Reolink Go Plus

Good, but there is room for improvement a bug here and there – In short, yes I would recommend this product because it is good value for money with plenty of functionality, but be aware, it has flaws. I have been using this camera for 3 months. I use it on my construction site for supervision, security and to make a time lapse video of the build. I bought the optional solar panel with it. Setting it up was… Read more

super easy as it works on 4G, no network settings apply. Just insert SIM card and you are set to go. Adding it to the Reolink app is also very easy (I already had other Reolink cameras, so I already had app installed). Also worth noting that you can download the Reolink client for Windows ( and I think Apple too ). Use of the Windows client is super easy too. You can also view your camera on your android TV or Chromecast, just ask google to show your xyz camera on xyz device. Picture quality is good, however if you are monitoring a larger area even 2K resolution can be too low. For example you won't be able to read number plates more than 10m distance from the camera. On 2K resolution setting refresh rate varies between a frame every 5 to 60 seconds. On low setting it can be many frames per second but still there will be freeze frames for a second or two. Night vision works well too, however where i'm using it there is plenty of street lights which helps. Even with night vision turned off picture is OK. Motion detection settings are in abundance. Differentiates between person, vehicle, other objects. You can specify minimum, maximum object size, likeness settings to object shape, day and time, PIR sensitivity, and siren. You can also listen in and talk back. It can record to SD card, cloud, send in email, and send push notifications to your phone. I am yet to find an ideal setting when alarms are triggered only when relevant. There is also a siren that you can trigger manually or when motion is detected. You can also listen in and talk back. Time lapse function works well. I had a couples times when it skipped a day though. Motion detection at night must purely rely on PIR sensor IR leds drain battery fast. Battery life. At first I had it set to take 1 picture /minute all day. Battery got drained half way through the night. So if you want to make night time time lapse, it won't happen. However 1 picture every 4 minutes between 6:00 and 20:00 the battery stays pretty much fully charged. I had a copule of time when the solar panel stopped charging the battery. Rebooting the camera remotely has solved the issue and the solar panel resumed charging the battery. My biggest paint point is how slowly the time lapse video downloads from the camera onto my devices. A 1 and a half minute video takes 5-10 minutes to download (40 Mb on lowest resolution).

Pros: Low cost Rich in features Very easy initial set up With daytime use only battery stays always almost full

Cons: Very slow download speeds Bugs crawling Alarm settings fiddly Night time use drains battery in no time