REOLINK 12MP PoE IP Camera Outdoor, 97° Wide Angle Dome Security Camera for Home Surveillance, Human/Vehicle/Pet Detection, 700lm Color Night Vision, 2 Way Talk, Up to 512GB microSD Card, RLC-1224A

This Reolink RLC-1224A is an excellent outdoor/indoor security camera. The 12MP resolution delivers sharp, detailed images with a nice 97° wide-angle view that covers a good area without distortion. Color night vision with the 700lm spotlight is bright and vivid, and the human/vehicle/pet detection works reliably with very few false alerts. Two-way talk is clear, PoE setup was simple, and the dome design looks clean and sturdy. Highly recommend for home surveillance — great quality and features at a solid price!

This is a great camera. I wanted something with local storage or that I could connect to my own cloud and this is fantastic. I bought this 8 months ago and the 256GB hasn't been used up yet. It has great picture quality, is no 8k, but for a security camera it's perfectly fine. Talkback, alarm, and spotlights are great. Playback and recording are good. Live feed is clean with little to no latency. I can also have Google pull it up on my Hub and that's pretty nifty. My setup is the camera wired to switch, wired to a Wi-Fi repeater. I'm using Cat8 cables and a Netgear switch. I also have the white door camera routed the same way and that one is great too. The biggest thing is to get the non-detecable zones set up as well as the delays and sensitivities. Once those are set to your needs it's smooth sailing.

Reolink makes great products, and this 12MP camera is excellent. I have six around my house, and they have amazing clarity, sound, and auto-detect recording options. Reliable cameras and excellent documentation and support. I highly recommend Reolink. I use the in-camera micro SD cards to record any motion, and don't have to pay a monthly fee for a Cloud storage option. Am thinking about buying a Reolink NVR to get more recording capacity, but I haven't needed it for over six years so am doubtful of the benefit. If I need to see something in the past, it's never more than 2-3 day before, which the 128-GB microSD card can easily handle.

I have 2 of these now and am about to round out my needs with 2 more. A few comments. I've watched s few reviews of prior releases/firmware perhaps of the 1212A from 2022 (nearly a year before I write this on 03-JUL-23 and can say the reviews were thorough BUT the camera has apparently evolved since the 2022 timeframe. Those items that held it back int he reviews are mostly gone and very much improved. First let me state that your milage will vary based on your surroundings... my notes below are from a heavily treed neighborhood where people tend to keep lights off at night unless a motion detector triggers one... there is a single soft yellowish tree light on the stretch -- so not a brightly lit environment at night. Comparing side by side with my RLC-811A I can say the picture is sharper but I wouldn't say the differences is a "WOW" factor... UNTIL NIGHT ROLLS AROUND! The 1224A is able to run in color mode with ambient light with a usable image (motion does blur in the lowest of light) whereas the 811A just inches away from the 1224A is too dark to be useful like this even for still views. Going to black & white mode (still ambient -- without allowing IR spotlights) the 1224A pulls farther ahead with a sharp image that extends well beyond the range of the 811A which performs better here than it did in color mode. The 1224A has an extra 60-80+ feet of usable range in this scenario. Lastly turning on the infrared spotlight the 1224A leaps ahead and has a sharp image and surpasses the range of the 811A by 100+ feet. One last thing. A reviewer previously stated that the mounting is not flexible and I was almost put off by this post (but PRIME returns gave me the confidence to try the camera). I can state with certainty that this camera is every bit as flexible as every other turret cam out there. While the other reviewer's notes of the 3 positions for locking to the mount are correct there is a 360 degree rotation at a seam about 1/8 inch from the mount. It is stiff (as it should be to ensure it doesn't move under any circumstances but the turret DOES rotate completely on the mount. The camera ball within the turret moves up/dow 90 degrees and twists fully so that it can be positioned to any angle. It fits securely against 'fingers' which provide tension to hold it steady after adjustment. The camera has a good mounting system (no restrictions as another comment noted) good picture and at the price currently only a little more than the 4K cameras it is a great value.

I invested in reolink a few years ago and have their 5MP camera which have excellent day time capacity but sub par night use. Higher resolution cameras were not available at that time. Recently my car was broken into and the night footage was unusable. I have purchased this 12MP camera which had built in sensor spotlight, microphyand speaker and a warning siren. It is plug and play compatible with my existing Reolink NVR and the image quality is outstanding. In night b&w the image is crisp, when the sensor spotlight comes on the image reverts to full colour and is exceptional. This has been an excellent purchase and upgrade.

Great images both day and night. Easy to set up and link to the main DVR.

Camera is awesome and easy to install! Very good quality for the price!

Swannの一回り高額なものも同じ場所につけて、補完できるように使ってますが、両方同程度…というか多分、性能はこっちの方が上かな。 夜は赤外線を照射しており、赤いライトが見えます。 また、この光が近くで反射してしまうと、白飛びしてかなり見づらくなるので、画角調整が必要です。 ここら辺だけはSwannの方が優秀感。 中華製品というだけで信用したくないけども、コスパはすごいです。 でもやっぱりネットには繋ぎたくありません。 あと、商品説明が足りてませんが、レンズの反対側からケーブルの生えた球状の本体を、土台がホールドしているだけのため、かなり自由に画角を設定できます。

I have put 3 POE devices in use, attached to Reolink Nvr and all have performed well. Wired is definitely more reliable the wireless. The quality of the devices are very good and prices are great.