eufy Security - Video Doorbell E340

I have the Eufy E340 and would recommend it. Great field of view, good quality dual cameras (day and night), rich text notifications and great human and package detection 👏🏽

Nope but it captures all motions in the activity zone I defined so good enough for me as I just care about who is in close proximity of my house. So only want to be notified about those. It also accepts a sd card which fits into the Chime as opposed to the doorbell 👍🏽

Nope, it works with the Minibase Chime which takes an SD card if you prefer (the doorbell has 8GB of local storage).

Yup, I definitely prefer that to storage being on the doorbell itself.

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 second that

I have e340 doorbell, t8510 door-lock, s230 solar cam plus 2 indoor cameras running on home base 3. Only complaint I have is the s230 not being durable with weather. Got a replacement for water leaks after warranty expired but it’s showing the sign of wear already Make sure to do some research with durability prior to making decision As for functionality I like what they offer If your house is big you will need to get mesh WiFi instead of home base

Not too sure but that camera is e330 and I returned it to get e340 as it does detect more than 330 does If you go with 340 you will have to see if base 2 works with it. I use it with base 3 and works fine for me. As for downside of home base probably is the WiFi range as devices that needs to be connected to utilize the home base obviously needs to be within home bases WiFi range Downside of e340 is you will want to wire power to avoid downtime and it needs at least 16v from transformer Not 15, 14 etc. E330 worked with 14v generated from my transformer but e340 was losing charge so I had to switch voltage on my transformer to 24v E340 also has prerecording mode available if wired where it records little longer duration than without

340 as far as I know has better detection range so I got it instead. I did have to change the transformer voltage as it needs 16 minimum and won’t charge

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.

The same, really, both fine

im trying to get a refund on my eufy e340. its terrible for me anyway. been in contact with thm trying to sort it out and its just not working the way it should. i hve the wifi box 3 meters from it and the motion detection just doenst work most of the time and for whatever reason the battery drains so fast and this is on 2 cameras

Feels like I'm the lone warrior here recommending Tapo 😅 I have the D235, and it's great. It does cover head to toe, but you need to be strategic with placing it to ensure it covers the toe area you need. I like the ring-to-call feature — instead of just a notification, I get an actual phone call. A doorbell press is important, so I think a call demands immediate attention, unlike a pop-up that you might miss. The lag is mimimal - it was the fastest among the ones i compared (Eufy e340 and Reolink). I did a similar test like you've done - i bought all three and returned the Eufy and Reolink. Reolink seems to have a lot of fans but it performed so poorly compared to the Tapo. It was significantly laggy and the app was bad. Tapo's app is so much more refined and polished. A few reasons I didn't go with Eufy are 1. No 24x7 recording (You'll need it sometimes if you don’t have a dedicated camera in the front) 2. No RTSP support and 3. Eufy has a history of lying about it's encryption. You can read about it online

Yep, that's the upgrade I made and my only regret was buying the original one. .... I've now moved to an Eufy E340, the detection is massively superior it never goes off for no reason & while less FoV compared to the Plus the image quality appears better, but I find people ringing the doorbell my Alexa's etc are slower to respond. Overall though I liked my Ring Doorbell Plus and if youre happy in the Ring ecosystem it's a solid purchase and swapping batteries is way more convenient.

I bought the E340 wireless, to replace a blink. Notifications and battery life are terrible. It randomly rings or not. I get a notification sometimes saying "ringing" but it doesn't ring. The app in my phone is set to unrestricted. I even bought a separate chime and it barely works. The battery? Lasts three weeks for me. Eufy support are pretty useless..I'm fairly certain I'm conversing with an AI that has no clue what I'm doing or how it's products work. My Blink was better.

the e340 doorbell does have preroll while hardwired. Its in settings > general > storage and pre recording. It tests the connection and if it has enough power it has about 7 seconds of preroll and it works great for me.

Yes my battery stays at 100% have your friend look again it took me a while to find the setting it should be under video settings in my opinion

This is one of my bugbears on all the eufy line of cameras, being able to select for yourself the length of time for the recording upon detection of someone. I've actually sent a message to their tech support on this, because my doorbell and cameras all do the same thing as this and cut off half way through an event that you'd otherwise want to keep recording. It's pretty annoying but it doesn't look like they're going to address it any time soon.

Floodlight Cam E340, Video Doorbell E340 and indoor cam that I'm not too bothered about this feature. I just use it for monitoring the wood burning stove.

I just bought mine from Costco, and I really like them. The video quality is great they integrate with Alexa and have been very reliable. My doorbell is wired, and notifications are instant. I only have 2 cameras, the doorbell one and an indoor one that I have set up in my garage. The best part is that no subscription is required. For my setup, I can not imagine a scenario where I need to see both cameras at once.

I have the [Video Doorbell E340](https://www.eufy.com/products/t8214111?variant=42629004067002) with the homebase 3 and can say it is VERY good. Even better if you run it wired instead of battery to get the preroll. The subscription isn't needed, and I would almost say you NEED the homebase to get the better detection honestly.

My E340 is hardwired and has the preroll option. It does require you to wire it though, and checks the voltage before it will enable.

I have the 340. It runs on battery or wired. I use mine wired as can't be arsed removing and charging battery. I find Alexa integration can be erratic though. Sometimes find, other times no announcements or announcements can be delayed, sometimes stupidly delayed. Motion detected announcement also delayed or doesn't work intermittently. The home base always chimes ok, but it is in a cupboard, so hard to hear so rely on my Alexa smart speakers around the house. I also find that my phone notifications are often delayed. Nothing wrong with my home network. I did contact Eufy, they obviously know of the issues and just offered a partial refund but no fix. I like the two cameras so can monitor parcel deliveries and activate audible deterrent.

I have both E340 doorbell and flood light. my flood light is now completely unusable after last firmware update (goes offline every 5 minutes). Door bell was constantly disconnecting but another firmware later, much more stable and fast

I went with the Eufy, as there’s no subscription connected to it, data is stored local and already had 3 camera’s around the house. Had it for a year now. It’s a bit slow in signalling people walking to the front door. Could be because people approach our front door on a 30 degree angle. Generally only picks them up when they are already standing at my doorstep, but weird enough picks up passing trucks so now and then (we live on dirt road country side). The Eufy camera’s do much better. When someone rings and we both try to pick up the software stalls a bit, super annoying. Camera Quality is good, even at night. It‘s easy to disconnect from it’s bracket, maybe a bit too easy when you live in the city. It’s a good contribution to the whole system, definitely because of the no-subscription setup / local data, but wouldn’t use it solo I think.

Hardly any delays when pressing the bell. The homebase can play a sound as well, so people can also hear it inside (and most probably outside if it’s not to far off)

Assuming you are talking about the S330 video doorbell "wired" version which comes with the chime, 8GB internal storage, and its not Homebase capable. The S330 also have a battery version, which does not comes with chime, does not have internal storage, and requires Homebase 3. There is a newer version video doorbell, E340, battery powered but can be wired, 8GB internal storage with Homebase 3 capable. Same to S330 wired version, featuring 3 seconda pre-recording on events if wired for continuous power. Best of both version of S330; newly added LED on top of the doorbell for color night vision. So if you are planning to get the Homebase 3, take a look of E340. It would work without Homebase 3, but connecting to Homebase 3 for additional features.

Wired s330, wireless e340.

I replaced my first-generation Nest Hello with the E340, which I wired to my existing chime. It functions well for my intended purpose, but I do miss a few features that the Nest had. The absence of 24/7 recording support is probably the most significant feature I miss. The E340 does offer pre-recording, which captures visitors approaching my door before they ring the bell. The package detection feature is also quite reliable, and the package guard feature is useful. Overall, I’m saving hundreds of dollars annually by not paying any subscription fees for my Eufy system. I feel like I’m getting at least the same amount of surveillance coverage, if not possibly even better, than my previous Nest and Arlo systems combined.

I installed the E340 doorbell a few weeks ago, it replaced a Nest Hello that I had for many years. I will try to answer your questions based on my experience. 1. I don’t use Alexa, I have Google home setup and the E340 does not currently integrate with it like I had with my Nest Hello. I am in the same boat as the last poster using the HB3 for chime, but I do also have the E340 connected to my homes mechanical chime as well. 2. Installation of the E340 was pretty easy since it was a swap from the Nest Hello. 3. It stores video on the HB3 which actually comes with some built in storage, however like the previous poster I also installed a SSD drive in my case a 4TB unit and I have had no issues with the E340 recording footage. 4. I do recommend it because it was fairly priced and the fact that there is no subscription fee for cloud storage is saving me money. Some things I miss coming from the Nest Hello is the google home integration, when someone rang my doorbell the video feed would show up on my Nest hubs and I miss the 24x7 recording. However I feel as though the Eufy has good compromises including great video quality and the video feed loads quickly so I am sticking with it for now.

To connect the E340 to my mechanical chime was exactly that, connecting the two wires. The Nest required a little module to be installed in the mechanical chime box, but the Eufy installation instructions said to remove it.

Good deal! I am happy to hear you decided to give the E340 a try and that your installation was a breeze. The E340 integrates well with the Eufy system and although the system is still fairly new to me I like it and it seems to be serving my needs well.

I switched a few months ago and now have the E340 dual camera doorbell, Homebase 3 (the one that can take a HDD), S220 solocam (which has a solar panel) and the Floodlight Cam E340 which is wired in. I’ve had no regrets and have been impressed by the battery life on the doorbell compared to ring. I’ve not needed to charge the solocam as the solar panel has kept it topped up. The floodlight cam is very impressive with AI tracking, very bright lights and two different cameras at different focal lengths. I had a small initial problem with the Homebase and found customer service responsive. I’d like the live feed to start a bit quicker than they do, but it isn’t a whole lot different to Ring. Generally I’ve been impressed by the products and it’s nice not having to pay the subscription every month.

I just got it so I’ll answer my own questions if anyone is reading . 1. I hooked it up with the two cables and it rings with my mechanical chime. I didn’t even set it up to ring with Alexa 2. All I had to do was remove my old door bell and rewire it to the eufy. It didn’t even matter which wire went on which terminal. So easy ! 3. It works fine with the cloud service I already had. 4. I would recommend it since I was already using the eufy ecosystem. I’m glad I didn’t have to change it. My only gripe is that the unit is narrow, and doesn’t cover the hole where my old door bell once was so I’ll have to fix that at a later time

Is it really "switching to battery"? I read that the wires are only used for a trickle charge for the battery...It's always on battery technically? My set up is the same as yours. I'm happy with the system.

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I just bought the s3 pro camera pack, with basestation. So thought I’d also get the e340 2K doorbell too. Well, as great as the spec is, I’m sad to say I return it and bought the lower resolution (1080p) Aquara G4 doorbell instead. If I was going for looks I would go Arlo. If I was going to spec the Eufy e340 but as I wanted best spec, that was HOMEKIT native, that led me to the Aquara G4. Very gutted, as I would have preferred to keep all my cameras Eufy, but for some stupid reason it’s not HomeKit native, so annoying. Still, Aquara is better than my 2nd gen Rind battery doorbell but about the same huge size 🙈 If you’re not a full blown Apple user (HomePods, AppleTV, iPads & Macs) then go for Eufy !!!

No Eufy used a homebase, so all the video's are stored locally.

The e340 has worked fine for me (wired), but I have only had it for 2 months.

I recently replaced a Ring doorbell with the Eufy E340 when it was on sale with Best Buy. I had $20 in rewards and getting a $35 refund from Ring for the subscription made the E340 only about $60 for me. I already have the homebase 3 for a few cameras around my house. I LOVE LOVE the e340. My porch is set back and I have a short porch from front to back and side to side. The downward camera on the porch stoop gets 90% of the whole thing in frame and the front facing camera has a much wider field of view that is 2k. I like a lot of the features, like the HDR setting because my porch is in the shade 75% of the day. Also, the microphone is so sensitive I thought I had people just out of the field of view talking and when I went out side it was the neighbors 2 houses down talking and a radio playing. It catches anyone that comes into view, including me when I'm mowing the lawn 15 feet away. I'm very happy with it.

I have the E340 ,  im on my 2nd one as I've had problems  and still the same problem  with replacement.   The lights,  top and bottom  do not come on when approaching my front  door.. I have it set to ' optimal  night vision  which , which  i think  is correct.   The bell is  fixed to my door no angle bracket  needed.   On installation guide  it says when checking view   ' great position ' of camera.  WiFi is also great.  I've tried  customer service  at eufy  but they are not helpful at all.  Can anyone  tell me where I might be going  wrong regarding  settings..  Incidentally  when I took bell off to remove  battery to charge  ( it was dark )  both lights  came  on as i took it down ???? .  Any help will be  much appreciated.   T.I.A .  Ian

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.

Get the eufyyyyyyyy.

I have the Video Doorbell E340 along with a SoloCam S340, S330 eufyCam, and 2 Floodlight Cam E340s all running thru a HomeBase 3. The whole system works very well for my requirements. 1 I use the HB 3 for the chime. 2 It was very easy to install IMO. 3 I don’t use the cloud I use the HB 3 to store my video (installed a 1 TB SSD). Not interested in monthly fees which is why I went with eufy. 4 Yes.

I find the E340 wired excellent , I have moved from ?Ring to Eufy and love the Eufy, nothing is perfect and always expect some issues with technology, To be fail I haven't had any issues as yet , We have the possibility of 24/7 recording with the homebase I have a 100Gb HDD so I have no shortage of space. I love the configurability and most of zero subscription.

After huge success with 4 s220s and then almost freaking out how good our new e330 smart lock is, I finally replaced my ring pro with the e340 doorbell on a powered connection. I feel so freed, no cloud service needed and the features are excellent. We know when packages are delivered, picked up, and the color cam at night is so clear. The package cam is slick. The camera comes with an angle mount too. Really could not be better. Alexa Show with the eufy skill is very slow to load, but nice regardless. It needs more options like "force to show doorbell camera any time some activity occurs" That's all. Just wanted to share. Oh, where can we send feedback to eufy for feature requests?

I did. I was very interested to have the 2nd package camera and the color night vision on the e340. I think the internal storage is large in the e340 and I don't have a home base unit, and I don't think I'm interested to get it any time soon. I really like the package camera and the color night vision.

I have the e340 for a year now, its the best! But I’m struggling to find the chime

Eufy e340 is a awesome doorbell cam

I just bought the E340 bell and HB3. It's replacing a Ring system that belonged to the previous homeowners. The video quality is very good but it's super-sensitive. The package cam works as intended and provides a separate alert. The doorchime works through the HB3. Monitoring works through an app so if you're looking for a Windows-based Command & Control Center where you can monitor split-camera views from a PC, look elsewhere. With eufy, you have the eufysecurity app on your phone and bring up each camera separately. We're OK with the app now that we're used to it. AI also comes with HB3. So far, it only recognizes me about half the time so it's a work in progress.

E340 it’s hardwired.

They’re fine. I’ve had this for 5 months at this point. I’ve spent hours changing everything from auto detect to times to pre recording to zones. The doorbell just sucks.

You could do something like Eufy E340. Has local storage so you don’t have to pay monthly. Has enough for about 2 months of recordings, but you may want to buy the “HomeBase” to store more. I have an older version of this doorbell and it works. I would HIGHLY recommend a wired installation if possible. https://share.eufylife.com/v1/shopping/s/g/pMsdO9WoB If you’re already in the Apple ecosystem, I’d probably get something that supports HomeKit and have the video stored in iCloud. Maybe this? https://www.apple.com/shop/product/HPGS2VC/A/logitech-circle-view-wired-doorbell

E340 is cool. I can see packages and it keeps doorbell fully charged. Best of all no subscription!

I have the same issues. It picks up passing trucks all the time, but people walking up to the door it's very hit or miss.

I just got E340 plus mini chime. Currently working on battery only it seems to be working well. I will need to tweak the view, but I think mains power will be required as the battery is down to 80% after just a few days. I am sure if you are adding or replacing an existing mains powered doorbell in the USA you will find the instructions perfectly adequate. But mains powered doorbells are becoming rarer here in the UK, and the specs are different from in the USA. Can I buy an AC powered UK doorbell? Will it work with UK specs? The Eufy AI insists E340 should be AC powered, but this is not what their own document says: https://support.eufy.com/s/article/Understanding-the-Specifications-of-the-Video-Doorbell-E340 In short, while I like the local video storage and not paying a fortune for cloud storage the instructions a totally confusing.

It's slow, battery only lasts around 30 days without trickle charge.

Yes, you just need to un mount it, remove the battery and connect to a charger usbc Every 30-40 days

I mean it only takes a few hours to fully charge

I'd love a spare. But i just got the one

3hrs

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.

new e340, misses events completely, currently worse than my old blink cam. Running standalone on battery. not sure what to think at the mo. Also night recordings have a weird split line through the main camera footage where top and bottom aren't aligned

I've had mine for a few months now and It's been fine for my needs so far. I have it wired in and paired with HB3. I did replace my 10A transformer with a 30A. I do notice that it switches to battery power occasionally but automatically goes back to wired power once it falls to 65% or so. I assume this is how it was designed to avoid the battery 'over charging'. I've never had to reset anything or manually charge the battery myself. I don't believe there is any pre-recording. I've currently set mine up to record for a full minute when any motion is detected. The range of detection is pretty good, but it tends to work better for side-to-side motion vs. something coming directly at the camera. If your main purpose is to record a person at your door, it should be fine. The HB3 chime is pretty instant, but the notification to my phone takes a few seconds. I find that I usually have already answered the door while my phone is still ringing. It's annoying that eufy does not let you customize the type of notifications that you receive. For example, I would like to be notified whenever a person is detected, but not a car, but still have all events recorded. This is currently not possible in the app. Aesthetically, the bell looks good, but it's pretty thick, especially with the angle bracket. It sticks out a lot farther than I thought it would. Edit - it does have 4s pre-recording. The toggle is just hard to find in the settings. You do need to have it wired to work.

I just sent mine back because of a 2 week battery. I will keep sending it back every time it doesnt make it a month until i get my money back. They tried to tell me to turn off 90 % of what i bought it for. I asked for store credit because it sucks so bad. They wouldnt do it. So i will play the return for another until they get sick of me. I do like the solar solo cams. May never buy from them again if they dont make me happy.

My e340 needs charging every 2 weeks. I dont recommend buying it. Its just over 2 months old.

Not many. Maybe 5 . I have turned a lot of things on it off also. I got this one because it didnt need a homebase. I should of just bought a solo cam to cover the front. They are trying to work with me. I will see how that turns out.

I just changed myself. My only minor complaint is my e340 is limited to 8gb of storage with no in board expansion. If I need more storage, I'd have to add the home base device. It also doesn't appear to have support by home assistant and I wish it had a security screw on the mount

I have a a Eufy and the battery is junk. When it's cold out, it needs charged weekly. Hopefully the newer models are better.

Yes I have the Dual cam doorbell T8213 and it works well with my Homebase 3.

There are several dual cam doorbell with different model numbers being marketed across different regions. The unique model number (as shown in the app) for mine is T8213. Check if this is same as yours? I have mine wired and connected to HB3 using the sync button.

So it looks like we have the same model of doorbell, in which case you should be able to pair it to the HB3 (unless it is has an old firmware in which case it needs t be upgraded via the HB2).

I use EUFY because it's no subscriptions, I have a dual camera version that watches for package deliveries

Change the recording time? I think mine is set for 15 seconds which seems to be ok for me.. if it's not doing at least what is expected, reach out to support. Oh I did upgrade to the Homebase 3.0

Eufy is not intergrated by default, you need to install the eufy addon for intergration. I had a battery doorbell and it can trigger automations (has binairy sensors). The doorbell i had was a bit slow on updating the sensors in HA, and the live stream was not working (p2p). The doorbell i had was supported by the addon. Not all eufy devices are supported by the addon. Look into the addon if your doorbell is supported: https://github.com/fuatakgun/eufy_security. For great intergration with homeassistant i advice to buy reolinks doorbell, got that recently and it has a platinum intergration on HA, and it all works great :-). Good luck on the doorbell journey Edit: I dont recall having any settings for the chime with eufy. Again Here, Reolink can do this in HA intergration.

Ah ok, i didnt have the E340, I had the duo cam directly bound to the homebase. Package detection was not too good here and i turned it off. But I live in the netherlands in a small town, so package theft is not a concern here. I hope you will find what you want! Can definetly advies to take a wired doorbell, cause it will stay on and detect way more than a battery one. Eufy did confirm to me that a battery doorbell will not perform better if you wire it.

I am talking about powersource, eufy said: “the battery doorbell will function the same with or without power attachted, only with power attached it will not run out of battery” it just charges the doorbell slowly to keep the battery from dying. My main problem was the wake time of the doorbell, it took about 3/5 seconds to wake, sometimes this was to slow for the ring button to function and the doorbell wont even ring. This is with a 1 to 2 meter walk up to the doorbell. I asked them if this would change with power attached, but the anwser made me change to Reolink POE doorbell. I suggest to test the eufy doorbel very well before you mount and install everything. My guess is you are best of with a wired only version, that supports 24/7 recording (then you are sure it will just stay on when on power). Maybe the E340 does this, check reviews for this, would be a waste to “upgrade” to something that does not help you :-)

They have a bunch go take a look, I use the dual camera model

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