So glad you mentioned Number one you have to initialize the camera out the router Number two the zoom in lens is not 4K That last one was kind of a deal-breaker That doesn't make sense, cuz I zoom in because I need detail like license plate Etc Excellent review
I liked the suggestion to use a snap shot of the home position to help it find the guard point better. It should be 8mp on both lenses, I really think they messed up on that one.
The Eufy E340 and S340 offer many advantages. Both these units have a calibration function that adjusts for position. The movement is smooth and consistent. It is a solid review, and it is nice to know the pros and cons of the product offering.
The advantages of the S340 work against it for people that need to stream a video feed to a server. This doesn’t allow it, but I think most battery powered cameras don’t allow it.
You don't need to plug it into the router first anymore. I've literally just set one up today and all I needed to do was log into the Reolink app and scan the QR code on the top. Select WiFi and then once I tell it which wifi to connect to it was all connected. So easy.
@@DavidMcLuckie yeah definitely easy tbh. I just hit plus, scanned the QR code, Entered the WIFI details, scanned the generated QR code with the camera, named it etc and done.
I've thought of getting a PTZ camera purely just for the novelty of having a PTZ camera, living on a terraced street I think the locals would get a bit suspicious of such a camera, so for now I'm just sticking with fixed-position chinese specials, though not getting on well with the WiFi one I have on my uncle's house next door despite using external antennas hooked up to the router, I put that down to crap wifi modules in the camera though... :P
@@DavidMcLuckie Sounds like you're having too much fun with it there... :P One thing I'd love to do is have a burning laser attached to one, see a suspicious person in the yard, "FIRE PHASERS, I mean LASERS!!!"... :D
Night vision is pretty good. But when it detects motion I have mine turn the spotlight on. This improves the image and lets the person know there is a camera watching and following them.
From what I have read, they don’t have a cloud service for 24 hour recording so besides buying a recording box, does it 24 hour record so that you can watch it back on the app
Good vid. Very interested in this product - do you have a view on min wi-fi performance for the camera to work well? Have you tested the micro SD card as I do not have a PVR
@@DavidMcLuckie Yeah, that's fair enough. I guess I was thinking more for items that don't have a POE option. I've used them quite often with an Arduino and an ethernet shield.
Yes, of course. Tends to be easier running ethernet rather than mains. Thankfully in this instance POE exists. More things should be POE, actually fuck it, if it's outside electronics it should be POE as well as anything else. ;)
That was good review David, covered the product well. Can you have a look for a system of cameras suitable for a car + camper trailer? Multiple cameras need to work directly with a phone or a tablet, they need to be fast - don't want to run into the car behind me then see me run into the car behind me, and they need to be smallish to fit in tight/discrete spots. They can be PoE with a central doodad, but the video needs to be delivered via WiFi to the phone.
Great review. Thanks! 2 questions, can the wide angle lense be zoomed in at all on the app? Also, is this able to power JUST by the 12 volt transformer? Or does it absolutely Need POE as well? I think I heard you say that it only needs to be hooked up to your router for the initial install, and then after it's setup that it runs only on the 12 volt transformer. Is that correct? Thanks again! How do you like that camera so far? Is the quality really good?
Android and PC app both zoom in on wide, pinch on the app and mouse wheel on the desktop. The WiFi version just needs the power adaptor, network cable only for initial setup. So far it's been performing well. Only two gripes are the jerky PTZ tracking, and it moving off it's home location and needing recalibrated periodically.
@@DavidMcLuckie thank you for the reply! Much appreciated! I am getting closer to ordering one now, just trying to make up my mind on which one to get. Do you recommend it? Or do you know of any other good 4k wifi cameras to look at?
Interesting video - I reckon that model (or its POE brother) will replace a few of my current Reolink ones once I get my current building work completed so I'll have something to hang it on. Just got to find a way to access them remotely whilst offshore on a company network with many security policies in place....
@@DavidMcLuckie Yeah, it's really odd - sitting on the offshore network quite a lot is blocked, and most of that can be worked around by using a VPN - but even with the cooperation of the onshore IT police they can't see any traffic being blocked from my app to the reolinks or vice-versa. I may well have to set up a local viewer I can look at remotely. I can get a smart vpn link working direct to my router, so I can get 'into' my home LAN.
In the manual it has a bit for that. Which I can't find online, but it said something like once the camera is on the electronics keep it warm. And if it's to be installed in a cold climate turn it on inside for a few hours before installing to let it warm up.
It says -10C is the max operating temperature but that is the same as most Reolink cameras. I've seen a few reviews now and they do indeed work in -30C.
Hi David! How is your camera doing after a year of being exposed on all weather conditions? I'm would like to buy one fix it to similar sort of high pole but not sure about weather reliability. Currenty have one fixed under the roof and running OK since April, only thing I can complaint is returning to 'monitor point' (happens once week but calibration sorts problem out). Cheers!
Still working fine. But the failure to return to monitor point is an irritation. I was hoping they would include an option to automatically have it calibrate itself at a set time, or after a set period every day. The jerky motion of the camera itself upsets the calibration, as does strong wind up on the pole. The only other thing is the two-way audio is really only one way. Up on the pole I can hear sounds, but I can't make out talking, and no one can hear any intelligible voice from the camera.
Pan-tilt first as I preferred how it kept the target centered. But the camera has been updated recently so I'm now trying digital tracking first to see how it performs now.
So glad you mentioned
Number one you have to initialize the camera out the router
Number two the zoom in lens is not 4K
That last one was kind of a deal-breaker
That doesn't make sense, cuz I zoom in because I need detail like license plate Etc
Excellent review
I liked the suggestion to use a snap shot of the home position to help it find the guard point better.
It should be 8mp on both lenses, I really think they messed up on that one.
The Eufy E340 and S340 offer many advantages. Both these units have a calibration function that adjusts for position. The movement is smooth and consistent.
It is a solid review, and it is nice to know the pros and cons of the product offering.
The advantages of the S340 work against it for people that need to stream a video feed to a server. This doesn’t allow it, but I think most battery powered cameras don’t allow it.
You don't need to plug it into the router first anymore. I've literally just set one up today and all I needed to do was log into the Reolink app and scan the QR code on the top. Select WiFi and then once I tell it which wifi to connect to it was all connected. So easy.
That's good to hear. Having to use wired first was a bit of a pain.
@@DavidMcLuckie yeah definitely easy tbh. I just hit plus, scanned the QR code, Entered the WIFI details, scanned the generated QR code with the camera, named it etc and done.
I've thought of getting a PTZ camera purely just for the novelty of having a PTZ camera, living on a terraced street I think the locals would get a bit suspicious of such a camera, so for now I'm just sticking with fixed-position chinese specials, though not getting on well with the WiFi one I have on my uncle's house next door despite using external antennas hooked up to the router, I put that down to crap wifi modules in the camera though... :P
You'd think the novelty of PTZ would were off quickly. But so far I enjoy a daily tour of the garden. :)
@@DavidMcLuckie Sounds like you're having too much fun with it there... :P
One thing I'd love to do is have a burning laser attached to one, see a suspicious person in the yard, "FIRE PHASERS, I mean LASERS!!!"... :D
Thank you for the review.
I wonder how it works during the night and how detailed in can be during the night at distance.
Night vision is pretty good. But when it detects motion I have mine turn the spotlight on. This improves the image and lets the person know there is a camera watching and following them.
Be good to see how it performs at night, image quality and tracking
From what I have read, they don’t have a cloud service for 24 hour recording so besides buying a recording box, does it 24 hour record so that you can watch it back on the app
I've got a 128GB card in mine and that's good for a few months of triggered recordings, not sure how that translates to 24 hour recordings though.
@@DavidMcLuckie thanks 😊
It's shaking becouse you don't put all screws or why ?🙂
Cheers dave very useful mate, as you know the info in box is only to set up
Good vid. Very interested in this product - do you have a view on min wi-fi performance for the camera to work well? Have you tested the micro SD card as I do not have a PVR
I also do not have the PVR, so I've only ever used the playback from the SD card. It's played and saved when I've needed it to.
You could use a passive POE injector / splitter so you only ever have to use a single ethernet cable. The last one I bought was about £3.
I like the idea, but at that stage you'd buy the POE version of the camera as well. :)
@@DavidMcLuckie Yeah, that's fair enough. I guess I was thinking more for items that don't have a POE option. I've used them quite often with an Arduino and an ethernet shield.
Yes, of course. Tends to be easier running ethernet rather than mains. Thankfully in this instance POE exists. More things should be POE, actually fuck it, if it's outside electronics it should be POE as well as anything else. ;)
Do they just plug into the back of the router to work?
Have the firmware updates improved anything with this camera that you were worried about?..... Like the jerkiness of the PTZ movement?
I am at the moment testing the newest firmware to see how the new digital tracking performs.
@@DavidMcLuckie I just purchased it and it is definitely a lot smoother now 👍
That was good review David, covered the product well.
Can you have a look for a system of cameras suitable for a car + camper trailer? Multiple cameras need to work directly with a phone or a tablet, they need to be fast - don't want to run into the car behind me then see me run into the car behind me, and they need to be smallish to fit in tight/discrete spots. They can be PoE with a central doodad, but the video needs to be delivered via WiFi to the phone.
Sadly I don't think that's likely to exist.
@@DavidMcLuckie I'm rapidly coming to that conclusion too! Been searching and searching.
Great review. Thanks! 2 questions, can the wide angle lense be zoomed in at all on the app?
Also, is this able to power JUST by the 12 volt transformer? Or does it absolutely Need POE as well? I think I heard you say that it only needs to be hooked up to your router for the initial install, and then after it's setup that it runs only on the 12 volt transformer. Is that correct? Thanks again! How do you like that camera so far? Is the quality really good?
Android and PC app both zoom in on wide, pinch on the app and mouse wheel on the desktop. The WiFi version just needs the power adaptor, network cable only for initial setup.
So far it's been performing well. Only two gripes are the jerky PTZ tracking, and it moving off it's home location and needing recalibrated periodically.
@@DavidMcLuckie thank you for the reply! Much appreciated! I am getting closer to ordering one now, just trying to make up my mind on which one to get. Do you recommend it? Or do you know of any other good 4k wifi cameras to look at?
@@DavidMcLuckie Hi , about "jerky PTZ tracking" - did you try to lower the moving speed in the app ? mabe it help
It might be different in the UK but most people breaking into your house aren’t wearing bright a bright orange jacket & trousers
No one thinks twice about someone in a hi-vis vest and a safety helmet though. :)
How far does the wifi reach ?
Good video. Does ReoLink by chance offer a cam with thermal imaging, and if so, how's the thermal image quality?
Not that I'm aware of.
Just had a look and Axis have a PTZ Thermal camera (640x480) with a 1080p normal camera built in. It's £13000. Yes £13000.
Infiniray M6s or something still 6000 Euro
Interesting video - I reckon that model (or its POE brother) will replace a few of my current Reolink ones once I get my current building work completed so I'll have something to hang it on. Just got to find a way to access them remotely whilst offshore on a company network with many security policies in place....
My app still works through my Google VPN. So that might be an option, but I'd be surprised if it wasn't just using port 80 and http for everything.
@@DavidMcLuckie Yeah, it's really odd - sitting on the offshore network quite a lot is blocked, and most of that can be worked around by using a VPN - but even with the cooperation of the onshore IT police they can't see any traffic being blocked from my app to the reolinks or vice-versa. I may well have to set up a local viewer I can look at remotely. I can get a smart vpn link working direct to my router, so I can get 'into' my home LAN.
How do get it to Auto track? Im having problems with that.
In Settings, Detection Alarm. There is an Auto Tracking toggle. Then you can choose Person, Vehicle, Animal.
I wonder how it will do below freezing temperatures... 🤔
In the manual it has a bit for that. Which I can't find online, but it said something like once the camera is on the electronics keep it warm. And if it's to be installed in a cold climate turn it on inside for a few hours before installing to let it warm up.
It says -10C is the max operating temperature but that is the same as most Reolink cameras. I've seen a few reviews now and they do indeed work in -30C.
Sorry where do you place the waterproof lid?
Waterproof lid?
is the same quality 4k image and video the wifi and the poe track mix?
Yes, the only difference is the network connection.
Does it work on 220 volts electricity, is it written on the power transformer 110/220؟
Yes, 220 or 110.
How do you set up if you dont have ethernet line? (I only have wifi)
"English" speaking. ;)
Hi David! How is your camera doing after a year of being exposed on all weather conditions? I'm would like to buy one fix it to similar sort of high pole but not sure about weather reliability. Currenty have one fixed under the roof and running OK since April, only thing I can complaint is returning to 'monitor point' (happens once week but calibration sorts problem out). Cheers!
Still working fine. But the failure to return to monitor point is an irritation. I was hoping they would include an option to automatically have it calibrate itself at a set time, or after a set period every day. The jerky motion of the camera itself upsets the calibration, as does strong wind up on the pole.
The only other thing is the two-way audio is really only one way. Up on the pole I can hear sounds, but I can't make out talking, and no one can hear any intelligible voice from the camera.
Is this the digital tracking first?
Pan-tilt first as I preferred how it kept the target centered. But the camera has been updated recently so I'm now trying digital tracking first to see how it performs now.
@@DavidMcLuckie if you don't mind sharing the latest firmware version please?
v3.0.0.1584_22120101 Thats the lastest one from the Reolink site.
Dgital tracking first is smmother for me
No night vision??
Night vision in the sense that it can see IR, but it also has 'colour night vision' which is fancy image enhancement.
yay