eufy Security - Video Doorbell C210 (Wired)

I like the eufy wired doorbell. I had one of the older more original brands of doorbell cams, and the hot afternoon sun fried it after about 6 years. The eufy seemed a good replacement, and we’ve been really happy with it for 4 years.

I’ve had a hardwired Eufy doorbell camera for four years now, and it has never given me a problem. I can view the recordings on my iPhone and iPad and save any ones I need to hold on to. I am so satisfied with it that I recently added a Eufy fingerprint-enabled door lock with a rechargeable battery, and monitor both through the same Eufy software. They’re nice products and the installation instructions are clear and straightforward.

I use the PoE version at work and other than a delay of several seconds that hasn’t improved permanently with updates (was fine at first after an update) but now it is back to ~4 seconds. Not a fan of my Eufy wired at home that won’t let me pull directly from it!

I tried using a wired Eufy doorbell for its live view and night vision, and while it does great in those areas and stores recordings locally, it’s not really designed for 24/7 continuous recording.

I have the hardwired version. I highly recommend Eufy for security.

We have a Eufy wired doorbell. Very happy with it; haven’t had any issues with it.

I'll second the Eufy Cam. I had one wired up to my doorbell for power (not the battery version) and it worked great, even in the very cold of winter. I think I had to upgrade my doorbell transformer to a 24V, but other then that, it performed every time.

I had a wired version (to my doorbell wiring) and it worked perfect for years. Even in the dead of winter.

I ended up choosing the Eufy Security Video Doorbell Wired. It provides live viewing and clear night vision, plus it's wired so I never worry about batteries.

I switched from Ring to a Eufy wired Doorbell several years ago. Have been much happier with the Eufy.

We've not had any sound problems with ours. Biggest issue has been the occasional unwanted detection of objects as 'human' - generally this has to do with recent software/detection updates and is usually transient. However, it's still far better than any other video doorbell I've ever used.

I have Eufy wired doorbell but am now looking for an alternative because HA integration is not that straightforward! Will look at both UniFi and Reolink as alternatives.

I just installed Eufy's wired doorbell a couple of days ago and I'm enjoying it. The package camera is a nifty little feature as well

I just purchased it and I’m happy with it! The chime is(almost) instant (the actual doorbell will give the same sound as the indoor chime (Lower volume ofc) at the same time, which is a nice touch to give the caller some kind of feedback. The notification to my phone with a picture of the caller is received reasonably fast (automatically frames the caller so it’s easy to see who it is). I do however have another eufy security camera (2K Solar) mounted higher on the wall that detect motion, has a floodlight and records automatically,so i have turned off the automatic recording of the doorbell. It will only give me a notification with picture when the button is pressed (and of course record that specific event) as well. So for this set up the battery life should be good. The setup was also very easy and the mounting option with an additional piece that angle the doorbell slightly (either left or right) was also nice and something I didn’t expect or had thought of myself.

I don't have a problem with it ID'ing humans. I've had one for years and recently purchased a new one when I moved. My new one even ID's packages which is helpful. Tells when they're left and when they're gone. BTW, I originally purchased a Ring and got them to trade it in on a spotlight because it did such a bad job.

That’s so good to hear! I did purchase. There’s so much yadayada online that it’s hard to feel confident about any purchase these days. I also bought a floodlight cam but it’s the Wyze one. The price and reviews seemed good. Kind of weird that I didn’t stay in one ecosystem but they both seemed like good fits

Eufy front and back-flawless for 5 years.

I regret switching from Ring to Eufy. Just stick with Ring and suck up the price increase. This pile of crap can not detect a single human, and the activity zones do not work at all. It can easily detect a bug, no problem (despite being set to human only) but if you're staring straight into the camera, don't expect any motion detection. Also, Alexa integration is a lie, sometimes it will work and most of the time it won't. This is truly one of the worst doorbells of all time. AVOID like the plague. Also, one more thing, the sharing system is so stupid. If you share the device, the person joining can't change the notification settings and disable motion detection, they are forced to live with the admins settings for everything.

Yeah, forgot to mention, both the microphone and speaker for this sucks.

they cost MORE than ring too. how are ring able to have clear audio and not eufy?

Eufy user here. Video door bell with a micro sd card for storage in the pugged in base unit with doorbell chimes. Two further cameras linked to my phone via the house WiFi. Cameras’ footage is stored on my phone. Cameras are solar powered and doorbell has a rechargeable battery. All coordinated in a phone app.

I’ve been using the Eufy Security Video Doorbell—saves to NAS, great app, and AirPlay support. No subscription needed. Works like a charm for my setup.

We have the eufy one. Very happy with it.

Eufy. Just buy a second battery or hard wire. Software is good, connectivity is good.

No name Aldi brand doorbell? I don't think it would be anywhere close to decent. Invest in a Eufy for 70 quid or any other brand. You can get a Ring for cheap on sale, but it has a subscription.

Ecobee shows up on my Appletv, and I can view live HomeKit, but no secure video storage. Might swap out for Eufy, my other eufy cams have been pretty solid

Eufy user here. Camera quality is excellent. However, a good 5 second lag with alerts and bell ringing. Also impossible to speak via microphone as the lag is too long…. If anyone has some hints please tell me as the camera really is superb

Definitely eufy. Saves like a month's worth of data, no subscription, decent quality camera and audio

Eufy sucks. I’m switching back to Ring. Tons of false positives and a few missed package deliveries. Plus there’s no way to snooze all your units. Going one by one when the gardener shows up got old quick.

I use Eufy extensively at two homes. Quality build, good UI, easy to install, and no cloud storage if add a storage card or their HomeBase (hard drive).

Which would rid well, is not expensive, and has end-end encryption.

I love the eufy doorbell cameras. There is a home base, no fees whatsoever only buy the doorbell and home base. All features are there and no subscription

You can get your Eufy doorbell working with Homebridge by the way. I think for starters, I suggest getting an Apple TV or HomePod mini, ideally a HomePod for your main rooms, which helps with issuing commands to Siri. I have the following in place: Hue - Lightbulbs and motion sensors, smart plugs Aqara - Door, water and temperature sensors, U200, FP2, Camera G2H Pro, LED lights for behind TVs. Ring security system (Connected with Homebridge) Ring Outside Flood Camera (Connected with Scrypted) TPLink POE Mesh using a Omada controller Govee ceiling light and floor lamp (much cheaper than Hue, connected using Homebridge) All my hue lights have a wall switch cover with a hue remote. Stops people turning off the physical light switch. I have one physical Aqara switch for the bathroom with dual rocker, one for lights another which controls the extractor fan. I’ve been building up my setup since I purchased my first house in 2020.

Here’s my take. Apologies for the length but, Eufy can be a perfect choice for some people. But not for me anymore. Their hardware is relatively affordable and easy to use and of pretty good picture quality. The app is packed with a lot of different settings to adjust and cool AI features. But I now see why people hate on Eufy so much. They really do kind of sucker you in with their marketing. I have 12 of their cameras, including the door bell. I wanted a locally stored no fee system and Eufy was seemingly the best consumer product. The customer support is hit or miss. Some of the “tech/maintenance” phone support are helpful, other times completely useless. I ordered one of the Smart Drops, a month went by with no communication of my order, for some reason since the order was made in their app, I couldn’t look it up to check the status on their website, wouldn’t come up. I contacted them requesting to cancel my order, coincidentally that same day I received a tracking number and it was shipped out that day, then said it couldn’t be cancelled because it was in transit. They refused to pay for a return shipping label after delivery, but for some reason would only offer a 50% refund. I was able to successfully dispute the charge with Amex. I wish the door bell could have the option to wire to continuously record but it doesn’t. The motion detection misses a lot, better have at least 1 back up cam watching as well. Hard drive in the base station disconnects and reconnects too many times for me to consider it as reliable. The whole system is buggy, laggy, and sometimes slow/unresponsive. The fact they have everything on a seemingly constant 50ish% off sale makes me think they must be collecting some type of data and using “you” as the product. Idk. They give me bad vibes, so I’m switching to Unifi. Honestly, if you can swing the extra costs involved, I would recommend looking into Unifi Protect.

No such issues with mine. Like with the Eufy doorbell, it replaced, I designed and 3D printed a wall mount that lets me plug a solar panel into the back so I don't worry about battery. But even before I had that hooked up, it seemed fine. Only thing I wish it had was animal detection.

I've had Ring and Eufy, both were good quality but I found the Eufy a bit slower to notify. So I'd get the "someone at the front door" message when the postman was already halfway back down the drive after delivering the postman. With the Ring one, I get notified once they step on the driveway.

I know this is late but im having issues with my Eufy stuff. What made you change away from them?

Eufy. Had ours for a couple of months now and it seems to be good. Videos are stored on a hard drive that needs to be hardwired to a router. Edit for clarification. The camera doorbell is wireless. The homebase unit that stores the video is wired to my router and is plugged into the mains.

Very impressed with it so far.

Got the doorbell and the homebase. Pretty pleased with it so far. 🤞🤞

Weird. Our doorbell is pretty spot on when it comes to notifications.

Unifi, Eufy, Aqara are all good options with local storage / NVR options.

Eufy has really good video quality. IMHO they are the best bang for your buck, plus military grade encrypted

I would second the Eufy option per your specifications:)

I've sat on my hands with regard to posting this because I don't want this post to highlight inadequacies of some products, therefore highlighting properties where these can be seen, as an "easier" target, therefore choosing my wording carefully. Asking Officers, Investigators and other operational staff, which video doorbells and "cloud" cctv systems you've experienced, and have stood out to you as being good quality. As tempting as it may be, please DONT comment to say which ones are bad, only looking for positives here for the reasons above. I'm trying to compile a list of good ones that can be recommended as part of a community safety charity i'm involved with. I'll kick it off with the eufy series of doorbells, not tried their CCTV but the quality from the doorbells was fantastic both day and night , i was very impressed and had not heard of them prior.

So there's EUFY as an option with their Home-Base which we could put an SSD into, Concern being that needs to be tucked away as if that gets found and taken, then all footage is lost.

Oh, Eufy are Anker right? I thought they were better

I had ring and eufy. I bought another eufy last year. I had so much trouble with it. It wouldn't pick up motion for hours. Day and night. I eventually got my money back. I'm trying to pick a different doorbell

I had 2 eufy doorbells. The first one was good for a while. Then it stopped picking up motion. The battery was never really good. It would last a couple of weeks before it needed to be charged. I changed all the settings to optimise the battery power, but it did nothing. The second one was worse. It stopped picking up motion for most of the night and long periods during the day. The battery lasts a week. Eufy customer service was so bad. They were weeks promising me a new doorbell. I had enough and got a refund eventually. I should have learned after the first one.

I had eufy before, now running 8x POE reolink with NVR. Best thing ever and works really good with HA. Affordable too and no bullshit subscriptions.

I have just made this switch and, after 3 days, I'm going to return the Eufy. It seems to be plagued with connectivity and reliability issues.

Vote for eufy here too. I recently got one and it works well. Harvey Norman will price match too if you can find it online and in stock. Managed to knock 30 quid off the bell.

I'm on aqara and that's what I'm recommending now. I started with ring but I needed to reset the connection regularly and there was a subscription fee. Then I went to eufy, but I needed to reset the connection all the time. I initially got it because it was supposed to link to Alexa show devices but after a year I think they dropped support. Really hated it. Next I went to aqara. Never needed to reset the connection since the install. Its wired and battery operated, so best of both worlds (battery backup). It uses a hub, which I thought would be an issue but turns out I like that better. The hub is small and right next to my router (no connection concerns), plugged into the UPS (no concern for power outage), the SD card plugs into the hub so if anything ever happened to the camera I'd still have access to my files. It works well enough with Amazon (will show the feed on Amazon devices on demand, will announce when I'm watching something on the firestick). There's also plenty of automation features (recognize faces, custom ring tones was fun for Halloween, ring tones for specific people when they are recognized). Gripes for the aqara G4 - only 5 custom ring tones, not sure why there's a limitation when it's all just stored on the SD card. Similarly there's a limit to 30 recognized faces, really dont understand why. It frequently reverts from continuous recording to event recording, which is a problem. The app is not streamlined at all. The functionality is there and easy to use for whatever you'd want to do but it's really not intelligently organized. Despite these gripes I'm taking the G4 over the eufy any day.

I have eufy doorbell and 3 eufy pro cams can’t remember the version. They work great. I did add the solar panels for them so I don’t have to charge them but in the winter. They summer months I dont have to touch them.

For smoke/carbon monoxide I have the "First Alert Battery Powered Z-Wave Smoke Detector & Carbon Monoxide Alarm, Works with Ring Alarm Base Station, 2nd Generation" on Amazon. Seems to work fine. I've never had it go off for a real scenario though. I have notifications set up through the SmartThings app to go to my phone (along with turning on all the lights in my house). For lock I've used the Yale Assure Z-Wave for several years and it works great for me. I prefer doorbells that don't have monthly fees. I like the Eufy doorbell. It does not integrate with SmartThings. My alarm system is hooked into SmartThings but I had an existing alarm panel so I added an Eyezon board which then integrated into SmartThings.

Ring, Eufy and Tapo are all good. I’ve Tapo Cameras, Smart Plugs and Smart Radiator Valves - very easy setup. Recording wise you can add an SD-Card or pay a subscription to record to the cloud

We have a Eufy and it's pretty terrible. It sets off on anything that moves despite all the settings in the app which all do nothing. It somewhat functions if you really have no other option, but honestly I wish I had just bought into Ring instead.

Never used Ring but I like the Eufy. There is no anti theft screw on it like Ring has, but I suppose if someone wanted your ring that screw ain't stopping them anyway. Just thought it was odd when installing that somome could just kinda take it.

Weird must be diff models. My bracket frame screws into house yes, but the actual doorbell just clips into the frame.

Is it quick to open the streaming when you click on the notification that someone's ringing? I had a ring doorbell before and it was very quick, changed to Eufy and it is rubbishly slow and I often miss a delivery because of that

I did the same move and overall quality Eufy is better, doorbell functionality, I miss ring. When somebody rings my doorbell, I don’t get that 🔔 emoji on the notification to differ it from normal motion notifications, and this may look silly, but makes me miss people ringing for not spot right what is in the notification content. Second thing is that once I finally respond to it ringing on my phone, it takes too long to open the live view, which can be annoying sometimes. I’m using the same phone and connection I used with Ring, so I wasn’t expecting such different results.

I will vouch for Eufy as well, I love their cameras and never have issues or random fees pop up.

I love my Eufy doorbell.

Eufy Video Doorbell is a solid choice. It sends quick alerts to your phone and lets you talk through it. Plus, it works with NVR systems, although compatibility might depend on the NVR you have.

I use one, Eufy makes some very good products!

I have Eufy and no complaints so far, battery lasts upto six months and good build quality

I've also been thinking about changing my eufy to reolink. I would have a memory card for app usage but would also link to either hikvison NVR or frigate. Does anyone know if I use either of these for 24/7 recording will it also record audio? Also can you confirm that 2 way audio recording works well in the app? Eufy only records audio from the visitor side so you don't get a recording of any conversation.

The dual cameras in some of the eufy's are nice, but that's about the only win there. Battery life on mine has been poor (recharging almost monthly) despite that unit being the one that is somewhat secluded, so it doesn't get triggered very often. If you try to build out beyond the doorbell, the software is all over the map. The hardware is generally nice, but lots of random surprises, like some have local SD support, some support RTSP, some support the Home Base, others do none of that.

Way better. Battery life on ring products is terrible. Battery life is better, video is better, and it's stored locally on the homebase. I'm so glad I switched.

I recommend Eufy for multiple reasons I have’t seen anyone else mention. First, great response time… almost no lag between detection and notification. A friend’s Ring was so slow that a person could walk 30 feet to the door, drop a package and be back out of sight before the Ring alerted. Next, the Eufy’s picture is great, even in poor lighting conditions. My porch is in shade with bright Arizona sun in the background, but every video is crystal clear. Finally, Eufy offers multiple storage options that don’t require a contract. My first Eufy had a micro SD card, my current five camera setup uses Homebase. To be fair, I’ve never even heard of Tapo, so they might be better. Ring will never be cost effective no matter how good a product it is.

Nope. Get Eufy. You don’t have any subscription fees. Ever.

I switched from ring to eufy for a few reasons and very happy with the better picture quality, home base storage, and the AI is spot on

I bought this and sent it back. It’s bloody awful. I got the eufy and it’s the best I’ve had.

All eufy can do this. I have the doorbell and the solar camera. They both store on device but you can store it in a central location inside if you want to pay more.

I have an eufy and wouldn't recommend it. The delay opening the app to the camera is often 30 seconds. The automations often stop working and need a reboot, but you only find that out after it hasn't been working for a few days. And of course the most annoying bit, Phantom doorbell rings (not often but a handful of times a year). Doing it again I'd pick a different product, I'd even consider a subscription service.

I went through this whole chain of thought and did hours of research. Leaving out Ring and Nest, here are your options: Reolink - Pretty good, but a little weak on the features. Tried one, will be returning. UniFi - Well reviewed, but if you want or need any of their best features, one camera is around $400. On top of that, you need their other hardware and to wires installed. This is for the enthusiast, wealthy, or willing to go into debt for it. Eufy - I viewed this one as the best compromise. There are AI features, an affordable Home Base where you can toss a cheap SSD, and the camera hardware is a step up from Nest and Ring. No cloud use. Your data is local. So the AI and software side isn't as good as Google, but they do well enough. I've got five wired cameras and a wired doorbell.

I am in the process of moving back to nest because of the lack of 24/7 recording. I moved to eufy a few years ago but having no option to enable 24/7 recording in the door bell camera is a deal breaker for me. The way nest handles 24/7 recording is just excellent, scrolling through the timeline is super convenient. It doesn't seem like a complicated feature to implement but not sure why eufy doesn't do it. Also the front doorbell goes off randomly from time to time, very annoying. The backyard camera is the eufy outdoor solar one, and not having to plug in a power cable is an amazing feature, but then the notification settings are not the same as the door bell, which is again very annoying. I have to keep turning the notifications of the backyard camera off when my kids are playing there, since it will just keep buzzing. An option to enable time based notifications would be great. And lastly, the home and away functionality is so unpredictable. I have tried all possible settings to always allow location access, etc. but it has its own brain. Anyway, I'm just not satisfied overall.

I like my Eufy too. I bought another battery, so I just swap them over .. each month! HA integration is not very nice, though - I haven't managed to get mine going and all I want is an alert if the battery is going dead :(

Ring is shite because of the subscription element, which puts people off, so they don’t pay it, so it’s ✨pointless✨ Eufy all day every day.

I didn’t think any eufy doorbells worked with HomeKit. I am happy with my camera from eufy too.

Yeah I have the Eufy one and while it’s a decent camera overall but the top camera that looks straight out is hot garbage when it comes to quality. Like maybe 10-15 feet of clear sight and anything over that is blurry. Like I have a stop sign with the cross streets probably 30 feet from it and you can’t read the street names.

Eufy. Using it for years. Love that I don't have to pay a subscription to have access to my videos. And... Its locally stored with expansion options.

You're describing my Eufy. I assume my data is secure, but I'm naive, probably.

B on 22.5 degree angled bracket. I've got my Eufy set up to face the driveway from that same side and capture people approaching door. Cam angle is wide at about 140 degrees capture door and portico as well. Bracket deep screwed to door frame for me though (timber). If it's wireless, test the various locations. That's what I did.

Wyze garbage does exactly this. Every September when the sun was just right the thing would go offline. I even installed a tiny switch to restart the thing. Went with a Eufy because my door is in white balance hell and it does a wayyyyyy better job for the conditions. Yeah Eufy comes with its own problems (and benefits) but it and it hasn’t overheated at all.

You wont get continuous recording and a battery as it will kill the battery real quick. Eufy is good as mentioned. However, you can also add camera on the homebase so if someone presses the doorbell and you decide to answer it remotely (the recording stops while you talk and view the person on the doorbell camera) the second camera will record the conversation if you need it.

Eufy records locally and there is no subscription.

I use Eufy. This is what I found regarding them Anker owns Eufy. Anker is a company that specializes in charging technology and has been a market leader since its founding in 2011. Anker sells products in over 146 countries and regions and has more than 120 million users. Eufy is a company that creates smart technology for the home. Eufy devices store videos locally and use AES encryption to secure them. Anker’s security processes for Eufy security cameras include: End-to-end encryption for all video streams No sharing of videos, user images, or biometric details with the cloud Dynamic keys instead of fixed keys No access to user live streams or recorded videos

Eufy has end to end encryption

Reported it’s been fixed and now has end to end encryption

Eufy user here as well - The camera quality is amazing but the delay is massive (about 3-5 seconds) so hard to have a conversation with someone. Notifications are also delayed by a few seconds. Sometimes it's impossible to remotely connect to the doorbell and then when it finally connects... the person is already gone. Generally wouldn't recommend :(

We have Eufy, no subscription and you can store everything locally on a micro sd

I have the eufy. In my experience the delay makes it useless for two way communication. My set up is that it's mounted to the outside of a brick letterbox. The router/homebase have clear line of sight through the window to the letterbox about ten metres away. I guess the letterbox gives too much interference.

I had a eufy as my husband works nights and I wanted to be notified if anyone was in the house. I found the notification time to be so slow. If I’d have had any intruders they’d have had about a minute before I’d have known. I went back to Blink and got the extra part so I didn’t need a subscription and much prefer it.

Had ring and hated it. Switched to eufy doorbell to match my cameras and loving the no subscription and it works great! We where notified when someone tried to break into my wife's car!

Thats what we use we have 4 solar cameras and the doorbell. The doorbell is connected to our alexas and if someone comes to the door alexa notifies us. It works really well and it's super clear even at night I was always having trouble with our ring doorbell

I just installed mine yesterday. I'll say it's a lot taller than my previous eufy one. I had to skip using the 30 degree mount because those holes are even taller and wouldn't really work for my house (tall wood slats). I can't get my MicroSD card to work at all so far, not at all a problem with my previous 8 cameras around the house. Formatting and restarting the camera isn't changing it. Same cards I've used in the others just fine. 64GB. I'll probably pull it tonight to see what the deal is...I struggled to get the cables to hide it wasn't easy to get connected based on where the wires come through.

I’d advise Eufy cameras over ring, the subscription fees for ring got crazy expensive this year so I replaced mine with Eufy doorbell camera and security camera at the back to cover my garage. Eufy have a hub that stores all data locally so no subscription fees needed.

I enjoy my Eufy since it will record locally for no fee. Got rid of the Ring due to aging and hated paying the monthly fees.

Pending the router you have, you may be able to pause or turn off the 5ghz for Eufy to connect. Had to do that for mine.

I switched my floodlight and doorbell from ring to eufy it’s much better glad I did

YES! I did, and I love it! I got mine for practically nothing off their eBay sight. It said it was refurbished, but looked and was packaged like it was new! The app is great and it’s all free! Don’t keep making Ring (Amazon and Jeff Bezos) richer and do yourself a favor and go with Eufy. I actually have the Eufy smart deadbolt and it works flawlessly! I can open lock and unlock my front door from anywhere in the world!

I second the eufy video doorbell. Also, I easily installed the 4K solar cameras, which have performed amazingly well, kept their battery levels fully charged, and, best of all, no wires!

I have Ring and it sucks. Unless you have a subscription, it doesn't save any video so unless you catch the person right as they ring the door, you'll have no idea who was there. If I could do it again, I'd do Eufy. Ring sucks

I have Eufy as well and works really well. Im in Canada and we get -40C here and no problem. The only thing is that the integration with Google home is a bit leggy. Takes time to load the stream on Google home app. I always answer using eufy app directly and have no issues. Great company.

we are kind of ok for the moment with basic Eufy stuff. The problem is though, they came on to the market with a hiss and a roar and great pricing - now they have established themselves they have jacked the price. I am also in the market but there seems to be so many options that are more capable at a way better price point. I am certainly watching this thread with interest and appreciate the advice that is coming back.

We have the Eufy one and it seems to fit your parameters well!

I’m confused by this? I never had Ring and just got Eufy. My doorbell base screws to the house and the doorbell piece clips into the base securely and you need a little tool to remove it. I don’t think it would be too easy to take without really trying to pull the whole setup off the house

Have the Eufy 24v wired version. It won't connect to 5ghz wifi, only connect to 2.4ghz. So right now it's a brick.

Eufy don't have to be hard wired to the router it can be done with WiFi as well. I have eufy cameras and door bell and are great highly recommend.

I'm pretty satisfied with the Eufy doorbell camera. No monthly fees and pretty decent clarity. The drawback is the battery life isn't the greatest, but it's easy to charge.

Yes it can.

Another Eufy fan.  My cameras have been flawless for 6+ years. My Homebase failed out of warranty but they gave me half-off a new one which I thought was fair. 

I mean, Eufy doorbells is stored locally, doesn't require subscriptions..

Yes.  Long time ring user at multi locations.  Just migrating everything to eufy this season.  Only nice things to say about fleet accuracy. Ring would constantly alert on our porch flag....but not the mailman. 

Eufy. You can get the doorbell and Homebase 2 for €130 in Harvey Norman. No monthly subscription and you have the option of having it wireless or wired.

If you don't want the Homebase you can get the camera with an sd card as far as I know but you'd need to buy a doorbell chime thingy that you plug in so you can hear if someone rings the bell. If you don't care for the chime and just want the camera you go for that option too. It's about 120 quid.

I have the camera about 6 months with no issues like the ones you're having. If you don't like the app use the home app on the iPhone.

I've had a eufy doorbell for 4 years connected to a homebase. Only glitched once with a missed doorbell in that time. Also used to report a crime with a successful conviction. So overall very positive experiences. Floodlight cam is a different story. That needs resetting at least every 3 months and because it's mains wired, I have to cut the breaker to reset it. Never liked the horror stories of Ring staff talking to children or ringing women to ask for their number. Would never own any cloud based cameras where creepy employees abuse access. Only issue with Eufy is their prices are starting to climb and there are cheaper alternatives with exactly the same feature set.

I have Eufy. No cloud, everything stored on an SD card

I’m pretty satisfied with mine as well. I bought the spare battery so there’s always one on the charger and I just swap it out. But I didn’t realize the batter is as poor as it is (1-2 weeks depending on temps) and I literally exchanged the first one I got as broken because “the battery wouldn’t hold a charge”. 😅 next one was exactly the same. And yeah, since then I now have 4 cameras outside and two inside (I foster animals sometimes and have cameras in the animals areas). I’ve thought about getting their roomba…

Eufy is what I have works great. No fees and great notifications. Make sure you set your perimeters at certain times of the year I get a lot of false notifications. Snow flakes, leaves and so on.

Eufy. No monthly fees. Best bang for the buck