Wyze Video Doorbell v2

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.

Was coming here to suggest Wyze. We’re happy with our Pro v2. US-based company as well. SD records 24/7 and subscription is affordable if you choose to sign up (around $3/mos)

Same, in addition to the wired doorbell cam.

I'm currently running it with no subscription it wouldn't works it picks up people, vehicle, and pets great and stores them for 30 days. But, when it doesn't work it's normally because it needs to be reset not because it's not picking anything up. I'm dumping it as soon as I find an alternative.

I think that's what I have now. Every couple of days it stops picking stuff up and have to go into the software and then click on "reset" and then it starts working again.

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)