Wyze Video Doorbell (v1)

The original Wyze doorbell doesn’t have sd storage but the new one does, I have been thinking about upgrading but I can’t justify it because the old one still works fine it just doesn’t have local storage like all of my other Wyze cams

I had the Wyze doorbell launch edition. It was great for about a year and then I started having tons of problems with the cloud storage (which I started having to pay for and somehow got worse) I ended up the Wyze doorbell 2 which Has a MicroSD slot. It's been perfect for a couple years now and was like $50 for the video doorbell and chime module (hooks up to the factory chime box) I wish it supported the 110v wall wart chimes from the old one. I think I had to replace the SD card once but That's pretty minor.

The doorbell sucks, I hooked up outdoor cameras & a doorbell Pro, wireless doorbell. The others send notifications & events as their supposed to do, but the doorbell I'd more useless than a regular doorbell as far as smart event detecting or even event recording for all motion. We get nothing.  Their other cameras ain't bad but apparently they don't compare to wyzea doorbells *this doorbell roku has that is supposedly created & codes by wyze *originaly* doesnt come close to the 1st gen doorbells by wyze, so I'm  pretty sure their newer doorbells blow this roku doorbell away in comparison. I have used the 1st Gen wyze doorbells as regular security cameras placed up higher than a doorbell, where the outdoor cams should go & these record events 247 with no subscription,  they do way better with a subscription though, especially if you have any of the new ai models.  They have 1 camera that still sends the events to the Ai at wyze who then follows whatever protocol you set up for your events & the other one has AI on the camera & it acts immediately & can tell the difference between a passing a car & one pulling into a drive way or the difference with person walking by my house or one carrying a package to the door.  And will even tell you what kind of event they caught & recorded...Whereas roku can't even record events like the door being OPENED...so lame & mad I wasted her money on this whole system & prepaid a yr for it, now I gotta go pull them all down , order the same setup I have at home for her & find someone to take that subscription & it's crap equipment off our hands.  *sigh* 

Same, in addition to the wired doorbell cam.

Avoid Nest. Ring works, but I’ve also had a good experience with Wyze products. But any of these products depend on Internet connections to a Cloud server. You can increase reliability and lower costs with IP cameras and a small NVR.

I second this and will add that all of their cameras are great. Went from foscam to Nest to Wyze and now I've found peace with tpLink/Tapo.

I have a Wyze doorbell. You need a working internet to notify the cell phone, but the ring on the physical chime is done locally and doesn't go over the internet.

https://preview.redd.it/770va1u6hgbf1.png?width=678&format=png&auto=webp&s=ee0614ff85f98609ea5b4c46c741ffdfc424c2f7 I'm using the Wyze doorbell successfully with the Wyze Bridge Docker container to get the stream into Frigate.

I use wyze cam doorbell with docker wyze bridge

Well...there's few doorbell cams that have local storage, we use a Wyze which will record to an SD card and we just access the footage from the app. It works well though lots of people have issues with Wyze for privacy issues. We have a couple solar outdoor cameras, again they record to an SD card and you access the footage from an app... They all do about the same thing to be honest. You're going to be hard pressed on free + AI integration, that's how the companies continue to make money is by charging you for extra services, cloud storage and AI are usually two of those things. I have heard very good things about the Eufy ecosystem, they have a dedicated base unit they record to, so you don't actually need to worry about cloud, and if a camera breaks or is lost/stolen, the footage isn't lost with the camera. They also have solar cameras and a door bell so no batteries. I have not tried them though as I'm not really needing to upgrade from what we have at the moment since it all works (well enough)