eufy Security - Video Doorbell E340

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

I have the E340 doorbell and love it. I had a Ring doorbell previously and the eufy E340 is a huge improvement. I like that it has a higher resolution camera, better motion detection, and an additional lower camera for packages. I also have the eufy HomeBase 3 which adds a lot of extra functionality, like more storage capacity, centralized storage, video playback speed, better motion detection, and a stronger wifi connection. For a doorbell chime I use the HomeBase 3 and a separate eufy E340 plug-in chime add-on. They are on separate levels so when someone pushes the doorbell button I can hear it on both floors of our house and on my phone. The E340 Doorbell plus the HomeBase 3 has proven to be a great doorbell/security camera setup. I would never go back to Ring. In my experience Eufy has been more reliable and advanced in so many ways.

I’ve had the same experience and made a really long post awhile ago about my switch from Ring to eufy. It was a huge upgrade for me. I only had one issue with my E340 doorbell giving error codes in the beginning and after troubleshooting it with eufy, they sent me a brand new one right away. So for me not only has the security camera system been working great overall, their customer service has been excellent. Each system has their own quirks, but overall I’ve been very happy with eufy.

I switched from Ring and my eufy E340 doorbell has been a huge upgrade. I hardwired mine and added the HomeBase 3 also.

I’d vote for eufy. I don’t have any Nest experience but I had Ring for years and eufy was a nice upgrade with no subscription fees, better app, more reliable cameras and better technology overall.

I've owned a Ring, and now a Eufy. The 'out of the house' experience is almost the same. I can retrieve footage from the videos stored on the microSD card in my house. I can respond directly to people who've pressed the doorbell. The doorbell communicates to a plugged in chime, and the chime to your router. The chime holds the footage on a memory card.

Thanks for this. Reading replies like this is really helpful as they help to flesh out the ideas I'd already been having about them all. I think overall the Eufy is probably going to provide the best solution for me, albeit with the potential risk of theft. However it is generally a very safe and secure building where I live, so hopefully that wouldn't happen. I've also seen a YouTube vid from Lifehackster who shows you can add an additional screw to the pinhole to make it harder to steal, something I would definitely do. And I've got to agree about the Tapo. It is very thick, tall and heavy. The Eufy is slimmer and not quite as tall, and also looks shorter still because of the cutaway at the bottom for the lower camera.

Thanks. Have just been testing it out and the response times are really quick so far. Package detection seems to work really well too, although I don't think I realised (stupidly) that you'd have to have motion detection enabled for that to work, I thought it was a separate setting. I don't really want motion detection from the main camera due to living in a block of flats, I've no interest in seeing my neighbours come and go. But it seems you can't just choose to have motion detection on the bottom camera only.

I have a Eufy doorbell for €150 and it comes with ample storage and no subscription needed. Highly recommend.

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.

+1 for eufy. Good stuff, only one I am aware of that doesn’t need a subscription and can still be viewed from the app anytime anyplace.

The alarm.com platform costs Telus money, the doorbell is an alarm.com device. I have uses a eufy doorbell for the last 4 years with no issue and no subscription.

Eufy allows you to download a copy to your phone through their app.