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[–] 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Obligatory

https://reolink.com/

Oh wow their front page doesn't mention at all that their products run locally and don't require subscriptions.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    It mentions push notifications and emails, so I guess they must require an account, or can you configure them to use SMTP directly, as with the Amcrest Pro cameras?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    TBH, I've never used any of those features. I just used it locally and plugged it into home assistant.

    But I just reinstalled their app and can confirm I can watch the feed and get push notifications without a cloud account. Haven't tried email tho

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    That sounds worth investigating, thanks! Amcrest needs an account for notifications afaik, but the Pro cameras can work just on a local network.

    The app for them is awful. Then they made a new version that is awful in slightly different ways, so I'm interested in new options.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    The last time I looked at time I missed something. I want to use my existing chime and have it also use that power supply as a power source. Turns out the battery one does that! I missed that months ago! I was going to get a Ring Pro or whatever to get it to do that! This is so much better! Moving up the todo list now!

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