I really didn’t like mine. It was unreliable at actually recording people in my doorway. I was running it on battery only (no doorbell wire) and it was just not working for me.
I was also not a fan of the indoor unit. It required an outlet relatively close to my door (concrete construction) and was just unsightly no matter where I put it.
I eventually installed Ethernet and bought a unifi doorbell lite which is 100x better for me
Personally love the Unifi doorbell cameras (it does require more than just getting the doorbell - also needs a cloudkey gen2+ or another device with the protect application installed). I have the G4 Doorbell pro and I can hear across the street and down the road. The analytics are also pretty fantastic. The models and prices are the Doorbell G4 ($200) G4 pro ($300) G4 Pro PoE ($379) Doorbell lite ($99), G6 Entry ($279)
Then like stated before, you have to have a cloudkey gen2+ ($249) or unvr-instant ($200)
I install this stuff professionally and while there are other great options out there this is the best ive dealt with for cost to performance.
Thats so fair 😂 my issue is needing people to talk me OUT of getting more. Seriously look at getting the doorbell lite. From everything I've read and talked to people about, its an amazing low cost alternative.
I bought a lite for my side door and a G6 entry for the front door. Will be replacing the ring doorbell. Not as worried about the fov since I have other 4k cameras that they have to walk past to get to the front door. I think the pro version not yet released has too many features I will never use.
Reolink PoE doorbell and Ubiquiti Doorbell Lite are the current best 2 doorbells for residential use as of now, IMO. Which one to use depends on some factors.
Ubiquiti uses facial recognition and has some license plate recognition as well.
They don't store any data tho, but if you want to be super safe with privacy then isolate the cameras from the internet.
At the moment it is Reolink PoE doorbell and Ubiquiti Doorbell Lite. Note both options are PoE. PoE is the best, not Wi-Fi. What to go with really depends on your full camera system.
G6 doorbell next year will be the best for residential use, hand down. Reolink could also possibly come up with a new doorbell model, we'll see.
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No subscription, local storage, HA-friendly; no mechanical chime.
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