Budget Friendly Surveillance IP Camera Setup: Synology, Reolink Cameras, and Netgear POE switches.
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Amazing value solution with excellent performance, supportability, & simple Ops. What a great company with a lot a great content.
Fact is: Reolink (811a at least) do not support multiple streams, meaning you can chose between network-overload or bad image quality. It would be necessary to be able to switch based on events - yet exactly that does not work. You really should highlight that in the video. I have seen lots of comments online (at synology) pointing that out.
Hey, Thanks! Great video!! Keep up the good work!
perfect timing!
Thanks for all the suggestions in this video.
Love the video been showing others also did have the issue with the Unifi cameras and moved to their NVR easy setup and 4x 8TB
I have eight ReoLink 5 MP cameras at work with their factory box. Works well.
I usually buy the junction box to install these. Making a hole big enough to push the entire pig tail through to the inside of the building appears to be what you are doing here, I just prefer making a smaller hole in the wall and it is easier to do weather sealing on that hole if it can be fixed inside the junction box (Canada winters beat your Michigan winters).
Just have to order the right junction box for the camera you are buying from Reolink as there are 2 variations. Also need to add 2-3 weeks for delivery since they ship from Hong Kong (maybe add another week these days as cargo is delayed with less flights going to China/Hong Kong)
I do the same for the home, except mine is QNAP and Reolink... great cameras good software... I enjoy your videos
I've used Reolink for years. Their software, the video quality and the cheap prices sell it for me. I want allot of local storage so I install the software on an old server and have about 28TB of redundant storage at the moment. Out of 18 cameras, I've only had one fail after about 3 years of use and I dont think it was the camera. Cool overview video. I would like something like that Synology if it had the storage i wanted.
Awesome to see you use Reolink as well :) I was doubting of using UniFi cameras but after seeing a comparison on UA-cam I went to Reolink (field of view and nightvision is much better). I don't currently use the Synology for it but use BlueIris on a VM (keep in mind it eats CPU power). Awesome combo! I know this is a good solution for any company. Yes there are some DOA's but replace it and for the pricing on these it's not an issue.
Great Video..... thanks .....
I find the Reolinks are good quality, as long as you have decent light. Build quality is quite good and they survive in wild weather generally. Where I find Reolink falls down badly is low light and night conditions. The IR night vision is so blurry and smeary that you cannot recognise people unless they are virtually on top of the camera. Bright light conditions though, they are great.
**Did you find the optical zoom sometimes randomly changed on the Reolinks?
I had a few Reolinks where the zoom and focus would just randomly change, causing blurry pictures.
I use a DS918+ to do my home security, but I went for Dahua cameras. They are a little bit more expensive than Reolink, but the night vision was important for me.
Hey Tom, nice, does that setup allow for blind zones if in motion detection mode?
As in, camera covers driveways and of course part of road, they want it to record people walking up driveway, but not trigger with all the cars driving up and down the road :)
And if so can it be set as multi-blind zones in that one camera?
How do you handle the zoom setting after a power cycle. Is there something in Synology that will remember the previous zoom setting
I support 6 bars with reolink cameras, blue iris for NVR software, aruba switches, aruba wireless. I love the reolink cameras with Blue Iris.
Nice review! @10:48 where did you get those gaskets seals for the Reolink cams hang offs?
Hi, Thanks for the video. Can you do video how we can improve the network bandwidth for IP camera system?
What are the methods, hardware can be used? VLAN, jumbo frame, LACP , IGMP, Q0S, managed switch, bandwidth control?
It is not only for IP camera system. In general, it can be for someone hosting many services on the network.
From Michigan wow I’m from here and that’s awesome. Make a class I’m attending it!!!!
great video, do you have any vids about how to setup the ip cameras on a serperate nic and how to setup the firewall rules? love your channel, many thanks.
All of our pfsense tutorials are curated here lawrence.technology/pfsense/
so with the remote buildings, would you run a redundant cat conection as well ????
Great video. Was looking into Ubiquiti, but Reolink may be the way to go. How many cameras can the 2 bay and 4 bay Synology handle? Want to make sure I get the right hardware and know it will run smoothly.
Lawrence you're a very talent guy and I enjoy watching your videos. Merry Christmas
Any open source DVR that you can suggest? Especially so if it works inside Freenas. For sealing I've been using self vulcanizing rubber tape over the top of the sealing coupling on the kits I've used. Sucks when you burn up a connector from water on a poe line.
Can you do some 360 cameras and would they work with the setup you show in this demo? Thanks
Will all reolink cameras work? On the amazon listings, it mentions it will only work with the reolink nvr’s, would their PTZ cameras have full functionality?
Would you recommend a similar setup for a home? I have an existing 918+ serving as the NAS for the home but could leverage it for this as well if possible. And do thode cameras have any kind of pole mount?
Does Surveillance Station support motion heatmaps? Or is there other software for motion heatmaps that you recommend?
Also, huge fan of your videos! Super informative. Keep up the excellent work!
Awesome video! Can you tell us what was the CPU and network usage during the test?
How did you mount the cameras? What kind of wall hardware?
Have you worked with Reolinks new 4k line up, D400, D800, & B800 cameras ? When they first showed up Reolink said they only work with their DVR's but i have yet to buy one to try it.
Is there a high bandwidth utilization with the cameras and a single network? What is the durability of the WD Purple drives? How much storage do you allocate? Do you use RAID 5, 6 or 10? Do you use a separate NAS for surveillance cameras? How do you set up firewall rules without having to use a VLAN on a single network? TY.
great video Lawrence one question what is the recording frame rate per channel
Hey very useful video regarding survances cameras license.
saw this video and got curious, would it be possible for the nas to be connected to a tv and have the tv show all channels (kinda like a security room type purpose) without adding extra devices? or would I need to add another device for that purpose?
Will the write speed will be enough? No LAG required?
Hi, one question, what is the broken unifi G3 PRO ratio becouse for me was 50%, I deploy 8 and 4 died in 3 to 4 months. All because off water going in it. Thank you Tom for all your Videos.
Could you do a video on makeing a raspberry pi an ip camera with its camera module
For example of I have 4x1tb in raidz so total of 3tb space - can I use only 1tb for surveillance and 2tb for personal data?
Finally pulled the trigger on a Reolink 5MP system with the NVR. I'm not expecting miracles but everything I've seen they appear to perform above their price point. My thought is, at a minimum it gets me *something*. The lines will be ran so if in the future I want to switch to a standalone system run on Blue Iris or something like that I'll just be swapping cameras.
Have you guys looked at the Reolink 4k cameras? They seem pretty good for the price.
I've been looking for a solution with FREENAS and an opensource surveillace software (zoneminder).Is it possible to make a video with this configuration.
HELP! If I have a Synology DS920+ NAS, PoE cameras, 8 pack license, personal computer....what other hardware do I need to complete my surveillance system? The Cat6 from all the cameras need to go into a switch before going into the router? Thanks in advance!
Im glad I saw this. I didnt know UniFi changed to a subscription base method
they didn't go to a subscription base method.
Any pan tilt w/ 25x analog zoom recommendations hd or 4k with active tracking.
What's you use case for using analog?
Are you trying to meld with an existing installation, or looking for greater physical security of your video feed?
Analog does impose certain limitations.
There are some very nice cameras available that support hdcvi at up to 4k with the general features you're looking for, but I'm not seeing auto tracking as a listed feature.
If that's a required, rather than a desired feature, I would get thee to a specialist.
Trying to get advanced features in an analog world limits the selection greatly, and jacks the cost way up.
Auto tracking is an odd beast in any event - it relies on the vendor successfully melding together several features, and it's hard to know in advance how well it will work in the field due to all the variables.
It would be a shame to shell out top dollar for a camera that *almost* does what you need.
If you can incorporate an ip camera into your design, it does open up a much wider selection of cameras with more advanced features at lower cost, so if you are trying to work around a minor hassle combining ip and analog, you might be better served just dealing with a mixed system.
But do talk to a pro if you're serious - you don't want bad info from a sales guy who means well but rarely runs into your specific use case and is relying on sales collateral.
I currently have 3 x Reolink cameras at home and have found them to be great and have them recording to a PC which is running Linux and Shinobi for the security camera software. Previously I had a Hikvision camera which cost 3 times that of the Reolink and had a strange issue. For some reason the camera would loose time and it would show the wrong time/date. I tried different NTP servers and even tried using the computer to set the time/date and nothing worked. With the Reolink cameras this hasnt been an issue.
i have the 1019+ server would i be able to run plex and file share with security surveillance without lag?
I don't see an affiliate link to the Netgear GS116PP 16-Port Gigabit PoE+ Compliant Unmanaged Switch used in the video.
When are you required to return that truenas?
Is Reolink 5MP with NVR a good setup for home ?
I've been looking for a different solution, since UniFi transitioned to UniFi Protect. I've actually been looking at the Reolink/Synology solution and I'm thinking of ordering a couple cameras to try out and see how I like them.
I just went the other way. I was using synology for years, and got sick of paying them money every time I had to add a new camera, and I prefer Protect's way to review past events and videos better than Synology Surv Station. The only thing I hate about protect is the lack of PTZ cameras, and of course no ONVIF support. So if someone wants to use any camera, UI protect is obviously not a good option.
@@jason3fc I had issues with Unifi protect when the CloudKey Gen2+ came out. They would randomly shut off using POE and kill the hard drive. I ended up replacing that client with Unifi video and I kept the replacement cloud key for my house. But I think anything larger than 8 cameras, a different solution is needed.
James Briggs wow. I use 13 cameras at my own site and no issues on the Gen2+ been running it for 8 months now with no outages on any cameras.
@@jason3fcI bought the original one within the first month or two of being released. But the one I have now has been reliable for the last 6 months.
Great video! Love my DS 918+, the only drawback is that it lacks an HDMI port to connect it right to a monitor, which is commonly found on it's main competitor's (QNAP) devices. Still prefer Synology after all myself, though.
You dont need HDMI connections on a device like this.
The lack of HDMI is a minor issue, but the DS series are NAS devices, not dedicated NVR's.
I just setup a mini computer connected to a screen via HDMI to run the Surveillance Station client on the PC and output it to screen. Synology do have dedicated viewer devices, but I just found the mini computer was a little cheaper in my situation.
how does it compare to hikvision system?
Tom thanks for talking about the costs. That was my biggest issue with Synology Survanance licenses.
I am looking at switching away from my UniFi camera installation and after looking at the numbers with the cheaper cameras (with better resolution) + plus the license cost I am still coming out ahead for a 9 camera installation. I believe UBNT just includes the "license" cost in the camera cost making the software "free"
its still overpriced. blue iris beats the costs by a mile.
@@ScottWinterringer Yep, but as Tom talked about in a live chat, you have to run a computer in order to run Blue Iris. I have three BlueIris servers running and will most likely continue.
@@charlesr.9414 I don't know a lot about synology -- is it possible to virtualize a Windows Install on Synology and run Blue Iris on top of that?
Don't you think the last of h.265 is a reason not to use Reolink?
Milestone Xprotect essential+ is free if you have 8 cameras or less and it’s amazing software. It can do literally do about everything. I run it on a VM
We have multiple ReoLink cameras. The product and picture quality are decent and reasonably price. The mobile application for ReoLink does its job well, with minimal delay. Our problems with ReoLink system is their NVR software is not very user friendly when it comes to searching for an event and downloading the video in a suitable format. Our BIGGGG problem with ReoLink is their support. They are entirely in China, which means you can only communicate via email, and you will only get responses in the middle of the night (time difference) that are in broken English. To their credit, they do try to help, but it is extremely frustrating and slow anytime you have to get assistance from ReoLink.
Reolink is a good on the budget camera system . Make sure you silicone a living crap out of all outside holes . Most of the POE cameras get distroyed by moisture from the lazy installs . Don't be fooled by the enclosed RJ45 tube jack.
Definitely be careful running CCTV on Windows OS . Something Linux based is the best way to go
You should try Amcrest. Zero percent failer, better pricing.
Hey Tom I was recently reviewing information on Open Source Video Surveillance Packages and ran across this video you did. So for small business, Home Business or personal use many products can get it done. But for your sites that may have 60 or more cameras at a single public venue like a stadium or sporting event field or facility what are you using these days? Is there more than one cost effective choice for installs of this scale 50-60 and up?
Synology www.synology.com/en-us/support/nvr_selector
@@LAWRENCESYSTEMS can you help recommend a system to me?
Most important features are human motion recognition and a external alarm on my receiver or port for one for inside notification for motion
This always is a issue for me is a alarm that can actually wake me up on the inside of the house not on the camera
Nothing else much matters I’m fine with wired and a4 cam system
It’s for instant notification of motion
Any recommendations would be great, are you in Canada?
If you get a ReoLink IP camera without the ReoLink NVR, how to you determine the IP address of the Reolink camera?
Okay, I was able to find the IP address of the ReoLink IP camera with a workaround. I plugged my PoE switch into a router. The ReoLink Client immediately found the Camera, which allowed my to Set it up & then change the IP address to a static IP. The first few times I changed the IP address to Static & clicked save, I just got a message saying it failed but then after waiting a wile it saved it and gave me a succeeded message.
⚠I still would prefer not doing it this way if possible because I don't normally have a PoE switch plugged into my router but at least I can test out this ReoLink camera. I do love the 4x optical zoom 🔎. I see what you mean about that.
I was looking at Reolink cameras, and several stated they ONLY worked with Reolink NVR. That's a huge dissapointment. Their 4K camera was very affordable, and allowed me to justify the cost of buying all 4K cameras and getting the Synology Deep Learning NVR. Guess I'll keep looking.
That Netgear 16 port PoE switch is unmanaged, which means a single 1G uplink to the L3 switch. How many simultaneous 4K video feeds can you push over a single 1G uplink? Better to go with one that has a 10G uplink? (alternative solution: use motion detection on the cameras so you don't have so many multiple simultaneous feeds)
I have a Synology NAS and wondering if these camera's will record continuously or only for triggered events?
You can configure it either way
Thanks for the video! Does anybody know what is the benefit of Synology over buying reolinks own NVR?
Martin Zeuner In my opinion it would be compatibility with thousands of other camera models as well as being a nice well optioned general purpose storage device.
Synology you setup the drives as RAID. and u still can use it as NAS. Reolink NVR is just and NVR.
Nice video and especially timely given the poor choices being made by Ubiquity lately. One key point you left out is every system has limitations on the max number of cameras depending on the NAS/NVR performance, resolution, codecs/compression in the camera, and frame rates. It’s something many don’t realize until they buy a bunch of hardware and find out they can only run a couple cameras at 4K at even 15 FPS. So they end up running at 1080 or even 720 resolution so they can get a decent frame rate with say 8 cameras which means buying 4K cameras was a waste of money or they should have bought a higher end NAS/NVR. The NAS/NVR manufacturers often make the specs obscure in this regard. But a $500 NAS is NOT going to simultaneously record 8 cameras at true 4K and 30 FPS.
Good content again Tom, please work on the video descriptions, it is usually hard to find the links to the products you talk about. When you talk about any product, its link should be at the top and then the affiliate links can follow.
I always put them at the bottom
@@LAWRENCESYSTEMS Thanks, I've seen it. Maybe you can put it at the top so that it is easier to find. I'm sure there are others who get confused because the link is lost among the affiliate links.
Thanks for being helpful in the community.
On Reolinks site I see that the cameras are IP66 rated, what are your thoughts on that.
Or do you think the 7 rating isn't needed in normal day to day use?
Ipx6 ratings definition is "Water projected in powerful jets (12.5 mm (0.49 in)) against the enclosure from any direction shall have no harmful effects." Test duration: 1 minute per square meter for at least 3 minutes
Water volume: 100 liters per minute (0.37 impgal/s) Pressure: 100 kPa (15 psi) at distance of 3 meters (9.8 ft)
Vs ipx7 which is defined "Ingress of water in harmful quantity shall not be possible when the enclosure is immersed in water under defined conditions of pressure and time (up to 1 meter (3 ft 3 in) of submersion).Test duration: 30 minutes."
Tested with the lowest point of the enclosure 1,000 mm (39 in) below the surface of the water, or the highest point 150 mm (5.9 in) below the surface, whichever is deeper.
Ipx6 is fine for most anything nature can throw at it.
You should have a look at Hikvision products, they are excellent and have more features
Sorry Im a bit confused, is ubiquity no longer updating the unifi controller software or just the video software?
UniFi video, they moved on to protect. Networking software has nothing to do with this :)
I have 3 Synology NASes. Anybody know if you can transfer/combine the 2 free licenses to a single Synology? Don't want to run all 3 boxes anymore
The free licenses are not transferable as they are built in.
Also this 5mp line does not support h.265
4k line does
I apologize if I missed it, but I can't find anything that directly answers my questions which is does the Synology DS mobile app require any kind of additional licensing (per camera or otherwise), and how is it setup? Is the NAS just logged in to the mothership at Synology and the mobile app is directed back to it via some kind of DDNS magic, or...? Thanks!
There is no license to use the phone app and it can use the Synology quick connect or you can configure port forwarding manually
@@LAWRENCESYSTEMS Ahhhhh... OK, got it. I didn't see any information on 'quickconnect' directly mentioned. The lack of (or at least my knowledge of) an obvious mobile app was one of the few things keeping me from quoting these guys for this NVR purpose. I have been using Protect NVRs from Ubiquiti, but recently have had a LOT of problems with their cameras surviving the adoption/firmware upgrade process without getting bricked. As much as I like the Unifi product line, this whole walled garden approach is just killing them for me because you can't get stock anywhere outside of scalping prices, etc., and the ability to use just about any IP camera on the market with the Synology stuff is really nice. Your video pretty much nailed that down for me, and it was really nicely done. Thanks for all the info, and for replying so quickly to my question!
Can you remote access the Synology without port forwarding on your router?
Look into Synology QuickConnect. It uses a Synology server as a middleman to establish the connection.
Thanks for the video. How do you stop them from phoning home to AMZ Singapore cloud servers?
I have my cameras on there own Subnet with no access to the internet.
Jon @GeekiTek Great I understand that but every installation is different. Without the overpriced box how would one do this? Netgate sg1100 opt port with a dedicated Poe switch for cameras? With a firewall rule blocking internet access? ✌️
Firstname Lastname Yes, with firewall rules block all ports on the cameras IPs, maybe keep NTP (port 123) open to let them sync time and date!
If you purchase multiple Synology NAS units can you transfer all of the 2 included camera licenses to one Synology that is used for security storage. I am asking because I purchase other Synology NAS unit just for network storage and would like to use the included licenses.
The built in licences are not transferable.
@@LAWRENCESYSTEMS That is disappointing but thank you for the quick reply.
@@Shibu11229 built in ones are free on all supported surveillance station app Synology systems (4 free on nvr/dva models)
@lawrence systems A tutorial on setting this offline lan network up with the synology would make a great video.
I don't understand the question.
@Lawrence Systems I must be using completely incorrect terminology, sorry. I've been trying to get this configuration working and I'm not able to get this lan 2 network to talk. Seeming like I'm missing some dhcp/dns connectivity without the router but a steeper learning curve than I was expecting haha.
Really appreciate your content mate 👍
Great video :) , my only issues with Synology is the cost per camera is high , I was looking at the unifi cameras for personal use do they now charge for unifi protect I thought it was stored on local drives in the UDM pro or the cloud key . Those reolink cameras look nice and at a good price
Not sure why he said required cloud... I have udm pro. And gonna get expansion none requires cloud
No, they don't charge for UniFi Protect, but they charge you for the device it runs on. With its predecessor, UniFi Video, you could install it on your own hardware. So you're now left with the devices UBNT offers and those are anemic and limited to only a handful of cameras with no redundancy whatsoever. For most people UniFi Video is out of the question, even though it's still usable-how would you recommend something to a client that is already EOL?
TL;DR: UBNT really managed to shoot themselves in both feet with this one, but they've gotten pretty good at that. Maybe they've got some competition going on which executive can make the most self-damaging decisions, I don't see any other way to explain it.
@@Noodles.FreeUkraine no I wouldn't want to sell something to customer that was EOL but the UDM Pro was just released advertising unifi protect built in so that's why I was confused
@@michaelrousseau4373 Exactly, there are exactly 2 options for Protect, Cloud Key+ or UDM (Pro), that's it. And even the Pro has only one HDD even though there'd be enough room for another, the whole case is basically empty. They made a nice mess with once more fixing what wasn't broke in the first place. All they had to do was improve UniFi Video.
Noodles I strongly agree
Do you have to port forward to view the camera from Internet?
It's not necessary. Synology offers the quickconnect service that connects without port forwards, though it is discouraged for camera viewing (it works, just discouraged for viewing cameras).
@@gianluca2075 why is it discouraged?
I purchased a new ReoLink PLC-811A PoE IP camera. I would like to add it to Synology Surveillance Station. In order to do this I need to know the camera’s IP address. I can not find the PLC-811A's IP address. I have the PLC-811A connected to a PoE switch which is connected to a macbook laptop. I installed the ReoLink Client and attempted to add the device with the UID number (which I copied from a label on the camera itself) but I get an error message stating "ERROR Failed to add device. Please check your network and ensure the UID is correct".
I believe the issue is that my macbook's IP address is not in the same subnet as the PLC-811A's IP address. I need to know the IP address of the PLC-811A in order to correct this.
I ended up just temporarily plugging in the ReoLink into a router temporarily. The app then found the camera right away. I was able to log into the camera and change the IP address.
Any specific reason why you would lean towards a synology unit for recording vs a cctv NVR?
I don't understand the question
Generally, many of the purpose built dedicated NVR units have poorly done software and a lack of flexibility when it comes to storage.
@@LAWRENCESYSTEMS I have that same synology unit (for different uses), but I use Uniview cameras coupled with a Uniview NVR. Any reason why you use a Synology NAS for recording vs 1 job in life appliance based Camera Recorder (NVR)?
@@LAWRENCESYSTEMS Thanks for the response! Always curious of how/why others do things.
11 11 don’t waste your life with a traditional NVR.
The 1 Reolink camera I have is junk, it goes offline all the time, my Amcrest camera's including the indoor PTZ are running great with 0 failures in over 2 years of use. Great video..Synology really needs to lower the license cost when I can get Blue Iris for $60, it is the only thing that keeps me from using it.
Does Michigan require you to have a security alarm license to sell and install cameras like most of the other states in the US?
No
@@LAWRENCESYSTEMS May want to double check that. Just trying to look out for you. :) SECURITY ALARM SYSTEMS ACT
Act 580 of 2012. Keep up the good videos.
wireless camera recommendations?
Yes, wire is better but i love wireless to!
Check out Wyze cam v3, $20 each no DVR needed.
Can I hooked one of this to a Luma DVR.?
They are not listed on the current 3rd Party compatibility guide for LUMA. www.snapav.com/wcsstore/ExtendedSitesCatalogAssetStore/attachments/documents/Surveillance/SupportDocuments/Luma_3rd_Party_Compatibility.pdf
Thoughts on Synology vs Blue Iris + Deepstack?
I use Synlolgy, I have no interest in running a Windows system for Blue Iris.
@@LAWRENCESYSTEMS Thanks for the reply. Might be interesting to make a video discussing your reasons why.
Have you tried the Dahua/Hikvision cams? Any thoughts?
I use them with BlueIris, they work fine and the image quality is very good. I have the 6MP and 8MP ones.
If you decided to use them, please put them on a separate VLAN completely isolated and with no access to the internet. If you cannot put them on a VLAN, you can give them a false gateway IP so that they cant talk to the internet but I wouldn't recommend that over the VLAN solution. I do that (VLAN Isolation) with all IoT devices and surveillance stuff. And especially devices you don't trust, like, chinese cameras for example.
As I only have
I have a Hikvision NVR with two 6TB drives & 7 4K Cameras, 1 4MP PTZ and a 4MP WiFi Camera. Very great! I haven’t had a problem at all with the system. Sub to DVSLTD on UA-cam for Hikvision Product Reviews, Setup, & Installation
People complain about the power bricks? I prefer the power brick from internal, easy to replace rather than the whole unit.
unifi protect run fine on my Debian server 👍
cant find the debian download anymore
You mean Unifi Video?
solomon w no
@@Tntdruid must be the one that leaked a while back then, so totally unsupported...
Ubiquiti will soon release a server with raid that you can use like 50 cameras on. I don't know why it is taking so long to leave Beta but it is cool. Seems like a good price also.
Unifi Protect is seriously let down by lack of redundancy. No fault tolerant Drives or network. That was the good thing with Unifi Video that you could install on enterprise hardware and get it a lot more resilient. I've got both Unifi Video and Unifi Video at home and I don't know which way I am going to go. I have a VPN so can get to home network so I can use this OK to veiw videos etc. the CCTV is all on s seperate network seperated by firewall from the rest of the network.
Hello. this is sammie from Anpviz Security. We have a PTZ camera which
is made by hikvision. I need you to review for us. is that okay? how to
contact you?
Many of the Reolink cameras are rebadged Dahua's - that why they are high quality and low cost.
Why not buy Dahua then?
There are two options with Dahua:
1> Buy semi-direct from The Guy in Honk Kong who sells only genuine Dahua gear and provides warranty coverage and limited tech info, and you own the support in exchange for very low cost.
2> Buy from US reseller who will do the install and hold your hand - at three times the cost.
Reolink sort of splits the difference - you pay slightly more than the direct cost, but way less that what a reseller will charge you, and you get acceptable support.
Don't get me wrong, the resellers are pros who know the products inside and out, and can do an install in a fraction of the time even a knowledgeable do-it-yourselfer can pull off.
But if you're on a tight budget and don't mind learning a whole new skill set, go for Dahua.
If you want to be able to get some sort of support beyond the very basics, go Reolink or one of the other rebadged brands.
Note: Only a subset of Reolinks are Dahua hardware.
How do you know that Dahua are not just re-branded Reloink?
I've been using Reolink 1080p cameras and BlueIris for a couple of years without any issues. But I would like to eventually move to a Synology NAS.
Going from Blue Iris to Synology sounds like a downgrade to me.
8 Synology camera licenses for $400?! Blue Iris Security runs on a Windows box and for $70 you get up to 64 cameras for life! GIve me a break!
Why not zoneminder?
I see a MikroTik box in the background, what is that? O.o
That's the small 4 port 10 gigabit sfp+ switch
@@davidg4512 ahhhh. Love mikrotik stuff. Nice to see it out there
Great video, except for SurveilanceStation part. Sadly, i would not recommend it, especially when a decent NVR costs waaay less than Synology Diskstation. I had my fair share with synology and i would not recommend it.
Thanks for sharing. What NVR do you recommend?
@@llg.208 not sure about China sanctions at the moment, but I use Uniview. Works with all new Onvif 2.1 cameras easy and has million features on Uniview cameras. Not too expensive. Standard 1 HDD nvr for up to 8 poe cameras was about 120€. For small installs i try to use nvr with integrated poe switch.
Most Cameras today are either designed or manufactured in China. And there's growing mistrust of the software codes which run the Camera systems that they could surreptitiously be sending your data back to someone in Beijing!
Since there are not many good Camera options made here or elsewhere outside China, and we are stuck with Chinese products like Lorex too, HAVE YOU FOUND ANY WAY OF GUARANTEEING SECURITY OF YOUR DATA , no matter which Camera you choose - Reolink, Lorex, etc??
Yes ua-cam.com/video/ApQf0CgnGfk/v-deo.html