REOLINK First 4K Solar Security Cameras Wireless Outdoor, Argus PT Ultra+Solar Panel, 360° Pan Tilt Auto-Tracking, 8MP Color Night Vision, 2.4/5 GHz Wi-Fi 6, No Subscriptions, Home Hub Compatible
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10 reviews for REOLINK First 4K Solar Security Cameras Wireless Outdoor, Argus PT Ultra+Solar Panel, 360° Pan Tilt Auto-Tracking, 8MP Color Night Vision, 2.4/5 GHz Wi-Fi 6, No Subscriptions, Home Hub Compatible
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Wayne –
Works almost perfectly unless you have a crazy home network, like me.
Everything works like a champ at home. There are some issues remotely accessing the cameras with my set up. I can’t imagine that your home network is as complex as mine, so you’ll probably be fine with a port forward through your firewall. I ended up needing to set up a virtual machine and to use remote desktop to access it on vacation through a Cloudflare tunnel. Once that was set up, it worked flawlessly on the trip. Great cameras, good charge time. I like the LEDs so that you can see more clearly at night. It will also record and has two microSD slots for being able to save a lot of data from the cameras. I’d buy it again in a heartbeat.
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Kris P. –
Good product
I own two Reolink Argus’, two Reolink Rangers and one Reolink 4k. I’ve had the Argus’ and Rangers for just less than two years. The 4k is new. I think they are a great product. A great value for the price. The set up is easy. The app is intuitive. Reliability is great. Customer service has been responsive.I do have a couple recommendations. Be aware the usb c charging port on the cameras may not be compatible with the newest usb c cables. They usb c protocols have been changing. You’ll want to use a usb a to usb c to ensure compatibility. Also, if you live in a region that gets below freezing winters be aware the cameras will have a hard time charging via the solar panels when it gets below freezing. It’s a good idea to make sure they are fully charged going into the freezing weather. They’ll otherwise work fine.
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Michael R –
The first Reolink product I’ve ever been ENTIRELY disappointed with.
First off, in order to make this camera in any way reasonably useful, you’ve got to buy their Home Hub or Home Hub Pro, an additional purchase that they don’t tell you upfront is kinda sorta necessary for this camera to work as intended and advertised, even if you have your own NVR setup. Using it in standalone mode with any other NVR is terribly unreliable. So, I ended up buying the damn Home Hub, too, creating a second redundant NVR on my network for no good reason.Second, their claims of four-month battery life is if the camera never does a damn thing ever. The puny-ass 5-watt solar panel they include with the camera is worthless and cannot sustain the camera for 24-hour operation with even the lightest of usage settings in anything other than the blaring hot sun of an 18-hour desert day. I’ve had this camera installed for two weeks now; it dies every evening by 8pm, and doesn’t power back on again until nearly noon the next day, despite getting 6+ hours of direct TEXAS sun every day! I’ve watched the battery levels drop while the sun was blaring directly at the panel. It’s absurd that they thought this panel was enough, combined with the sneaky hub requirements, and I feel scammed.In testing, and then finally getting around to installing this camera, I’ve elapsed my 30 day return window. So I’m stuck with it. My options are to run a power cable all the way out to the camera (defeating the damned point of a solar powered camera), or install a larger solar panel, which Reolink will happily sell me for an upcharge.I should have just installed another POE camera and been done with it. I’ll never buy another one of Reolink’s wireless products again. I’ve been a customer for years, and their wired products are excellent. Avoid this wireless garbage; it’s a rabbit hole of upsells and pure disappointment.
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L. Smith –
Good system, but not perfect
Bought this to replace an older harbor freight camera system that stopped connecting to my network after 5-6yrs. I really like the PTZ (Pan/Tilt/Zoom) function, as well as being able to set “favorite” positions. this allows me to cover almost every bit of the area around my place with at least one, usually 2 cameras. I also like that each one has it’s own SD card as well as connecting to the hub, nice redundancy for security. It not being subscription dependent is another huge plus. Being able to run off battery and solar is a huge plus and gives considerably more flexibility in mounting, and so far for my house the battery life is good. When we had some freezing rain and snow ice, the cameras were unable to move, but I suspect that goes for any camera that isn’t completely sealed (my vehicle doors were iced shut as well). I’ve only seen a few downsides so far: I don’t like being app dependent (as in no PC access, Phone or tablet only), no realtime viewer (I can’t just look over at a screen I have to open the app). The regular hub has no HDD or way to plug in an external HDD so that does limit you somewhat on size therefore playback history.However even with those few shortcomings, it is still an exceptional value, outperforming the system I bought just a few years ago for my office for a fraction of the price
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Harvey –
Hands down the best camera I have ever owned.
Incredibly simple setup. Beautifully designed user interfaces for both Win 11 and Android. Couple that to well thought out accessories for mounting the camera and a really solid camera. The image quality is excellent.I have the camera about 30 ft from my WIFI access point and separated from it by two walls. There is sufficient signal that I am getting perfect functionality. The solar panel seems to be working, but only time will tell if there is enough sunlight during a New England Winter to keep the battery charged.This makes me want to replace my other cameras with Reolink.This camera is not natively compatible with Homeassistant. It can work with Homeassistant using the Reolink Home Hub and the Reolink, Homeassistant integration.
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Jda2602 –
Reliable solar powered wifi camera. The solar panel keeps the battery charged through the darker winter months. Occasionally in sub zero temperatures the pan feature stops working (may be because of ice or snow), but function returns within a day or two. I cannot physically access the device in winter to remove ice as it is too remote. Works well enough for this latitude where there is lots of snow, and weather consistently sub zero from December to March.
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shane lavery –
Great product and easy to install.
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CK –
I found setup of both cameras to be very easy to setup thanks to Reolink’s genuinely good security camera software. They are good quality cameras. The build quality feels very sturdy and I think these two cameras will last a long time. Furthermore, I found that installation couldn’t have been easier. Just remember that the cameras need to be in range of the wireless router.The solar panels are great. If Reolink is reading this, I think it would be nice to power &/or charge the camera with both the solar panel and via a plugged in USB C cable as well. That way the outlet can be the backup power source to the cameras should the solar panels not get enough sun on a particular day to reasons of stormy weather or even snow covering the panel.The home hub is very useful to have as it encrypts and stores footage into data that is stored on two micro SD cards both which accommodate up to 256Gb. Right now I have one 256Gb card and a 64Gb card but I plan to soon make it so that both slots are 256Gb to store as much data as possible. The benefit of the hub is that the footage can not be stolen if someone were to try and take the memory card from the camera or even steal the camera with the card in it. The hub prevents those scenarios.Reolink’s software is very good. It is fast, easy to use and there are just so many settings to tinker with including setting up schedules. I find it really neat that this camera can identify people, animals or vehicles and all of which can be enabled or disabled at will or configured to operate on a schedule.The cameras are PT and not PTZ which means they lack any sort of optical zoom feature which is not great. The plus side is the picture is very good and it is easy to see a lot of detail whether it be day or night.Reolink makes very good security camera products. I think what is also neat about these cameras is that they are able to set up anywhere, even if the wifi is coming from a cellular hotspot device.
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Mark –
Very impressed with quality and installation processes
$249.99Original price was: $249.99.$199.99Current price is: $199.99.
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REOLINK First 4K Solar Security Cameras Wireless Outdoor, Argus PT Ultra+Solar Panel, 360° Pan Tilt Auto-Tracking, 8MP Color Night Vision, 2.4/5 GHz Wi-Fi 6, No Subscriptions, Home Hub Compatible
Wayne –
Works almost perfectly unless you have a crazy home network, like me.
Everything works like a champ at home. There are some issues remotely accessing the cameras with my set up. I can’t imagine that your home network is as complex as mine, so you’ll probably be fine with a port forward through your firewall. I ended up needing to set up a virtual machine and to use remote desktop to access it on vacation through a Cloudflare tunnel. Once that was set up, it worked flawlessly on the trip. Great cameras, good charge time. I like the LEDs so that you can see more clearly at night. It will also record and has two microSD slots for being able to save a lot of data from the cameras. I’d buy it again in a heartbeat.
Kris P. –
Good product
I own two Reolink Argus’, two Reolink Rangers and one Reolink 4k. I’ve had the Argus’ and Rangers for just less than two years. The 4k is new. I think they are a great product. A great value for the price. The set up is easy. The app is intuitive. Reliability is great. Customer service has been responsive.I do have a couple recommendations. Be aware the usb c charging port on the cameras may not be compatible with the newest usb c cables. They usb c protocols have been changing. You’ll want to use a usb a to usb c to ensure compatibility. Also, if you live in a region that gets below freezing winters be aware the cameras will have a hard time charging via the solar panels when it gets below freezing. It’s a good idea to make sure they are fully charged going into the freezing weather. They’ll otherwise work fine.
Michael R –
The first Reolink product I’ve ever been ENTIRELY disappointed with.
First off, in order to make this camera in any way reasonably useful, you’ve got to buy their Home Hub or Home Hub Pro, an additional purchase that they don’t tell you upfront is kinda sorta necessary for this camera to work as intended and advertised, even if you have your own NVR setup. Using it in standalone mode with any other NVR is terribly unreliable. So, I ended up buying the damn Home Hub, too, creating a second redundant NVR on my network for no good reason.Second, their claims of four-month battery life is if the camera never does a damn thing ever. The puny-ass 5-watt solar panel they include with the camera is worthless and cannot sustain the camera for 24-hour operation with even the lightest of usage settings in anything other than the blaring hot sun of an 18-hour desert day. I’ve had this camera installed for two weeks now; it dies every evening by 8pm, and doesn’t power back on again until nearly noon the next day, despite getting 6+ hours of direct TEXAS sun every day! I’ve watched the battery levels drop while the sun was blaring directly at the panel. It’s absurd that they thought this panel was enough, combined with the sneaky hub requirements, and I feel scammed.In testing, and then finally getting around to installing this camera, I’ve elapsed my 30 day return window. So I’m stuck with it. My options are to run a power cable all the way out to the camera (defeating the damned point of a solar powered camera), or install a larger solar panel, which Reolink will happily sell me for an upcharge.I should have just installed another POE camera and been done with it. I’ll never buy another one of Reolink’s wireless products again. I’ve been a customer for years, and their wired products are excellent. Avoid this wireless garbage; it’s a rabbit hole of upsells and pure disappointment.
L. Smith –
Good system, but not perfect
Bought this to replace an older harbor freight camera system that stopped connecting to my network after 5-6yrs. I really like the PTZ (Pan/Tilt/Zoom) function, as well as being able to set “favorite” positions. this allows me to cover almost every bit of the area around my place with at least one, usually 2 cameras. I also like that each one has it’s own SD card as well as connecting to the hub, nice redundancy for security. It not being subscription dependent is another huge plus. Being able to run off battery and solar is a huge plus and gives considerably more flexibility in mounting, and so far for my house the battery life is good. When we had some freezing rain and snow ice, the cameras were unable to move, but I suspect that goes for any camera that isn’t completely sealed (my vehicle doors were iced shut as well). I’ve only seen a few downsides so far: I don’t like being app dependent (as in no PC access, Phone or tablet only), no realtime viewer (I can’t just look over at a screen I have to open the app). The regular hub has no HDD or way to plug in an external HDD so that does limit you somewhat on size therefore playback history.However even with those few shortcomings, it is still an exceptional value, outperforming the system I bought just a few years ago for my office for a fraction of the price
Harvey –
Hands down the best camera I have ever owned.
Incredibly simple setup. Beautifully designed user interfaces for both Win 11 and Android. Couple that to well thought out accessories for mounting the camera and a really solid camera. The image quality is excellent.I have the camera about 30 ft from my WIFI access point and separated from it by two walls. There is sufficient signal that I am getting perfect functionality. The solar panel seems to be working, but only time will tell if there is enough sunlight during a New England Winter to keep the battery charged.This makes me want to replace my other cameras with Reolink.This camera is not natively compatible with Homeassistant. It can work with Homeassistant using the Reolink Home Hub and the Reolink, Homeassistant integration.
Jda2602 –
Reliable solar powered wifi camera. The solar panel keeps the battery charged through the darker winter months. Occasionally in sub zero temperatures the pan feature stops working (may be because of ice or snow), but function returns within a day or two. I cannot physically access the device in winter to remove ice as it is too remote. Works well enough for this latitude where there is lots of snow, and weather consistently sub zero from December to March.
shane lavery –
Great product and easy to install.
CK –
I found setup of both cameras to be very easy to setup thanks to Reolink’s genuinely good security camera software. They are good quality cameras. The build quality feels very sturdy and I think these two cameras will last a long time. Furthermore, I found that installation couldn’t have been easier. Just remember that the cameras need to be in range of the wireless router.The solar panels are great. If Reolink is reading this, I think it would be nice to power &/or charge the camera with both the solar panel and via a plugged in USB C cable as well. That way the outlet can be the backup power source to the cameras should the solar panels not get enough sun on a particular day to reasons of stormy weather or even snow covering the panel.The home hub is very useful to have as it encrypts and stores footage into data that is stored on two micro SD cards both which accommodate up to 256Gb. Right now I have one 256Gb card and a 64Gb card but I plan to soon make it so that both slots are 256Gb to store as much data as possible. The benefit of the hub is that the footage can not be stolen if someone were to try and take the memory card from the camera or even steal the camera with the card in it. The hub prevents those scenarios.Reolink’s software is very good. It is fast, easy to use and there are just so many settings to tinker with including setting up schedules. I find it really neat that this camera can identify people, animals or vehicles and all of which can be enabled or disabled at will or configured to operate on a schedule.The cameras are PT and not PTZ which means they lack any sort of optical zoom feature which is not great. The plus side is the picture is very good and it is easy to see a lot of detail whether it be day or night.Reolink makes very good security camera products. I think what is also neat about these cameras is that they are able to set up anywhere, even if the wifi is coming from a cellular hotspot device.
Mark –
Very impressed with quality and installation processes
papablack –
自動追尾機能があり、画像もとても鮮明で良い監視カメラです。