@@SmartHomeJunkie At what timestamp? How good is the person detection? Animal detection? Vehicle detection? Can it filter out your own vehicle? Are they reliable enough to be used in HA? What are the hidden entities?
I have two Reolink Duo 2 in WiFi and there are awesome cameras, the two lenses for one image works very well and since their release Synology added an update to use one licence instread of two for the older Duo (before the Duo 2, it was recognized as two cameras). However, I have some lags from time to time while I put an Unifi AP 5 meters away in front of it... I didn't know that the Duo 3 was released, will look to spot the differences
Thanks a lot ... personally on my house front wall, I always prefer a fisheye camera which is much smaller than those types of cameras ;-) (Only like 4 or 5 cm out of the wall ...). Now it is right the floodlight model is HUGE ... ;-)
Did you measure the angle? I ask because you said 180 degrees and Reolink's site says 150 degrees. That 30 degrees does make a difference for those of us who would want to mount this on a wall and see in both directions. Thank you.
Reolink cameras are mostly POE (and a power cable) but what can be done to install on a wall where there is only an incoming box with 2 wires (formerly a light fixture)? thanks
Thanks for the video, threw you a sub. Quick question...is it possible to use the floodlight from the Duo 2 POE with the duo 3 POE camera? I kinda like the idea of having the flood light as a deterrent, even if the duo 3 doesn't need it. That said, would it mess up the video if the flood light were on? Is it even possible to connect the floodlight to the duo 3? I have the duo 2 with floodlight, had someone break into my car, but the video isn't quite sharp enough. So, I'm looking to got with a much better POE camera; I don't have power readily available at the site. I MIGHT be able to run power there, but it would be a royal PITA. Appreciate the advice. Thanks.
Unfortunately the quality is along the lines of most Reolink cameras. It's still good in good light conditions, but compared to other cameras with the same price and megapixels, they are all a bit disappointing. The night vision is still poor quality, which is something that has plagued Reolink cameras for a long time. If you want a deterrent these are great and they are good for a general overview, but I feel you'd want other cameras in conjunction with this in order to get facial recognition where it would be legally acceptable. As a note, the PHYSICAL hardware is the same, the resolution is software limited in the Floodlight version.
@@SmartHomeJunkie I saw your video comparison at 5:00 but I've been trying to find footage of what it looks like from the *outside*. It looks like you're the only video on TH-cam that actually did a side by side. To put it bluntly: why get the floodlight, if the spotlight is already quite bright?
@@74357175 I'm not sure what you mean by "from the outside". Personally, I like the color temperature of the floodlight more, but that's my personal preference I guess.
I know they are advertised as 8 and 16mp but actually it is a double 4 and double 8 mp camera. Bit tricky this way. It is as if you put 2 normal 4mp camera's next to one another and then claim they are 8mp togheter. This is where reolink is wrongfully advertising. Not saying rhe product is bad but many people get a quality below expectation. The quality wil be a lot different next to a standard 8 or 16mp camera in 4/3 or 16/9 ratio
Which of these two cameras would you choose? Let me know!
Flood light
Either one if they integrate properly into home assistant - why wasn't this covered?
The only thing we have is a single screenshot at 6:30
@@RonsonDenmark Uhm, this is covered and it's not just a screenshot 🤷🏼♂️
@@SmartHomeJunkie At what timestamp?
How good is the person detection? Animal detection? Vehicle detection? Can it filter out your own vehicle? Are they reliable enough to be used in HA? What are the hidden entities?
@@RonsonDenmark Come on, don't be that guy. Just watch the whole video.
I would go for the Reolink Duo 3 PoE. 😊 Prefer sharper image.
I have two Reolink Duo 2 in WiFi and there are awesome cameras, the two lenses for one image works very well and since their release Synology added an update to use one licence instread of two for the older Duo (before the Duo 2, it was recognized as two cameras).
However, I have some lags from time to time while I put an Unifi AP 5 meters away in front of it...
I didn't know that the Duo 3 was released, will look to spot the differences
Thanks a lot ... personally on my house front wall, I always prefer a fisheye camera which is much smaller than those types of cameras ;-) (Only like 4 or 5 cm out of the wall ...). Now it is right the floodlight model is HUGE ... ;-)
What delay do you experience from realtime motion and then it showing in HA? Mine is around 10 > 15 second delay
Did you measure the angle? I ask because you said 180 degrees and Reolink's site says 150 degrees. That 30 degrees does make a difference for those of us who would want to mount this on a wall and see in both directions. Thank you.
Reolink cameras are mostly POE (and a power cable) but what can be done to install on a wall where there is only an incoming box with 2 wires (formerly a light fixture)? thanks
Thanks for the video, threw you a sub.
Quick question...is it possible to use the floodlight from the Duo 2 POE with the duo 3 POE camera? I kinda like the idea of having the flood light as a deterrent, even if the duo 3 doesn't need it. That said, would it mess up the video if the flood light were on? Is it even possible to connect the floodlight to the duo 3?
I have the duo 2 with floodlight, had someone break into my car, but the video isn't quite sharp enough. So, I'm looking to got with a much better POE camera; I don't have power readily available at the site. I MIGHT be able to run power there, but it would be a royal PITA.
Appreciate the advice. Thanks.
Very good, thanks
Thank you for your kind words!
Can you attach the floodlight to the Duo 3?
I don't think so
So the Wi-Fi version just requires power not more right?
That is correct.
Unfortunately the quality is along the lines of most Reolink cameras. It's still good in good light conditions, but compared to other cameras with the same price and megapixels, they are all a bit disappointing. The night vision is still poor quality, which is something that has plagued Reolink cameras for a long time. If you want a deterrent these are great and they are good for a general overview, but I feel you'd want other cameras in conjunction with this in order to get facial recognition where it would be legally acceptable.
As a note, the PHYSICAL hardware is the same, the resolution is software limited in the Floodlight version.
Is there a floodlight version with Poe??😮
Or is the security light bright enough to work like a (small) floodlight?
Yes, I mention that in the video.
@@SmartHomeJunkie I saw your video comparison at 5:00 but I've been trying to find footage of what it looks like from the *outside*. It looks like you're the only video on TH-cam that actually did a side by side. To put it bluntly: why get the floodlight, if the spotlight is already quite bright?
The spotlight also looks like it has a much higher color temperature, so there's that (disadvantage) too, I guess
@@74357175 I'm not sure what you mean by "from the outside". Personally, I like the color temperature of the floodlight more, but that's my personal preference I guess.
Video output is a single file with a stitched 180 video or two files with videos from each Len? Thank you
It's a single file
I know they are advertised as 8 and 16mp but actually it is a double 4 and double 8 mp camera. Bit tricky this way. It is as if you put 2 normal 4mp camera's next to one another and then claim they are 8mp togheter. This is where reolink is wrongfully advertising. Not saying rhe product is bad but many people get a quality below expectation. The quality wil be a lot different next to a standard 8 or 16mp camera in 4/3 or 16/9 ratio