrée avec cette sonnette vidéo qui repousse tous les standards du marché.Points positifs :Qualité vidéo exceptionnelle en 2K avec une vue panoramique de 180° capturant parfaitement de la tête aux piedsConnectivité Wi-Fi performante (2,4 GHz et 5 GHz) garantissant une connexion stableSystème de notifications instantanées, permettant de réagir en temps réelDétails techniques remarquables :Capteur 5 mégapixels offrant une netteté d’image cristallineAudio bidirectionnel de haute qualité avec suppression des bruits parasitesDétection intelligente de personnes pour minimiser les fausses alertesConclusion : Cette sonnette Reolink n’est pas qu’un simple périphérique de sécurité, c’est un véritable gardien intelligent de votre domicile. Un investissement technologique qui apporte tranquillité et modernité à votre habitat !