REOLINK Argus 4 Pro Black, 4K Dual-Lens 180° Solar Security Cameras Wireless Outdoor, 8MP ColorX Night Vision for Home Surveillance, 5G/2.4GHz WiFi, AI Detection, No Subscription, Home Hub Compatible

Wide field of view with excellent quality, speed, and rich features.
EXCELLENT Camera. I loved the 180-degree field of view as well as how easy it was to set up. The price is excellent. I love that it’s locally stored, and you don’t have to create an account to get started. The motion detection was excellent on the camera. I loved the 180-degree field of view and how easy it was to set up. The price is great. I appreciate that it’s locally stored, and you don’t need to create an account to get started. The motion detection was excellent, even at a distance. The included solar panel and mounting hardware are precisely what you need, with a full range of options right in the box.Audio and video quality are the best I’ve seen in a wireless battery-powered camera. I especially valued the clarity of the night vision, the quick connection, and the high level of customization for what triggers recordings. excellent, even at a distance. The included solar panel and mounting hardware are exactly what’s needed with a full range of options right in the box.Audio quality and video quality are the best I’ve seen in a wireless battery-powered camera. I especially appreciated the clarity of the night view, speed of the connection, and high customization for what triggers recordings.I’m not a fan of how large and visible the branding is on the unit. I would have preferred more subtle (black on black for example).

Almost perfect
It’s a great camera for the most part. It has very clear image, little lag and usually stays above 90% power. I love how customizable the settings are. However, there are often times where it doesn’t record at all, even on the highest sensitivity. I’m still playing around with it though. Maybe I’ll find the sweet spot.

Works really well; person detection not perfect but NO integration with NVR
This provides what’s promised – wide angle, solar powered (mine has remained fully charged), timely alerts/updates, easy to use app/playback and a fairly clear picture. The stretched 180 degree is never going to be as clear as a narrower lens but you can certainly see what’s going on – detail at 20 ft is sufficient. Night time brightness is excellent thanks to Color X. Person detection AI isn’t perfect – animals have triggered it. My biggest disappointment is that it doesn’t integrate with the Reolink NVR – I have a whole reolink ecosystem which is why I stuck with them for this, but it’s not compatible so if someone steals the camera, the SD card and recordings on it are gone 🙁

Not shareable
Camera was easy to install but i’m very disappointed to find that I can not share the camera with other people in my family. I have several Reolink cameras at our home and at our cottage, all are shareable.

I have quite a few Reolink cameras set up, and several Argus cameras going back to the Argus 2. I also have another Argus 4 Pro+, which I’ve been running now for over a year.In many ways, the Argus 4 Pro+ is significantly better than previous generations; and not just by a little!First, I should point out that there are very few things I don’t like about this camera, so I’ll start with those.The elephant in the room: the battery is not replaceable. This is a shame, and something that Reolink changed in the last model, too. Older models had removable batteries, which could be replaced when the included battery inevitably goes bad. In fact, that was one reason why I was able to save a “dead” Argus 2, the battery simply needed to be swapped. Not having that ability with the Argus 4 Pro gives this a 2-4 year lifespan if you keep it outdoors all year.Reolink still hasn’t allowed notifications to show a preview thumbnail, like I get with pretty much every other security camera I own; even our bird feeder camera gives you a thumbnail. While this may seem like a minor gripe, it significantly diminishes the usefulness of getting push notifications. You are always inconvenienced by having to open the app and waiting for it to load before knowing what triggered the motion sensor.Reolink could easily fix this, and I’m not sure why they haven’t.My second complaint, is that this camera does not get as much height captured in the frame compared to previous Argus cameras.I installed this one at the side of my home, which actually replaces the need for two older Argus cameras I had covering the same area.This camera gets “wall to wall” coverage, which is amazing. But, you lose some vertical field-of-view.Depending on where you set this camera up, the loss of horizontal video may not be a problem. With the Argus 4 Pro+ I have set up in front of my house, I did have to make a concession, and lose some capture below the camera in order to get more of the road.Apart from those two negatives, nearly everything else on this camera has been improved.Setting it up was very quick, mostly because I already had experience with using the Reolink app. Set up the camera BEFORE installing it, since you’ll need to scan the QR code on the back of the unit.I have both my Argus 4 Pro+ cameras set up to use the Reolink Hub, which was super easy.Connecting to Wifi 5ghz band, which uses WiFi 6 is something I’d suggest for a camera with much resolution. I’ve got no issues streaming in full quality!The included solar panel is the second generation from Reolink, and it’s twice as powerful as the previous. It’s also larger as a result, but not hugely so. My other Reolink panels have survived without any issues for at least the last two years, 365 days a year, but be warned that these battery-powered, solar-charging cameras don’t really charge over the winter, so be prepared to tweak your settings to be less sensitive.To that effect, the settings offered for motion sensitivity are impressive! You have a general level of sensitivity, as well as an option to prevent false alarms (good if you have leaves or bushes flowing in the wind within view). But in addition, you can control sensitivity for vehicles, people, animals, and other (separately) based on size (min and max); you can also set up zones where it will not detect motion.The ColorX night vision is highly impressive, and it beats black and white night vision any day of the week! It easily allows me to identify specific colours of vehicles long after sundown. One thing to note, however, is that the resolution isn’t as clear when using night vision. Still usable, but don’t expect the same quality as you would during the day.What impresses me most about the Argus 4 Pro+ is the vastly improved detection.As an example, previous Argus cameras would capture delivery people as they were walking away from my home. And they were never sensitive enough to capture a car passing by the house, and certainly never people walking across the street.But the Argus 4 Pro+ not only captures objects at a distance, but it does so much faster than before. I can actually capture people as they approach my home, rather than long after they have left the frame.When compared to a wired Reolink camera, however, it’s still not perfect. Wired cameras have the luxury to capture several seconds BEFORE a motion, so you can see what lead up to the motion being detected. This is pretty important, and while the Argus 4 Pro+ doesn’t give you that ability, it’s the best in class as far as battery powered cameras go.If you do need a battery-operated camera that can record video before the moment that movement was detected, Reolink’s Altas can do it.The 4k resolution is good, but keep in mind that you’re spreading that resolution across a very wide angle. Yes, it’s better than the 1080p I get from a single camera, but it doesn’t resolve as much detail as a single camera in 4k, especially since it’s got such a wide angle.For most purposes, I don’t think this is an issue. The camera’s quality and performance and stellar.The included time-lapse feature is something I’ve used in previous models, and will continue to use it with the Argus 4 Pro+. It’s cool to see a time-lapse of an incoming storm, for example.Lastly, unlike with other dual lens cameras I’ve used, the Argus 4 Pro+ is quite small. It doesn’t scream “I’M A CAMERA!”, which I like.Overall, the improvements to the detection range and accuracy, as well as the high-quality wide angle and incredible night vision makes the Argus 4 Pro one of my favourite Reolink cameras to date.If they could just add thumbnails to push notifications, it would be hard to beat!

I got this camera to upgrade my aging back yard camera. I wanted to improve the image quality and also wanted a camera that works with HomeAssistant. I saw that HomeAssistant has a ReoLink integration which should make setting up the camera super easy (in HomeAssistant) but after trying to add it and doing a little research, Reolink’s battery powered camera lack the features required to make this work. I know this is a pretty niche problem and wont affect most people.Another feature that is missing from this camera that I expected to be there (I have seen this on much cheaper solar cameras in the past) is the ability to make it record 24/7. I understand the solar panel may not be able to support all day recording but would be nice to have if the camera is plugged into power (mine is). Now this is probably just on me, I probably got the wrong camera and am looking for a non battery powered one but regardless I think it would be nice to have the option. And really my only other complaint is with the motion sensing. I find the settings for this a bit confusing and hard to dial it in to get notifications I actually care about. There is PIR motion sensor settings and sensitivity but also “detection alarm” settings which also have sensitivity. There is “Object size” settings so you can try and tell it to to record or not based on if something is smaller than or larger than a user provided size. This is also broken down into three categories: “Person”, “Vehicle”, and “Animal”. I played around with these settings with little luck and frankly understanding of how its suppose to work. There is even “Reduce False Alarms” toggle but I don’t think it has made any difference for me. I have managed to tune it a bit so it seems to not go off every minute but also it sometimes wont pick up as I walk right past it. This would all not be such a big deal if it had all day recording where I could go back and review the footage but it is not an option.Ok but aside from these issues I am having, there is a lot to like about the actual hardware. The dual lens system is fantastic, the image gets merged into a seamless single image which is super wide. This provides a large viewing angle without needing a camera with rotation. The build construction on the camera also feels great, it definitely looks and feels like a premium product. The solar panel is solid and looks like it is built to last, definitely more sturdy than cheaper solar panels I have gotten with solar lights. As I mentioned above, I am not able to easily add this camera to my HomeAssistant for easy viewing, however, Reolink has an app that works on Windows which lets me stream the camera which is better than nothing.Overall this is a great camera just maybe not the camera I am looking for as it lacks features I care about. I think a lot of people are not concerned with these features and mostly want a high quality image, this camera definitely has that. I hope they can make updates to the software to make the motion sensing less complicated but outside of that it is a good option.

This security cam has very good specs. The daytime video is very detailed and clear. The color X night vision also has good definition and clarity.The main feature for me is the 180 degree dual lens wide view which gives me perfect coverage for my house. I don’t like getting too many false positives in terms of notifications and the motion zone alert system was simple to configure and it works well.Some other things i like about this camera is the ability to use a 512 GB micro SD card. Wifi 6 is also faster when viewing video on my phone.My only concern is that i hope the solar panel will keep this camera charged during the upcoming short days of winter. Now in September their is plenty of sun and solar panel is working great.Highly recommended