Reolink E1 Outdoor

berkinet
berkinet
in Cameras

So, in spite of the warnings, I bought this thing (118.99€ from https://reolink.com/product/e1-outdoor/). I was prepared to have to spend some serious time getting this camera working with SecuritySpy, even to the point of being prepared to return it.

But, guess what. It works right out of the box, even fit the screw mount of my old Yatwin. It has PT + 3x optical zoom, 2 way audio, etc, etc. And, even though it isn't documented anywhere on their web site, it supports ONVIF and the PTZ and audio functions all work with SS. The only problems so far are: getting the presets to work, they don't; the limited downward angle, only 55º; and a switch to B&W a little sooner than I'd like. But, that is good-enough for my application, and for the price.

Reolink E1 Outdoor; build 22081906; IPC_523SD8; v3.1.0.0; v3.1.0.989_22081906; IPC_523SD8S10E1W71100000001

SecuritySpy 5.5.1

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  • Ben
    Ben

    Many thanks for posting this information - great to hear that this is (generally) working well. I'm sure this will be useful for other users.

  • berkinet
    berkinet

    I forgot to mention one other caveat: it only supports H.264

  • boisy
    boisy

    I've been extremely happy with the Reolink RLC-823A I purchased in July. Reolink seems to have gotten a bad rap with SecuritySpy over the years, and in the past I encountered issues, but this new crop of hardware performs extremely well for the price. For $200 I have a PTZ 4K camera with 5X zoom, two way sound, a floodlight, and AI auto-tracking (granted not all of these features work in SecuritySpy, but the basics are enough for me).

  • Ben
    Ben

    Many thanks for your feedback @boisy, this is very useful and I'm glad you're having good experiences with these Reolink cameras and SecuritySpy!

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