Newbie here, coming from dreaded Reolink. Educate me

Thanks again to everyone who has responded here and in direct messages to my questions. I am really trying not to make another bad investment/purchase on the CCTV front this time around.

I’m sure I’ll be back here reading and asking more once I get everything all set up.
 
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Confirmed today from work network and my cellphone.

I can see all network devices and access the Reolink Web UI once connected to my router via Open VPN!
Were you able to add the new AndyCams to your Reolink NVR?
 
Amazing how many people believe this....
Yes, their marketing is utter crap, and bordering heavily on fraudulent, but don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Their doorbell cameras are a good value, and I've been using my PTZ BeeCamera for nearly 7.5 years, although not without issues.

I've replaced a few of my Reolink turrets, but I am retaining the option to redeploy them in applications where dark vision and motion trigger aren't important, e.g. a brightly-lit interior scene where any motion trigger would have been caught by another camera already, like a hallway at the office. Waste not, want not!