Argus PT Ultra First 4K Solar Security Cameras Wireless Outdoor | 360° Pan Tilt Auto-Tracking, 8MP Color Night Vision, 2.4/5 GHz Wi-Fi 6, No Subscriptions, Home Hub Compatible

Very pleased with the purchase. Working perfectly to monitor a new owl nest in our tree. I climbed ladder and disturbed the owl slightly but got it in a perfect location. Here are some key points: Battery: I am getting 8 days with no solar attachment. It’s in a tree so very little sunlight and the squirrels would just chew the wire. This is less than advertised but exceeded my needs. I just dangled a power cord down the tree and put the USB C adapter in a waterproof container. Then I just plug it in once a week. That is with about 100 detections a day recording each for 8 seconds. Your mileage with your settings will vary. Charges back to 100% in 6 hours. Maybe someday I will have a use for the solar panel. Storage: I have used 12GB in two weeks with 100 detections a day each for 8 seconds. It’s a 128GB card…..way overkill. Infra-Red: The Infrared at night is the best clarity for my use looking into the dark nest. I was not entirely sure looking at the specs that it had infra-red capability. Sensitivity: It took a few days fiddling with the settings to get the right triggers. The non-detection mask is critical for avoiding false triggers with leaves and such. Capture: Keep in mind that these battery powered cameras cannot capture the first couple seconds of activity like a wired NVR system can. To save battery they go into idle mode and wake up on detection. I see some complaints about this but I can’t ding the product for this unless I was OK with a 6 hour battery life to stay active all the time. NVR Integration: In short, no, you cannot record the recordings to your NVR (if you have one). But as a consolation, the camera shows up in the phone and desktop app, right next to the other cameras. Just be aware the recordings are coming from the SD card on the camera, and take a little more time to retrieve. Water: We have a couple torrential downpours. No issue yet after two weeks. Very Pleased.

I’ve been using the REOLINK Argus PT with Solar Panel for a few weeks, and overall I’m really impressed with its performance and features. 🔹 Easy Setup: This camera is completely wireless — no messy cables or complicated installation. The solar panel keeps it charged, so once it’s mounted in a sunny spot, it pretty much runs itself. 🔹 Excellent Video Quality: The 5MP 2K+ resolution delivers sharp, clear footage with good color detail both day and night. The color night vision is a big plus — I can actually see colors and details after dark, not just blurry black-and-white images. 🔹 Pan & Tilt Works Well: The pan/tilt capabilities give excellent coverage. I can control the view right from the app, and it rotates smoothly without lag. This is especially useful for covering wide outdoor areas like a driveway or backyard. 🔹 Smart Features: Motion detection alerts are fast and reliable — I get notifications on my phone when people or vehicles are detected. The app lets you view live video, play back recordings, and even talk through the camera with two-way audio. 🔹 Connectivity: Supports both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz Wi-Fi, which makes the connection stable and reduces interference. 🔹 What Could Be Better: The battery life depends heavily on sunlight — in shady areas you may need to manually recharge occasionally. The app interface is good, but downloading and managing clips could be smoother. ✅ Overall: This is a solid, flexible outdoor security camera with great image quality, smart alerts, and the convenience of solar power. Highly recommended if you want wireless, reliable home security without complicated wiring.

Both this device (and mainly Reolink) are flawed. If you are thinking about buying this device then hold your hope very tightly in your grubbly paws as you pull the trigger on it. Let's start with Reolink's (so called) compatibility list. Stick your tongue very firmly in your cheek while you read it because some camera's on the list as working do not, and some listed as "possibly not" do. For example; I have 3 camera's. 1 is an Argus Eco Listed on the Reolink Home Hub Compatibility page as working doesn't. It needed a firmware update, except when I tried to update I got a message telling me the firmware was up to date. In the meantime that camera was not monitoring anything! I wrote an email to Reolink support and waited. And waited......... I eventually ended up spending part of a morning resetting both the camera and the Home Hub so I could use it again as a standalone camera (there's another catch to this.) Eventually...... I got a response from Reolink........ Deep Joy........Err no! The response after 4 days was..... "Whether you would like our technical team to investigate the issue?" Well d'oh. Problem was that the question was phrased in such a way that I was wondering whether their team wanted remote access? So another 24 hours go by while that issue is clarified. And...........24 hours later another email arrives...... You are getting the picture! Eventually after a full 8 days they "pushed" a new firmware update to the camera which solved the problem. I said earlier that there was a catch and here it is! If you leave the sd card in the camera then the recording is on the camera not the Home Hub (something Reolink, are not clear about) so of course I removed it before attempting to add it (unsuccessfully remember?) Reolink don't seem to understand that you bought the camera for security so while you are aging and dying waiting for your once a day email to repair the situation your camera may not be providing you with that security because you do not have a video stream or the ability to record any incidents. As far as I am concerned the Home Hub is is a case of Reolink shooting themselves in their own foot but their customer feels the pain. What's the point of a compatibility list if it's not accurate? The idea is also a little half baked. As it stands it's a good idea, the fatal flaw with many security camera's is that if someone steals the camera they've also stolen the recording! This does prevent that. By half baked I mean, it looks like someone had a great idea but no one thought it through. The Home Hub is about the size of a Sonos speaker. I cannot imagine that there isn't enough room in that box for some batteries as backup during a power cut. The current situation is that all of my camera's are powered by rechargeable batteries but if I have a power cut at my house the camera's will still work but unless I have battery backup the hub will shut down and stop recording. As I say; not thought through!

I don't do reviews often, but have to share this one. This camera is good. Solar is solid. Charges up as stated. I used to have those cheaper off shore knock offs that amazon sells but they never supported the 5.2GHZ channel, only the 2.4GHZ channel so they kept disconnecting and drove me up the wall. This one pairs quickly with your 5.2 GHZ WIFI and unlike the knockoffs who direct you to a 3rd party app, this camera has its own app made by its own dev. So check it out if you are looking to replace aging equipment. This is connected to my WIFI and the up to StarkLink. No LAG. They have SW clients for windows, IOS, and android

So far so good as I just got it installed. I had a bit of a problem as the roof, gutters and downspouts are all metal and the area where I wanted to install it would not receive a Wi-Fi signal as the metal blocked the signal, ever with a Wi-Fi extender. I have a 2.4 Ghz router and highly recommend a 5 Ghz router for best performance.

I previously reviewed this camera after sending it back in frustration over the fact that it wasn't supported by Reolink's cloud service, and allowed only the most basic configuration. The inability to make certain configuration changes meant I couldn't integrate it with my home surveillance system and could only record to the SD card. Both of those shortcomings are still true, but I ended up purchasing another one to monitor ground hog activity behind our pool, and the camera was actually (nearly) perfect for that use. The fact that it's solar powered was a winner for me since there's no power where I wanted to place the camera. The solar panel works *very* well, and keeps the camera's battery at 100% even on days of less than full sun. The image quality is very good, and the ability to pan and tilt the lens is very helpful. Motion detection seems to be more than good enough, and offers plenty of configuration settings. The one thing this camera doesn't do that other ones do is keep a running capture in memory. Other cameras will constantly capture several seconds of video in memory so that when motion is detected, those several seconds BEFORE the motion was detected are included in the stored recording. If not for that shortcoming, I'd have given the camera four stars instead of three. But at its price point, this is a pretty good buy.

UPDATE: I’m updating my review to highlight Reolink’s impressive customer service. While the solar camera I purchased had some connection issues and didn't quite meet my needs for continuous viewing, the support team was top-notch. They worked hard to troubleshoot the issues and eventually provided a replacement to make things right. Highly recommend the brand for their service alone. I've given this camera 9 months of use before writing this review to make sure I wasn't jumping to any conclusions. ​ My experience with this Reolink solar camera has been deeply unsatisfactory, primarily due to persistent issues with battery power management and Wi-Fi connectivity. ​Despite being a solar-powered model, the camera constantly suffers from a low battery state. I have repositioned the unit to areas with maximum sun exposure, but it consistently fails to maintain an adequate charge. This significantly undermines its reliability as a security device. ​Furthermore, the camera's Wi-Fi performance is exceptionally poor. The effective range is limited; it fails to maintain a stable connection if moved more than 20 feet from my home's router. To remedy this, I placed the camera in close proximity to a mesh router, but it continues to drop the signal frequently and struggles to reconnect, which is the biggest issue. Then there is the issue with limited viewing because the camera will go into standby mode. Constantly having to click continue viewing is more of a pain than it is worth. Not a very good camera overall. ​Unfortunately, due to these fundamental flaws in battery and network performance, I cannot recommend this camera.

Very impressive, the level of simplicity of setting up the hub and the camera was within minutes if you follow the steps. I had been stalling many Reolink systems but I always stayed away from wireless (personal choice) until now , customer needed surveillance with the least amount of drilling , or running wires and no access to electricity for powering DC cameras. The choice was solar powered . I’m satisfied with the outcome, the signal was strong even though there was quite a few walls from the cameras to the hub. PS: Always remember to write down your password in a safe place sometimes Reolink product will not reset to factory easily even when it says it’s reset already

Reolink Home Hub, Home Security Systems, Expandable Local Storage, UP to 16MP Motion Recording & Playback, Encryption Algorithm, 2.4/5 GHz WiFi6, 64GB microSD Card Included, No Monthly Fee This is absolutely awesome. What does it do? Ability to manage 8 reolink cams and store all 8 cameras' footage into your hub locally. You own the data. Encrypted. The nonpro model (this one) is just a hub that takes 2 micro SD cards. (pro hub lets you connect more than 8 cameras and takes a hard drive instead o SD). It does come with an 64gb high endurance card. I put the sandisk 512GB card in the second slot. This hub allows you add to your reolink ecosystem and associate REOLINK cameras with the hub. Check if your reolink cameras can work with this hub (see the reolink site). The hub can manage up to 8 reolink cameras. It allow ALL reolink footage to be stored to your local home hub (rather than the cloud) thus eliminating the need to subscribe to cloud space --> of course the benefit of uploading to cloud is obviously for the fact that the data is safe from fire and in a different location. The hub connects via ETHERNET to your switch/router. so long as your cameras are on the same network as the hub (same subnet), it is able to connect to your hub and store the data. In fact this hub association with solar powered cameras such as the two that come with this kit, is actually better for batterylife on the solar powered cams becasue the hub manages when and how footage is sent, reducing unnecessary wake-ups and conserving battery. Also he hub acts as a local relay, minimizing power-hungry Wi-Fi activity thus saving battery life as well --> it was found in some forums that you get a huge power savings using the solar power cams with the hub rather than without the hub. Now how does this work when cameras have SD card install in standalone mode and then you join the camera to the hub? what would be the point of keep SD card in the camera itself? Well it acts as redundancy. If network is down, and cannot reach the hub, then footage is stored in the sd card directly in the camera. if your home uses power, and hub is down, then the solar powered battery cams still operate and footage is stored on the sdcard installed in the camera itself. So yes theres still a good reason to keep sd card in the camera itself, even when you have huge storage in the home hub. Something i immediately noticed when using reolink cameras with the home hub is that i can connect to each camrea quicker . Something i didnt expect but was a pleasant surprise. If you have more than 8 cams on your property you could actually buy a second one. Manage two sets of cameras in your home. Example: use one hub for front yard cams and another one for back yard cams. Buying one hub is a nice low cost of entry (compared to the home hub pro which is pricier). Most homes you'd just need one hub. But for more elaborate properties you might either upgrade later on to a home hub pro to get more than 8 cameras... or just expand youir existing setup with another 8 cams with a second home hub. ------------ Anyway, i'm impressed. i absolutely floored by the reolink hub. Thus far i've got nothing but great news on this system. VASTLY superior to main stream camera systems. Adding home hub imo is a total MUST HAVE. It adds a lot of value to the setup for very little cost. Saves you from needing a cloud subscription . I can easily recommend this one.

Great product works exactly as described even though it’s placed on a more sheltered side of the house. Battery 100% every night regardless. The ability to adjust the motion sensitivity is a huge plus also.

充電器で充電できず、不良品かあ、と思ったのですが、で返品しようとしましたが、他にも充電できていないというレビューを見て、もしかして充電器の問題？と。 そういえば、試したのは全てTypeC-TypeCのPDタイプだったことに気づき、試しにTypeA-TypeCの充電器を使ったら、充電が始まりました。 充電器でうまくいかない方、TypeA-TypeCのものでも試してみてください。 まだ初期設定段階なので、一旦、星３つです。 追記 1週間ほど使っています。 画質は綺麗で、夜間もしっかり映ります。 自動点灯するLEDライトがかなり明るいので、防犯効果も高そうに思います。 microSDに記録しますが、同時にftpサーバーにもアップロードできるので、自宅のNASにもアップロードするように設定しました。 別途、クラウドサービスを申し込む必要がなくこれができるのは、私的にはかなりメリットです。 ということで、星5つ評価にさせていただきました。

Great product. The solar panel charges them perfectly so you never have to worry about missing anything. Were fairly easy to set up to.

Very good quality. Just sometimes it detects human as animal. The solar panel works perfect.