Tapo/Kasa (TP-Link) - Tapo D235

Forgot to add my concern about the Tapo and Eufy is they could easily be removed by someone else, unlike the Ring. Also an advantage to me of the Ring and Eufy is their removable battery. Although the Ring uses micro usb which I thought we'd all moved on from years ago!

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.

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

Tapo D235

For multiple reasons, I'll list the advantages and disadvantages + my personal views to let you decide. **Advantages for Tapo over Eufy:** 1. Eufy E340 does not have 24/7 recording. Tapo does have 24/7 recording. 2. Eufy requires 16-24V, I have 15.5V. Tapo requires 8-24V 3. Eufy E340 has 8GB internal storage. Tapo allows you to put up to 512gb sd card. 4. Tapo was half the price of the Eufy where I live. 5. I keep hearing mixed reviews about Eufy E340, but I don't hear as many negative reviews about the Tapo, but this could just be due to Eufy E340 being more popular. 6. Tapo comes with a chime, Eufy does not. **Advantages for Eufy over Tapo:** 1. No subscription required for rich notifications. I really wanted rich notifications, so I ended up paying for Tapo subscription. However, I'd need to buy the subscription for 4.5-5 years before it matches the price of the Eufy. 2. Dual camera system, this has advantages but I've found head to toe shows everything. 3. Tapo has fisheye lens, which many do not like but you get used to and feels like normal now. 4. Tapo does work with Alexa, but takes a long time to load or is unable to load at times (but this could be due to my location). Google does not have this issue. I'm not sure if Eufy connects straight away or not. 5. Eufy overall looks more 'premium' in terms of build, but the Tapo's build quality isn't that bad and probably better than most options out there. Overall, I've found the Tapo to be a pretty good doorbell that is able to detect correctly 90-95% of the time but you have to adjust the motion area otherwise it will have a lot of false positives. I personally turned off motion detection and just kept on person + package detection, that combination worked really well for me. At times, it will detect people as packages especially if they are kids, so that is a weird thing but as long as it detects something, I don't mind. The 24/7 recording is very nice as well. The app itself is ok, nothing special but does the job. Another option I'd look at is the Reolink head to toe option as well. You can get rich notifications via a work around called "Pushover", which is an app ($5 for lifetime subscription). It is the cheapest option by far and seems to do a good job even has 24/7 recording. However, I live in Australia and there was a massive delay (15 seconds) for Pushover notifications to come through. If you live in the USA, this isn't an issue and they should come around 3 seconds. It also did not work with Alexa due to my region, but works ok for American users. Otherwise, I'd have probably gone with that option tbh

> The only downside is that unless you want to purchase cloud storage via subscription, the micro sd card for storage is in the camera. If you get a h200 tapo hub or other Tapo hubs (Pretty cheap new and very cheap used), you can connect it to your router, add a sd card to it, then set it up so it stores all recordings into the hub. I also had a strange glitch, where when sd card (in the doorbell) was full, it would stop 24/7 recording even though loop recording was on. I no longer have this issue now that I'm using the hub

I ended up going with tapo d235, has pretty much all the features I wanted and so far has quick and accurate motion detection - person/pet/vehicle. Has clear talk through as well on both sides The only downside is that unless you want to purchase cloud storage via subscription, the micro sd card for storage is in the camera. So if someone takes your camera they also take the card. But obviously there are safety features built in and the data is sent to you over the app which you can download. Personally, from my very limited smart doorbell experience, I highly recommend!

Another plus one for Tapo

I guess it comes down to if you want to definitely see the packages delivered, if so I would go with the Eufy since it has a separate camera dedicated to that. If you are concerned that someone may take the doorbell, I would go with the Ring peephole since it is attached to the peephole. The Eufy and Tapo also don't have subscriptions so to me, the Eufy gives you the best package viewing and doesn't have a subscription. I would say if you are worried about someone taking it, you should be able to view it on your phone but then again, both Tapo and Eufy have local storage on microSD cards on the units. Although, you could buy a Eufy homebase which from my understanding gives you more storage but that's an extra cost. My Google Nest (1st Gen) just died a few days ago (after several years of use and also being in a non-climate controlled storage unit for a year) so I was looking for a new doorbell cam. After all of my research, I don't think there's much difference between most of the leading models. I got a Tapo due to price and Google Home compatibility. I was able to get it for $79 (I think it was discounted to $99 but I had an additional discount) vs the $179 for a new Nest 2nd Gen. I looked at Nest, Tapo, Eufy, Wyze, and Ring. I didn't really want a subscription so Nest and Ring were out. I thought about the Eufy but knowing myself, I would have purchased the homebase as well (and I didn't want to spend more money) so it came down to Tapo and Wyze and it was a coin flip. It's raining where I'm at so I will install it in a couple of days and see how the Tapo works. It's mostly gotten positive reviews especially for what you get for the price but some knocks as well but that's any product. One concern that I did see a couple of people say was that it stopped working after a year or so (I would see the same with Arlo) but I'll see. If it sucks, I'll just return it. If it's fine and lasts only a year, I'll chalk it up as a lesson learned and spend more money next time. EDIT: One thing I will say about the Tapo after unboxing it is that it is very bulky. Compared to the Nest 1st gen, it's much taller, wider and thicker. It's pretty heavy too compared to the Nest 1st gen if that is a concern of yours.

We use Tapo D235 which works great in ha

I didn’t like Eufy as it wanted to connect to its own network instead of my home’s WiFi. I only wanted a single ecosystem. I like that tapó connects to my network instead of a proprietary hub/router like Eufy

Tapo is what I have, no issues, works well. I previously had Google.

Tapo is good if you don't want to pay Eufy prices, but they suffer from the shortcoming of storing footage on an SD card in the doorbell unless you subscribe. However, the doorbell has an anti-theft mode with a fairly loud alarm, and the subscription is £28 per year for a single doorbell/camera which isn't bad at all.

Been absolutely loving my tp link and the price was too good to pass up

The doorbell is great, but a bit big

I have some Tapo stuff, which was cheap and it's grand. The app can alert me and record etc. It doesn't need a subscription.

I have a Tapo, cloud is optional videos can be stored on an SD card in the indoor part of the system which I do

Tapo doorbell works better than ring by a big margin

I have TAPO - very happy.

I went with Tapo, and although I've nothing to compare them with, I am very happy with them. The App notifies me of whatever I want it to (movement, crossed-line, entry to specific area, person detected, or camera tampering). You can get a subscription if you want cloud storage, or you can install a micro SD card. You can speak through the camera speaker and it gives you live audio recordings too. I was an easy install and took me about 30 mins for each one, this included drilling the holes, mounting and connecting to the internet/ app set up.

I've just switched from ring to tapo and I'm really liking the new doorbell. Something to consider!

I've had Ring, Eufy and Tapo. Tapo is the best. It's wireless, but the battery lasts long and has great picture quality. Just get an sd card for storage.

I've only had it 2 weeks. The memory card records over old recordings automatically when it's full. You'll need an sd card with eufy too. Well, I did with my last eufy doorbell.

For a while on Android, the Tapo doorbell wouldn't do a video call to your phone unless you had the app open. As in, the app had to actually be on screen. If it was running in the background you'd only get an easily missed notification that someone had rang the doorbell.  After a few few months there was an update to the app to "address Android video calling issues" and all they did was explicitly state on the permissions screen that it wouldn't work unless the app was in the foreground.  Then another few months after that it actually got fixed. So I guess I give them points for actually fixing things with software updates, but it they're still 7the sort of company that uses paying customers as beta testers. As well as the doorbell I have the central hub yoke, two external wireless cameras, and a little pan and tilt camera in the kitchen that I mostly use to keep an eye on the dogs if we're out. Other than that doorbell issue I haven't had a problem with any of the kit.

I have my house wired up with Tapo products - one of the many TP Link sub-brands. Doorbell, internal and outdoor cameras. On board memory for all so going back on the doorbell camera I have about 4 months of motion activated footage. Helps I also have lighting and smart plugs set up all within the same app. I also have some Wyze cameras, they're US imports so less often seen but decent quality.

Tapo, their cameras and doorbells are awesome

+1 for Tapo. My doorbells are quick and they have good video quality 5mp 2k day and night. Do NOT buy blink. I ended up recycling mine as I couldn’t even sell them for $10 on marketplace. They were slow even with the blink module. They were even slower after the chip unsoldered itself from the inside of the module and I couldn’t even sell only see video when the bell was pressed. The delay with the sync module was about 7 seconds and over a dozen without. By the time I got the notification and could respond anyone who rang the bell was already off the property.

We put a tapo doorbell in for my mam who has dementia. I have the app on my phone so i can see who's calling. No subscriptions or anything..battery life decent.

Tapo are great value overall

TP-Link's Kasa or Tapo devices are what you want. Get a large enough memory card and you'll have 24/7 recording for a month. Great quality video as well. I previously had Ring, Nest, and Wyze doorbell cameras, my Tapo doorbell camera is superior to those.

We’re replacing all the Blink everything with Tapo. Sooooo much better and roughly the same price.

I've got TP-Link TAPO. Uses an SD card to store footage. There is a subscription if you want it but I don't.