Amcrest - 4MP Doorbell Camera AD410

I would recommend the Reolink doorbell (not battery). There is also the Amcrest AD410, but most have jumped onto the Reolink once it was released. Reason being is it isn't locked down, you can add it other NVRs, software (i.e. Blue Iris), or your own NVR stack (Scrypted NVR - AI face recognition etc). All your own storage. Not that expensive to do imo- mini PC $180 + NAS/external storage $250.

Reolink unless you already have a unifi protect console. I swapped from amcrest to unifi, it wasn't really needed but I wanted the finger print reader.

I wouldn't wait. I just upgraded to one from a Amcrest AD410 and realistically it wasn't worth the upgrade. The camera is slightly better, the package camera is nice to have but hardly needed. Really the upgrade was for the finger print reader so I can use home assistant to unlock my door. To me a doorbell is a for the 2way talk more than for the security camera itself. if it was me, i'd just spend the extra money and put a better camera above the door

I've got the Amcrest AD410, and it works quite well with home assistant and frigate. The stock app isn't anything particularly special, but it works without a monthly fee. And the Amcrest doorbells and cameras are capable of ONVIF, so it is also possible to use them local only if you change your mind about wanting to rely on cloud services later on.

everyone's fave local doorbell was the AD 410 from amcrest. works great with NVR for 24/7 recordings [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkjDack-8\_0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkjDack-8_0)

everyone's fave local doorbell was the AD 410 from amcrest. easily integrated with HA as seen here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leGsc11h5aw even works with NVR [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkjDack-8\_0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkjDack-8_0)

This is what I have. 2+ years now. Haven't had an ounce of trouble out of it. Great device. Easy to setup with frigate.

Don't recommend this one. Awful wifi chip

Amcrest AD410 via scrypted. Super solid, runs local, never had any issues. Exposes a doorbell button in homekit for some fun automations. Works with the honeywell wireless chime with wired to wireless adapter for some custom chimes - currently mine is x-men 97 theme but put happy bday for my kids bday parties.

Amcrest AD410 with scrypted. Runs locally and gives you a doorbell button to run automations in homekit. Also you csn get creative with various chimes, I use the honeywell with the wired to wireless adapter.

FWIW, I had an Amcrest AD410 originally and much prefer the Reolink. It's been a while so I don't recall all the issues I had with it, but I do remember that their app was absolutely terrible.

The amcrest AD410 works real nice

Amcrest Ad410 through Scrypted

Amcrest ad410 is great, but you do still need scrypted though. But it's very quick to respond within Homekit.

I get it! I started off with Ring and scrypted when I moved into this house a couple years ago and wasn't pleased with it, either. Tried Logitech and belkin Homekit native options and didn't love either of them. Never got to ecobee for some reason. And this was just before the aqara came out. Ended up running the Google doorbell plus Starling (which makes it native in homekit without maintaining scrypted) for a long time and it was pretty great. But then got tired of paying the Google aware (or whatever it's called) fee and realized there were other really good options and it would be worth it to give scrypted another go. The amcrest is quick, works great in homekit, and offers much more customization. Just a really nice experience, but yes, a bit more to maintain. Good luck on your search though! At least with Amazon you could try one and send it back if you don't like it! Just be careful when you unbox lol.

everyone's fave local doorbell was the AD 410 from amcrest. works great with NVR for 24/7 recording too as seen here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkjDack-8\_0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkjDack-8_0) now, most uses Reolink. you should know Ring does not record anythign if you have no internet, and requires fees.

The Amcrest wired one has a 128GB SD card slot and is wired. My home is using a few Amcrest products.

I use an Amcrest doorbell.  No subscription.  It will both store locally to an sdcard in it, and my GW Security NVR records the rtsp stream from it 24x7.  Integrates with HA through their api for a human detection sensor and the doorbell sensor.

Amcrest Doorbell Cam with Scripted Nvr in proxmox works great for me. Scrypted is integrated into HA as well

We’ve been happy with Amcrest cameras… no subscription (and no annoying popup offers). UI is not the easiest though

I’ve been using Amcrest for 4 years now without issue. I have a wired doorbell camera and a turret camera on my garage. They offer cheap online hosting or you can do it on your own too. 

The only real reason to go with Amcrest over Reolink is that Amcrest can integrate with an existing doorbell chime. It sounds like that isn't a requirement for you so Reolink would be the way to go.

We have an Amcrest doorbell. It is wired and saves to an SD card. Everything is controlled through an app, and is subscription free. It works well, and I can connect it to an NVT in the future I'd I choose to do so.

Amcrest is good if you don't want to do POE and have a mechanical doorbell. Just swapped out my Nest for one last month, no complaints.

Amcrest to frigate and home assistant to push the notification and pop up the live feed. Works well enough for me.

This is true for cameras but less so for doorbells. An awful lot (almost all) of doorbells are 'smart home' products, that don't just have a basic web interface but rather force you to use some shitty app. Take the amcrest one- it'll work locally with a NVR, but you still have to configure it with an app, and if you cut off its internet connection to Amcrest cloud the LED blinks differently. Cameras there's plenty of options that are happy to work locally. Doorbells, not so much. Ubiquiti UniFi is one, I think Dahua also has one. Reolink too although you may need an app to set it up.

I have the Amcrest one along with a couple of their PoE cameras, they work great and integrate well with both Home Assistant and Blue Iris. Although I do use their app with an account to use the talk feature occasionally. For just the video feed, notifications, and recording, Blue Iris does the job locally just fine.

I use an Amcrest video doorbell which us ONVIF compatible, the open standard used by security cameras. That makes sense because security cameras is their main business. I have it connected to my home automation system so we can access it through our phones or a few wall mounted tablets around the house. It can also store the video to an SD card if you prefer and can be accessed locally with an app that doesn't require a subscription. Yes, they offer a cloud subscription if you like, but it is optional, but not using it means you need to set up your own remote access if desired.