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Only slight deal, but more a post that it's finally available (i've been waiting about 4 months for it to be available).

A friend of mine got sent one of these to test and he's amazed by how good it is for its price.

Some big positives for my needs are:

  • POE
  • Not being on Wifi (i try to minimise whats on my wifi) - There is also a wifi model if you need it
  • No batteries (with the exception of remotes, phones and laptops, i'm trying to make a battery free household)
  • Works well with home assistant

POE model

Wifi model

like i said, not a massive discount, but I managed to get $5.40 off using code asau3f53 (found via honey). But the bigger deal about this product is they actually finally have some in stock. (bringing it down to $174.59)

Plenty of positive youtube reviews out there of these.

Looks like there is less than 20 left of the POE one, so be quick
11:53am - 7 POE left
12:04pm - single packs of POE sold out, only double packs available now…..find a buddy?
12:33pm - …….and it's gone

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  • The 10th Doctor on 03/03/2023 - 11:33
    +1

    Finally! Thanks for the heads up, purchased

  • sleepyowl on 03/03/2023 - 11:39
    +2

    How are these in terms of app reliability/speed? I feel like my other wifi Reolink cameras don't connect or fail to load about 30% of the time.

    My Xiaomi camera loads pretty much instantly for comparison

    • klaw81 on 03/03/2023 - 11:41
      +2

      PoE cameras are far more reliable than WiFi ones, in general.

      My PoE Reolink cameras have been rock steady and super reliable, including extremely accurate person/vehicle detection alerts. I expect the doorbell will be very similar.

      I'm super happy that these doorbells are finally available, I've been waiting for at least 6 months

      • whitepuma on 03/03/2023 - 11:52

        you might be the right person to ask this to. I'm looking for an NVR and poe camera's to pair this doorbell with. at the moment i only need 4 cameras+doorbellcamera, is there any you would recommend?

        • Tommohalby on 03/03/2023 - 12:26

          I'm in the same boat. Going to lurk to see if you get an answer 🙃
          Pop corn ready

        • klaw81 on 03/03/2023 - 14:13
          +1

          Depends on your budget, but I'd absolutely recommend one of Reolink's "4 x camera + NVR" packages.

          Something like this 5MP bundle is excellent: https://reolink.com/au/product/rlk8-520d4/ (don't be fooled by the "flash sale," these things are pretty much never sold at retail price and I've seen prices fall to around $500 a few times for this package.

          Or a similar package with 4K cameras for an extra $150: https://reolink.com/au/product/rlk8-520d4/

          The best thing about these packages is that they can operate entirely without internet connectivity if you like - and have been tested to show they don't "phone home" on a regular basis. But of course if you want all the features (phone access to cameras and alerts while away from home) you'll need to plug into your router.

        • sammysamsam on 03/03/2023 - 15:49
          +1

          I just installed the RLC-811A (https://reolink.com/au/product/rlc-811a/#overview) plus the NVR and it is looking great!

          I went with this camera as it has a spotlight, alarm and speaker to further deter potential intruders.

          Waiting for the doorbell to complete the set up. I used PoE for everything and it is amazing!

          I only wished the AI is able to detect me and not sound the alarm :P

          Happy to answer more questions.

          • Tommohalby on 03/03/2023 - 20:09
            +1

            @sammysamsam: Think this was the one I was thinking of going with. Poe and NVR with around 4 or 5 cameras for a little under $1000

            It sounds like it works for you so I'm on a winner.
            I was waiting for the doorbell to come out to see if that was good for a first gen device from them. It is looking good also.

            Now just to save the money :)
            Thanks for the insight on your experience

    • whitepuma on 03/03/2023 - 11:43

      plenty of youtube videos on this, just search for "reolink poe doorbell review"

      from what i've been seeing (aswell as what my friend told me), it's pretty much perfect in terms of failure to load.
      However keeping inmind we are comparing 2 different connection methods, the doorbell i'm mostly advocating for is the hard wired POE doorbell, whilst you're referring to wifi cameras.

      General rule of thumb, hardwired tend to be much more reliable compared to wifi.

      Other cool thing to note that whilst it's hardwired you can keep it always on as battery drain isn't really an issue.

    • solidice on 03/03/2023 - 11:59
      +3

      Reolink is very reliable having installed hundreds of their cameras now. A lot of my work is people complaining about your issue and its often to do with incorrect installation/configuration or placement. Not had any issues with my Reolink installs yet.

      • whitepuma on 03/03/2023 - 12:31

        Is there a way to connect a reolink camera up to a Reolink NVR without it being connected directly to it? but still being on the same network

        heres my situation:
        -My garage is a seperate building to my house. I have a cat6 data cable running to the garage giving it internet and putting everything in that garage on the same network as my house. In the garage i have a seperate switch
        - However, my NVR unit and most my cameras will be in the main house, so most the cameras will be connected directly to the NVR, however both the house & garage will be on the same network.
        - Is there a way to put a reolink camera in the garage, connect it to the garage switch (assume i give it POE), to then have the NVR in the house find it without needing to run an extra cable from the garage to the house?

        • boretentsu on 03/03/2023 - 12:36

          I have a wifi camera which is linked to my NVR so it records and does all the detection. To do this I think there's an option in the app to add a new camera to the NVR.

        • Kammi on 03/03/2023 - 12:48

          Run all your cables to a poe switch, plug all the devices into that, not into the nvr

        • PonyTable on 03/03/2023 - 12:54

          Yep, It works - I tested this for a mate that has a 2 storey house, and had to use a mesh network to get networking in the garage.
          Reolink NVR is in his loungeroom off a separate mesh node to the Garage node - not connected by Cable, but on the same network via WIFI Mesh (TPlink Deco I belive).

          I tested this pre install at his place, as I have reolink cameras on my house, running into a POE Switch, and recording to a synology NAS - My shed is on a WIFI bridge to the house network (Unifi).

          I was able to add my house cameras to his Reolink NVR manually (by pointing the NVR at the IP's of each Camera) - NVR was connected to the switch in my shed, but not physically connected to the cameras.

          You add the IP of the cameras into the NVR via the web or Onscreen/Reolink Interface (I believe it auto detects them if plugged into the ports on the back, but you can manually override and add manual IP) - Can possibly do it via the app - but not 100% on this part. The app shows the cameras that were mapped via IP so you can see them all remotely etc, but haven't tried to set them up this way.

          • whitepuma on 03/03/2023 - 13:33

            @PonyTable: interesting, does this mean that in theory that if you have a 8 channel NVR, you can actually connect more than 8 cameras if they arent directly connected to the NVR?

            • boretentsu on 03/03/2023 - 13:41

              @whitepuma: The UI from 2021 seemed to show my wifi camera taking up one of the 8 slots but when I updated the firmware this year, that changed and seemed to show the remaining slots + wifi camera.

            • PonyTable on 03/03/2023 - 13:42

              @whitepuma: Not sure on that, unlikely as I think its still limited to the 8 overall channels (or whatever its Specced to) - the onscreen system is pretty limited from memory.

              • PonyTable on 03/03/2023 - 13:42

                @PonyTable: @boretentsu maybe more up to date as my test was 6 Months ago.

            • klaw81 on 03/03/2023 - 14:19

              @whitepuma: Reolink's help section says you can connect a number of cameras (I think they recommend maximum of 4?) to the NVR via router/switch from remote locations. The 8-channel NVR itself has 9 ethernet ports - 8 PoE ports for cameras, and 1 WAN port to connect to the router.

              Not sure if you can over-subscribe the NVR to record more than 8 channels - there will be a hard limit on how much data the NVR's chipset can handle, and quickly the NVR can write data to the HDD.

              You can buy Reolink 16-channel NVRs which have more ports, and presumably has higher capacity to ingest and write data.

        • klaw81 on 03/03/2023 - 14:36

          Yes, you can connect cameras to the NVR indirectly via an intermediate switch.

  • toyapple9 on 03/03/2023 - 11:43
    +4

    Great OP! was waiting for it for a while. it was marked as $156 AUD earlier…anyway last week I bought through Amazon US via this deal on ozbargain https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/756648 for $176..product is already shipped and should reach by next week as per auspost.

    • BuyOrNot on 03/03/2023 - 21:09

      Do you need to use some kind of converter for the chime from US socket to Aus socket

  • toyapple9 on 03/03/2023 - 11:46

    from warranty purpose, does it matter whether we have ordered through amazon US? mine is already shipped and expected to reach next week. should I cancel US order and buy again via reolink australia website, as its available now?

  • jedimaster on 03/03/2023 - 11:48

    only 11 left for POE version

  • Prong on 03/03/2023 - 11:50
    +4

    Excellent, grabbed the PoE version. (9 left)

    Annoyingly I had signed up with Reolink to be alerted when it was available, but never got anything. Plus they raised the price.

    Ahh well, still a great deal.

    • whitepuma on 03/03/2023 - 11:52
      +1

      yeah, i signed up for alerts, didn't get any, but i was just procrastinating and re-stumbled across the reolink site and found out about it

  • GreenRomeo on 03/03/2023 - 11:59
    +1

    If you don’t have PoE (would be a hassle to install if you don’t have one already I think), would it be better to go with the Google Nest battery door bell?

    • PleasureMachine on 03/03/2023 - 14:25

      I am interested in someone's thoughts.

      But at the moment I'm still leaning towards a google nest door bell. As this is going on my garage wall as that is where the front gate is, where I'm thinking I want a video doorbell.

    • klaw81 on 03/03/2023 - 14:33
      +1

      The Nest doorbell is a really nice product, but requires a paid subscription for most of the good features so it ends up costing a lot long-term.

      There's a WiFi version of the Reolink doorbell if you don't have PoE.

      • PleasureMachine on 03/03/2023 - 16:25

        Yes. Thank you. The subscription cost does need factoring in.

  • 24601 on 03/03/2023 - 11:59

    Can someone help?
    I've seem some reviews saying the WiFi model also includes POE port. Can someone confirm if this is correct?
    I can't find the answer anywhere

    • sandman28 on 03/03/2023 - 12:04

      I'm interested to know as well. The wifi does include a network port for Ethernet, but not sure if it allows poe.

    • Domingo on 03/03/2023 - 12:07
      +1

      The specs tab on the reolink page would suggest not.

      POE Version:

      Power
      PoE
      IEEE 802.3af, 48V Active

      Hardwired
      12-24VAC 50/60Hz, 24VDC

      Wifi version:

      Power
      Hardwired
      12-24VAC 50/60Hz, DC 24V

      Also the FAQ on the Wifi version includes this question which again does not include anything about POE:

      Does Reolink Video Doorbell WiFi use batteries?
      No, it is hardwired. You need to power it via power adapter, or via the pre-existing doorbell wiring (12-24V AC; 24V DC).

      • 24601 on 03/03/2023 - 12:22
        +1

        I've taken the hit and purchased the WiFi version, I'll report back after I test it.
        Hopefully their 30 Day Money Back Warranty is real…

        • 24601 on 07/03/2023 - 22:08

          Just tried it.
          The WiFi version does have an ethernet port but no POE.

          @sandman28

          • furyou on 03/04/2023 - 18:40

            @24601: so not powered by ethernet port? What;s it for then?

  • NotJustChickenDinner on 03/03/2023 - 12:00

    only double pack left?

    • whitepuma on 03/03/2023 - 12:33

      i think even the double pack is sold out now

  • Batou on 03/03/2023 - 12:01

    I cannot purchase the single POE pack either.
    Only the double appears to be available.

    • whitepuma on 03/03/2023 - 12:03

      yeah they must have just sold out of the singles

  • NotJustChickenDinner on 03/03/2023 - 12:09

    anyone in perth want to go halfsies?

    • HarK0nNeN on 03/03/2023 - 12:11

      I might be tempted if you are NOR

      • NotJustChickenDinner on 03/03/2023 - 12:15

        i am !

        • No on 03/03/2023 - 13:11

          Will you be providing a chicken dinner or just doorbells?

          • NotJustChickenDinner on 03/03/2023 - 13:18

            @No: I'm thinkin' about my doorbell
            When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it?

  • PlagueistheCheap on 03/03/2023 - 12:13
    +1

    I waited so long for these only to end up using the reolink cameras. They record audio and give notifications if they detect movement. There isnt an option to have a two way conversation with someone at the door, however couriers and aus post dont wait around long enough to do that and if they do they need a signature which a camera wont help with anyway.

    I would have preferred the doorbell, however it feels unnecessary now.

    Thanks for posting OP.

  • RADICALIST on 03/03/2023 - 12:14

    Missed out on POE doorbell :(

  • Jackson on 03/03/2023 - 12:15

    I am building a new place and looking for tips on what people put in. Having only lived in existing houses and units, I've previously used the Ring and an Aldi version of the same thing. I wasn't too impressed as they take a long time to notify you and sometimes you don't know if it was a phantom ring (e.g. a bird) or if it was just they person rang the door bell and racked off. How do these compare?

    I've already got the lockwood/assa abloy keypad lock with zigbee and people have given good feedback about those, but they are battery operated which is a bit of a pain, although it's easier to run a cable through to a wall for a doorbell than a deadlock

    • verio on 03/03/2023 - 12:18

      Get an ethernet cable in the wall next to your front door?

      • Jackson on 03/03/2023 - 12:29

        yes for the doorbell that's easy enough, not so much for the lock, it would need to be on the hinge side and then you would need to run it to the opening side to power a lock that way.

        I expect PoE is the way to go for this and security cameras, and then anywhere you want a PC or media centre. Anyone else think of anywhere you would want to put these things?

        • verio on 03/03/2023 - 12:39
          +1

          I have never heard about door locks on PoE.

          Definitely run ethernet to ceiling(s) for Wi-Fi access points.

          Consider running a couple of cables for solar invertor and power meter to get those off Wi-Fi.

    • WazzaP on 03/03/2023 - 15:51
      +1

      These have person detection vs just motion detection, so can be set to alert you only when a human is detected, or record when a person is detected but only alert you when they press the doorbell etc.
      A hard wired one (especially PoE) is likely to alert you much faster than a battery powered doorbell - battery powered will sleep and likely not be connected to WiFi to save battery while sleeping, so when motion is detected or the button is pressed it needs to wake up, connect and re-auth to WiFi, likely re-auth to the cloud platform of choice, and send the alert to your phone - a hard wired one will likely be on and connected all the time, so only needs to send the alert which will be much quicker, especially if it's over ethernet.

  • NotJustChickenDinner on 03/03/2023 - 12:25

    just came up as 1 in stock again so was able to order! thanks

  • montygommo on 03/03/2023 - 12:25

    Anyone near Vermont in Vic interested in going halfsies on a double pack?

    • Avbargain on 03/03/2023 - 14:32

      I can go halfsies if you managed to purchase one

  • boretentsu on 03/03/2023 - 12:32

    Will go halves in Sydney. Any takers?

    Whelps, snost and I lost. I signed up for notifications on the site. Good to know that was completely useless function.

    Note theyve bumped it up ~$25 from the previous rrp

  • HarK0nNeN on 03/03/2023 - 12:35

    All Gone :(

  • RoyT on 03/03/2023 - 12:47

    I hope there's a video doorbell that supports ONVIF protocol so I can tap the feed into my NAS directly..

  • Jonc on 03/03/2023 - 12:51
    +2

    You currently need the WIFI version to get access to "Cloud storage" and "Rich Notifications" (preview images on your phone)…

    I'm not sure why and maybe the POE will get this added in the future but it's one reason I've been looking at the WIFI over the POE version myself.

    • Charmoffensive on 03/03/2023 - 15:40

      If you have an NVR, those features are already accessible over PoE.

      • Jonc on 04/03/2023 - 00:47

        Thanks for the update on that. so do you get 'rich notifications' with all camera's connected to the NVR in that case? the NVR can't do facial recognition right?

        I hope Reolink will start to add 'smart notifications' in the future were you can get the NVR to not bother you with notifications of people you know such as wife, kids..etc

        • Charmoffensive on 05/03/2023 - 00:35

          I use hikvision, so I'm not too sure about reolink. The way most Poe cameras work though, notification is handled by the NVR, so it'll depend on the software available.

  • Neology on 03/03/2023 - 13:09

    Waited for a while…… Sadly, missed out

  • Yulinma on 03/03/2023 - 13:13

    finally

  • verio on 03/03/2023 - 13:19

    Thanks, OP, got one PoE.

    They appear in stock in small numbers but quickly sell out.

  • MrEphemera on 03/03/2023 - 13:26

    Bah! Been waiting for this since November and missed it by 30 mins…:(

  • Man10United on 03/03/2023 - 13:33

    Oh nooooo

  • harryozz on 03/03/2023 - 13:57

    I can vouch for reolink.

    There products are very affordable and high quality for the price.

    I have over 25 of their cameras around my home including the doorbell linked to a milestone vms over cable no wifi cameras

    I have really never had any issues. Maybe one or two minor issues here and there.

    • JimB on 03/03/2023 - 14:13
      +1

      25 cameras?

      • verio on 03/03/2023 - 14:17
        +1

        You need a separate camera to watch other cameras…

        • harryozz on 03/03/2023 - 14:24

          Yes verio LOL

          • AustriaBargain on 03/03/2023 - 14:45

            @harryozz: So do you pay for cloud subscription for all 25 cameras, 6.99 USD times 25?

            • harryozz on 03/03/2023 - 14:46

              @AustriaBargain: The physical cameras aren't connected to the internet they are routed to a milestone vms which then is distributed to mobile users

              • AustriaBargain on 03/03/2023 - 14:48

                @harryozz: That's still a lot of cameras. I bet Fort Knox doesn't even have 25 cameras.

                • harryozz on 03/03/2023 - 15:23

                  @AustriaBargain: i had thiefs break into my house few months back. they spray paint the camera at the front of my house i only had one camera at the front, I put 8 cameras up at the front now, so itll be much more effort to spray paint 8 instead of 1 cameras

  • klunkeh on 03/03/2023 - 14:12

    OOS for me :(

  • JimB on 03/03/2023 - 14:13

    A couple of questions.

    The quick start guide isn't very good.

    For POE, where do you keep a recording of say the last 48 hours?

    • CachePC on 03/03/2023 - 15:34
      +1

      On the NVR. I have 8 channel NVR with 6 cameras and 2TB storage - not sure about the doorbell version but all my cameras also have micro-sd for local storage of footage.

      • JimB on 03/03/2023 - 23:23

        Are NVRs compatible between different brands?

    • klaw81 on 03/03/2023 - 18:01
      +1

      You can adjust those settings in the smartphone app, or the web interface, or from the NVR interface via mouse and screen if you like.

      You can tell the doorbell to record continuously. Or you can tell it to record only when motion, person or car is detected (or any combination of the 3). You can also screen off areas which you don't want it to detect motion etc, and set a timed schedule of when you want recordings to occur.

      In my experience, the person and vehicle detection is sufficiently reliable that I don't need it to record all the time for most cameras. This is particularly useful if you're using an internal SD card rather than an NVR, because continuous recording will quickly fill up your SD card. The default behaviour is that the oldest footage will be regularly deleted to make space for new data in a continuous cycle.

      • JimB on 03/03/2023 - 23:27

        I don’t think the internal SD card is ideal for security.

        Crim could bloody rip off the camera (and your SD card).

        I’ll investigate if you can upload to the cloud.

  • slepax on 03/03/2023 - 14:17

    I know it's out of stock but still .. does anyone know it's allows local RTSP stream? (with no internet connection)

  • thestig on 03/03/2023 - 14:23

    What's the best wifi camera and doorbell security system?

    • klaw81 on 03/03/2023 - 14:29
      +3

      That's a very open-ended question, with an enormous amount of variables. It's not really possible to give a meaningful answer without a lot more detail of what features are important to you, what your budget is and many other factors.

      Start here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=timM3WRaJ1g

  • cxy0614 on 03/03/2023 - 14:25

    Got a Aqara G4 from overseas, works great with homekit

  • groook on 03/03/2023 - 18:20

    Cheeky bastards put it up $20 before it launched, pretty sure!

  • Gradenko on 03/03/2023 - 19:29

    Picked up a WiFi model. Still 1 left in stock.

    Everything else I have is connected by ethernet, but the doorbell only has 4 core cable going to it and it's not possible to rewire it.

  • SgtBatten on 03/03/2023 - 20:47
    +1

    Crap I didn't even get an email despite being subscribed for notifications for months

  • BuyOrNot on 03/03/2023 - 21:13

    I got an email at 1 pm, Sadl I missed it and no stock when I checked my email in the evening.

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