Hey guys,

I’ve absolutely had it with my Ring camera and doorbell, ive started using a network wide VPN and they are just too unreliable and expensive to continue - let alone actively blocking IPs from VPNs which I didnt know about and think is ridiculous.

I have looked in to Reolink cameras because I’ve seen someone talking about them before on lemmy, question is:

Have any of you used Reolink cameras and NVR in your setup and how well does it integrate / whats your opinion on the cameras themselves?

  • schizo@forum.uncomfortable.businessEnglish
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    16 days ago

    I’m on year 5 with 6 of them and they’re all fine.

    RTSP stream to frigate, and then frigate does the magic AI and recording shit.

    They’re also not allowed outside the LAN and don’t seem to care about not being all internet connect-y, though YMMV on newer models.

    I can’t think of a single case of being annoyed with them other than the mounting pressure is a little wonky and a sufficiently fat corvid can land on them and change the angle on one of the ones in the backyard but I’m not sure I’d blame the camera manufacturer because of a fat crow.

    • gerdesj@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      16 days ago

      Similar story here. Again, no way do these things get to the internet. I use Zoneminder. Reasonable price and a decent image - night and day. Rock solid stability - I’ve never rebooted one to solve an issue. Their up times match firmware updates.