Reolink
Reolink RLC-811WA 4K Wi-Fi 6 Outdoor Camera
- Wi-Fi
Verified September 2026
The sharpest fully-local outdoor Reolink here, and the odd one out: where the Duo 2 and Elite use dual lenses to stitch a wide static frame, the 811WA is single-lens with real 5x optical zoom, true 4K 8MP, and a spotlight/siren combo for deterrence. That's the pick for a long driveway or gate where you need to identify a face or plate at distance, not blanket a whole yard — for that, the Elite's cheaper 180° frame wins. The budget Lumus covers a porch for less but has no zoom and half the night-vision range. Same local RTSP/ONVIF via HA's native reolink integration, no subscription needed.
In Home Assistant
| Control | Type | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Zoom | Number (0-100%) | Absolute optical zoom position across the 5x lens travel; no zoom-in/out buttons since there's no PTZ motor, just direct positioning. |
| Person detection | Binary sensor | AI person detection, delivered via ONVIF push with fast-polling fallback for low latency. |
| Vehicle detection | Binary sensor | AI vehicle detection — the trigger side of a driveway zoom-in automation. |
| Animal detection | Binary sensor | AI pet/animal detection (no separate package-detection sensor on this model). |
| Spotlight mode | Select | Controls the built-in colour-night-vision spotlight: off, auto, on at night, schedule, adaptive. |
| Spotlight brightness | Number | Sets spotlight intensity for scheduled/event-triggered modes, independent of the mode select. |
Because the 811WA has a motorised zoom lens but no pan/tilt head, HA exposes it as a single absolute-position zoom entity (0-100% of lens travel) rather than the pan/tilt/zoom preset buttons found on Reolink's PTZ models — there's no continuous-move zoom button, just a value to push. As a Wi-Fi 6 (not PoE) model, the live-view/snapshot entity defaults to a lower-bitrate substream rather than the full 4K stream, since pulling the highest-quality stream over Wi-Fi is what causes the dropped-frame reports common on wireless Reolink cams. Detection on this model is person/vehicle/pet only — there's no package-detection sensor like on some newer Reolink SKUs.
Specs
- wifi
- Wi-Fi 6, 2.4/5GHz
- zoom
- 5x optical
- audio
- two-way audio, built-in mic + speaker
- power
- mains (wired, 12V/1A, <12W)
- siren
- built-in siren, triggered alongside spotlight on detection
- storage
- microSD up to 512GB, or Reolink NVR
- placement
- outdoor
- spotlight
- 5x 4W LED, 6500K, colour night vision
- streaming
- RTSP + ONVIF, native Reolink local API
- dimensions
- 80 x 72 x 238mm, ~863g
- resolution
- 4K 8MP (3840x2160 @15fps, H.265)
- night vision
- IR up to 30m (4x 850nm LEDs); colour night vision via spotlight
- weatherproofing
- IP67