Reolink 180 Degree Camera

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I am looking for an outdoor 180 degree dual lens camera that won't break my bank (no higher than $250 USD).

Has anyone tried the Reolink Duo 3 WiFi camera? I am thinking of buying this camera, even though Reolink is not preferred. Curious if you have it working with Security Spy and, if so, how bad (or good) the fisheye effect may be.

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  • JoshADC
    JoshADC

    I don't have that particular one, but I do have the newer 16MP PoE floodlight camera-great floodlight, decent camera. Like a lot of Reolink stuff, the RTSP is jerky. I'm using Scrypted to pull the RTMP stream and rebroadcasting it from there to Security Spy via RTSP stream. That's just 2MP, but it's plenty good enough to tell what's going on, and I don't think the fisheye is bad at all.

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  • tadol
    tadol

    I have the duo3 WiFi - it works fine, as long as you have a solid WiFi signal to the camera. Setting up any Reolink camera is a bit of a pain, but once set-up they work fine. I have mine aimed pretty much downwards to cover my back fence/sidewalk/gate, and I just leave the fisheye setting alone, as it seems to reduce the overall picture size, and I don’t have a problem with the image -

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  • photonclock
    photonclock

    I have several of the PoE Duo's with the included floodlights. They go on sale now and then on Amazon and Reolink's web site. Sign up for Reolink notifications. I think they're pretty great. Video quality is good, the IR/Floodlights work well, and most importantly, they have been reliable for me. The audio on them absolutely sucks, but I have low expectations for audio on security cams. They are not a "fisheye" look. They are ultra-wide 2.67:1 aspect ratio (2 * NTSC 4:3 aspect)

    I had a different model of Reolink that died quickly when rain touched it (Reolink replaced it without any hassle, but I no longer use it as an outdoor camera), but the Duo's, properly installed, have suffered all the harsh conditions without issue for 2+ years now.

    If you go for wifi vs PoE, consider setting up a separate dedicated wifi network so you can crank up the frame rate & bit rate to take full advantage of the video quality, without inducing a perpetual load on your regular wifi network. The resolution on the combined image of the Duo's is 4608x1728! 😳

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