REOLINK8CH 5MP Home Security Camera System, 6pcs Wired Outdoor PoE IP Cameras with Person/Vehicle/Pet Detection, 4K/8MP 8CH NVR with 2TB HDD for 24-7 Recording, RLK8-410B6-5MP

I’ve put in hundreds of cameras from other brands, Reolink is by far the best camera brand I have used. The cameras in this system are aluminum and sturdy, have decent picture quality, and have worked flawlessly. Setup of the DVR went smoothly and I was able to quickly connect to it with my phone. No complaints, will be buying more in the future!

This product is actually better than the description. It offers h265 encryption (an option to be setup on the camera level) and the hard disk can at least be upgraded to 14TB without using eSATA. I put a 14TB hard drive into it and it showed 13002GB available space.We are now watching cats and racoons patrolling our backyard based on the alarms. The do not trigger area setup works fine too and after a few attempts I lowered the general motion sensitivity in the front yard so far that it didn't trigger when a car came at night from the side road. It still recognizes animals, cars and people in that area.Setup is very easy and intuitive. The pictures are very clear at day and at night. I did not use any of the internet connection functionality yet.

Bought this system, and then bought 2 extra cameras in order to use all 8 channels. Easy setup. Install is as easy or hard as you make it. I ran 3/4 EMT and fished the cat6 through. I believe reolink sells mounts, but I fashioned my own.The cameras work great, especially considering the price point. I did have 2 cameras fail about 45 days after installing, but I contacted reolink. They honored their warranty and I had 2 new cameras 2 days later. Just had to foot the bill to return the failed cameras...not a bad deal.Only downside I've found to this system is their app. Not the most user friendly thing, but it works.All in all, I highly recommend this system to any home or business owner looking for an economical and dependable DIY security solution.

I don't want to leave a very long review so I will assume you have done your homework and know what type of system you want. These are PoE (Power over Ethernet), so understand that you will have to do some crawling in the attic and under house as well as fish wires through walls etc. But IMO this makes for a much more reliable system (Be prepared to kill one long day for installation or break it up over a few days like I did). I like everything about this camera system except the software. I am able to view from a monitor attached to the NVR, but also can view from an app on my phone and on my pc with reolink client download available on the reolink website. It has a lot of features and will take a little time to become familiar with it. I will get to my main complaint in a moment but first a list of pros and cons...PROS: Cameras are metal and fairly small, good night vision, good motion detection even at a great distance, Plenty of settings to play around with (Be sure to play with the brightness, contrast, hue, etc for each camera as it will really help get better night vision), Motion alert options you can turn on and off, Ability to set areas where you can block out motion for each camera, Customer Service that responds and doesn't ignore you, good website that will answer some questions you may have, decent phone app (It works great with wifi, but I noticed I have to set it to lower video quality on the app to view on 4G or it won't load sometimes)Cons: Client PC software leaves a lot to be desired and it freezes up, NVR came with outdated firmware, Even though the system comes with Cat 5 cables, they are only 60'. This is not near enough length when you run it across an attic down walls and under the house unless you are in a very small home or office. I was able to use one of the 60' but had to buy 5 additional 100' cat 5 cables to have enough length. This adds another $80-90 or so to the cost. It's nice to include the cables but it's unfortunate if you still have to buy more.So what sort of got me was I set the system up and started learning the NVR and settings etc. I had an issue with no motion events showing up on the main screen during playback. I had to actually go to the motion logs to view motion. It was happening on the monitor attached to the NVR. The app and pc software showed the motion events.I contacted customer support, and the problem was the firmware was out of date for the NVR and needed an update. I updated it, but it's like an entirely new software. I had just become comfortable with the system and now I have to learn it all over again. The new firmware also created another issue where the menu options are sort of off the screen on the sides, the top, and the bottom of the monitor. So when I go to playback I can barely see the menu bar at the bottom with the pause, rewind etc, and I can't see the time and date stamp at all if I pull up one single camera and have it on the full screen. From what I understand there is no way to correct this with the new updated firmware. I had the same problem with the old firmware, but there was a way to adjust in the settings. But now I can't.I am still trying to work with customer support. At least they will get back with you by e-mail, but generally you get one response per day, so the going back and forth is a little slow. I can find the answers to some of the issues I have by looking on their website, but I feel I have spent a lot of time getting used to this and working out small bugs and issues. Seems like fixing one problem leads to another small one. I was expecting more like plug and play and go about my business. But you will have to spend some time with this system to tweak it how you want it. Some of the issues could be me, but I can usually figure these type of things out fairly easy. But again, it seems many of the other camera companies have a lot worse issues and very little, if any support. I am sure i could have spent double the money and probably got a better system, but for the price I think its about as good as I am going to get. I will say this is my first system so I have nothing to compare it to. I am pleased with it, but just understand you may run into a few issues that you have to work through.

Great Product....

Second house, Second REOlink system. Once you get one you can't go back. It does it all clarity, viewing angle, connectivity, and good value for the money. If we move I'll get another system. Also have WiFi unit and they work great.

System came in quick, setup was easy. Better system than my older one. Cameras are very clear and night vision is great. Using network cabling is a snap. In three days I have installed 6 out of eight cameras. I can access the cams on my laptop and iPhone when away from home.

The system is fantastic! The product’s quality, straightforward installation, and intuitive software warrant a 10-star rating out of 5. Although I initially had some difficulty reaching the customer service team, once I communicated with them, I found them to be extremely helpful. They did everything possible to resolve my issues. I’m thrilled to have this system for the first time, and from today on, I am a big fan of Reolink.