REOLINK TrackFlex Floodlight WiFi - Is this camera right for you?

Hey guys, today we are doing a deep dive into Riolink's latest 4K security camera. It's the Track Flex Flood Light.

camera. It's the Track Flex Flood Light.

Two cameras, 360° coverage, two super bright flood lights, and some cool new features like AI search and out of view motion detection. I'll give you the full

motion detection. I'll give you the full rundown and show you what I like and dislike so you can determine if this camera is right for you. [music]

First off, special thanks to Real Link for sending me this $240 American camera in exchange for my honest opinion. It

often goes on sale like it did right here. So, make sure to check out the

here. So, make sure to check out the link in the description for the latest price. Today, I'm going to quickly show

price. Today, I'm going to quickly show you what's included. followed by the camera specs. Then I'll install the

camera specs. Then I'll install the camera and jump into the app and give you a quick tour and show off some of its cool features. We're also going to include a lot of daytime and nighttime

footage that this camera offers. Okay,

so let's quickly jump into the box and see what we have. Yeah, so this looks nice. Let's start off with the with this

nice. Let's start off with the with this box of accessories. We have a user manual. So, this is a little reminder to

manual. So, this is a little reminder to make sure that your Real Link NVR or Real Link Hub are updated with the latest firmware. But, as you see, this

latest firmware. But, as you see, this camera doesn't need an NVR. It can work as a standalone device. A window

sticker. We got a drill template.

We have a USBC cable to power the camera inside and get it set up and add it to the RioLink app before installing it out in its permanent location. Okay, so we

have this bag marked C. It has a reset key and an Allen key and some screws to secure the camera to the mount. And this

is some screws and anchors to install the device on a wall or ceiling. Here

are some wire nuts and we'll get to those shortly. These screws marked A are

those shortly. These screws marked A are to attach the mounting plate to the junction box. And yeah, wow. This is

junction box. And yeah, wow. This is

pretty heavy. Sweet. Uh really good first impressions here. Feels like we have a metal shell and the camera head is made out of plastic. Very nice. All

right, guys. So, as we walk through the camera features, I want to show you some examples. So, I'm going to show you

examples. So, I'm going to show you right now where I've installed the camera for most of my testing. I placed

it right here over my garage, and I run the cable just inside the door and down into an outlet. Oh, yeah. And a lot of the footage was taken when the temperature outside was -15° C or 5 F.

That's several degrees below the recommended working temperature for this device. Okay, let's get back to the

device. Okay, let's get back to the show. So, as you can see here, the flood

show. So, as you can see here, the flood lights swivel back and forth and up and down. And just check out the brightness

down. And just check out the brightness of these lights. 3,000 lumens at their max.

And again, super super bright. Really

impressed.

Now, you can control the brightness and the light temperature. Here we have the lights at their brightest and now at their dimst. And right here we can

their dimst. And right here we can adjust the temperature. So this is the cool white and we can move it all the way up to the warm white. Now there's a few different configurations for these

flood lights. They can be illuminated

flood lights. They can be illuminated when motion is detected from dusk to dawn continuously when it's dark outside or during a set schedule. I really like

that feature. Okay, so this is super

that feature. Okay, so this is super cool. Next, we're going to check out

cool. Next, we're going to check out these three little sections right here.

These are PI sensors allowing the device to monitor motion 270 degrees all around. Let's pull up a little diagram

around. Let's pull up a little diagram here. The camera lenses can see the area

here. The camera lenses can see the area in the green and the PI sensors can see the area in the blue. Now, when somebody walks into that area, the device is going to turn and the camera is going to

analyze that motion. Okay, guys. cuz

we're right around the corner here and we're going to peek out around and we are out of view of the camera right now.

But obviously the P sensors picked us up and turned the camera, identified us as people, sent us the notification and has engaged the autotracking.

Perfect. Okay, so let's try this again here at night. As soon as I come around the corner, I'm still out of the camera view, but the P sensors pick me up.

engage the flood lights, identify me as a person, and starts the autotracking.

Pretty cool. And moving right along, we have the speaker located right here. It

also has an alarm feature and is pretty loud. Here I am at 120 ft or just over

loud. Here I am at 120 ft or just over 35 m away.

And tap.

And let's do some voice testing. All

right, guys. So, now we're talking from the phone to the camera.

Not too bad. And this is a good time to do a demo on the mic. It's located right here. And I found it to be really

here. And I found it to be really sensitive.

>> All right. So, this is the audio at 100 ft away.

This is the audio at 60 ft.

And now we're 30 ft away. And right

above that, we have IR lights for black and white night vision. The spec says that these IR lights can reach up to 100 ft or 30 m away. So, let's jump into

another security camera that's about 80 feet or 24 meters away, and we can really check out how bright those IR lights are. Jumping into another

lights are. Jumping into another security camera, here's a side view of those IR lights. Now, since the camera is pointed down a little bit, the majority of the IR lights are within the

40 ft or 12 m zone, but still, let's do some testing from distance. Here we are approaching from about 100 ft or 30 m away. And yes, you can see me at that

away. And yes, you can see me at that distance, but any identifying features don't really come into detail until I reach the 40 foot or 22 meter range. But

with that said, the ideal setup for this camera is to have the flood lights automatically turn on when motion is detected and not solely rely on the IR

lights. So, here we are approaching the

lights. So, here we are approaching the camera from my point of view.

The details really come to life once the flood lights turn on and everything is in color. I think that this flood light

in color. I think that this flood light cam works perfectly in this situation right here over a garage. Great coverage

and excellent security. So, moving

along, right here at the bottom of the camera, we have a USBC connection. This

is used to power the camera when setting it up. We also have a reset button and a

it up. We also have a reset button and a micro SD card slot for cards up to 512 gigs. This is the perfect option if you

gigs. This is the perfect option if you don't have an NVR or Riolink hub. This

camera would work great as a standalone device with a 512 gig card, and you could store about 5 to 7 days worth of continuous footage. I'd recommend,

continuous footage. I'd recommend, however, saving some space and setting it up to just record when motion alerts are detected. Now, this camera works

are detected. Now, this camera works with the security camera management system, Blue Iris. I'm going to quickly run through how to set that up. Now, in

the Reoli camera's advanced network settings, make sure to activate RTSP.

I also updated the I frame rate to one, and I set the bit rate to constant. Now,

if you need to pause the video, go ahead and do so. Here are my blue iris settings for each of the camera streams. So, circling back to the port, I wish that it was sealed with more than just friction. A couple of screws would help

friction. A couple of screws would help seal it even better from the weather or even deter someone from coming along and grabbing it if it's within reach. Now,

when we flip the camera around, the mounting plate slides right off. Inside,

we have the electrical wires for hard wiring this device to a junction box or electrical wires inside the wall or ceiling. What I'm going to be using in

ceiling. What I'm going to be using in my install is the Rio Link electrical cable. This will allow me to plug the

cable. This will allow me to plug the camera into electrical socket and install it pretty much anywhere my Wi-Fi reaches. Now, on that same note, I wish

reaches. Now, on that same note, I wish the camera had a PoE plus option or at least a network port. These options

would obviously inflate the price, but still would be nice. Now, here on the back, we have a strap to hang the camera in place while installing it. There is

also a level and wire connectors. And if

you don't want to use those connectors, you can use the included wire nuts. And

if you're using this extension cord, there is a little grommet that you can remove and feed the wire through it so that it's protected from the weather.

They included wire nuts in case you would rather use those. I did and I found that the wiring area to be a little small and it was difficult to attach the camera to the mount. As you

can see, this was taken out just to give myself a little bit more extra space inside. Now, once you do have the camera

inside. Now, once you do have the camera in place, there are two screw holes on the side of the mount where you can fasten the camera to the mount. So, the

camera can be installed against a wall or even on a ceiling. All right, so now we're going to jump over to the cameras.

The lens here on the right is the wide angle 2.8 mm lens with an aperture of f1.6.

This is a 4K or 8 megapixel camera and it has a field of view of 104 degrees horizontally and 60 degrees vertically

giving you a nice wide-angle shot. The

neighboring zoom camera has a zoom level up to 8 mm with the same aperture of 1.6 and this helps the camera see very well in low light situations. That camera has

a horizontal view of 38° and a vertical view of 21, giving you a nice tight shot to bring back those details from the distance.

>> Welcome to Riolink. Please install

Riolink app and scan the QR code on the camera.

>> Getting the camera set up for the first time use is quite easy. In the RioLink app, add the new device and scan the QR code on the back of one of the flood

lights. The app will walk you through

lights. The app will walk you through the steps and give the camera a password and give it a name. And that's it. So,

while we're in the app here, let's have a look at some initial settings that I like to make and do a quick tour. Here,

I can see the two feeds from the camera.

The 4K shot here on top and the HD shot below. I'll go into the PTZ controls and

below. I'll go into the PTZ controls and navigate around a little bit. Yeah, it's

not perfectly smooth, but it's not bad.

And we can zoom in here a little bit as well. Okay, so now is a good time to set

well. Okay, so now is a good time to set up the monitor point. I'll click on reset monitor point. And this

configuration of the camera where it's located right now. And this current zoom will be the go-to point it returns to after I move the camera around myself or after it's finished autotracking.

And next, under detection alarm, we're going to turn on the PI sensors for out of view detection. And then we're going to turn on autotracking. And we'll track

animals. And the priority can be set

animals. And the priority can be set right here below. And next, we want to turn on sounds so that we can record that audio.

And next, under light alert, we want the flood lights to come on. If there is anything picked up in the camera recordings, we're going to activate that to record 24/7. Now, normally I wouldn't

record continuously to the micro SD card. I would only record when motion is

card. I would only record when motion is detected, but I need some extra footage for this video. And next, uh, hey, let's turn on the push notifications from the Rio Link app, so I'll be notified if

there's any motion detected from people, vehicles, or animals. And on the playback screen, this is a cool new feature that was recently added. Um,

it's AI search. So, let's uh let's give that a little shot here. I'm gonna enter in shovel.

Okay. It looks like it returned a bunch of footage with me shoveling snow. And

let's check out this top one here. Yeah.

Okay, cool. Yeah, that's that's me with a shovel. Um, let's let's try tire. I

a shovel. Um, let's let's try tire. I

think I got a video of me with a tire.

Okay, check out the first one there.

Yeah, there I am with a tire. And we get a lot of rabbits around here. So, let's

check out rabbit.

And scrolling through these, I I don't see any with rabbits, but again, this is a relatively new feature having the AI in here. So, um hopefully it'll be more

in here. So, um hopefully it'll be more accurate in the future. So, up next, we're going to run outside and look at a couple of different install locations for this camera. If I had additional cameras, I would definitely install one

right here over my shed to replace this old device. It would provide protection

old device. It would provide protection for my shed and give me the perfect vantage point to monitor my yard. I

would also install one right here where this light is located. The flood light would help light up my yard nicely and I could keep an eye on things out there.

Up next, we're going to test how quickly the camera sends notifications when motion is detected through the camera's lenses. So, that's right. We're going to

lenses. So, that's right. We're going to turn off the out of view detection for this test. So, here I am right here

this test. So, here I am right here approaching the 60 foot or 18 meter mark. And just before I take that one

mark. And just before I take that one more step, there it is. I have the notification and the tracking also kicks in.

>> FT away.

48 ft away.

Let's play that back and admire the resolution of that telephoto camera as I approach that 60 ft mark. These are some great details.

And now we are 15 ft away.

>> So for the nighttime test, we're going to set it up so that the flood lights flash when motion is detected. So

amazingly, at the 70 foot or 21 m mark, the camera picked me up, identified me, sent the notice, turned on those flood light alerts, started tracking me all at the same time. Now, the image isn't

perfect here because the camera is dealing with those crazy flashing lights, but I'm happy with those results. Those flashing lights are

results. Those flashing lights are begging for attention and an awesome deterrent. Up next, we're going to check

deterrent. Up next, we're going to check out the resolution at the end of the driveway and the extent at which the camera can zoom in optically and

digitally. If we zoom in to the max, you

digitally. If we zoom in to the max, you can read the license plate here at 110 ft or 33 and 1/2 m away. It's not

perfect because the camera is pushing the digital zoom limits, but after some experimenting, I found that this was the maximum range where the zoom can still

pick up those good details. That's 110

feet. Wow. Impressive. And lastly, let's have a little bit of fun here with the autotracking. I'm going to try to outrun

autotracking. I'm going to try to outrun it.

Yeah, it keeps up with me pretty good.

All right, guys. I hope that you found this information helpful in showing you what this camera has to offer and if it's a potential good solution for your needs. Overall, I do like the

needs. Overall, I do like the autotracking and the brightness of the flood lights. I also like the options

flood lights. I also like the options for illuminating them, especially when motion is detected. I am also a fan of the PI sensors to give the camera extra

surveillance coverage outside of the camera's field of view. Now, on the other hand, I did find that the install mount was a little bit small, not a lot of room to work in there. I also noticed

that I wish the micro SD card door was a little bit more secure. Lastly, I wish I could have the camera hardwired to my network, but who knows, maybe a release

of a future model down the road might have that ability. Now, links to the camera can be found in the description below. Please leave a like on your way

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