Reolink Go Plus 2K 4MP 3G/4G LTE Security Camera Outdoor, Person/Vehicle Detection, Wireless Battery CCTV Camera System with Solar Panel, SIM Card Slot, 33ft Night Vision, Time Lapse, No WiFi Needed

This camera was so good that we brought a second one.

Good quality, charges the battery via solar panel.
Motion detector good but has missed a couple of things despite being on the most sensitive setting for detection. Otherwise it is fantastic technology.

First impressions out of the box are of a nicely made, quality camera. In the box with the camera is a solar panel with a very long cable and even a camouflage cover for the camera which helps protect it from the effects of global warming. The camera and panel are easy to put up – extra screws are provided for those who, er, screw it up 🙂 You’ll need to buy an STD card and sort out a SIM-only deal – I’m using a 64gb card and have a 3gb per month deal with Lebara for a fiver a month. Once up and running, the camera uses hardly any data unless you sit there watching it for ages – that will definitely chew up your data package. The settings allow you to adjust a lot of stuff, including push notifications, sensitivity and recording parameters. The solar panel does actually work really effectively – make sure you charge up the battery to 100% before installation and it will stay charged up.
The only reason I’ve deducted a star is because viewing (especially recorded clips) can be very glitchy and take several attempts to load (of course, this could be down to the quality of phone service, but I’m not convinced). The field of vision isn’t huge but it’s more than adequate to cover a driveway, a patio, a front door or the neighbour’s cat using your flower beds as a toilet. Also, if you don’t get the sensitivity levels right, you’ll get a notification every time a leaf blows in front of the lens!
This is a very neat bit of equipment that provides everything you want from a security camera without having to plug it into the mains or use wifi. Recommended.

Set up is fairly striaghtforward, although scanning the QR code was tricky and I had to resort to typing in the number. Otherwise, with a SIM card from Vodafone for 5 (including 3 months charges) and a micro SD card it was a simle enough task to get this operatonal using the free app.
It is installed in an area where I cannot use the solar panel, and in a high up position (probably too high), meaning it is not easy to acces it to recharge the battery. But the battery lasts for ages – even after 4 weeks it was still at 40%. The image quality is fair. Detection seems good, although with sensitivity at 100% it reacts to too many trivial movements. I found that 80% is about right for limiting detection to people and vehicles. The lag between detection and being warned is a few seconds – probably depends on the mobile signal. Viewing what the camera sees is easy with the app.
Be careful when taking it down to recharge the battery – I forgot about the small spigot inside the mount and lost it! But thanks to excellent support from Reolink who sent me a replacement, I had it operational fairly quickly again.
Overall, this is a good option for locations with no power supply but with a mobile phone signal.

Trs bon produit, facile installer et image de super qualit.
Install depuis hier, test de jour et de nuit. Systme PIR fiable.

Maintenant, voir dans le temps

We have two of these now. I gave 4 stars as connecting is not always easy (it relies on network connection so can be patchy) which can be frustrating. The good out ways the bad for sure as being able to have a live camera where there’s no electricity or WiFi is such a relief! I wouldn’t hesitate to buy again.
One thing I would like to see improvement on is the ability to read temperature.
Great camera 🙂

All good, be better if the sim came with it but easy enough buying the Vodafone iot sim separately. Be nice if the night range was further but that’s a tiny niggle, the range is pretty good truthfully…

Easy enough to set up even for a technophobe like me! Still need to decide where to place it but all working well 🙂

Absolutely Fantastic Camera . The Motion Detection and Night Vision are Really Good and Clear . I’ve Noticed With The Solar panel The Battery Fills up Pretty Quick Too . One Bit Of Advice if You Have a Apple phone Download The Vodafone Smart App . Not The Vodafone V SOS . Vodafone Smart App In Black Links Your Camera and Sim Card absolutely Great . All together a Fantastic Camera Love it and Going To Buy More

Surveillance d’une rsidence secondaire. Dtection des personnes conforme aux attentes. Recharge solaire efficace. Trs content de mon acha

The cameras work perfectly. Very easy to set up. Solar panel keeps it charged even during winter. Cannot fault them and would highly recommend. The added extras of being able to speak to your horse/hear what is going on and also an alarm are great.

Battery doesn’t last very long only about 3 days, not two months as described. For it to last longer you need to switch everything off which defeats the object. Camera is good including night vision it’s just a shame about the battery

Battery doesn’t last very long only about 3 days, not two months as described. For it to last longer you need to switch everything off which defeats the object. Camera is good including night vision it’s just a shame about the battery

Geliefert wird eine Reolink Go Plus 3G 4G LTE berwachungskamera fr Aussen.

+ wird per Solar betrieben
+ Akkulaufzeit 2-6 Monate
+ 4MP Kamera
+ mit Personen-/Fahrzeugerkennung
+ Solarpanel hat einen Kabel, der bis zu 4m lang ist
+ die kabellose Akku IP Kamera ist fr den Outdoor gedacht
+ hat eine SIM-Kartenslot, man braucht eine Nano Sim Karte dafr
+ mit Bewegungsmelder
+ kann per Handy berwacht werden
+ sehr gute Bildqualitt
+ die Verarbeitung und die Qualitt sind hervorragend
+ die Aufnahmen sind perfekt
+ auch Nachtsicht ist hervorragend
+ hngt nicht, funktioniert einwandfrei und problemlos
+ Installation erfolgt in wenigen Minuten und ist sehr simpel

Daher gibt es von mir 5 Sterne.

E si veramente eccezionale questa telecamera Reolink rispetto al modello precedente (ancora in vendita) ha migliorato l’ottica ora 4k si nota sopratutto di notte la precisione nei dettagli e di conseguenza volti e autoveicoli ,paragonabile alla definizione di marchi pi blasonati e cari (e soprattutto meno sicuri sull’aspetto privacy) con una sd da129g si registra a iosa per me very ok.

wanted this to monitor a rarely used gated entrance and bin storage area, looking to spot fly tippers for example.
Wasn’t sure initially of its suitability, but few options on the market so have it a try.

It’s superb! Installed it 12 days ago with the solar panel and have been on holiday travelling the UK since then. I receive alerts (easily modified to suit your specific requirements) on the App on my smart phone and can instantly playback any or all of the individual captures which have been initiated by the motion detector. Initially found the motion detector was too sensitive and was initiating with all the passing traffic and pedestrians, however, am able to remotely tweak the settings as required, so currently only getting notified when people or vehicles coming in to the vicinity I am interested in – currently about 6 per day. The video quality is excellent and able to freeze frame and capture images easily straight to my photos app where can easily identify number plates for example (toggle quality to ‘clear’ not fluent in playback). Still playing with the controls, but so far so good. Not rated night vision, as so far not had any experience of it plus we’re in the middle of Summer here so only dark for a few hours.
I have a 64gb MicroSD installed and it loops (overwrites oldest footage when full), but so far have still got all the captured videos (approx 70 videos each between 11 and 18 seconds long, from the last 11 days). Obviously you can save any captures directly to your phone/pc or to the cloud, though not tried the latter yet.
I received a Vodafone V Sim with the camera and once I’d set it up, works great (as long as you have 3 or 4G coverage where your siting the camera) for 4 a month (bargain). I did have a few issues getting the sim enabled.
All in all, a very robust solution.

I have always used cameras that are attached to wifi and this would be the first time I have tried a mobile 3G/4G alternative as the location of the camera does not have any Wifi signal. I was very sceptical how well this camera could work from its signal strength connection, to its battery life.

*** Installation: ***

Nothing terrible and installation is the same as with any other camera. It comes with some raw plugs as well as the needed screws. It has templates for both the camera base and the solar panel base so you know where to drill the holes. You might need a spare phone to activate the Vodafone SIM card.

*** Connection ***

The camera comes with a data only device specific Vodafone SIM card and the subscription comes to 4 a month for unlimited data for this device only. This is, I think, the cheapest data only sim around. However, make sure that you get a good decent signal (at least 4G) from Vodafone in the location you will be placing the camera. You can use any other data SIM card of course and are not forced to use the Vodafone SIM card but it is very convenient.

*** Storage: ***

The video footage recorded are stored onto the local SD Card. There are no SD Card with this package so be sure to purchase one of at least 16 GB before installation of this camera. Video footage are not big so can store quite a lot of videos. Once the card gets full it will delete older videos in favour of newer footage. The apps allows access to these videos, and you can download or share them from the app if you need to.

Reolink offers a free iCloud backup server for your cameras – however this is NOT available for this camera in the UK even though you can subscribed to said service. There is no way to add the camera and Reolink support have confirmed this. Saying that, it’s technically not needed since you can stream off the camera’s SD card directly. Not too big of an issue unless the camera was stolen.

*** Solar Panel/Battery Life ***

The package that I purchased also comes with a solar panel which depending, on the location you are placing the camera, may or may not be as useful as it appears. I was very sceptical with the ability to keep the camera charged especially. with the typical British weather. However, it has not disappointed. It’s been in used for a month now and the battery has not dipped below 98%. I don’t anticipate any issues during the Summer months even on cloudy days. We will have to see how it turns out in the dark winter months.

*** Quality of Footage ***

The camera records and stores both a quick access low data video, as well as a high quality video. Both are accessible via the app (and of course the SD Card). The quality is decent as with any outdoor cameras. Night vision is also as good as can be expected. Sensitivity may be a bit too high as we mostly catch several of the neighbourhood cats wandering around at night.

*** Support: ***

I had to contact support a couple of times via email contact on their website. They are relatively quick to respond, and are very nice and helpful.

*** Issues Encountered: ***

I had a few weird blips that I think I should mention for completeness.

Firstly, on the first day of installation, the camera would only get a 3G signal. This corrected itself to 4G the next day and have remained that way ever since. My guess is that the SIM card is still trying to find the correct phone towers to use at that point. Let me tell you, streaming over 3G is not pleasant and I was initially not impressed.

The 4G SD Card that I placed into the camera caused issues with video storage and playback. It was the only SD Card I had at that time and assumed it would be fine since the video stored were not big. The camera instructions did mention that the minimum SD Card size should be 16GB so once I placed it with the correct size, it worked splendidly and as expected.

There was a period in the last month (a few minutes) where the camera would not send a notification and I was not able to connect to the camera through the app. I initially thought the camera’s battery have ran out (although it claimed to be at a 100% that day). However, it turned out the camera was active, but there was no phone signal during that period – potentially a Vodafone issue rather than a camera issue. Video footage was still recorded onto the SD Card during the SIM card down time so the camera was operating correctly.

*** Conclusion ***

I am completely surprised how well this camera worked especially considering the price (and was on offer at the time of purchase). It helped with security in places where there are no accessible wifi signals. It works just as well as any wifi camera, and paired with the solar panel a completely truly wireless alternatives. I have yet to see it in action during the dark Winter months but I do anticipate recharging the camera’s battery but we have to see.

For some reason first order went astray but excellent service from Amazon and refunded on gift card and used that to order replacement. Put camera up yesterday and after a few issues with the SIM card it’s all up and running. SIM was included in pack but the app from App Store was Vodafone smart app. That was what I found confusing. But pleased with camera

I was a little dubious about a camera run solely on 4G/3G and charged via a solar panel. I have got to say I’m so pleased I went ahead! I was quoted over 800 for a similar camera through a security company. This was not even 200 and has given me peace of mind that my horses are safe and keeping out of mischief. The alarm you can set off remotely is a little quiet but I’m sure if needed it would make someone realise they are being watched. You have a clear and fluent setting. The clear setting makes the picture much sharper but the playback a little jumpy. The fluent makes the picture less clear but playback is much smoother. When the horses are being naughty I can use the talk function to tell them off, and they wonder why they can hear me but not see me, but it works haha! I keep mine on the clear setting and the motion detection on 100%. I have had this for a couple of months and I’ve never had to charge it! Absolutely brilliant budget camera and I would recommend to anyone. I’m actually looking to get several more

I needed a reliable camera to observe a few pregnant mares this year. This camera was easy to set up and worked straight out of the box. I charged it before installing, used the sim that came with it at a very reasonable 4.00 per month, and now have perfect peace of mind without having to spend my nights sat in the car waiting for the foals to arrive. I’m not using the motion detector, but I might try it…
Very pleased.

This is the second one of these we have purchased. They are perfect for a location where Wi-Fi is not available, in our case in our ponies field. This one came with a Vodafone VSim card so didn’t even need to sort a SIM card.
We added a memory card to store recordings. If we get an alert (to our mobiles) then we can quickly look at the playback to see what is happening. Usually the ponies playing chase it a fox crossing the paddock.
As a system these really do work, the only advice we would give is to check on your phone there is 4g available where you want to use it. Also get the version with a solar panel, in more than a year with the first one we have never had to charge the battery.
From getting out of the box to working took 30 minutes. Highly recommended.

Nice security camera and my own fault I didn’t check, but the option to upload recording to the cloud is not available in the UK. This is pretty key for me as the camera is easily accessible, but if it’s not an issue for you then its a good camera, the motion sensor is good, good recording quality and was easy to set up, once I spoke to Vodaphone who explained how to set the SIM up! Am sure the more techno minded wouldn’t have any trouble. Not sure how good the solar charger is, been cloudy most of the time since we had installed it, so have had to charge it once at home, but weather and location may be the fault there.

5/5 from me, bought to keep an eye on my horses, I thought ppl were walking through my fields and letting horses into another field and closing the gate behind them leaving them with no water!!! TURNS out the horses know how to open gates! No WiFi needed, no electric hook up needed! 5 a month for 4G! Easy to set up! Only down side is the strap rather than using fixings so I can move it about, the camera is maybe too heavy for the strap but it doesn’t affect working order as the camera is easily adjustable. A bit blurry when zoomed in but I don’t need clear identity with this! No camera stops trespassers anyway! Or gets them caught let’s face it lol a top buy ! Just pricy but I’m saving up for another one.

Easy to set up and registration with Vodafone went smoothly. App shows the battery which, with the solar panel, has remained at 100%. Occasionally detected a passing cat or badger in night. Adjustable sensitivity is good. You can take snapshots with the app and play back auto recordings, which happen when it detects movement. Can also notify you when movement is detected.
But… There’s no web site or API, so you can’t use it for timelapse or scheduled recordings.

Does what it says on the tin, absolutely no complaints there.

There are some things not mentioned on the tin which make this less than perfect:
– only takes 10 second clips
– is slow to wake to movement and can miss some of the action.
– IR lights are ‘on at night’ or ‘off at night’. ‘On at night’ uses a fair bit of battery, off at night means that the PIR trips, but you get a recording of darkness. Why-oh-why did they not include ‘turn IR lights on at night when PIR trips’ option.

Otherwise reasonably hassle free set up and usage. User interface takes some getting used to, and connecting to the camera sometimes takes a while (this may be 3G signal levels, and that may shift the blame to Vodaphone).

Summary: If they addressed the three issues it would be an impressive piece of kit.