Reolink - Wired Video Doorbell (PoE)

Plus one more for Reolink! I have the PoE doorbell hooked up to their NVR and it works flawlessly. The HA integration kicks ass too.

I use the PoE Reolink doorbell with Frigate + a Coral TPU for object/person detection. Works a treat.

Get a UPS and put your modem and router on it. If you have more advanced network gear, make sure the closest AP is powered. Then you’ll have WiFi and most likely internet access in a power outage, as most telecom equipment is on battery and generator backup. Find your doorbell transformer and put that on battery backup, or get a PoE doorbell (I like the Reolink). Now doorbell and home network are powered and you can access the video on your phone, laptop, or tablet when the power goes out.

Yes, PoE doorbell, we’re using Reolink, much more reliable than WiFi (though it’s not in HomeKit).

reolink PoE doorbell

No. It is really simple. You only need an NVR with PoE capability and/or PoE switch. The cameras only need 1 cable (per camera) to be powered up be given internet access, and these very same cables are what you use to do all the connecting between the required hardwire. These cables are cat 5/5e/6 cables. These look like your ethernet cables. You can buy them already assembled if you don't know how to crimp them. You do the connections like this: Router -> NVR or PoE Switch -> Camera. Done. It was that easy. Now your camera is working. Now you would only have to update the firmware of your NVR and Camera to make sure everything works properly. The only things that are plugged into outlets are the NVR or PoE Switch and of course your router. Nothing else needs to be plugged in an outlet. The PoE Switch is optional, only if you want to add microSDs to your cameras and have some sort of back up inside them. Otherwise, the easiest way to power everything is just using the NVR with PoE capability.

You need a PoE doorbell. Reolink sells a good PoE doorbell. If you want to have cameras then you want good PoE cameras from a good reliable brand Never go with wireless/wi-fi cameras or the likes, doesn't matter what brand, they are not reliable at all. If you fully own this property there is no reason at all for not going with a PoE camera system. The amount of problems Wi-Fi/Wireless cameras have are just way too many. As you say, they are prone to Wi-Fi jammers, the quality of the footage is inferior to PoE, the night and day performance are inferior to PoE, the smart detection is inferior to PoE, you will have issues connecting to them, you WILL miss events, you WILL miss important crucial footage, you can't record 24/7 with wireless (except for one particular model but still no), 24/7 recording with Wi-Fi plugged cameras isn't reliable either. As you can see, your fears are well founded, but, funny enough, it won't be a Wi-Fi jammer what most likely will disable your Wi-Fi/Wireless camera, but the camera itself, if that makes sense. Again, that's why you go with PoE, since it doesn't have any of those issues... So yes, you are correct when you say that PoE/wired cameras are less easier to hack (they are immune to Wi-Fi jammers and pretty much close to 0 for other types of much more advanced hacking, which you really will never be a target of, if you take security measures for your Wi-Fi/internet and camera settings). As for your internet, go with fiber optic internet, 600+ Mbps. If you can get 1 Gbps then that's better. Technically you should be good with 100 Mbps for your internet, but in this time and age I would only go with 500/600+ Mbps to be safe. This is of course, assuming you live in an urban environment where fiber optic can arrive to your location, otherwise, if you live in a very rural area, consider in getting Starlink as your internet solution (which should reach around 300 Mbps but it is good enough still).

10000% Agree. You are trying to make one camera do the work of at least two cameras here. Get a wired PoE doorbell cam to do doorbell cam duty. Then get either as u/Curious\_Party\_4683 suggested a 4mm or greater lens, or a cameras with PTZ (with actual optical Z) and auto tracking. Reolink and Unifi make good options for both of those.

I enjoy my Reolink doorbell

The doorbell actually clips into a mount. The mount is what's bolted to the wall. You can unclip it with a standard SIM tool ejector. At least, that's the case with my POE version.

I'm using a Reolink POE doorbell for 2 years now, never failed me down. Good quality, works smooth perfect at nights. Also it offers onvif, rtmp, rtsp and everyhing very nice.

I’ve had a Reolink PoE doorbell with Scrypted/HomeKit for two years now and it’s been working well.

Love my Reolink.

I went with the Reolink. I added an SD card and it’s hardwired. I love it. Quick to alert. Super clear. Loads quickly.

I love my POE Reolink Doorbell, extremely stable, picture is good, speaker/mic is reasonable. I like the expandable outlet chimes so I can install them on each floor of my house without needing to run more wires and dealing with figuring out the amount of power the transformer needs for everything. The person detection is way better and more accurate than my previous systems with Skybell, and Amcrest. The interface for the alerts bookmarks on the playback screen is way better as well. I previously had the Amcrest doorbell (standard, NOT the newer 4mp one) which used wifi with standard transformers and wired door chimes. The wifi reception was a bit flakey despite my mesh system being relatively close and signal tested showed decent coverage on other devices. The Reolink one looks sleeker as well. It records onto the SD and my blue iris NVR system. I still don't trust Eufy after the amount of data they seem to send back to the company while stating otherwise from a while back and Unifi systems are overpriced for what you get. Unless you have a decent Unifi setup already, it seems overkill to spend $300 on their doorbell. Skybell was terrible imo, and Nest/Wyze/Ring have subscriptions for full functionality which is a no go for me.

Came here to say this. I recommend it to everyone, is great. Certainly better than anything else I've seen. I mostly love the local control so there's no cloud dependency. I'm gonna get some of their cameras next.

I am slowly replacing all Ubiquiti products. Two alien wireless routers and two doorbell cameras have failed in three years. Support always finds a way to get out of replacing anything. Both of the wireless routers died on the same day after an update the night prior. \+1 for Reolink. Their cameras have great quality, work with just about any NVR, and have out lived the Ubiquiti products.

ReoLink like everyone is saying but know that the white version has a bigger vertical FOV (it's 4:3 ratio) than their black one (3:4 ratio), so would likely be better for capturing both people's faces as well as packages.

Yes though this is the battery one. I was referring to the PoE but good point that it may not be an option for everyone.

Reolink is the answer. I have the poe model. Switched from Google nest and never looked back.

I switched from Eufy to a reolink poe doorbell. Running the wire in a 120 yo brick house sucked but it loads streams fast as hell and after 2 days of fiddling with settings I've had 100% detection rate with no false positives.

Yeah I originally went with Eufy for the battery but the cameras missed a bunch of crazy stuff happen on the street in front of my house, so I wanted cameras I could record continuously on. The Reolink I have now isn't actually doing continuous recording, but I have the motion trigger set to super sensitive and have it set up where I only get notified if a person is detected.

I like Reolink personally. I run it completely offline and it has been reliable for me. You can get a wired (w/ WiFi) or POE version if you don’t want battery powered.

Yeah, I have recommended the Logitech Circle view doorbell to my father, brother, brother in law, and mother in law, all of whom have had them for years. Brother-in-law's front panel started delaminating, and Logitech sent him a replacement unit out of warranty. Everyone else's have been fine. I've heard if you live in a hot climate and have it in direct sunlight that can cause an issue however. Personally since I am running homebridge and scrypted anyway I went with the $79 Reolink POE doorbell. I get full homekit doorbell functionality but also the benefit of a hardwired/networked POE camera, such as 24x7 NVR recording.

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

I'm using the Reolink Poe doorbell to record directly to my Shinobi/unfair server and it's great

I got this one early last fall, I just need to get a cable ran for it.

If you can support wired, just get the first one. If you can use PoE, get that one instead.

I’m in Texas and my house faces south and I’ve never had an issue with my Reolink Poe doorbell overheating. It’s not supported by HK natively but there are work arounds with home assistant

Reolink POE all day long. All features work locally and fully integrate with HA. No worry about features suddenly being put behind paywalls or the camera being deactivated when it's no longer supported

The Reolink POE is solid with Scrypted. I’d argue it’s more reliable than native options such as Wemo (practically useless in my experience) & Logitech. The New Robin Proline HD Doorbell is POE, supports HomeKit natively, finally supports 1080P, and is the most premium build you can buy. If you are willing to invest in the higher cost, it may be a great option for you. It’s on preorder now: https://robin.nl Otherwise, look into Reolink. Run scrypted off of a mini pc and you are good to go. The dev and community are active and very helpful.

I won a v1 when they came out and it's been great. I bought another one for the back door and the chime worked for like a week. I finally warrantied it and they sent me the v2 and it has worked fine without any problems. I posted a comparison pic of the v1 and v2 chimes a few weeks ago here. I think the black doorbells are the same. Although they may have changed the sensors in the v2 It looks a little different than the one that it replaced. The true V2 Doorbell seems to be the white battery powered one that has package detection.

I won a v1 when they came out and it's been great. I bought another one for the back door and the chime worked for like a week. I finally warrantied it and they sent me the v2 and it has worked fine without any problems. I posted a comparison pic of the v1 and v2 chimes a few weeks ago here. I think the black doorbells are the same. Although they may have changed the sensors in the v2 It looks a little different than the one that it replaced. The true V2 Doorbell seems to be the white battery powered one that has package detection.

Second their recommendation, even better if you use POE one as never need to worry about battery then. Have had no issues with mine and it's been in use for over a couple of years now. Came from a eufy doorbell, that's was rough and the security issues were a genuine concern but no more!

I’ve tried several, and honestly, you CANNOT beat a Reolink PoE doorbell run through scrypted (I’m using a Pi5).

I'm using the Reolink POE Doorbell with Scrypted NVR and it works great.

The poe and plug-in wifi models come with a chime whilst the battery model does not. Part of the reason for that is the battery model is likely to be used with an existing chime mechanism, however you can purchase a chime if required.

The situation is a bit confused as the versions are not clearly differentiated. There was the original doorbell from early 2023 that worked with a 433Mhz chime. Subsequently a revised model appeared using the same product code that works with a 900Mhz chime. Plus upcoming is a battery powered doorbell. On the Reolink site is a link to purchasing a 2nd chime [https://reolink.com/product/reolink-chime/](https://reolink.com/product/reolink-chime/) with a FAQ that says *This chime is designed specifically for Reolink Video Doorbell PoE/WiFi V2 and V3, including Reolink Doorbell Battery. You can determine the version of your doorbell by checking the product model and its sticker.* The reason I mention the chime is that earlier this year there were numerous posts as people attempted to pair an oem Kerui chime to their Reolink doorbell. Some had no problem whilst others had a dismal failure. Those with recently purchased doorbells were the ones experiencing issues as these models used a similar looking chime but with a different frequency. So we know the v2 was out at the start of 2024. The chime in the link above is a different size. A currently available doorbell (poe or powered WiFi) should be a v2 (or perhaps v3). And just to confuse the situation is a white version which has a different a portrait ratio (3x4) rather than the prior landscape (4x3). I have to believe the white models are v2 (or v3) as they have only been out for a couple of months. It's a bit of an untidy mess.

The situation is a bit confused as the versions are not clearly differentiated. There was the original doorbell from early 2023 that worked with a 433Mhz chime. Subsequently a revised model appeared using the same product code that works with a 900Mhz chime. Plus upcoming is a battery powered doorbell. On the Reolink site is a link to purchasing a 2nd chime [https://reolink.com/product/reolink-chime/](https://reolink.com/product/reolink-chime/) with a FAQ that says *This chime is designed specifically for Reolink Video Doorbell PoE/WiFi V2 and V3, including Reolink Doorbell Battery. You can determine the version of your doorbell by checking the product model and its sticker.* The reason I mention the chime is that earlier this year there were numerous posts as people attempted to pair an oem Kerui chime to their Reolink doorbell. Some had no problem whilst others had a dismal failure. Those with recently purchased doorbells were the ones experiencing issues as these models used a similar looking chime but with a different frequency. So we know the v2 was out at the start of 2024. The chime in the link above is a different size. A currently available doorbell (poe or powered WiFi) should be a v2 (or perhaps v3). And just to confuse the situation is a white version which has a different a portrait ratio (3x4) rather than the prior landscape (4x3). I have to believe the white models are v2 (or v3) as they have only been out for a couple of months. It's a bit of an untidy mess.

I'm starting to desire more functionality from my Reolink PoE Doorbell. I'm not enjoying being limited to H264 with a maximum bitrate of 6144kbps, Also, I don't believe the Reolink will work with OP's requirements of using the original chime. Which is understandable as my Reolink's chime rarely works when the doorbell is pressed nowadays.

Reolink is good in PoE or WiFi form.

You need an Ethernet cable run to your doorbell and a PoE switch (or PoE injector somewhere on the cable run). I had the luxury of being able to specify this when my house was built, but for retrofits it will be trickier than just using WiFi and the existing doorbell power supply, if you have one.

I have the Reolink PoE via Scrypted, it’s been flawless - and a lot cheaper than Ubiquiti!

Yes, it does for me though I know others have had trouble. The Scrypted documentation is excellent and the Discord is quite helpful as well if needed

Among the options currently available, Reolink paired with the Home Hub (NVR) is a standout choice. Ideally, Power over Ethernet (PoE) is the preferred solution, as it provides both a reliable power source and protection against WiFi jamming. That said, the WiFi model performs decently as well. Personally, I powered my setup by repurposing the wiring from a traditional door lock button, making a few adjustments with the transformer to ensure everything operates smoothly

Reolink all day every day. Works great with HA and doesn't require a subscription, and doesn't save to their cloud by default. I don't think I even set up a Reolink account at any point.

Reolink Doorbell POE. It's awesome.

If you have POE easily accessible, get that one. I was lucky enough to have my doorbell be on the other side of my garage, so getting the POE version was a no brainer

I had the same problem and ended up getting [this Reolink PoE doorbell cam](https://www.amazon.com/REOLINK-Doorbell-Security-Diagonal-Detection/dp/B0B7S1HMPC). Paid an electrician to run a Cat6 line to the basement where it is plugged into a Unifi switch for power/data. They drilled right through the vinyl covering the door frame outside and it looks great. No visible wires at all when using the included mounting bracket. It comes with a wireless chime you can plug in anywhere inside so it's audible when someone rings the bell from outside.

Like other poeple say, reolink. I have the POE version, so, i connected it directly into my NVR, so no direct connection to internet. I see everything via my NVR with a tunnel with cloudflare. Everything free. In case someone buys the same doorbell and cant see it on their nvr, you have to connect first to the doorbell ip and enable the doorbell to be exposed.

Relink POE doorbell camera for sure. Mostly because I believe security cameras should be hardwired.  Works okay with Blueiris, but I can't get talk back working. That wasn't a big feature to me so it wasn't a big deal.

Poe has been really stable for me since installing last week. Pretty happy with it.

My entire setup is Reolink and I love it. I had a selfhosted NVR running for 3 years and last Black Friday I pulled the trigger and got a Reolink NVR with a massive discount. Very much worth it! Just need to install the PoE doorbell to replace my Nest Hello 1st gen.

Reolink poe doorbell or plain WiFi version (which you can also connect over ethernet) This gives you everything you're asking for, without subscription, and integrates well with Home Assistant should you decide to use it* * Three real uses of this integration that I use: 1/ text-to-speech notifications on all media phones if someone presses the doorbell button 2/ Light over the front door turns on, as a convenience, when motion is detected after dark. 3/ In a custom "paranoia mode", a "motion detected outside" notification is played when/as appropriate. This gets turned on automatically if the front door is open for more than four minutes.

I went with the black one

\+1 for the Reolink PoE doorbell, I love mine. The Reolink battery one also stores to local MicroSD.

I just got the Reolink PoE doorbell. Has an SD card, good camera quality, phone app, no subscription necessary. I'm integrating it with Home Assistant, the Reolink integration is pretty comprehensive. It also has ONVIF so I'm going to transition from Blue Iris to Unifi Protect once v5 comes out.

If you can possibly manage the wiring, Reolink PoE is easily the best value performance/dollar and among the better choices overall. Pick the black model if you want landscape picture, or the white model if you want portrait picture and package detection. If PoE is out of the question due to wiring, the Reolink battery WiFi version (portrait only from memory) has the same performance but is more expensive. Pair with a Reolink Hub for the easiest out of the box solution, but can be used standalone with just an SD card. Either option is fully local out of the box, and the Reolink integration is probably the most complete and comprehensive camera integration available in Home Assistant, and it has heaps of options for customisation with automations.

>I was set on the G4 Pro but seems like Reolink is heavily preferred here. Not only is the Reolink doorbell less than 1/3rd of the price of the G4 Pro, but in side-by-side comparison the Reolink also has better picture quality in every scenario. The only sensible reason for choosing the Unifi doorbell is if you already have a bunch of Unifi cameras.

Been using the Reolink POE/WiFi doorbell for a while. Paired it with a Frigate NVR. There is local on camera person/car/package ID if you want it. For the $ I don't think you can beat it. Totally reliable. I use the app for doorbell button press notifications and that works great but you could off load to your home automation hub of choice and be completely local. I've found it integrates seamlessly with Home Assistant and the NVR I mentioned. The wireless chimes are easy to install and you can have as many as you like. The one knock is that night vision could be better compared to competitors like Google.

Installed this after digging into a lot of Reddit posts and have been very pleased.

I have the original model doorbell and it uses the existing wiring for power but not chime.

My recommendation is for you to buy a Reolink Door Bell, it is the best in the market and you won't have to pay monthly. You can power it with your existing door bell power or Power over Ethernet, you can add a microsd memory and record and pull those videos from the app in your cellphone. You get all notifications, etc. It is really the best in the market.

No issues whatsoever during winter, and my door is completely exposed to wind and snow. This is the model, I use the POE model, which also allows to be powered by the existing door bell cables . https://m.reolink.com/product/reolink-video-doorbell/

Reolink PoE Doorbell checks all those boxes. The WiFi version can also operate with an ethernet cable if you want to use existing doorbell wiring to power it instead of PoE.

Yes, it's fully functional in Home Assistant with the Reolink integration. I have it set up in mine and also feed the RTSP stream into Frigate. There's no subscription needed for the doorbell camera and you can use it fully offline as far as I'm aware, but the Reolink app would probably not work. You could search in r/homeassistant to confirm, it comes up often.

Can absolutely recommend Reolink PoE Doorbell. I even use the camera's motion sensor for our front door lights. You can do all kinds of shenanigans with that thing.

You can also use the video stream, yes. With PoE. I have no clue about the wifi one.

ditto for the reolink PoE.

+1 for reolink poe

Reolink hard-wired. Anything that uses wifi is going to require a mobile app in order to setup the wifi. The hard-wired version will automatically get an ip address on your network and then you can navigate to a web page via your computer for setup anmd viewing recordings. But using your computer & a web interface versus an app is really just semantics. They're effectively doing the same thing.

Reolink PoE connected to HA. When doorbells goes the cam feed pop ups on my dashboard screen in the living room with rtsp stream. Only improvements would be when the doorbell rings a phone call goes to phone and not just message.

Just swapped from a Nest doorbell to the REOLINK POE doorbell and couldn’t be happier. No subscription, the notifications are a hell of a lot faster and so is the feed. Would HIGHLY recommend.

If you have an existing doorbell, this Reolink WiFi works well with HA. https://amzn.to/4idmysH It uses the existing old school doorbell wiring to power itself. I've used the WiFi version but recently upgraded to the PoE version (https://amzn.to/41sNL4Z) and it's awesome. Almost instant video feed locally. Running Ethernet to the doorbell was a pain but worth it. Both have package detection so you can set automations from packages being delivered. Mine notifies me and turns my front door light green. Reolink also has one that is battery and wifi, https://amzn.to/3QCaaqu Never tried this one but it seems like the one you're looking for.

Since the latest firmware update I've had issues with doorbell presses just plain not working. But two way audio works with Frigate now... 🤪 

Can you run a cable to it? If so I'm really liking the Reolink PoE doorbell. The Reolink integration works great, you get notified via (separate) binary sensors when a person/vehicle is detected or a "ring" happens. I've found the built in AI detection to be very accurate, although that may vary on where you doorbell points. I think they have a battery option now/coming but I can not personally comment on that, I'd assume they would have cut back on some features/functionality to support a longer battery life. Their security cameras also work well, the worst I get as far as false dections go are spiderwebs/bugs at night being picked up as other objects.

It's easy to get working locally, obviously depending on how detailed you get. - SD card handles the event history (can record continuously if you want), this as far as I know is the only playback history available on the Reolink app - You can FTP from the doorbell itself for longer term storage, you will need to manage storage yourself in this scenario though - Configuring the doorbell itself with Frigate is easy if you are already running Frigate, Frigate itself is a bit of effort to get running initially but worth it in my opinion. Frigate gives you all of the local storage options you'd want. The same applies for all of the other Reolink cameras I own, this one just has a button and a paired speaker.

I have the Reolink PoE doorbell and the lack of chime compatibility was one of my main gripes with it. The solution was pretty easy, though. Someone on this sub suggested I use a Shelly relay to trigger the physical chime, and an automation to tie the doorbell "visitor" button to the Shelly. Took less than an hour to do and was pretty straightforward. Here's a pic of the wiring and a screenshot of the automation. https://imgur.com/a/0Zyj3CD The only wildcard is that doorbell systems in houses can be wired differently, especially if there are multiple doorbells and multiple chimes. In my case (one doorbell, two chimes), it was easiest to tie the two wires together at the doorbell (simulating a never-ending doorbell press) and use the Shelly to only power the doorbell transformer on button press.

Reolink's doorbell cams are pretty great, I'm happy with mine.

I have the PoE version, but I ran Cat6 to the doorbell when I built the house. I've heard the WiFi version is good as well. I'm not sure how renter friendly any video doorbells are, though, but this one is probably more renter friendly than most because it's fairly small (so it's mounting holes are close together, maybe even close enough to be covered by a normal doorbell). The one downside is that it isn't compatible with a normal chime, they give you a little plug-in chime to pair with it. I automated mine to trigger a Shelly relay when pressed, and the Shelly relay trips my normal chime. That might not be as renter friendly though.

I ran Cat6 to my doorbell and went with the Reolink PoE doorbell. I'm really happy with it, except that it doesn't work with the chime. My solution (based on a suggestion from a user in this sub) was to wire a Shelly relay to the doorbell transformer and to create an automation to trigger it when the Reolink doorbell is pressed. It was simple to set up and works great!

Our Reolink Doorbell POE (White, which has a different POV vs Black, oddly enough) has been extremely good.

I've got the same setup, no issues setting it up. Have 4 Reolink PoE cameras and the PoE doorbell.

Reolink poe for sure

Second (or third?) for Reolink PoE. Love mine. I had it on pre-order from the first possible minute to order and have never been disappointed. I think WiFi would be ok so long as long you had a decently strong connection. Given you can power it from existing low-voltage doorbell wiring too, well that’s a bonus.

Worth it. I had my 520A well before the doorbells came out, and then got the PoE doorbell on preorder when they were announced. In my case, it actually covers a blind spot where the 520A itself is, and the angle just gives a great 2nd perspective if I’m ever opening the door at night, for example. https://preview.redd.it/c63pzo2y2mkd1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3c674c2b7e39a049b1c53ba7cb8d7969bb0d6587

Was one of the first pre-orders and installers of the Reolink Poe. Completely love it. Protip (if you need one), I used my old doorbell wiring as a pull cord for the new Ethernet. 👍🏻

Reolink. I just installed the PoE version and my god is it an improvement over the shitty WiFi Amcrest AD410.

Reolink has the best doorbell for home use currently.

Reolink PoE Doorbell is probably the best for home use currently. [https://reolink.com/\_\_/product/reolink-video-doorbell/](https://reolink.com/__/product/reolink-video-doorbell/)

Reolink Video Doorbell. I recommend going PoE, but they have a wireless one as well.

Get a Reolink Video Doorbell. It wont integrate into Protect, but you will be embarrassed by all the money and effort you spent on that terrible Unifi Doorbell after you use the Reolink.

Yes Reolink fully implements ONVIF, Ubiquiti doesn't, that's the problem with protect

You're exactly right. But you're already using 2 apps. I would just ditch protect at that point. There isn't any added benefit.

I made my POE reolink work in exactly this fashion. • Reolink doorbell feed is fed through r/scrypted then to HK for HKSV. • Smart relay attached to existing chime wiring • both devices added to r/homeassistant • automation that triggers the relay to ring the chime when someone presses the doorbell. Works flawlessly.

Our janky house had the doorbell hot wired into the now-disconnected POTS phone line… Rather than unfuck whatever the former owner did, I just intercept the Reolink’s 433mhz radio signal with a Nooelec SDR and have Home Assistant send my phone alerts.

To be honest I’ve had my reolink poe doorbell for a few months and to be honest I find it better than Ring and Blink, which I’ve had both. The POE version of the reolink door cam I’ve found to be very responsive in receiving notifications, although they are not rich notifications at the moment. But believe they are coming. I have added the Reolink Home Hub and 2 512gb SD cards and I find they are more than plentiful, and I have another 2 Reolink cams a Duo3 POE and a 820 POE. Which again save to the hub as I only capture movement rather than continuous recording. I did want the Hub Home Pro as more storage but we are waiting for a UK release.

Yeah gotta agree here. It aint WiFi, but I'd been waiting for a good value PoE doorbell and the ReoLink is really good. Thankfully I'd already ripped up the hallway floor to insulate it, so I ran some cables through to support this.

Went from ring to poe reolink and haven't looked back

Only complaint is missing rich notifications. But I found some official guide to fix it. I just haven't made time yet.

I use the Reolink POE doorbell and pull it into Homekit using Scrypted-- very quick to load and rock solid stable. Recording (NVR) functions in scrypted require a pay license, but the Homekit bridge part is completely free.

I use this: [Reolink POE doorbell](https://m.reolink.com/product/reolink-video-doorbell/). While you might not like its aesthetic.. you could hide it in a box or behind a cover that suits your taste and just have the camera lens show. I have it linked to Home assistant, just add its integration. Works well. However, this is a doorbell.. so it doesn’t unlock anything.. if you have a separate lock that integrates with home assistant, you could trigger that i guess.

Reolink POE (or Wi-Fi) - either one will work flawlessly with Home Assistant

Reolink PoE is decent, kept strictly on an IoT VLAN and tied into Homekit using Scrypted.

I’ve been using a 2nd gen wired doorbell for about 1.5 years, as well as two nest indoor cams and two outdoor cams, and this basically sums it up. It works ok, video quality is good in HK when it actually loads. I’m almost done converting to a full PoE setup, took down all the cams and replaced with amcrest ones bridged to HK via scrypted. The doorbell is my final piece and I can’t wait to replace it, my new setup is 110% better as I’m sure your Unifi setup will be. I have the 2nd gen Reolink PoE doorbell, just waiting for a contractor to come and run ethernet to my doorbell. OP if your only option is wireless i’d still say nest+sterling is the best/easiest homekit route.

I have the reolink Poe and it's a great bit of kit just works

I use a hardwired reolink and it's been mint so far. No monthly cost as everything is done locally.

I came to say Reolink. I put in a POE one and love it.

Have one of these to (Teolink PoE). Got one after its cheap battery prediscessor exploded when charges:-) Realink PoE is fast and lots of integrations possibility

For me no, it is instant to the fysical "chime" you get with it. The response time in the reolink app is also fairly instant. Even my ow push setup with an imag through home assistant is instant. Both app notifications is within 0.5 seconds after the press. What I did Find out is if your phone or tablet decides to put somekind of sleep mode on, than it can get delayed. I do not find it fair to blame this on the doorbell though. For me, going from a cheap battery wifi doorbell to this PoE doorbeel, feels like an enormous upgrade.

Youre welcome. Reolink is about local storage. Mine has an SD card in it for about four days of storage. Have not done a NAS/frigate setup so cant comment on that. Do want to in the future for local face recognition. If for the moment an SD card is enough then its easy to setup. Otherwise I cant help you yet with this.

Reolink power over Ethernet door bell. With an ups connected to your poe switch and router.

The Reolink WiFi one is garbage. Nothing I could do to make it stable. Got the Unifi one and it has been great. Maybe the Reolink PoE one is ok, but the WiFi one couldn’t get through 10 minutes of recording without losing connection

I just installed one for my wife at her work. Chime works every time.

One disadvantage of this is that you're relying heavily on your smart home for your doorbell That can be fine but can also mean you do sometimes miss a caller I'd personally still install a physical doorbell - I use mine on WiFI (one WiFi camera does no harm, although I wouldn't want 20), but I believe with the Reolink you can use both Ethernet and doorbell wiring, so running both gets you the best of both worlds (and both options in future when changing doorbell) If you're installing one you may as well install the other IMO, adding both won't be much more expensive than just installing one

They *can* come with a chime, but don't always Certainly getting it with a chime is better, but that then limits you to always buying a doorbell that comes with a chime (or relying on your smart home) I just think that for something like a doorbell, there's something to be said for a wired connection to an old school chime - my smart chimes occasionally throw a wobbly, my OH chime works every time I'm not saying everyone HAS to have one, just that if I'm paying someone to pull wires anyway, I'd probably pay them to pull both - most of the cost is just to have the electrician there and drilling holes, fishing for tape etc... the cost to have them pull two wires at that point rather than one is usually gonna be pretty negligible

Yeah our new home did come with one and I really appreciate it - I like a smart doorbell but having it wired AND with ethernet just seems like the best of both worlds. Mine triggers my wired chime by my front door, while also triggering a couple of other chimes around my house where the front door one isn't visible, and then you still get the video etc and power either way A bunch of family members have battery doorbells and honestly they just seem like a PITA. Obviously that's not the comparison here as PoE would still be powered, but I still think I'd rather have both

100% the Reolink Video Doorbell. It is very easy to install, comes with WiFi or PoE versions. The wifi version takes either AC or DC power. And it has seamless local integration with home assistant

I have one and love it. I ran the power cord up the inside of the front door frame, drilled though to the outside, then mounted the Reolink. It works great on Wi-Fi but there is a RJ-45 Jack for wired.

reolink. super easy as seen here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qLFyVCi4ck](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qLFyVCi4ck) can connect to a NVR for 24/7 recordings

reolink. super easy as seen here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qLFyVCi4ck](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qLFyVCi4ck) can connect to a NVR for 24/7 recordings

reolink. super easy as seen here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qLFyVCi4ck](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qLFyVCi4ck) can connect to a NVR for 24/7 recordings. use existing doorbell wiring.

reolink. super easy as seen here [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qLFyVCi4ck](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qLFyVCi4ck) can connect to a NVR for 24/7 recordings

Dedicated doorbells normally have apps that have notifications that instantly start a two way call when you click on them, so that is the advantage. My Reolink Doorbell supports RTSP which I feed into Frigate. When someone enters my porch it triggers my Apple TV (using homebridge-ffmpegcamera), sends a Telegram message with a photo and if they press the doorbell, I get a notification with the Reolink app. So I’ve got the best of all worlds.

The Reolink Doorbell isn’t PeE. It’s got Ethernet and wireless but not PoE. The app lets you do two way calls when someone rings the bell without a sub and without their official NVR. The Reolink Doorbell also supports RTSP (with two way audio) so there are tons of options for NVR. I personally use an open source project called Frigate NVR which is hands down the best option out there. If you want HomeKit support you can use Scrypted on top of Frigate. Edit: I got this wrong a bit. The Reolink Doorbell WiFi has wireless and Ethernet, but doesn’t support PoE. The non-WiFi model does support PoE.

Reolink with Frigate as the NVR.

I just bought a Reolink 5MP Video Doorbell last week for £76 at More Computers. Reolink do offer subscription services but can also work without subscription with local servers, using popular protocols.

Yeah, not sure why OP said it never gets reviewed. There are tons of reviews for it and any search on this sub or the HA forum it's almost always the first recommended. ???

Recently replaced my Google/Nest for Reolink and I’ve been very happy. I have it integrated with my NVR so I don’t have a monthly fee. I do have two complaints - lack of rich notifications and no animal specific detection. Neither are dealbreakers for me.

Yeah I should have been more specific about the animal notification thing. Only the doorbell doesn’t have that detection. All my other Reolink camera do. It’s unfortunate that it takes a workaround for rich notifications. It’s a pretty common feature among even lower end cameras. BTW I love my CX410s. Just added an E1 Outdoor CX. It’s good but not quite the level of the 410.

I went with the Reolink Video Doorbell. HomeKit Secure Video works great.

Agreed. Reolink bell comes with a wedge so it can point slightly to left and right for optimal positioning.

Replink video doorbell and scrypted. Unless you’re already in the now overpriced Ubiquity ecosystem. Another alternative depending on how you have access to your house a camera and a button combined in scrypted to make a HomeKit doorbell.

While it doesn't work with the existing chime, Reolink has slowly become the doorbell to beat. * Powered off existing wiring and transformer * No subscriptions * 2 way audio * Can work with just a SD card * Compatible with 3rd party network video recorders using standard protocols * Operates just fine when blocking it from the internet(good for privacy and when it no longer receives security patches someday) This also plays well with hubs like Home Assistant. I have mine setup to cast a MP3 as a custom doorbell sound.

Yep. I’ve started ditching all my WiFi devices for Reolink with NVR. WiFi devices are spotty at best and I’m tired of paying subscriptions.

Reolink's documentation confirms that the doorbells don't ring the mechanical chime. They only take power from it, and you need to bypass the chime to do so. I use a Zigbee relay and have HA capture the visitor event to close and open it real quick.

The use of the existing chime is the usual sticking point, which requires some rewiring. Most door bells are just creating a circuit, which is what the press of the button does, cause the chime to ring. A video door bell requires always on. Drop the existing chime requirement, then it becomes easy. Still a little bit of rewiring to make the circuit always on - presuming the existing chime isn't battery powered. First thing I would do is look to see what you have now. That will give you an idea of what is required. As for the bell itself, I would recommend the Reolink. If you have good wi-fi signal at the door then the wifi version works fine. It comes with a chime you can locate in the house somewhere. No subscription required. The installation instructions are on the Reolink web site so get them before purchase and see whether what you have can be adapted.

Reolink. The easiest way with no existing wiring is to run network cable and use POE to power it.

Reolink is probably the main one. No subscription, full RTSP support so you can just pull the raw video feed if you want.

How do you quantify garbage? For me, it works fine. I rarely use the app as I have it going in to Frigate and Home Assistant. The app is used for setup and initial configuration, which it does well. Once it is online I can use the built in web server to do a lot of the work. I don't really think anyone can answer that question, because what would seem garbage for you and your needs will be fine for someone else.

Definitely +1 for Reolink

We been using reolink for couple of years now and its been great so far!

Only good doorbell for home assistant is the Reolink. its cheap and amazing

instat for me, but im running a i5 nuc with 16gb ram so might be longer for other hardware

Reolink unless you already have a unifi protect console. I swapped from amcrest to unifi, it wasn't really needed but I wanted the finger print reader.

Reolink was already recommended but I’m here to second it. You can do local storage on your own wifi or store video in an sd card in the camera. Got it because I didn’t want a subscription and wanted exclusive access to the video, not stored on someone else’s servers

All Google Assistant doorbells do this. Open Google Home app, go to live view for the doorbell, ‘…’ icon top right, Settings, then turn on Voice Announcements. It explains exactly what what this option does on that page, which is produce visitor announcements on GA speakers which of course includes the Google Home Mini. Not really sure what the point of “proving” this is but here are some screenshots of this setting for the Reolink doorbell. It works exactly as OP wants, ie chime on a Google Home Mini when the doorbell button is pressed. https://preview.redd.it/ljjk8i5ddp8e1.jpeg?width=2358&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7adfd732599ad20e40fb70566a177af3b821aac0 I also have Arlo and Aosu doorbells on other properties which work in exactly the same way, also chiming to one or more Google Home Minis. This has worked for many years.

Home Assistant + Frigate & my Reolink Doorbell do this perfectly.

Home Assistant is a smart home platform which handles the UI of all that stuff. Frigate is the NVR software that the camera connects to. I get doorbell press events, 2 way audio etc. All while the Reolink doorbell only has LAN access and is connected via HTTP FLV and RTSP/ONVIF.

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

I have no problem with the reolink app. It works and is pretty straightforward. It usesy Synology as an NVR which is great. I haven't done much with it inside HA so far.

I have the reolink doorbell and cameras. With home assistant I am able to trigger my home speakers with a chime, and don't need the included one

so far they are really good for no subscription, but be aware, compared to some other options, their person detection is a little lack luster.

the reolink camera is poe and wifi. the black one is 16x12 while the white one is tall at 12x16 (i might be wrong and there may be a wifi only option)

I'm just using a third party NVR with my Reolink doorbell and it's working fine. I installed it the other day, I haven't yet found out how to make the notification of the doorbell more prominent on my Android phone.

Worth contacting reolink maybe as you might have a detective unit, I've never noticed our chime fail in the year we've had ours. It's pressed most days.

Reolink has been great. Never tried Ubiquiti. Would love to know what makes Ubiquiti worth the cost difference. I can still return my Reolink.

I'm strongly leaning at getting one of these. I just bought a Reolink two weeks ago and the thing absolutely just will not pair to the plug-in chime. Anyone know how they compare aside from a basic install flaw?

The chime pairing thing was my own dumb fault. I didn’t initialize it through the UI. After that it has been working flawlessly. It’s responsive, great quality, great audio. Haven’t played with motion detection settings yet but overall I’m very satisfied. Also got it and all my other Reolink cams working with Protect through my UDMP using unifi-cam-proxy. Using the UDMP as my NVR now so I was able to eliminate my Reolink nvr from my server closet

So far I really like the reolink we just got. Before this we had the amcrest doorbell because we have their NVR and other cameras. It was never a smooth functioning doorbell and completely gave out after a little over a year. Reolink has been very easy to use and responsive. I just haven't figured out the wiring stuff for the chime but quite frankly I prefer just having it alert my phone anyway.

Reolink cameras do not need a subscription. The function beautifully without it and in fact if you add their NVR or home hub it even makes less sense to get a subscription. The cameras can also record directly to FTP for example if you have an Nas setup pretty much anywhere in the world. Very versatile cameras with great performance. I've had the doorbell for about a year and a half now and it's been excellent. The beautiful thing about it as well is it has Wi-Fi and Poe options built into the same device. Presently using it with Wi-Fi but this summer I'm going to use its Poe capabilities.

Reolink is fantastic

Home Assistant is the way to go. I setup my Reolink doorbell feed to have a door lock toggle via the lock icon on the bottom left corner. It will lock/unlock my deadbolt (Kwikset) by just tapping the icon. The icon changes to indicate the current lock status. This is a screenshot of my custom dashboard on my phone. This will work for any doorbell video feed and smart lock that you have integrated into Home Assistant. That's the beauty of Home Assistant, as you can pretty much customize any device to display and control however you like. https://preview.redd.it/jlvr5bs3ua5d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=52dd347136a53853dcb1e77ae7ce1149a1a0610f

I’ve just got the Reolink (swapped from a gen 1 Nest), it’s hard wired and I have it recording to a SD card 24/7. The notifications are spot on, it sends a picture and the person is always in it (so far!). It doesn’t do the face recognition like the Nest though

Reolink + Scrypted has been great for me

You probably want the wire to be hidden so an electrician might be best. As for the doorbell. If you are going through the trouble of having a wired one, ring is a bad option because it does not support 24/7 recording or have a sd card for local storage. Personally I use reolink which has both and does not require a subscription, but the downside is that you need to use a workout for rich notification since that feature *is* locked behind a subscription. In any case. I would at least avoid Ring. The notifications are either too sensitive, not sensitive enough, and the fact that it isn't always on means it's super prone to lagging out and missing stuff whenever the motion sensing is slow to react or the camera isn't 'on' when you try to view it.

You won’t get notifications on Unifi either. I have a Reolink doorbell and when Unifi came out with ONVIF support, I added it out of curiosity. Works. Records. Nothing else.

The Reolink doorbell is very good. Had mine for two years, I use mine in HKSV through Scrypted

For what it’s worth, the problem is not scrypted. The problem is ring due to its cloud based stream. HomeKit native will obviously be much better but something like Reolink or Amcrest doorbell will work much better with scrypted as they both support ONVIF and RTSP which are local feeds.

\+1 to the Reolink. Has an excellent integration and has been really reliable for me so far.

Same. I've had my up since December and it hasn't skipped a beat plus it has excellent image quality. The only downside for some that it doesn't have the ability to connect up to any existing doorbell chime and you can only use its own plug-in type (which has been working perfectly for me).

Reolink can be stored locally. If you set up your netwerk correctly it’s also safe

Reolink is basically plug and play with an NVR, but if you’re worried about privacy, you need more knowledge to set up VLANs

The only thing that might be needed additionally would be a home hub IF you want to be notified in the home without carrying your phone with you. The home hub functions as a "chime". It also acts as another sd-card expansion.

Interesting. Mine didn't come with a chime.

This isn't directly helpful but I refuse to have any Ring products in my home. The whole using my doorbell to give the police my own footage without my permission really turned me off from ever using ring, despite them ending it at some point.  I use Reolink based on a ton of recommendations and I'm incredibly happy that I went with Reolink. 

This isn't directly helpful but I refuse to have any Ring products in my home. The whole using my doorbell to give the police my own footage without my permission really turned me off from ever using ring, despite them ending it at some point.  I use Reolink based on a ton of recommendations and I'm incredibly happy that I went with Reolink. 

I tried one of the reolink models but decided to return it and wait for this new model that supports mechanical chimes since I have all of that wiring. I did connect it to protect over onvif and it really worked fine. I will said I liked how much more responsive the reolink was to doorbell presses and also usable 2 way conversations.

Reolink. Hands down.

Reolink. Hands down.

Doorbell works perfectly fine with Frigate. I've had mine going for 2+ years. There were some reolink issues historically (and I've had some issues with my Duo 2) but the doorbell is not an issue in Frigate or BI.

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.

The only real reason to go with Amcrest over Reolink is that Amcrest can integrate with an existing doorbell chime. It sounds like that isn't a requirement for you so Reolink would be the way to go.

This! Love all my Reolink gear

I've got reolink poe cameras and very happy with them. Whenever my ring doorbell breaks I'm getting the reolink doorbell.

Negative. I have the reolink doorbell and record everything locally to my synology. I don't use their cloud, no subscription, no other Reolink gear. I really like the doorbell. The feature set is nice and it was very easy to set up.

I’ve been super happy with my reolink doorbell. I had an amcrest before that was meh. Which surprised me. My other amcrest cameras have performed really well.

Personally if I had my time again I'd invest in Reolink over Ring. The increases on Ring Protect pricing has been a bastard.

I just switched from Nest doorbell (slow, cloud based, contains a non-replaceable battery that fails after a few years, and worst yet is the disaster of Google software…) to Reolink. I think it meets all your requirements … had it for a few weeks and really liking it.

\+1 It has an SD Card slot and can also stream on the popular protocols to a local server/NAS Edit: Oh one thing you may not expect is that it comes with a wireless chime you plug in to an outlet. This is because the low voltage line doesn't have enough power to run the reolink and the traditional bell on your wall. It has a dozen or so "ring tones" to pick from though so that's kinda cool and adjustable volume.

Using reolink with frigate. Works great. 2 cameras and door bell

Get Reolink doorbell. It can use existing chime and reolink’s chime(included) if you like. Works via WiFi or Ethernet. It can record to SD card or you can record stream from computer/server. Works great with HA. Only useful thing for me that is behind paywall are rich notifications (it can send a picture within notification when someone rings a bell), but you can achieve the same with HA.

Reolink for sure

I think the newer cameras are more flexible. I'm using my doorbell and the floodlight duo with frigate to record 24x7 and it's working fine. But I have heard of incompatibilities in some cases

You can do this with Scrypted by itself and a reolink doorbell. Scrypted provides an NVR. https://demo.scrypted.app

Watch Youtube LifeHackster reviews of Reolinnk cams including their doorbell cam models, POE, wired wifi and battery. The wired versions cannot use existing chimes, they use a plug in one that comes with the cam. Also Reolink does not have pics with notifications, just text, but you can buy an app the adds that if you want called Pushover for $5. You can recod to card in the camera, no subscription. For advanced recordings you could buy the Home Hub or an NVR.

My doorbell cam does not have very many false alerts. In top post "welcome to the official..." there's a section how to reduce false alerts, helps a lot to turn off "others" in recording and notification schedules.

Reolink doorbell is solid, been working reliably for about a year no issues. Regularly updated firmware (they just added hdr for example). But I've not tried any others to compare it to.

Reolink is the best one in my opinion. No subscription no account.

The reolink doorbells come with a chime. It's wireless but not hooked into the smart home world per se so i wouldn't say you're relying on your smart home any more than any other non smart wireless doorbell

I agree having an old school chime is the most reliable. I think a lot of new homes don't even come with that wiring, and a lot of old homes have lost it over the years (my 100-year old home had the transformer but everything downstream of that was gone).

And even the reolinks that come with the chime, if you have a front and back door bell, they can't share the chimes, so you have to have two of them. Stupid design imo.

This is why I went with Reolink after everyone else started charging a subscription fee

The best OEM Homekit experience youll get is with an Aqara doorbell, however if you can deal with some tinkering a Reolink or Unifi doorbell combined with scrypted is absolutely rock solid, I've been running the Reolink Doorbell via scrypted for over a year as well as 8 other Reolink cameras and you wouldnt even know they weren't OEM, everything works such as facial detection, onvif , HomePod and Apple TV announcements

Reolink

Nope I bought a 4 pack of their new e330s had to return all 4 , switched to reolink way better

Yes I have my reo link doorbell in frigate. No voice response yet though I just haven’t really worked on it

I have a Reolink one, swapped from Ring about a year ago and never looked back. Like you I refused to pay the subscription and it wouldn't let me hook it up to a nas drive so I binned it. Compared to the Ring camera Reolink is far better response time meaning I can actually answer remotely when someone presses the bell. The app is a little basic compared to the features in ring, but still functional. You can add an SD card to give you playback rather than paying for their cloud, or you can point it at a nas drive locally if you're a bit more tech inclined

Reolink, I also added it to annke nvr to record. Flawless

For what it’s worth, I ended up going for the Reolink + scrypted route. I’ve only had it set up for one day, but so far so good! No drop outs and responds quickly.

Aside from asking for features that don't exist such as your preference in battery (that wouldn't even fit in the device). I like my Reolink. It's available in battery wireless and POE.

My Logitech circle view doorbell just died on me after 2 years. I decided not to purchase another one, I instead got a Reolink doorbell and hooked it up to HomeKit through scrypted. It was free and easy enough for me to do, but I understand not wanting to have to do that! If you’re in direct sunlight like I am, expect your Logitech to overheat and go offline often! Mine also delaminated pretty quickly. Good luck in your search!

Honestly - I ended up doing everything through Reolinks app - I popped in an SD card and called it a day. Scrypted was great but my HomeKit kept going offline and I would go in and fix it and it would work for like 4 days and then go back to being offline. If it helps I really like the Reolink doorbell and app🤷🏽‍♀️

100% agreed. Have a situation where I don’t have regular internet and using a hotspot with limited data but still want cameras. Reolink was pretty much only good option where it only needed the internet when it sensed movement.

It depends on the doorbell and how it is added to Scrypted. Reolink are one of the brands that work really well in Scrypted with everything ported over as you’d expect, and motion detection is done on the doorbell so you won’t have to process all motion locally on your Scryted hardware.

+1 for reolink!

You don’t need a home hub - the Reolink doorbell comes with a wireless chime unit that you plug into any power outlet. If you have a larger home, you can buy additional chime units.

The Reolink doorbell is a great option, just know if you plan on using it with Frigate it'll be a crazy ride. The basics are about normal but if you want two way audio learn from me and just use NGINX to force https. WebRTC which is required for two way needs https in order to capture your mic. I fussed around for hours until I found that bit of info and the corresponding fix. Or you can get the reolink hub and all you're problems will be much simpler but I wanted to save $80.

I have got my 3rd Reolink doorbell, after the first two fogged up within one year. No reolink doorbell anymore for me, next will be a ubiquity. All other reolink camera’s I own work well.

My take is Chinese IOT is fine to use — if it’s on a VLAN and can’t access the Internet. That’s how I use my Reolink doorbell.

Love my Reokink ~ it’s their first attempt at a doorbell and does a good job. I love the local storage and the responsiveness.

FWIW I had a Unifi G4 doorbell since they released it. It died a couple of weeks back. I didn’t feel like I got my money’s worth. It worked fine for a while but eventually I was always fighting signal issues and dropping out. Eventually it stopped being able to activate the chime, so I just bypassed the chime box. It lasted 4 or 5 years, but I felt it should have lasted longer. One day I noticed that it was offline. I tried other transformers and power supplies, it was toast. So, I replaced it with a Reolink and brought it into HomeKit with Scrypted. So far so good. And it was on sale for $80 on Amazon for pre-BF sale. Works every bit was well with motion detection, and seems to perform a lot better in low light vs my old Unifi G4 doorbell. 

Reolink hands down. I have an automation that does exactly what you are looking for.

This is true for cameras but less so for doorbells. An awful lot (almost all) of doorbells are 'smart home' products, that don't just have a basic web interface but rather force you to use some shitty app. Take the amcrest one- it'll work locally with a NVR, but you still have to configure it with an app, and if you cut off its internet connection to Amcrest cloud the LED blinks differently. Cameras there's plenty of options that are happy to work locally. Doorbells, not so much. Ubiquiti UniFi is one, I think Dahua also has one. Reolink too although you may need an app to set it up.

Good point. I actually helped someone set up the POE NVR version with their reolink NVR. Worked great.

Get a reolink imo Nest is good, as long as you have good wifi. But without the nest aware subscription, you are limited to event playback in a 3 hour window. With a reolink you wont be tied to a subscription

Reolink is my first option. I had a google nest doorbell and replaced it with a Reolink. The nest was slow at warning me when someone was at the door and pressed the bell. I would get a notification 30 seconds to 3 minutes late and could not interact with the person at the door. I’m in Europe and I feel the google/nest servers are lagging enormously. With Reolink and its HA integration things are local (no laggy google server) and it works great.

I have a Reolink doorbell that’s isolated from the internet. I can access the doorbell video feed from the Reolink app no problem when I’m connected to my home network. For push notifications I have it set up through home assistant- not sure if the Reolink app itself can send notifications with the camera being isolated from the internet.

Reolink, very decent.

I’d recommend against it personally. I’ve got mine setup with a Reolink doorbell cam and I either lose connection regularly (closing home app seems to get it back for some reason) or lose the ability to scrub recordings and that’ll just randomly reappear. I’m seriously considering swapping to a native doorbell setup.

Cannot stress the affordability and flexibility and reliability of reolink enough