eufy Security - Video Doorbell C31

1. It connects to a home base 3 for video storage are you wanting to store videos elsewhere? 2. Color night vision won't be available for this camera, you typically need a light of some sort built in to the camera since the C31 doesn't it will be a good black and white infrared night vision video but certainly not the clarity of other full color night vision options 3. Yes it will record 24/7 if you have the proper powered transformer but it will not work off battery.

I have had both. C31 24x7 recording is good if you can hardwire it in. Batteries are the same for both. C31 issue with the minibase chime - doesn't back up video to the sd card slot in the chime only onboard, whereas e340 does backup to the chime. I got the c31 with the chime for 75 pounds and it's pretty neat, but not without flaws that need resolving with sw update. All in all, c31 edges it for me because of 24x7 recording, 4 second prerecord, and it's cheaper.

That is the C31 which has the 24x7 recording to HB3. I just got one as I did not need the dual camera on the E340. It seems like there are still quality issues. The doorbell seems ok and connects fine with HB3. But my chime buzzes for about 2 seconds which my Ring doorbell did not do. Basically the plunger activates, waits for 2 seconds and then deactivates. It seems like a firmware issue but overall it seems like it is still a work in progress.

I would not get it. The recording quality on the c31 I just got is terrible. It will only record locally at whatever quality it is streaming to you at, even if you set recording quality to “2k”. I can’t get anything over 1600x1200, and even then there are often blurry “artifacts“ in the video, like a low quality streaming service. If that only affected the live view that would be ok, but for some reason it affects the recorded clips too. My wifi strength at the doorbell location is excellent too, so the inability to stream at decent quality is odd too.

Coming from the T8210 Doorbell, we decided to purchase a new doorbell after our T8210 went into a infinite loop after almost 4 years in use. That particular doorbell was a workhorse after facing numerous typhoons/moonsons and record shattering heatwaves, which is a bummer that it went down with more of a software issue rather than hardware. We couldn't find decent reviews with Eufy's new doorbell the c30 and c31, the details about those doorbell are iffy at best. We decided to get the c30 because in our experience, the battery powered cameras of eufy tend to go down after 3 to 4 years which we experienced with our cam 2 pros and the previous doorbell, and we decided to get the cheaper one because I'm expecting to replace it anyway after 3 or 4 years when the battery will most likely fail. In terms of the c30, it is really similar to the T8210 based after 3 days of use, the night vision is way better than the old model while there is more contrast with its video stream. Interestingly, you can use a microsd for a local storage but It can be connected to your Homebase 3 and using it as a storage without the need of inserting a microsd. According to eufy, the c30 and c31 can only use the minibase chime, Alexa and the homebase as an indoor chime, so I was surprised when I tried connecting the old doorbell chime from the 8210 and it somehow still working with the homebase 3 and this doorbell. Cross-tracking works with this camera, and AI as well when connected to HB3 Overall, it is a cheaper version of the t8210 with slightly better specs. My only rant is they really skimp down with the push pin (see pic 2: t8210 pin vs c30) 😅

https://preview.redd.it/rmfr8zrmlo0e1.jpeg?width=2176&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b1a3013ee497fc7b8ea4e64c2426f76f627f0809 C30 night vison

C30 shot https://preview.redd.it/dsxyl27flo0e1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ab4b9d2247d4880fe94058f6df65e6558e5ae3dd

I recently installed a C31 and am quite happy with the quality and performance. Something to note is that the micro SD it comes with is 32gb but can be expanded to 128. I also got the 2C-Pro camera and Homebase 3 kit and they work well together. It gets quite cold where I am and no issues so far. Only thing that I was not aware of is that it does not work with my digital doorbell and I had to get the doorbell kit from Eufy. All in all great quality and value!

I had the C30. It was utter garbage and demolished its battery in 3 weeks. I replaced it with an Aqara G4 doorbell and it hasn’t missed a beat. It does require 6x AA batteries, but these are lasting months for me. It can use fixed power though if you have that available. I recommend returning the Eufy and getting the Aqara.

*I fixed it for me.* I had updated the firmware that caused the HomeBase to not be properly added. I went back into my home ad added the HomeBase and eveything started working as smoothly as I've come to expect from Eufy. That error message is crap though. It should definitely say "Home Base or Chime not found - Please check that HomeBase or Chime is added to your home"

Another former Eufy owner here! Mine was rechargeable and wireless, used the hardwired homebase inside for storage. I moved to a flat where I don't need it so now my parents greatly enjoy watching the postman drop off parcels, it works really well for their needs especially the limited detection area as they have a footpath outside

I got the C31 to and I’m happy with it specially with the pre recorded options if it’s not on the battery, connected to Echo show and works flawlessly for ringing and video , the video streaming must be in low resolution to make it stream on echo show

I have the C31 with chime, I’m UK based and I hardwired it in via a bell transformer and CAT3. I just use the chime as a chime, not as Homebase. It works very well for me so far, 2 weeks in with no issues - 24/7 recording working well with good quality video and clear audio, the motion detection works well to avoid cars but still pick up humans within my motion zone. All good so far here

Nope, just the chime. Works great for me

Their wired 4K video doorbell is absolute trash.

My bad, 2K!

Stay away from Eufy - I've had nothing but problems with mine. It fails to pick up movement many times, even when the subject is walking straight up towards the camera, the intercom system stopped working so I can't speak to the people through the doorbell, and it throws false notifications based on my neighbor's roofline from across the street. But then sometimes it will pickup the cars driving by the house, so it's fickle.

Sorry buddy. I am happy with my P24 and E40 cams but that damned doorbell, what trash.

Looks similar. Mine is the Wi-Fi Doorbell Camera, 2K

hard-wired

Mine doesn't have a battery backup and doesn't require the HomeBase system. On paper I liked it for the local storage and access of videos, without a monthly fee. In practice, woof.

I will say you need the eufy e340 floodlight camera will be the best choice. As for doorbell there are a couple of options E340 doorbell (has dual cameras and works of battery or wired and home base compatible), C31 (single camera, wired) and S330 (dual camera, wired only). The main difference between e340 and s330 doorbell is how they detect motion, capability in detection and preroll. I will suggest looking at "lifehackster" YouTube channel to see this comparison. Dude is the best resource when it comes to explaining and learning about eufy products. Vast majority are just selling you the product without good analysis. Here is a link of his comparison between the two https://youtu.be/hDK6uZE3ltc?si=oCrvO_kLFBBwuPfk His comparison is the reason I am holding off from switching my ring doorbell because I don't want to compromise on features between the current options and hoping Eufy will release a wired version with all the features similar to what I have on my ring doorbell 2. I do have a lot of Eufy cameras, doorlocks and the homebase 3. Homebase give you an added bonus of AI features from improved recognition to storage options (16gb standalone, and can be increased with a hard drive). I didn't talk too much about the floodlight because the E340 is the best they have, you can also watch a review on the YouTube channel. One thing about Eufy is you need to monitor it routinely, it's not something you get set and forget like ring. There are issues that arise and you have to be patient with them and work through them. I don't recommend Eufy to people who like to set and forget and hope the video will be there when they need it especially if you add the homebase. But if you are tech savvy and check your cameras routinely you will catch issue and be able to address them.

It’s not that bad.. decent for a start up option.. I wish I got the c31 as it can be wired which is better for the amount of things I get recorded on mine.. but battery life is always going to be different depending on notifications and recording preferences.. you can have it so it only records when pressed (longest battery life) or surveillance mode/balanced. These record as soon as motions detected.. I’ve got a full Eufy system.. what I did was purchased some motion detectors and set them up near the garage (they’re not waterproof, but I’m working on that) as the cameras only PIR sensors, the motion detectors use thermal detection, so it’s a lot more accurate.. I trigger mine to start recording the doorbell, PTZ and front garden camera as soon as someone walks in/out of our driveway. Battery life on the doorbell doing this will vary.. but I’ve recharged my doorbell once in the 32 days I brought it.. and that was only dropped down to 90 percent.. if you do purchase i would recommend getting the HomeBase 3.. the only thing eufy needs is proper integration into google home or a seperate display to get pop up’s instantly (this doesn’t work for me on google home nest or TV, only on a seperate android tablet - but have to configure an app to show camera stream instantly when motion comes up) screenshots attached.. hope that helps a little!! https://preview.redd.it/4ctq9bz35d3e1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ce355467d46535357a0e29365e1b428f149a755a

Bought c31 and have been happy with it..using it for 24x7 recording, using it with homebase and other security camera (eufy s3 pro).. Over all satisfied

I checked it before posting and i didn't find any on their website.may be cos c31 is a new doorbell and they haven't updated their support page yet

Chime doesn't work any more but i have Amazon echo show and also hone base so i use it as Chime. My chime is electric chime so i didn't had to use any jumper wire,i just selected 24x7 option and it worked flawlessly

I got the C31 recently with the minibase chime. It's nice because the chime acts as a small homebase and videos can record to it too. But it won't let me activate 24/7 recording in this configuration. Which is a bit annoying.

Ya, no problem. 1) the option to record 24/7 isn't shown anymore in the doorbell settings anymore, after I set the chime as the homebase to save recordings. 2) yes, I think it's because it's being recorded to the chime. Before I figured out how to make the chime a homebase, the option was available in settings. I never tried it because I never had an SD card in the doorbell itself and it said I needed one to record 24/7. 3) I'm not using any other homebase than the minibase chime. 4) when I first connected the doorbell to the existing transformer (via splicing into the old doorbell), the connection was iffy and it said I didn't have enough voltage to support wired mode. A day later I checked the transformer and saw it was sufficiently rated and went to just try and activate the wired mode again. This time it just worked. I'm terrible with wiring up household stuff so I can only assume my work was poor and as a result it caused an iffy connection. But since then, I haven't had any issues with wired mode.

Hey there, I know this is a bit late, but I'm looking at getting a C31 but in Ireland, the available options don't come with a chime. I'd need a chime as I'll be hardwiring it into the existing chime. Would you know which chimes are compatible from eufy? Do you need a homebase as well as additional chime, or can you just buy a small eufy chime and pair it directly to the c31?

I'll think about the homebase in the future I think. Just in terms of cost. But thanks for the advice. I actually managed to find an offer (luckily) of the c31 + chime. And it's well priced, so I'm gonna go with that.

So far so good. Only two real complaints. With the minibase chime, you can't do 24/7 recording, as in the option isn't even listed anymore. Which sucks, because it's one the reasons I went wired. Hopefully in the future there'll be an update to allow it. But it might require a full homebase to work. 2nd issue is the feature which allows the doorbell to ring your phone like an actual doorbell is also missing after pairing the minibase and cam. So I don't get the full phonecall anymore. Which I feel was a nice feature. Otherwise it has been great and I can live without the above mentioned issues.

I also bought the C30 for the wider view, and have been testing it the last week. In the last few days, I have had a really poor experience with the motion sensing. It seems that the activity zone is basically broken [references: [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/EufyCam/comments/14px7tu/eufy_activity_zones_for_n00bs/?share_id=dAj-zAcN0gjtggmQZdpdC) and [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/EufyCam/comments/16dcl69/help_activity_zones_do_absolutely_nothing/) and [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/EufyCam/comments/1c8xdxd/new_eufy_s340_user_events_trigered_outside_of/)). The activity zone seemed to be so unreliable that I had to essentially turn it completely off. Turning it on in combination with "human only" didn't seem to work, either. At the moment, I'm running it in "all motion" mode with sensitivity on the second lowest setting. Yesterday, I also suffered from significant lag in accessing the footage and events, despite the fact that another Eufy camera nearby was instantaneous. I don't know what's up with that at this stage. I have hear a lot of mixed things about the Homebase 3. One quesiton is whether it will help deal with this activity zone issue. The other thing I'll complain about is how stingey Eufy is. I bought the Reolink 2k to compare it to, and it was the same price. But the Reolink comes with, for example, a DC adapter for the plug operation. I had to canabolise a 19V adapter in order to get the wires functionality.

Have the c31 and it works amazing in comparison to our old ring… faces north and does great all day and night… no complaints here in mn, despite -10 last night…

Just installed Friday, the app indicated wired, and the battery disappeared. So running on wires, old transformer works great. Had to do the jumper wire in the doorbell. Have not turned on 24x7. But I will do it now and test it out( connected to home base) will try to post back later

Just tried and it failed due to voltage not adequate… I have 2 other 24x7 cameras on the front yard… so no worry and I don’t want to upgrade the transformer…

C31 can store to a local SD memory card in the doorbell (sold separately) or to the home base 3. I has modes for both continuous recording and motion activated recording. It also does do basic human detection for alerting. If you want continues recording you will want to hardwire it, the battery will not last doing continuous recording. The night vision is fine, but black and white. It's a basic doorbell that you can run without a subscription. Which for me is a big plus. On the down side, I have had some connectivity challenges. ButI think I MAY have that sorted. It only runs on 2.4G wifi. My router did a combined 2.4G & 5G wifi on one SID. I split them out to separate SID's and put the doorbell and my phone on the 2.4 and things have been stable for 24 hours now. It may be specific to my router (tplink), but keep that in mind if you have setup/connectivity issues.

The c31 seems to be very picky about the local network. The doorbell is on 2.4ghz WiFi as that is all it supports. If my phone is on the 5ghz WiFi it fails with connection errors frequently. I can consistently ping the doorbell and nothing else has this issue. I have a common tplink router it normally runs 2.4 and 5 on the same sid. I had the split them to separate Sid’s and put my phone on 2.4ghz and now it’s stable. I have no idea what protocol they are using between the doorbell and phone but it must be something the router is not handling well.

Seems ok outside the house. Although for items recorded I sometimes have to refresh a couple of times. This got worse with the last firmware upgrade

Also I was typing that quickly. Not 5g cell. 5Ghz WiFi in the house.

C31 lacks HDR, so if you need to be able to see both light and dark areas like in an entryway and also in and open yard, it will not work well. I returned mine for the e340 and it is much better for my use case. Plus you get the LED lighting, color night vision, package camera, and whatever else. E340 vs C31 https://i.imgur.com/AzGwNEA.jpeg

C31 doesn’t do HDR if that is needed for your space. Returned it and grabbed the e340 and it works great, just without 24/7.

Another Eufy owner here, wireless doorbell connected to the hard wired home base to store the videos. Helped me find out some scrote tried to nick my Christmas decoration outside the front door.

Google would be a better choice IMO, I just sold my Google doorbell for the newest Eufy model and I semi regret it. Google you just place outside and the thing is amazing, the AI is great and I've never had any issues. The eufy... Omg the lighting has to be right or the sensitivity has to be right otherwise it'll miss picking people up and it takes a damn near 2 minutes before it realizes there is a package and then another 2 minutes to tell you it's gone. Although on the contrary when it does work good it works good but there is just to many variables you gotta play around with when Google you just set it and forget it. Just my 2 cents

Eufy stores data on an SD card on the ringer. Works well and no subscription

Eufy 2k has been flawless for me. No monthly fees

I have the Schlage Encode Plus lock in HomeKit via Thread. Very happy with its performance. I use a Eufy wireless doorbell, as I don’t care about HomeKit for doorbell currently.

(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.

My same setup and it works really well. Also no subscription fee for Eufy. I don’t really see the need of having doorbell and security system on HomeKit since I can’t imagine any automation/commands I’d use.

Yes eufy is good

https://www.netatmo.com/smart-video-doorbell This doorbell was referenced in another thread similar to this. It has SD Card storage but can then backup wirelessly via FTP which you could set up on your NAS. Alternatively, I use a eufy wireless doorbell which stores everything on the homebase which is a proprietary eufy storage, so if you're just looking to keep everything local and not in the cloud, this is also a way to do it and I've been really happy with my eufy security system and not having to pay any monthly fees or have anything in the cloud.

I have this one, but wireless. I couldn't run a wire. The electricians couldn't run a wire. :( The wireless one works well.

Really? I put mine in power performance mode and it's been going strong for months.

My doorbell camera is at 61%, and it's in Optimal Battery Life mode. It's in doorbell mode only, which means no motion detection. The LED is off. The camera only records if someone presses the doorbell. I installed the doorbell 201 days ago.

Same situation here, I was actually surprised that it worked okay through this winter. There were a couple real frigid days that killed the batteries, but overall it worked better than I expected. Only complaint is it can be a bit slow to detect people at the door - Apple TV puts up a thumbnail with who’s at the door, but it usually comes up as they’re walking away 😆 but I suspect that is an issue with my wifi, and not the doorbell itself.

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