Smart home security solutions are experiencing significant growth today, and more people install them in their homes and offices. Because of this, Reolink has gained more attention in the security camera market. Today, our Reolink Home Hub and Camera Review will feature the Home Hub, Argus 4 Pro, and Argus PT Ultra.
Reolink has consistently offered reliable, user-friendly, professional-grade, and budget-friendly security products for homes and businesses. As a result, more people trust these products to keep their properties safe and protected.
What makes the Home Hub, Argus 4 Pro, and Argus PT Ultra excellent for home security? We tested these products to share our user experience and their performance in this Reolink Home Hub and Camera Review.
Reolink Home Hub and Camera Review – Design and Functionality
Before testing the products for this Reolink Home Hub and Camera Review, we examined their design, parts, and functions. We will first discuss everything about the Home Hub.
Reolink Home Hub
The Home Hub has a minimalist, rectangular design with a clean white finish and rounded edges. It offers a sleek, modern look that blends easily with any home aesthetic. Plus, its compact form factor makes it unobtrusive.
The Reolink logo and the power button are in front of the Home Hub. The top surface features an LED indicator, while the rear houses all the ports for easy connectivity.
Reolink Argus 4 Pro
The Argus 4 Pro featured in our Reolink Home Hub and Camera Review is the latest Reolink flagship product. It is also the successor to the Argus 3 Pro, which Reolink released three years ago.
Reolink claims the Argus 4 Pro is the first security camera to offer full-colour night vision. Its only variant features a white housing.
The Argus 4 Pro has two lenses separated by a few centimetres, almost pointing sideways. Between them, you will find an LED status light and a spotlight. The sides feature the IR lights, while the PIR motion sensor is underneath.
This security camera has an onboard microSD slot on the rear. Its waterproof flap cover protects it from harsh weather conditions.
Reolink is known for its onboard microSD storage options, and the Argus 4 Pro also has one on its rear. It features a waterproof flap covering the slot. This camera also has another separate flap concealing the USB-C power input port.
Reolink Argus PT Ultra
The Argus PT Ultra resembles the PT 2K but with a larger antenna. Another difference is the spotlights surrounding the primary lens.
Aside from these, the rest of its design remained the same. It has an identical shape and still has a mic and speaker for two-way communication.
The rear of the Argus PT Ultra features a USB-C port and power button. You will also find the microSD card slot with a waterproof cover under the camera head.
Key Features of the Reolink Home Hub and Camera
What makes Reolink one of the best choices for home security? Our Reolink Home Hub and Camera Review will discuss the primary features of the featured products to answer this question.
Reolink Home Hub Key Features
Local Security Without Additional Costs
The Home Hub provides more control over your data. You can expand your storage to 1024 GB using two 512 GB microSD cards for superior flexibility. Unlike cloud storage, this hub ensures safeguarded recordings and privacy without risks and additional costs.
All-in-One Security Solution
The Home Hub enhances your security system management by supporting up to 16MP ultra-high definition for excellent video quality. You can also connect eight Reolink cameras, including WiFi6 and dual-band WiFi cameras, offering superior flexibility. With the Home Hub, you can customise your security based on your preferences.
Encrypted Storage
The Home Hub uses unique encryption algorithms for unparalleled data protection. Recordings remain safe even when someone steals your devices or microSD cards.
Offline Recording
The Home Hub stores all recordings locally, allowing you to enjoy offline storage. All your data is secure, so you do not need to worry about data loss, even during network interruptions.
LAN Access
By creating a local LAN network, the Home Hub ensures the security cameras function seamlessly without an internet connection.
High-Definition Live View & Playback
A few taps on the Reolink app allow you to access live feeds and playbacks from multiple cameras.
Reliable Alarm Centre
The Home Hub rings the alarm to notify you if something triggers the IP camera. It helps protect your home with multi-layered alarms. It also allows you to customise the alarm ringtones based on your preferences.
We tested this feature while testing the products for this Reolink Home Hub and Camera Review. We were surprised since it sent notifications and alarms only when necessary.
Hands-free Camera Accessibility
The Home Hub works with voice commands for hands-free access. It also allows monitoring the status of your property via Google Nest Hub or Chromecast-enabled TVs.
Regular Security Summary
When saving recordings on the Home Hub, you can quickly view monthly, weekly, and daily statistics of motion detection events. These are accessible via the Reolink app, which displays all events chronologically for convenient searching.
Manage Permissions for Multiple Users
The Home Hub lets you customise the preview and access permissions if multiple people use your home security. It also allows you to update and remove permissions at any time.
Each Home Hub can have one administrator account and ten sub-accounts.
Timelapse Recording
The Home Hub has a timelapse feature for capturing long-term events, including sunrise and construction processes.
Reolink Argus 4 Pro Key Features
4K UHD 180° Blindspot-free View
Dual-image stitching technology allows the dual lenses to stitch two views into a seamless perspective. It produces smooth images with low distortion at 180° FOV, which is twice the FOV of a single-lens camera.
With doubled perspective, the Argus 4 Pro can capture crucial details with 4K quality. Images and videos are crisp with unparalleled flexibility, even under low-light conditions.
PIR Detection
The Argus 4 Pro has intelligent motion detection, which spots movements and identifies people, animals, and vehicles. It highlights movements within the detection area to reduce false alarms.
Colour Vision with ColorX Technology
The ColorX technology from Reolink allows the Argus 4 Pro to capture four times more light. As a result, it delivers vivid and realistic details, regardless of lighting conditions.
WiFi6 Ready for Smooth 4K Streaming
Dual-band WiFi6 technology sets a new standard in wireless connectivity. It allows 4K streaming with better stability and lower latency.
Diverse Local Storage
Argus 4 Pro offers flexible storage options, including microSD and Home Hub integration. The latter connects multiple cameras when setting up security on your property.
Easy to Install Anywhere
The IP66 weatherproof rating ensures this camera can withstand harsh weather conditions. Its wireless design allows you to install it outdoors.
Reolink Argus PT Ultra Key Features
Award-winning Security Camera
The Argus PT Ultra has received 17 awards from the top tech media outlets, proving its superior quality and performance.
Continuous Recording in Stunning 4K Quality
The Argus PT Ultra can deliver details with impressive clarity. It can record in 4K and ensures capturing every single moment.
Always On Due to Long Lasting Power
The Argus PT Ultra offers enhanced flexibility and allows you to set schedules to record in 4K. Reolink implemented pre-recording and PIR trigger modes to help save battery life.
360° Field of View with Auto Tracking for Efficient Home Security
The Argus PT Ultra supports 355° pan and 90° tilt for comprehensive blindspot-free coverage. It allows the Smart Detection feature to perform more efficiently.
Comprehensive Protection for All Your Needs
The Reolink app makes operating and managing your home security system convenient. The new technologies and improvements to the camera let you enjoy a stable connection and secure data encryption.
Dual-Band WiFi6 Connection
The dual-band WiFi6 connectivity ensures a stable connection without interruptions when streaming and recording, allowing you to monitor your property seamlessly.
6W Solar Panel Compatibility
The Argus PT Ultra is compatible with the 6W solar panel. Using them together can extend the battery life.
Eco-Friendly, User-Friendly, and Budget-Friendly
The Argus PT Ultra is ready for use within minutes. Reolink designed this camera for easy installation and setup without professional help, making it a budget-friendly product.
Hands-on with the Reolink Home Hub and Camera
We focused on the installation process before testing the products for this Reolink Home Hub and Camera Review. Of course, we started with the Home Hub since we needed it ready for the cameras to connect.
Reolink Home Hub and Camera Installation and Setup
Like other Reolink products, the Home Hub is easy to install and set up. After inserting the microSD card, we connected the Home Hub to our router network before plugging it for power.
Once powered on, we opened the Reolink app to set it up. We went to the settings menu and enabled Add Devices Automatically. Next, we went to the list of devices and selected the Home Hub. We followed the given prompts and instructions, such as installing the firmware updates, creating a device password, and more.
The app also prompted us to format the SD card and enable file encryption for data security. We also had to set an encryption code before completing the setup process.
After this, we added our cameras. You can do this via the QR code on the products or by adding new devices via the Reolink app.
The Argus 4 Pro can connect via Bluetooth, an upgrade that eliminates the traditional QR scanning. Before you can do this, the Reolink app must have access to Bluetooth and location permissions. Once it established a Bluetooth connection, we chose our WiFi network and entered the password.
The Argus PT Ultra also has the same installation process. You can use the Reolink app to connect it to the Home Hub or scan its QR code before installing it outdoors.
We appreciate the straightforward interface of the Reolink app. Navigating the menus was quick, easy, and convenient since everything was easy to find. The app worked seamlessly, and we had no problems connecting these products during installation.
Reolink Home Hub Performance
The Home Hub worked efficiently during our tests. Connecting our cameras was quick and straightforward, and we had no issues. Also, recordings were easily accessible via the Reolink app.
Another thing we appreciate about the Home Hub is its reliability. It instantly signalled us when motion triggered our connected cameras.
Reolink Argus 4 Pro Performance and Video Quality
The video quality of the Argus 4 Pro was impressive, which we expected from Reolink.
Daytime footage had an ultra-wide 5120×1440 (8MP) resolution at 15fps, offering crisp and detailed videos. However, the quality was not highly visible on mobile since phone screens are not for wide display. We had to zoom in to appreciate the quality of the Argus 4 Pro recordings.
We noticed we could choose between two resolutions when viewing the camera feed. The lower resolution had adequate clarity, but the higher mode offered more crisp details, even from a distance.
The Argus 4 Pro has options for nighttime recordings: normal-colour night vision and ColorX technology. The normal mode uses the spotlight, which offered more vivid colours during our tests, but some videos had lens flares.
ColorX, on the other hand, uses ambient light instead of the spotlight to capture colour visuals. It captured videos with vivid colours, and most objects were visible. Unlike in normal mode, there were no lens flares, but the details from a distance were not highly visible.
Argus PT Ultra Performance and Video Quality
The videos we captured with the Argus PT Ultra for this Reolink Home Hub and Camera Review were superior. We noticed the clarity and visible details, and the images remained crisp when we zoomed them in. We also saw improved contrast and reduced noise compared to the previously released cameras.
Its motion detection was also excellent. The Argus PT Ultra accurately identified humans, animals, and cars, even from a distance. We were impressed since it detected cars underneath tree branches, triggering our Home Hub to send an alarm.
Reolink Home Hub and Camera Review Summary
Reolink continues to lead the market with innovative, reliable, and user-friendly smart home security solutions. Our review of the Home Hub, Argus 4 Pro, and Argus PT Ultra highlights their impressive performance, thoughtful design, and advanced features. Reolink’s commitment to data privacy and local storage options also sets it apart from competitors, ensuring user trust and peace of mind.
The Home Hub proves to be a versatile and robust central system, seamlessly integrating with multiple cameras while offering offline storage, encrypted recordings, and hands-free access. Its comprehensive alarm system and intuitive app enhance usability, making it an excellent choice for managing home security.
The Argus 4 Pro impressed us with its 4K UHD resolution, innovative ColorX technology, and dual-lens design that eliminates blind spots. Meanwhile, the Argus PT Ultra stood out with its 360° coverage, award-winning performance, and eco-friendly solar panel compatibility, providing exceptional flexibility and reliability.
Reolink delivers a high-quality, cost-effective security ecosystem tailored to modern needs. Whether for homes or businesses, these products exemplify cutting-edge technology designed to protect what matters most. Reolink’s offerings are a solid investment for anyone seeking a secure and connected lifestyle.
