re: General security camera discussion (was "Unifi Protect security cameras")

Going through some more daytime footage, the very cheap Reolink RLC-410 still looks much better than the UniFi G3 Bullet which costs 3X as much.


Again, these cameras are mounted right next to each other looking at the same exact scene, both 1080p@15fps. The following images were captured of the same vehicle at the same exact time. It is about 200' from the cameras and moving at about 25mph.


Reolink RLC-410


UniFi G3 Bullet



Obviously there are just not enough pixels at 1080p at this range to capture license plates without optical zoom (and that is not the purpose of this camera location, the street is just background noise), but the Reolink has a clearly better image in the daytime than the UniFi cam.


So unless the UniFi Protect Cloud Key Plus (NVR) exposes some hidden camera settings or features, at this point it seems safe to say that you shouldn't buy UniFi camera gear if you want daytime image quality and clarity. Of course what I've posted here are kind of extreme examples (nobody is going to monitor passing vehicles from 200' with 1080p), but I hope it helps someone to see what you're getting with the cheap chinese cameras... pretty good value!



At this point it seems the *only* reason to look at the UniFi gear is for the UI/UX. Which, again as a fanboy, I really want to like enough to overcome the downsides. I will find out soon enough I guess.