This is my third Reolink camera. I could never solve the false detections problem with the RLC 423, no matter what was masked or how the sensitivity was adjusted, false alarms were constantly triggered. I didn't bother installing the second one (RLC 511) since it also does not have the person detection so I'll likely use it indoors where there will be no shadows or blades of grass moving. So I bought this one Argus 3 Pro which solved the detection problem. My concern is that the battery is not replaceable. Given the cost to ship it back, I'll keep it and hope for the best. Reolink still has some improvements to be made before they are best in class.

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The Argus 3 Pro is my 8th different Reolink camera model since 2017. Some have been good, some not so much. Seems they nailed it with this one. Easy to setup, great quality picture, lots of useful options for detection and notification. The AI is impressive. Not great, but very good so far (3 days of testing).
All at a price that is very reasonable.
And the wifi antenna seems quite good too.
One criticism is placing the speaker on the backside of the camera. That might be fine for indoor use but makes no sense for outdoor where the sound is quickly lost at any distance. Fortunately, not important to me.
A second criticism is the bracket for the matching solar panel. The bracket for the camera is a very nice dual-purpose screw-in or strap-on design. But the bracket for the matching solar panel is screw-in only. So if you strap the camera to a pole, you’re left to figure out how to mount the solar panel.
Overall, 4.5 out of 5 stars. 👍👍

• Craig B Tom Scheifler - Dec 12, 2021

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  use strong double sided tape for solar panel where you can't use the bracket. Alien tape and Gorilla tape are extremely strong and weatherproof.

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I bought 5 of these with solar panels. Easy setup and configuration. Quality is excellent. Unfortunately for a security camera, they are seriously lacking. I have one, right at the edge of the driveway, to show any vehicle coming in. Even in the highest sensitivity, the camera does not show the front of a vehicle by the time it "wakes up". So the key piece of evidence, a license plate number is not captured.
Vehicles crossing other cameras, are completely out of view before it wakes up.

• Sana Whirnot - Jan 18, 2024

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hi all .wow , very very nice camera ..looks and feels like a $500 camera ..This has lots of upgrades from the Argus 3 ..duel wifi 2.4gh and 5gh ,and it works great .the PIR is all so good , i had no false triggers.
it had night color video and all so now 2K up from 1080p, and you can see the different ,way better...and then there is the light ,,,wow so bright,you can leave it on ..off up to you , its all done by the app ..same as the siren..even better you can record your own voice message to play when motion is detected ..and on the play back side of things you can pick from vehicle or people the camera will find the clips according to your preference.and the battery ..well i have had it 4 weeks and its on %100 still ,but i am in Australia ,so i unplugged it from my solar panel and use it a lot ,and i had it on 2k mode and only used %18 ..the audio is super clear as is the mic ..speaker could be a bit loader for your own voice message ..over all its a fanatic camera ,,for the price its the best in its field.
i have put in some very amateur videos ..they were all taken from the Argus 3 pro..please have a look and listen to them ..they say a picture paints a thousand words ..( i could not upload my big video ??)any Questions just ask ...
clive

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After much research I decided on an exterior system composed of four Argus 3 Pro’s and one Argus PT. I had previously purchased an Argus 2 to experiment with for several months, including the Reolink phone app. Being satisfied with the tests I moved ahead with the purchase of the full system I wanted. 

As our home is southwestern style and I didn’t want to drill holes in the stucco finish, I decided to fabricate custom mounts for each camera / solar-panel combo, painted to match the color of the stucco. Once I got that done and powered up, and added 64GB cards to each camera, the system came together nicely.

The daytime performance of the cameras was what I had expected. But what really blew me away is the night-vision performance of the cameras. They are advertised as having "up to 10 meters" of visibility with PIR on. As you can see from the photos these cameras are displaying more like 100-120’, on a cloudy night, via the PIR illuminators in each camera. Wow.

Also, I was equally impressed with the LED lights on each Argus Pro 3 (easily turned on remotely), They are BRIGHT, and allow color imaging at night, vs black-and-white with the PIR illuminators. The solar panels appear to be quite efficient, as the cameras indicate charging even on overcast days. 

One minor nit is the grid display options on the phone are limited to either 4 cameras (2x2) or 9 cameras (3x3). That’s not a big issue since it’s quite easy to just swipe through each camera individually. 

All in all, I couldn’t be happier with this camera system. I am very impressed with the cameras, the phone app and the desktop app. 5 stars, Reolink!!

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Fidèle client de Reolink depuis plusieurs années et possesseur de plusieurs modèles de caméra de la marque, voici mon avis après essai de l’Argus 3 pro avec panneau solaire et protection de caméra.
Les points positifs :
• Installation et mise en place de la caméra très rapide et simple
• La caméra est assez discrète, petite, mais semble assez solide
• Bonne connexion à mon réseau Wifi Orange. La caméra est à l’extérieur à une douzaine de mètre de ma Box
• La batterie tient bien la charge.
• Le câble d’alimentation du panneau solaire est assez long ce qui permet de le mettre à distance de la caméra.
• Les 02 petits spots d’éclairage éclaire bien et permet la nuit de faire un enregistrement en couleur si détection.
• L’application pour le smartphone est totalement en Français et assez complet au niveau des différents réglages qui sont disponibles. De bons progrès ont été faits à ce niveau ces 2 à 3 dernières années.
• Le panneau solaire est ok et fait sont job, mais attention, il a l’air assez fragile
• Le gros plus de la caméra est la possibilité de sauvegarder gratuitement les enregistrements pendant une semaine sur le Cloud de la marque, et cela marche plutôt bien. C’est la raison pour laquelle j’ai acheté cette caméra, si on vous vole la caméra vos derniers enregistrements sont sauvegardés.


Les points négatifs :
• La distance de détection (même avec une configuration au maximum) est assez faible, entre 10 et 12 mètres au maximum, à plus de 12 mètres la caméra ne me capte plus, même en configuration max.
• La qualité de l’image est bonne mais rien de comparable à une caméra telle que la RLC-510 ou 511WA. A moins de 5 mètres cela reste tout à fait correct, pour surveiller une entrée ou un garage par exemple, au-delà c’est tout juste passable. (voir ma petite vidéo)
• La fonction « Push » qui permet de vous prévenir sur votre smartphone en cas détection est assez aléatoire (voir nulle), entre une réception presque instantanée, moins de 10 secondes à plusieurs minutes. Je pense que c’est un problème sur toutes les caméras de la marque, car mes 6 autres caméras me font la même chose.
• Le mode conversation est très moyen, avec beaucoup de hachures et de grésillements
• En cas de pluie, l’image peut être trouble car la caméra ne dispose pas d’une casquette de protection contre la pluie et les gouttes d’eau stagnent alors sur l’objectif. J’ai trouvé la solution, en plaçant la caméra directement sous le panneau solaire et en l’inclinant légèrement.
• Le champ de vision à l’horizontal est un peu juste, à la verticale c’est ok.
• La housse de protection est vraiment de mauvaise qualité, trop petite, tient mal sur la caméra (j’ai du mettre un adhésif double face pour la faire tenir). Je ne recommande pas du tout cet accessoire.

En conclusion, je suis plutôt satisfait de cette caméra que je recommande surtout pour la surveillance de vos entrées, à une distance inférieure à 10 mètres. Le rapport qualité prix est correct mais dommage que le prix fluctue beaucoup.

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I bought this for our backyard and I was able to install the mounting hardware and solar panel, and configure and mount the camera in less than 30 minutes! I scanned the QR code on the camera and entered my Wi-Fi credentials, bingo it connected instantly and I was able to use the app and view my backyard.

The picture quality is really good. And I love the fact that I also have audio and speaker for two-way communication. This is the easiest setup I've ever encountered. If this thing performs this well all summer I'll probably buy two more.

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Ich hatte vor 6 Jahren eine Medion Camera gekauft. Jetzt habe ich sie durch die Argus 3 Pro ersetzt. Zuerst war ich total verblüfft, dass die alten Bohrlöcher für die Wandhalterung auch für die neue Kamera passen.
Das Installieren des Mail-Cients ging etwas holprig, was aber immer so ist. Nach dem dritten Versuch waren alle Parameter richtig gesetzt und hat auch das geklappt. Was in der Produktbeschreibung fehlt, wohl als selbstverständlich vorausgesetzt, ist dass die Kamera auch einen manuellen On-Off Schalter hat. Den PIR Bewegungsmelder kann man in der App ausschalten. Dann streamt die Kamera nur wenn die App geöffnet ist. Ansonsten ist sie im Stand-By und verbraucht fast keine Daten.
Ist der Bewegungsmelder eingeschaltet, dann reagiert die Kamera sehr schnell. Ein Video wird 4 Sekunden rückwirkend aufgezeichnet und sofort in die Cloud hochgeladen. Dann kann der Einbrecher sabotieren was er will. Das Ereignis bleibt verfügbar. Unabhängig wird ein Bild an die eingegebene Email-Adresse geschickt.
Und was macher für einen falschen Alarm hält muss nicht unbeding auch ein solcher sein. Es kann auch daran liegen dass der PIR Sensor einen breiteren Erfassungswinkel hat als das Objektiv. Also ich hatte noch keinen Fehlalarm.

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I've been using security cams for over 20 years now. I don't have a PoE option. I am sold on the Reolink brand. In this past 2 years (with two different types of cams) I have actually seen video get stolen (motion based) from the cams more than once. (I had a hidden cam, and the video was not stolen, this is how I know). Yes, my cameras have a hard 14character password, and the router is very secure. The way around getting motion based hacking is: set the camera's sensitivity to "0" or as low as you can. Paint over the whole screen. Use the 'timer function' on wired cameras to record without motion; and also use the TL (timelapse) function. This will keep your video stream from being "hijacked" (only have to point an IR light at it to trigger motion). Also suggest a decoy cam and a hidden cam. And Reolink works with a good VPN as well.

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This is my first security camera. Set up was very simple. Installation even easier. Picture quality is great. App was easy to set up. Solar chord is very long making it flexible where to install. I always thought setting up a security system would be an effort. This was effortless. Free 7 day cloud is amazing. Only complaint is SD card max is 128GB for this model. Records on SD and cloud, so you can move video older than 7 days if you miss it in the cloud. Comes with desk mount, that I didn't need. Bit of a waste to send and throw out. Comes with security sticker - sticky part is backwards - to read it, must stick on outside window, should be able to stick on inside window. Small in size, lights are good quality. So far detection has been spot on. This is true wireless. Some mfg state wireless but need to be plugged in for power. Wires are mess and a pain to set up. I went with wireless knowing that being in Canada, the camera will not work when it is very cold. Reolink confirmed the battery/camera will not be damaged due to extreme cold. The camera can operate at colder temperatures than is required to charge the battery. On very cold days, I have have to use a portable charger or bring the camera inside and charge. The pain of wires is worse than not having cameras all the time/manual charge. Friends have wired systems and they are an ugly mess.

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