E1 Outdoor Pro

I just installed a Reolink E1 Outdoor Pro for my sister in law and I was pretty impressed with it. But it's Wi-Fi only, no PoE which I would want.

I know you said you aren't looking for alternatives, but I'd suggest you skip those brands entirely, because what you need/want can't be done with those brands if you are looking specifically for cameras, you will end up with the same issues as your sister or worse. Those 2 brands are garbage and se

i've battled this exact thing with tapo cameras. the issue is usually that the tapo app uses cloud discovery and doesn't play nice with mdns across subnets. try moving the rule order so the allow from home to iot is at the top. also enable igmp snooping on both vlans. if you keep running into proble

I got a "REOLINK E1 Pro" with some Amazon coupon, they're always on sale. But I don't think it is anything special, it is just cheap, and has RTSP/ONVIF and PTZ. There are many alternatives from other manufacturers. I did have to use their app for initial setup, enable RTSP/ONVIF, and then restart t

A Reolink E1 Pro or RLC-810A works great for this, both can record directly to your PC via FTP or their app without needing a hub. Just point it at the yard and enable motion alerts. Solar powered ones are nice but battery can struggle in winter; I'd go PoE if you can run a cable.

Thanks a lot for the detailed response! I've decided to go with the Reolink E1 Pro. I can connect it via Ethernet. I could technically increase my budget for a more expensive model, but since I only need it for about 2 months a year, I'm not sure if it's worth spending more. Regarding the storage: I

Not sure it's the same as what you are doing, but... I have a Reolink wireless camera (E1 Outdoor Pro), mains powered, connected by wifi to my AIMesh network. Records fine in frigate.... Distance to the nearest AP is about 12-14m, basically line of sight with very little in the way.

I think that was a long time ago and were specific bugs that have been fixed. Reolink is often positively talked about by users of Frigate these days and it gets recommended a lot(including by me) so I am not sure if that old advice still holds true today. I have had some issues with some of my came

I used a Reolink E1 Outdoor Pro, which is a plug-in powered wifi camera, which will give you the best results. However, if that's not an option and you need battery/solar it also works with their Argus 3 series cameras. Check out the post I did about the project here: https://www.reddit.com/r/reolin