PoE cameras are expensive primarily due to cost of installation. These require fish wiring and depending on accessibility and cosmetics, you may end up with a couple of thousand dollars in installation costs. Therefore, you must choose a camera system wisely. Unfortunately, with this being my first set, I didnt have the knowledge even after substantial amount of research. Here are the drawbacks that I saw in this system. My system was installed around the house. My front yard is narrow and close to the street. I would say the mid point of the street is about 25 feet away from the camera. I was dissatisfied with the night vision specific to moving targets. I was specifically interested in capturing the face but the person must stand still for you to recognize an intruders face at that distance. Further, daytime moving targets, while much better than night vision are also showing unclear. The NVR is loud and like many of you, you will likely have the NVR connected to the TV via HDMI. The NVR is loud and without cloud backup features can easily be identified by an intruder which is concerning. On the positive side, I didnt see any weaknesses in the andoid/ios apps and did not find it difficult to navigate through the software preinstalled on the NVR. My suggestion is to take your time researching which security cameras that are good for your specific situation and there are forums out there that are specific to security cameras that has wealth of information but the research will take some time which I believe is worth it knowing how expensive installation is.

Replacing old system, cable runs hardest part. Once cable runs completed plug in cameras then into NVR and presto, great pictures. Software reminds me of DOS but that said easy to navigate and set up. Night vision looks good.

This is the 2nd reolink system i have bought from amazon and had to return. This one either has no HDD or has a defective one. Amazon customer service was awful, aa is the norm anymore. They wanted me to buy an external HDD and use that instead. I told them that waa absurd. Gonna try one last time, and if no luck then i am switching to Amcre$+.

The best camera system seen in my life

Wonderful

When I install it first it was working fine for a week then I started having problems viewing live online I contacted customer service they told me to update the software I did that and it started working fine but after one week same thing happened it says failed to view I contacted customer service again they released another update and finally now its working

So the system I installed for one of my clients was a 4K POE 16-CH system. After 2 days of use 1 of the cameras stopped showing up on the monitor but would buffer in and out via remote view on her phone. My first thought maybe the cat 5 line was bad, so I tested the line and it passed. I email Reolink warranty department to get a replacement camera and that didn’t go as planned. I’ve did all of the troubleshooting, sent pics, sent videos, via 4 back and forth emails from Reolink. And they still want me to do more troubleshooting. Smh.... This is a complete inconvenience. I was going to use them for my go-to camera brand but not with all this run-around crap. Update: 10/27/20. Warranty department helped me out on this purchase and my future purchases. Will shop with them again.

The Reolink system is very, very easy to install and it is literally plug and play. The cameras provide a crips image easy to see even when expanding the image. For the price this package is very hard to beat. The night vision is not the best. There are better cameras out there but for double the cost. If night vision with color is not a must, then I do recommend this system. On the technology side, very easy to install phone app and very simple to use. Good job Reolink, thumbs up.

The documentation is really lacking, fortunately the startup walks through most everything you need. I have a monitor connected to the NVR as well as the app running on an iPhone and windows PC all of which work great. I replaced a Q-SEE system this if a far better system Excellent customer service. Every time I contacted Reolink by email, had a Quick and thorough response. I am very impressed.

I really love this system. I use it for security for my garage . The features are really easy to use. The app is very user friendly, I can see everything right from my phone, tablet or pc. I would recommend and I intend to buy another in the future for my home