eufy Security - Video Doorbell 2C (Battery)

I just dropped Ring and went with the Eufy 2C. Mostly because Ring keeps raising subscription prices. You can get the 2 camera and home base 2 bundle for $119 from Walmart. So I basically break even this year and will be ahead of the game by next year. Works for me as we don’t need the high zoot cameras. Too early for me to say it’s a great long term solution, but in the week I’ve had them they seem to work just fine. Real easy set up.

Tried Eufy this past spring to eliminate subscriptions and get away from Amazon, but had issues and their customer service sucked. Basic set up customer service is US based and you can talk to them on the phone. They were great. But anything beyond that had to go to techs in China and only via email. Since they worked during the day in China it would take two days to get a response and then they kept asking me for the same information I had already sent them...AND was in the email chain that had their requests. They finally decided that the cameras needed replaced but claimed they did not have any to send me and would not offer any other models at a discount. So I just sent them back and still stuck with Ring.

Eufy ... hands down the best ... I have tested at least six manufacturers. With Eufy, I have expanded and now have doorbells and cameras at two locations, units in stock for other uses and in case I have to replace, and the phone app is the best...hands down. I use ProC2 homebase and cameras. You will need to have internet.

OP, I have hade great success with Pro 2C homebase doorbell and cameras at home and a remote location. It is a aolid product.

Eufy only works on 2,4ghz and not 5ghz wifi. That is the version that I bought.

Ubiquiti for DIY, Eufy for plug and play

I only have single-sample experience and am not sure its "good". I have a eufy model. 1. Read on for latency details below - ring is immediate, recording might miss a few steps of approach, as with any 'motion triggers' vs always-on recording. They have a wired version that might work better but you have to be able to get it power. 2. Very good camera quality. The unit I have has a top/main and lower "package view" camera. 3. Local storage available thru (required) home base unit. Some onboard storage, slot for a 2.5 HDD (\*or\* SDD also works - that's what I installed). This might be a dealbreaker for you given original comment about 'sync module'. 4. Basic homebase video storage/access/management and app movement notifications all free, with entirely optional upsell to a premium service that does more. (I have not opted in.) The latency seems ok if you set the sensitivity high so it catches movement early enough to record the door approach; that might be architecture dependent. Downside is you might get more motion triggers from moving foliage, insect flying across the camera view, that sort of thing. If you have multiple cameras, you can set one to auto-trigger another to start recording as well. (IF driveway cam sees movement start recording on doorbell cam, sort of thing). I have not attempted that with the doorbell cam as the secondary myself, but I don't see why it would be specifically ruled out. It works on two we have looking 'back to back' so to speak....the one facing the initial detection approach might show a little latency (person is mid-to-exiting frame when recording starts) but then the second one triggered catches them full outward bound field of view. The doorbell button press rings indoors immediately on the homebase speaker (the eufy 'no wire' doorbell cam model requires their homebase hub as the wireless and recording interface) but the app notification sound/popup on your phone has to route from homebase to cloud to app, and is delayed JUST enough half the time people have already turned away before I can launch the app to respond, when I've tried. You can set an automatic (record yourself or pre-canned robotic) voice response to rings that would be more rapid and maybe fill in the gap ('wait a second - paging the human') The battery life on the camera we have is fair (at the heightened sensitivity settings, we go about 40-60 days between needing to charge). Camera has been in use about 2 years now so some battery life degradation has probably already occurred. These days, I think porch pirates aren't even deterred by cameras anymore, if your primary goal is theft prevention vs. just "having a video doorbell to respond to" for legitimate callers. They just hoodie up, hunker down, grab quicker.

My Eufy without the home base has worked great.

(UK) I have a Eufy battery powered doorbell cam. My door is on the floor below the main living area of my flat. The building is made of reinforced concrete with rebar and the door has metal eight point locking built into it and the bell never loses a wifi signal. I have the Homebase three and a seperate chime in my kitchen. I always hear the bell and so does the courier, so they know it works. A quick check shows you can turn off the bell sound. Couriers here like to do a teeny tiny knock and then leave. One courier waited four seconds before leaving. It is physically impossible for anyone to get to the door in these flats in four seconds. I have fitted a wire basket of the type used on the backs of electric wheelchairs to my door (this is partially shielded by a downpipe so it doesn't protude where anyone would walk) The Royal Mail deliverer puts parcels into the basket but never rings the bell. The downward facing camera watches the parcel and I have a warning notice that the spot is being recorded in the basket to deter thieves. This set up is working great. I did buy a second battery pack and have snapped off one unlocking key by pulling down on it, but with no lasting damage. I am very happy with Eufy but wish it would work with Smart Things.

The parcel alert isn't a feature I use. I have my phone on do not disturb most of the time and make people text me. I think it notified me for a parcel last monday but I didn't look at it. The parcel was there when I got home. My doorbell is watching a communal landing walkway rather than a garden path. I live in the middle of the block so it would ping me about sixty times every day as all the neighbours and their callers walk past my door. I am surprised how busy the landing is at night too. All this movement is recorded and the AI can name my favourite neighbours and spot their dogs and the odd seagull. It knows when the lower camera is used so treats parcels differently. I can check the post by looking at my phone from wherever I am. I have the basket so that parcels aren't just dumped in front of the door or taken back to the depot and the camera makes itself very obvious with two bright LEDs. I live in a sixties low rise concrete block. About 50 people live within 50 metres of me and many of those have their own Smart Home systems. It presents challenges to a smart home wi-fi system that typical low density American construction doesn't. I suspect there is very little testing for this situation.

You’ll want a battery powered doorbell camera. Eufy, Wyze, Blink, etc. nearly all of them either the manufacturer or a third party make mounts for renters. IMHO stay away from ring (I just ditched mine after 5 years), they recently announced that they no longer require law enforcement to obtain a warrant for video from your doorbell.

I have a Eufy battery doorbell. Stores on an SD card that's on the chime inside the house.

\+1 for the Eufy, I've had mine for years and it's never failed me. The ONLY issue I've had with it is since updating the home base it gets announced as "Someone pressed the A750294BNH063490" for some reason instead of saying "front door" :-)