Reolink RLC-810A 8MP 4K POE IP Security Camera Review
If you are looking for a reasonably priced security camera with great image quality, then this camera might be what you looking for.
So what is the difference between this camera and Reolinks older B800 4k bullet camera?
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Well, I would say that this camera is a little bit smarter. It has something called Person and Vehicle detection, which means the camera can tell the difference between a human and a vehicle by their shapes.
This is really helpful to prevent false alarms and I think it worked ok, I didn’t have any false during the time I tested the camera.
Another difference is that you can use this as a standalone camera since it supports 24/7 recording and motion recording directly to the SD card.
It also supports ONVIF and RTSP stream however at the moment you can only access the sub-stream since it doesn’t support streaming in H.265, and the sub-stream is only in 360p.
One problem I had, was that I couldn’t watch live view in 4k in the app even when using the lowest bitrate. It just keeps loading forever and if I lower the resolution to 1440p it works just fine. Not really sure what the problem could be.
The camera uses an 8mp CMOS sensor that can record 4k at 25 fps. The one I got has a 4mm lens, and I think that’s the only one available, the viewing angle is 87 degrees.
You can use the camera with the Reolink app get push notifications whenever the camera detects motion, and watch the recorded footage directly from the SD card in playbacks. The camera supports up to 256GB MicroSD card which will last about 100 hours before it starts to overwrite.
You can power the camera using a power adapter but since this is a POE camera you only need one network cable for both power and video, however, you do need a POE switch of some sort to power it.
It does have a built-in microphone so it can record audio, and the camera is IP66 rated which means it’s weatherproof and shouldn’t have any problems with heavy rain. It has a working temperature between -10 and 55 degrees celsius.
For night vision it uses 18 Infrared lights with a distance of up to 30 meters. And I think its night vision looked okay, not the best I’ve seen but still decent.
What we get in the box is the camera, 1m network cable, a quick start guide, waterproof cover, sticker, mounting template, and a bag with screws.
The camera feels really well-built and the body is all made of metal. So here on the front of the camera, we got the lens, 18 infrared lights, and the light sensor. Under the camera, we will find the microphone, and by removing this cover on the back we will find the MicroSD card slot.
On the cable, we have power, a network cable, and the reset button.
Connecting the camera to the Reolink app is really easy and shouldn’t take more than a couple of minutes. Download the app from either Google Play Store or app store depending on what device you are using.
Open up the app and click on the +icon in the top right corner to add a new device. Now all we need to do is scan the QR code on the camera and it’s done. You can also add it manually if you want.
So here we can turn on and off live view, turn on or off audio, take snapshots, record videos, and change the image quality. Down here we can clip the screen and access playbacks.
And I like how easy they made it to find alarm recordings instead of manually having to go through hours of recordings on the timeline. You can also sort them by Person and Vehicle.
So if we go into settings and then Display, we can change the image quality, frame rate, and bitrate. The highest is 4k at 25 fps.
In motion detection, we can set the sensitivity and even set a schedule if we want different sensitivity at different times. We can also select in what area we want motion detection active.
In-camera recording, we can turn on or off recording, set a schedule if you want to continue recording and we can also set how long it should prerecord when motion is detected. 15 sec, 30 sec, and 1 min.
I think that’s most of the settings in the app that you might be interested in.
You can also access the camera by typing the IP address in your browser and logging in to the web interface. Now the problem here is that the web interface doesn’t support H.265 streaming as well so you can’t watch live view in 4k.
For video samples please check out my YouTube video!
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