Reolink with zooz zwave 800 low voltage xs relay. I have my old chime running with two different doorbell cams. Bit of a workaround but works reliably.
Second on reolink. I have a 8 camera nvr with an additional doorbell camera. They have a lot of different options for individual cameras depending on where you're placing them and for what purpose, the set up is easy and they work great, no subscription.
I have had my Reolink doorbell camera for about a month now. The first two weeks I was barely getting a weeks use of the battery. But after dialing in the camera and making some tuning adjustments, now after two weeks, the battery is still well above 90%. It looks like it will be awhile before I will know how long the battery will now last.
The changes? Making sure the camera was on the best WIFI network. My 2.4ghz band is more reliable at that location than my 5ghz was. Assigned a fixed IP address to the camera, to make it easier and faster to reconnect if it looses the wifi connection. I was getting a lot of motion events from wind blowing the tree leaves and such, so blocking the detection from those areas greatly reduced the number of motion events (now I only get motion events (and alerts) if someone is actually on the porch). The point I am trying to make is that you can extend the battery life with some simple configuration changes.
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The Reolink has been really good for me and no fees. I’m a renter too and had to buy a generic bracket to fit it on the door, but if you’re interested I can give you more deets on how I did that. It works really well for me. Battery lasts about 4-5 weeks before recharge. Very adjustable settings and economically priced compared to others. No 24/7 recording, but like the others have said, that’s not really possible with battery-powered.
With 230v running through the chime and button (which sounds crazy to me) you could probably get away with using a Zigbee dry contact sensor like a Shelly for chime events.
Anything else is going to require a transformer to step down to a “normal” level of 12-24 volts.
The Reolink WiFi will work fine with this but won’t drive a mechanical chime. You have to use the one it came with. It also comes with a transformer, at least the US version does, (a small power brick) that you might be able to use the existing wiring in your wall for after it’s disconnected from the mains. That’s exactly what I did. My existing doorbell transformer wasn’t adequate so I just used the one that came with it instead. It came with a wireless chime that I use inside the house.
The WiFi + battery version can drive a mechanical chime typical in USA applications but it sucks and doesn’t even work with HA anyway.
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