I have Ezviz, Xiaomie, Sonoff, Reolink, Hikvsion & Uniview
Ezviz is the one to go for if you looking at a consumer option. (It's a subset of Hikvision & works with a Hikvision NVR if you later upgrade your home security to a fully-fledged system)
Xiaomi works exactly like it sounds, terrible.
Sonoff is fine, but only makes sense if you have other Sonoff devices otherwise go Ezviz ( better quality & better feature set )
Reolink ( the hype is silly, it's a consumer camera, 8MP there is not the same thing as 8MP on a Hikvision ) example their 1/2.49" (=0.40") sensor will not work well at night no matter how many pixels you throw at it, the Hikvision / Uniview / Axis / any other legit security camera at 8MP has 1/1.2" (=0.83") sensor, minimum.
They also do gimmicky things like slow the shutter speed to a crawl at night making it look wonderful in marketing material, but the video is useless as it will be a blurry mess. Any camera can be made to "look good" and maintain color at night if the shutter can be slowed far enough.
In conclusion, Reolink is fine, just don't buy it thinking this will beat a similar "surface" spec Hikvision.
Overall Conclusion: Look at Ezviz or Reolink, both will be fine for what you want. Reolink ships to SA, which is nice. Ezviz can be found on Takealot & Geewiz at reasonable pricing. Ezviz has a nice doorbell camera so that is why I went with it & because it is Hikvision compatible for down the line, but I also have a Reolink & for the price it's fine.
And remember the three basic rules of video surveillance cameras;
Rule #1 - Cameras multiply like rabbits.
Rule #2 - Cameras are more addictive than drugs.
Rule #3 - You never have enough cameras.
So choose your ecosystem accordingly.
