Ubiquiti - G4 Doorbell Pro

I just did a switch from Ring to the G4 Pro. The doorbell is wired but I am using WiFi. The video is equivalent or better than Ring, and I was also surprised by the package camera, which is excellent. The doorbell transformer was an easy swap from Ring to Unifi. It helped to watch a couple of YouTube videos. The hardest part was getting the doorbell wire clips tucked behind the casing. This video helped me with the install [https://youtu.be/\_WuFLk903og?si=YeGNLjDnAah-VrHW](https://youtu.be/_WuFLk903og?si=YeGNLjDnAah-VrHW) I have added my own GIF, which is a cool feature and I just added my fingerprint, to eventually use Home Assistant to connect with my Yale door lock. The Unifi doorbell features are great. I like it much better than Ring.

I bought the unifi g4 pro for this, i have it tied into home assistant and have a bunch of pre-configured tts messages on streamdeck at my desk

I fitted one to a UK brick this week, impressed with the quality. The one thing I really don’t like is the amount of brick to get it flush or the huge mounting bracket. Makes it stand prob a large amount. If I G5 is in the works I would hope the RJ45 connection on the rear is recessed or more flush.

Unifi Protect doorbell has been good for me.

Yeah, I have it. The ubiquiti ecosystem just rocks. The user flows in their apps, the hardware, the locally stored data archive and security features for remote access. It's not a value brand, but it rocks—if you have money I would go with ubiquiti everything and never look back—I think of them like I think of Apple in terms of UX and core tech. If you have the network gear it's just like that but applied to security. Slick. I have something like a 16TB security drive in my UDM pro that logs my 10+ cameras locally for some months, then a rolling backup to a NAS that gives me a year+ of logging in case we are slow to notice something. It's all completely rock solid, and their wifi gear has enough juice that I haven't bothered pulling POE for most of them. I never scratch more than 40% of my wireless bandwidth. Funnily, the G4 just more than paid for itself as I was able to prove to a contractor that their guy created some gnarly property damage. It was far away but clear as day. I panned easily through at high speed to find the right time, capped the frames, archived them and sent in like 3min.

The poe doorbell from unifi is worth it. There are a bunch on ebay rn.

I pay for the Ecobee service but it is for the sake of their security system, not the doorbell. I find it’s a fair price compared to what I have paid in the past with various services (ADT, Ring, etc.). I didn’t bother with their doorbell because it doesn’t have HKSV and the indoor camera was absolute trash. The way it integrates with the security system in the Ecobee app is weird and I hate it because it automatically disables the camera every time the system is disarmed and only enables it when armed. Not sure if the doorbell behaves the same way. I guess being able to answer the doorbell on an ecobee thermostat could be handy depending on your setup but mine is right by the front door so I might as well just open the door at that point. I recently upgraded from a Nest to the Unifi G4 Pro PoE after reading horrible reviews on both iterations of the Aqara doorbell and couldn’t be happier. They have a WiFi version, but it takes you down a rabbit hole of rather expensive proprietary network gear to get everything going and might not fit in the location you have but definitely check it out as an option to consider.

Seeing a number of complaints over at r/Aqara Looks like they're pushing out firmware updates to address some of it, but the original doorbell still has a handful of problems so I would be hesitant to rely on a "maybe they'll get it fixed" when there are out of the box solutions that will just work. There's a WiFi version of the Unifi doorbell that runs on existing doorbell wiring which solves your PoE issue, but again there's additional equipment needed to run their "Protect" line of products. Makes it a tough sell when the price of admission just to get a doorbell up and running is \~$600 minimum.

I moved to UniFi and their doorbell is 10000x better. The video quality is incomparable.

My Ring doorbell was useless. It missed events all the time, the intercom barely worked, and the video quality was garbage. I replaced it with a UniFi wifi doorbell and all those problems went away.

Damn, and I just got the G4 Pro a few months ago lol. I don't use electronic locks, so no big deal, but...

BUT I MUST HAVE THE NEWEST THING 😂

I have the same, but wifi not POE. At first the doorbell kept loosing power. After a good charge for a day via usb-c it now runs off my doorbell transformer seamlessly. I use Scrypted to allow for HKSV - but the protect app is much better.