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Reolink E1 (4 MP) review

Reolink states 4 MP, a 355° sweep with auto-tracking, and detection that includes a crying child. Recording goes to a card of up to 512 GB, to a Reolink NVR or to the maker's own hub, with no monthly fee for local storage.

The bottom line The most capable indoor camera here on paper, and the one whose best feature you may end up switching off. Local storage with no fee is the reason to choose it.

Of the indoor cameras in this hub, this is the one with the most on its specification sheet: 4 MP, a 355° sweep, auto-tracking, crying detection, and storage that runs from a card in the camera to a network recorder without a subscription anywhere in the chain.

Storage without a fee

Reolink states three local destinations — a microSD card up to 512 GB, a Reolink NVR, or the company’s Home Hub. None of them bills monthly. Set against the cloud-only camera in the same hub, that difference compounds: over three years it is usually larger than the price of the camera.

Auto-tracking, honestly

It works, and whether you want it depends entirely on the room. In a child’s room or a workshop it keeps the subject in frame. In a living room with a cat and a television, the head turns all evening, the motor is audible from the sofa, and the recordings are of the room swinging past. Most people switch it off, which is fine — the camera is still a 4 MP pan-and-tilt afterwards.

What is missing

There is no physical privacy shutter in the manufacturer’s feature list. For a hallway that is irrelevant; for a bedroom it is the reason to look at the GNCC or the Tapo C200P2 instead.

The motorised head is also the component most likely to fail first, as it is on every camera of this kind. Nothing on the specification sheet tells you when.

Who it suits

A room with a specific thing to follow, and an owner who wants the recording on their own card or recorder rather than on a plan.

Availability

On sale from 30 € to 35 € on the German, British, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon stores at the time of checking.

Not found on the American Amazon store, where the buy link falls back to a local search rather than to a page that does not exist.

Prices and availability are what Keepa reported on the date this page was updated; both move.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 2 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

What we like, and what we don't

Strengths

  • 4 MP, the highest resolution among the indoor cameras here
  • Auto-tracking follows movement across the room in real time
  • Card support to 512 GB, four times the C200's ceiling
  • App supports up to ten shared users and four simultaneous viewers, per Reolink

Compromises

  • Auto-tracking in a busy room means constant movement and constant noise
  • No physical privacy shutter listed by the manufacturer
  • Card not supplied
  • A motorised head is the part most likely to wear out first

Specifications

Resolution4 MP, stated by Reolink
Coverage355° pan, with auto-tracking
Night visionInfrared
DetectionMotion, with crying detection
StoragemicroSD to 512 GB, Reolink NVR or Reolink Home Hub
SharingUp to 10 users, 4 simultaneous viewers
Amazon referenceB0F835G7MS (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN6978285031177

Questions people actually ask

What is cry detection?

Reolink lists it as a trigger that notifies when a child is crying, as distinct from motion. Treat it as a convenience rather than as a monitor: it is a feature of a general-purpose camera on your Wi-Fi, not a purpose-built device, and it depends on the network staying up.

Does auto-tracking suit an indoor camera?

In a quiet room, yes — it keeps a subject in frame instead of letting them walk out of it. In a living room with people and pets, the head moves constantly, the motor is audible, and most owners turn it off within a fortnight.

Is there a subscription?

Not for local recording. Reolink states microSD up to 512 GB, an NVR or its own hub as storage options with no monthly fee, which is the main structural difference between this camera and the Ring in the same hub.