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Review on πŸ“· Reolink Argus 2E: 100% Wire-Free Wireless Security Camera System, Battery/Solar Powered, PIR Motion Detection, 1080p, Weatherproof for Indoor/Outdoor Home Surveillance by Mike Sevenfourgd

Revainrating 1 out of 5

Unusable IR sensor with good image. After the update it got worse.

---- Update 2021-08-16-------After the last app update (yes, software on your phone, not firmware) the PIR motion detection is getting worse and worse. Either too sensitive (high and medium) or not sensitive at all (low). This is very annoying. For some reason updating the software application affects the behavior of the camera, which technically shouldn't be the case. Unless the phone is constantly communicating with the camera behind your back and uploading a firmware update without warning. This is unacceptable. Useless for what it's supposed to do. -------- End of update ---------- It has good picture quality and is completely wireless. And easy to set up. Good night vision. Good battery life. You can charge it in hard-to-reach places with an external power adapter. I wish it had an external antenna to improve WIFI connection. With this camera you definitely need a really good and powerful wireless router. Dirt: 1. PIR is extremely unreliable. Sometimes it recognizes well, sometimes not. Yes, I follow the recommended settings. I've been experimenting with this for almost 2 months. My cheap Home Depot IR security light works much better and is very reliable. Reolink, you need to upgrade this part or the camera will be practically unusable. This is a problem with an electronic device. No software.2. PIR writes very slowly. So you miss a lot of action. It waits around 5-6 seconds on average before recording. This is useless as the object has already gone by then. YES, I tried walking left and right about 10 feet from the camera. Doorbell and other doorbell cameras do better.3. Push notifications sometimes come very late, they can appear around 30+ minutes after motion detection and recording. And I was at home, 100 feet from the router. Reolink, what the hell is going on with this? Will the data be sent to the Chinese server first and then to my phone? (like most other wireless cameras, ring etc.) That's why it can be slow. Please change this in your software/firmware.

Pros
  • easy to read control panel
Cons
  • negative impression

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April 30, 2023
So frustrating. Easy set up and looks great. But disconnects daily where I have to do a hard reset.