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.

I've been happy with my Wyze doorbells, having switched from Arlo a few years ago. (Plural, because I keep upgrading them.) There's a good chance that your Arlo issue is just due to the age of the camera, if yours is the original from 2019. The technology has come a long way very quickly, I'm pretty sure a Wyze Doorbell v1 would also feel slow these days.

Also technically Wyze, but then you're locked into their app to view.

Nope, I decided I'm fine staying in their ecosystem. It does 98% of what I need, and I decided that anything that fills in those last 2% isn't important enough for me to spend the time and money chasing perfection.

Ring has been in hot water recently for letting law enforcement (ice) use your cam to find folks. If that concerns you (it should), research that prior. Eufy has also had some bad PR in regards to privacy and then trying to lie about it. At least with Wyze, I don't expect the most secure system at that price. And that's fine, I just don't use their cameras indoors. As for Wyze, my v1 doorbell was the only wyze product I have that failed after a couple years. It was great while it lasted though. And I can replace it and still be less than a single ring.

I use Wyze brand. I have multiple cameras inside/outside and just hit the doorbell. Had the ring but after 10 years it died. Wyze is very easy to setup. The app is very easy to navigate, the picture quality is great. Tge Wyze has a bigger view then Ring on the doorbell camera.

We've been happy with our Wyze doorbell

Cheap and you just pop an SD card in there and don't need their cloud subscription. Granted if you actually want to retrieve that footage it's sorta a pain (it saves in 1 minute increments so you'd need to use 3rd party software to stitch it together) but I really like how easy they are to use.