Anyone running a security camera via solar power?

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I have a Reolink doorbell and think it’s fab. I’m interested in getting a camera over the back door just to cover our very small garden and rear access (we have a locked gate out into an access alleyway which is secure to be fair).

I’ve read a lot on the Reolink FB group and get differing opinions on whether it would last ok during the winter.

Our kitchen/first floor roof is very accessible and south facing, and slopes nicely so it would be very hidden and pick up as much sunshine as it could in this country. So you reckon it’s worth a go? It’s be easy to fit myself (compared to drilling through for power) and our pipes would hide the cables nicely too. I’m just worried it’ll die in winter, even if it’s not triggered much…

 

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We had one of those and worked fine. It was on a sheltered SW facing wall.

Was it a Reolink or different brand?

 

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Thanks @tangey good info there. We're in a terraced house, so it'd be covering a tiny enclosed garden (most people would call it a courtyard garden ) that has a rear access alleyway with a secure locked gate at the end. So even if there's foot traffic behind (rare) we've got new high fences so it wouldn't pick anyone up until they jump the fence or bust through our gate or something. So I guess it'd be a case of making sure it's not picking up animals etc. Guessing the options are the same as the doorbell? What do you do if you're out in the garden? I guess that'd be in summer when it charges more easily anyway.. ?

We could run a powered camera, there is a socket near the back door. But I'd either have to drill through the back wall and make good (not a job for me, so more cost). Or maaaaaybe we could pull up some of our flooring (laminate on top of suspended floorboards) and possibly get the cable out through the brick vent. But I'm really not sure if running the cable under there is doable..