Amcrest - AD110

Hey, I feel your pain—video doorbells are one of the most frustrating smart home categories right now because every brand locks at least one key feature behind a subscription, battery, cloud, or weird design choice. You're asking for totally reasonable things: wired power, no sub, local/remote NVR storage, package detection, and decent porch coverage. It's wild how hard that combo is to find in 2026. Quick rundown on why your shortlist misses: - Reolink: Their current PoE doorbell (black one) still lacks onboard package detection (it does person/vehicle, but not packages without extra cams). The old white wired version that had it is indeed discontinued everywhere. - Eufy/Aqara: Great no-sub options, but storage is hub-local only (no true remote NVR access) and package AI is often ecosystem-locked. - Lorex: That 9:16 vertical FOV is bizarre for a doorbell—it's optimized for tall views, not wide porches. - Ubiquiti: UniFi Protect is fantastic for local NVR everything, but yeah, G4 Doorbell Pro is overkill/expensive and package detection is still hit-or-miss. ### Closest current options (none perfect, but maybe workable): 1. **Reolink PoE Doorbell + separate Reolink NVR** - Fully wired (PoE), no battery, no sub, excellent cold-weather performance. - Wide 180° diagonal FOV covers most porches well. - Person/vehicle detection built-in. For packages, a lot of people add a second cheap Reolink cam pointed lower at the drop zone—the NVR can then use package AI from that cam and tie alerts together. Not ideal, but functional and still fully local. 2. **Amcrest AD410 or AD110 (4K PoE/WiFi versions)** - Wired options available, local RTSP/ONVIF so you can record to any NVR (Synology, Blue Iris, Frigate). - No subscription for basic features, decent 180° FOV. - Package detection is basic (mostly person + zone rules), but works for many. Cold tolerant. 3. **Dahua or Hikvision OEM rebrands (e.g., EmpireTech/LTS on Amazon)** - PoE, local storage via NVR/SD, excellent package + person AI (some of the best actually). - Wide horizontal FOV models exist. Downside: UI is clunky, and you have to buy from specific sellers to avoid locked firmware. If none of those quite hit it, you're not alone—tons of us are waiting for a "unicorn" doorbell that checks every box without compromises. (Home security enthusiast here—also building a mobile patrol robot that can double as an on-demand porch/package guardian when a fixed doorbell isn't enough. Profile for details if you're curious.) Good luck with the hunt—let us know what you end up with!

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

I have the Amcrest doorbell. It is powered via the old analog wiring, so no worries about batteries. It will even ring your existing chime! Supports recording to SD card or sending an RTSP stream to an NVR. No subscription and I still get alerts on my phone.

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. 

I have 5 Amcrest 4K IP cameras + an Amcrest video doorbell feeding into Frigate on my HA instance. No one sees the footage but me.

Which lock are you paying a monthly fee for? I would drop that in a second. The whole key to home automation is local control. I use Home Assistant with Schlage Zwave lock - my doorbell camera is amcrest. I have a number of other cameras, switches and sensors, etc all local through Home Assistant. The only thing I pay for is the subscription to Nabu Casa - the home assistant cloud for remote access. $8.70 CAD a month. There are ways to do it for free, but I have no problem paying these guys as a way to support there awesome product.

I’m using Amcrest doorbell plus synology surveillance station. Keep it all local.

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.