Video Doorbell

[securespark]

No. 1 son has recently completed on his house purchase and wants a video doorbell. He had his heart set on a Ring, but they now want subs, so he's not keen.

He's asked me for help (Cos you're an electrician, Dad...). I've done my usual go-to and looked up Which? best buys.

They are dominated by Ring. There's also Arlo, which needs subs. Theres another, Tapo, which is only great value and not a best buy.

Then there's Eufy and Ubiquiti G4. The Ubiquiti G4 (non PoE) is a best buy with the highest rating (apart from its PoE brother), but is out of stock.

The Eufy gets some poor reviews and something about not being able to connect a mains powered Eufy to a home base?

I feel a bit of weight on my shoulders:

Son asks for a recommendation for a product.

I recommend a product.

Son buys it.

Son doesn't like it.

"Dad...! This doorbell's ****!"

Anybody bought anything other than Ring that doesn't require a subscription and how do you rate it?

 

[pcaouolte]

I have a Eufy doorbell and a Home base. The doorbell is battery powered, I didn't use the option to have a wired power connection. It's ok but can be a bit slow. Sometimes it's fast enough to talk to a visitor who has rung the bell but at other times the visitor has left before I get a reliable connection. It needs a good network connection at both ends (home and mobile). It does reliably send notifications to my phone when it sees a person and it is fairly good at recognising known people so that I can choose whether to be notified when other members of the household come home or only to be notified for strangers. I don't have any other make to compare it to but I had hoped that it would be faster to connect than it is.

 

[Diver Fred]

I bought a 'Ring' doorbell this year (on the Amazon offer period). AFAIK there is an option for subscription but it isn't necessary. I don't subscribe, so it doesn't have the storage capability that is as much as I can see is missing.
I've been notified that I have someone at the door when I was on Holiday. Is that all that matters?

 

[foxhole]

Got a cheap video doorbell from Aldi £1.99.