Reolink, Hikvision and Amcrest reliability- mentioned by Lawrence Systems

[Mark_M]

Video in question:



Spoiler - graph of failure rates:



Why is quality important?

When you talk about the way we have to deal with installs, is we may have to rent a lift, ladder and sent a crew out there.
There's a lot of labour involved.
You only want to ever install them and let them work over time for at least 5 or 6 years before you expect any degradation or problems.

Also a mention about divided opinions on various forums.
This video gives numbers on failure rates and opinion. Numbers don't lie unless they are a lie.

A summary and quoting his opinion for each brand:
Reolink:

They didn't hold up, 68 Reolinks and 6 died over time.

He then mentions that he has not bought a camera since 2020 and maybe they have improved.
But he does not purchase anymore given his bad experience with them.

Hikvision:

Of the 64 Hikvision cameras we bought..... actually zero have died.
We haven't had a single call about them failing and that's kind of impressive.
Hikvision makes a decent camera if you are looking for home use. (an installation not governed by NDAA compliance)

In his experience, he seems to like them and finds them reliable. Downfall being that these are not NDAA compliant.

Amcrest (OEM of Dahua):

Out of 165 Amcrest cameras, a single one died.

This is mentioned as a dome camera failing for water ingress and mentioned it could be installer fault or just a bad factory seal.

Important in this case is that a seal is not electrical, it is something any brand (including Axis, Avigilon, etc) could suffer a fault from.
Strangely, He has not mentioned about Amcrest being a Dahua OEM and Dahua being banned under NDAA. Yet he has avoided Hikvision because of NDAA compliance.

He mentioned a big reason they use Amcrest is because the camera's AI/IVS works with Synology surveillance station well.

Synology cameras:
A mention he has tested Synology cameras and thinks they are good quality but has not run them for a long time to compare against what else has been said.

Ubiquiti cameras:

We used to install a lot of Ubiquiti systems, we don't install many anymore.
But I think it's a good platform, it just locks you into their ecosystem.

Then said there is a low failure rate without specifying how many installed and how many of those failed.



Why does this information relate to an end user installing cameras?
It's real world experience!
It's not a sponsored video by a camera novice who has very little knowledge about the subject.

 

[BORIStheBLADE]

He's pretty spot on.