Hey all, I was a tester for the new OMVI 2i POE, so I wanted to share my thoughts and answer any questions.

If you want to skip to a certain part, here are the topics I'll be covering.

• INITIAL THOUGHTS
• SPECS
• UNBOXING
• DIFFERENCES FROM THE OMVI 3i
• TILT ANGLE
• VIDEO EXAMPLES
• FINAL THOUGHTS

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INITIAL THOUGHTS

This camera was actually unexpected. They never announced it back when they announced the 3i and x16, so I was surprised when they asked me to test something called an OMVI 2i, which I come to find out is basically a 3i but with a single lens up top inste

So I had been a Nest Protect user for over a decade and loved them and how reliable they were. Of course everyone knows they were discontinued last year. Well, 2 of my 4 expired last year. Google recommended switching to the FirstAlert SC5 since they could work alongside the remaining Nests that I had.

So I did that. However, they have been terrible with the false alerts, so I'm looking to switch to something else.

Here are my requirements:

• Battery powered
• Wireless interconnect
• App alerts/push notifications
• No subscriptions

So here are the brands that I've considered so far

• First Alert SC5: Nope, see above.
• X-Sense: The XP0A-MR would fit my needs, but aren’t UL or ETL certif

This isn't really a review, I just wanted to make a post to clarify some things about the new 2nd gen battery doorbell.

First though, I want to also clarify their doorbell lineup because they haven't done a good job at that and the release of the 2nd gen battery model has really confused a lot of people, especially new users.

So, to clarify...

These are the different doorbell models they have come out with:

1. POE black
2. POE white
3. Wired Wifi black
4. Wired Wifi white
5. Battery doorbell 1st gen (available in black and white, but there's no spec difference)
6. Battery doorbell 2nd gen

And here are the differences:

POE & wired Wifi doorbells

• Originally released in October 202

I have the Scoop Robot Pro with the litter refiller, and the refiller will never actually automatically add litter, no matter how low the litter in the globe gets.

I have it set to automatic mode: https://i.vgy.me/HFKCEz.png

Probably related, but it also seems that it's not recognizing the litter levels in both the refiller and the globe because the app always shows them as being full (like this), no matter how much litter is in either one. Even if the refiller is completely empty the app will show it as full.

Anyone ever run into this?

PS: it's also very annoying to get this ad every time I open

Hello all, this is the message new users are getting when trying to post a subreddit I moderator: https://i.vgy.me/7IrKN6.png

I did have auto-mod rules set up to prevent users with accounts less than 3 days old from posting, but it always still let them submit it, it just went to our queue to be reviewed. Now it's not letting them even attempt to submit as you see in that screenshot.

I did remove those auto-mod rules about 24 hours ago, yet this is still happening.

This is what our safety filters settings look like if it matters: https://i.vgy.me/rezoNE.png

I don't see anything there that could be causing it.

So I'm stumped h

I stumbled across what appears to be a new product that I didn't even know they were coming out with and I haven't seen anyone else mention yet: https://reolink.com/product/reolink-solar-panel-2s

A solar panel with a built-in 5900mAh battery.

https://support.reolink.com/articles/57251814692249-Introduction-to-Reolink-Solar-Panel-2S/

Looks like it works similar to that RLA-BP1 battery pack in that it can power battery cameras directly when it's too cold for the camera to accept a charge.

It can also power the new MagiCam by bypassing its AA b

For years I’ve been asking Reolink to make small cameras, ones that are less conspicuous than any of their other indoor cameras. As a user of Wyze for just as long as I’ve been a user of Reolink (9 years), I’ve always wanted a Reolink camera the size of Wyze’s small cameras. I don’t really use Wyze’s cameras anymore (and never did for actual security) due to their low quality video bit rate, so I wanted Reolink to do it and do it better.

Well, with the Argus MagiCam they’ve done it. Have they done it better though?

For those unaware of the details of this camera be sure to check out the official product page, but the key selling points of thi