Ultimate Battery Doorbell Showdown 2022 || Ring, Eufy, Nest, Blink, and 360.
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- Battery video doorbells have come a long way in the last 2 years, but which doorbell is BEST? This video is sponsored by HolidayCoro (www.holidaycoro.com/?Click=12722) check out their huge supply of holiday light show products using my link to help support The Hook Up.
🔔 Top Recommendation || Ring Video Doorbell 4 🔔
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🔔 Budget Pick || Blink Video Doorbell 🔔
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🔔 Most Potential || Eufy Dual 🔔
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00:00 Intro
01:06 Motion Detection Speed
02:42 Field of View
03:52 Two Way Talk
08:39 Battery Life
10:00 Video Quality
10:25 App Features
10:43 Alexa and Google Home
12:16 Person Detection
12:54 Notifications
13:10 Conclusions and Recommendations - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
"I swear I'm not Crazy" .. Love it.
You should also mention there's a giant security flaw with Eufy doorbells and their homebase setups. Videos stored on the HB are encrypted with a hash that's tied to the doorbell so if someone steals the doorbell and unsynchs it (basically press and hold the synch button for 10 secs), your videos are now useless. Eufy won't fix this is and should be considered a major deal breaker.
I just saw the installation tutorial where it shows how to remove the Eufy doorbell with just a pin?!? 😮 They could have at least made it a screw!
Would you please make a video testing dashcams? There is a massive lack of reviews and quality testing on youtube.
I've added it to the videos list.
I’m looking for one as well!
@@TheHookUp I sort of want to see the rig you'll use to run a few of them at once XD
yes! Really good ones. I have had so many show they were recording and had nothing when I needed it. For whatever reason that particular 5 minutes was missing, but the rest was there...
This is a great idea! I’ve always wanted a dash cam but like Ramon I can’t figure out what’s good and what is not
man, you hobby is AMAZING but equally time consuming - these 15 minutes took you probably hundreds of hours to prepare ;-). I love your non-biased reviews. You are probably the one of "The Last of the Mohicans"
On Twitter he said that this took months on the making, so you're probably right! I don't think I'll ever buy a video doorbell but I still watch this videos purely based on the great info and how well put together they are.
I have watched so many review videos and this one is BY FAR the most comprehensive and LEAST BIASED one. awesome job!!!
This is the second home in which th-cam.com/users/postUgkx0jZ_lGlDVJhDnmagEU8gn47cmfPNlLQU we've replaced our "regular" doorbell with a Ring video doorbell and we really enjoy it. It is very easy to install and it works very well, with a clear picture through the app and good in-home use (we added the chime, which is also easy to install and doesn't require another thought to use).
I've seen so many of these spam comments it's made me not want to buy a Ring branded camera. So ironic Amazon who's against fake reviews is paying for these spam comments...
I have the battery powered Ring, and my experiences with it line up well with your tests. The pre-roll implementation was a game changer, and my thoughts about the battery powered version went from a 6/10 to 8/10 when comparing to it's hard wired counterpart.
Once again, a great review.
And a big thanks for actually reviewing battery-powered doorbells for folks like me (and you) who can't easily wire-in one of these things.
Should definitely mention that the Nest Aware subscription covers ALL devices in the home whereas the Ring subscription is per device. If you have a lot of Nest devices vs a lot of Ring devices, Nest Aware is cheaper.
Best videos by far for concise and honest information. Thanks for your effort you put in to each video.
You are a machine when it comes to keeping up with the comments and engaging with your community! Awesome work!
Thanks Steven!
Great reviews. I own the Eufy wired 2k video doorbell and it had been reliable in recognizing people at my front door. The Google Nest subscription fee is a non-starter - the same goes for Ring.
Best review out there. I have to buy a wired one this weekend but will be watching your review when it comes out to see if I made the right choice! You’re a rock star.
+1 for wired doorbell review. Appreciate watching your reviews as it seems to match with the stages in my life where I am getting to do all those things… putting up holiday decorations, or blue iris nvr, or sensors or … you get the idea. In the market for a new wired doorbell. The G4 (not pro) hasn’t been working well for me or at all really between firmware update and everything. Just want something simple I can do a feed to blue iris, connect to home assistant for some automation work, and call it a day. Looking forward to the review.
WOW, very detailed testing - i love it! Thank you so, so much!
man this is such a detailed and useful video, thanks for doing this!
I switched from Rin to Google when we sold our home. Face identification and and package detection alerts are nice, but it just can't compete with the Ring doorbell paired with the Ring Floodlight Cam. Pro tip, try placing your old model Ring doorbell in your mailbox using Velcro. Pretty handy to have eyes inside your mailbox. ;)
This was an INCREDIBLY thorough and well-done review. KUDOS and thank you for your hard research!!!
Great review! I have the Ring Video Pro hardwired doorbell for a year or so & it works great!
Great video, as usual! Thanks for the solid reviews!
You effort on this video was reallllyy appreciated thank you ever so much. This will definitely help me in thinking about which doorbell to get. X
Thank you!! I am a new homeowner and I do not know where to begin. This was beyond helpful!
That was the best comparison and informational material I've seen on the doorbells. Thank you very much for that!
This is next level reviewing. Epic!
great coverage Rob, thank you!!
Excellent review! Thank you so much for the great effort, I need to pick one for my family
I’ve owned 2x Eufy 2k cameras (we moved and left the first one at old house), and generally like them, but one big issue needs to be pointed out: they have recently started putting obtrusive ads for their other products in the UI. I wouldn’t care so much if they were just banners in the corner, but they sometimes pop up on the entire screen when you are trying to access the camera feed! So you have to go through and click to close it, which takes like 5 seconds because of fat-fingers and small hit-box for the close button and also the slow UI. That may not sound like much, but when combined with the already existing delay time to bring up the camera feed once you finally get past the ad and can click on it, you can get an obnoxious delay to the point that the event you wanted to see is already over. It’s an unnecessary and very annoying thing, which was introduced in the last year (never saw it before that).
Good point, I have also noticed that.
My eufy 2k constantly does not connect to Wi-Fi or misses everything entirely. I would use anything but eufy
I had this complaint as well but they have since improved it. On iOS I never get full screen blocks and only get still-annoying red circles to let me know I have "new notifications" which are always basically ads.
Well reaearched and full of information. Had to sub.
front door sign "ring any or all of them... I swear Im not crazy" LOL !!!
Thank you for this review. Helps me a lot with making a decision.
I have mostly blink minis inside and their doorbell, but I do use a V3 for the exterior 🤷🏼♂️
I think for the blink Doorbell talk, you might need to hold the 🔵 talk button in the app ✌🏼
Appreciate your videos very detailed and objective 🔥🔥🔥
Finally an actual review!!!! Ty so much!
Thank you. Helpful as always.
Very well done!! Good job guys
I absolutely loved the sign on the doorbell block... yeah, we know you're crazy! =)
Great video as always. Sad times that there still isn't one which is great and can be locally contained inside your home network. One day...
For now, I'm sticking with my clean looking Xiaomi ZigBee button as a doorbell, whilst having the fun of guessing who is at the door each time.
Thanks for this content! Exactly what I've been comparing with the exception of the Unity Early Access version
The UniFi G4 Pro Doorbell isn't battery powered, so it will be in my next video (on powered doorbells), not this one.
@@TheHookUp which cannot come quick enough!!
Fantastic comparison video! I’ve noticed Nest Doorbell 2 has a further distance of picking up motion while the Ring Doorbell Pro 2 is shorter. I can’t wait till the updated June 2024 video.
Great reviews! Thank you. I would have added a vandalism test to compare how easy to remove/rob the doorbell.
Overall this is the best battery doorbell comparison test. The only thing letting the Nest doorbell down is the low resolution & the restricted 3 hour event recording that is included without subscription. Hopefully Google will improve this on their next release & give at least 12 hours of event recording free. (Edit) Its lithium battery performance is poor at temperatures near zero degrees & lower. Not only does it loose charge quicker it affects performance where artifacts can be seen in the video footage.
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I've loved my Eufy Dual Cam since I got it a few weeks ago. It has allowed me to both monitor for packages and determine when people have or have not visited our house. My dad has dementia and constantly mentions people visiting. All I have to do is look to see any events that have occurred, and most of the time, there are none. When packages are dropped off (mostly for me), I can then let my dad know to pick them up. He doesn't always realize they have been dropped off despite getting event alerts on his iphone.
Sorry to hear about your Dad, but glad that smart tech can assist and make your life a little easier.
@@TheHookUp it has helped immensely. One day my dad had a fall...and ended up calling the paramedics, and they took him to the hospital to get checked out. I didn't hear about it until I got home to find an empty house. I frantically look for him...then look at my phone to realize my eufy had recorded the paramedics showing up with the police (to gain entry). When I saw that I knew something had happened and I went about finding out where they took him. Without the eufy I wouldn't have known anything.
Suggestions for improvement: Split the comparison in three videos: Video Quality and Detection, Advanced Features and a summary (like this video) - I would like to get a more in depth comparison. In this video you are running through the topics. Nevertheless i highly rercommend your unbiased comparions! Thanks for your work!
Good video. Very informative. I've installed all of these for customers, friends and/or family and my list is the same as yours. I like the Blink a little more than you do, but I'd still put it 3rd behind Ring and Nest. The quality of the Nest is top notch, but it's just too expensive unless you're someone who doesn't care about that. I usually just recommend the Ring and the Blink.
Man. All our cameras are Blink, but our doorbell is Nest. Been thinking about changing it to Blink. That way all are the same. Your opinion, you think that’s a good move?
@@mikelovell75 I like the Blink, and the doorbell is the cheapest of the well known brands, but if you like your Nest Doorbell and it's working properly, I would probably keep it. The Nest is a higher quality, but also costs a lot more. I wouldn't recommend buying it for that reason, but since you already have it, nothing wrong with having a different doorbell from your regular cameras. I have a Ring 3 Doorbell with all Blink cameras. Hope this helps.
@@therichway8535 Thanks for the input. I will keep. I do like the two way talk response. I comes in handy.
Thank you so much for these comparison reviews. They are super helpful. I have questions about Google Nest. Google has stopped using the Nest app and have pushed people toward the Google Home app. There are a number of complaints about this online. Also curious: does anyone make cam doorbells anymore? :)
Looks nice. Could you compare the best wired versions out there that do have a battery in it in case the power goes down for a few hours?
Any chance you could take a look at Smart Thermostats? I know most people default to either Nest of Ecobee, but I would love to expand on those and other viable options.
Thanks. Good review. Reolink is releasing doorbell cams later this year.
Wired only from what I understand. I’ll be testing them as soon as I can get my hands on them.
I very much appreciate your videos and all the thorough testing you do. If I had just one request, it would be that you also include a review of each company's privacy policy (what they premise, how easy it is to find and understand, and any public track record of good/bad privacy related events). I know that is a lot more work but I think privacy is a key point to consider when choosing cloud connected devices, especially cameras. From what I've seen and read, I think you'd find the Google Nest (and possibly some others) edge out the Ring overall. While Google definitely isn't perfect, Amazon just seems to do so many more questionable things with your data and camera feeds. Still, the rest of your review and testing process is spot on and I really appreciate all the effort you put into "getting it right". Thank you for all the amazing content!
In theory I like that idea. However, I'm a bit cynical of privacy policies. US based companies like Google (Nest) and Amazon (Ring and Blink) have enforceable legally binding privacy policies, but Chinese based companies like Eufy and 360 can pretty much say whatever they want in a privacy policy and there's no recourse if they were to violate it.
@@TheHookUp Thanks for the quick reply! That makes a lot of sense. I do still think it would be worth mentioning in future reviews, even if you just say what you said to me. 🙂
Yout test almost made me not buy the blink ringbell but I still couldn't resist the Prime Day Deal with the Sync module 2, fortunately the two way communication works well for me and with having other cameras covering access to the house it was quite the bargain.
Been my experience with the Ring and the Nest doorbells that the Ring has an alarmingly higher rate of false motion detections even with analytics turned on. One feature about the Nest and Ring battery powered doorbells is that they both can be wired to an existing doorbell. However, with them wired you still have to charge the battery on the Ring whereas the Nest does not. Also Nest now has an annual subscription that lowers the price of the subscription but admittedly is still higher than Ring.
Very useful. Thanks
Just bought the Eufy 2k. No cloud and no subscription were the selling points. I wouldn’t consider a doorbell cam without either of those features.
Awesome review.
😎😎😎👍
I just purchased the wired cheap ring version for my NY house but I normally am in the UK. Let’s see how it works.
Thanks Rob.
Reolink have just released a Doorbell for WiFi and PoE! Worth a comparison! I hate having to recharge my existing Eufy, 2K and love the idea of Reolink PoE Doorbell continuous recording to an NVR whilst offering remote 2 way talk. No recharge! Hopefully works faster over wired PoE too!
I’ll have a review of it as soon as it is available.
Thanks a lot for the excellent test as usual,
So Bad that only nest can work well with Google home.
For the next time maybe a wifi range test?
As the doorbell could Always be the connected object the most away from the access point
Thanks for another great video. You are very thorough which makes your videos standout. I have a 9ft entry way and I was wondering what your thoughts are about just installing a Reolink RLC-811 instead of any of these video doorbells. It would solve the motion detection issue and it's cheaper than some of these. And for audio, it has 2-way audio so couldn't you just tell the person what to do? Do people really have a conversation with someone at the door? I think I'd rather just tell them what to do. What are your thoughts (pros, cons) on this setup?
I have a PoE camera pointed at my front door that I use for "security" purposes, the doorbell camera is purely for easy notifications and 2 way talk. If you have a good location I think an 811A would do just fine.
You technically don't have to pay the subscription for the nest. It will send button press events and zone events to home assistant if you have the SDK configured. Automatically configured to save them in the Media folder.
yup. I have the nest battery doorbell and don't use the subscription. I don't get long recoding savings but I don't really care about that. With that in mind the nest doorbell wins this hands down.
I'm not a fan of battery doorbells. But I totally understand the need for them when it comes to convenience and lack of power or PoE wiring. My ring elite is PoE powered and works like a charm!
Wired is always better if that's an option. For me I would have to pretty much destroy an entire wall inside my house to get power to my front door (concrete block construction).
@@TheHookUp Yep drilling through concrete is not really an option. My walls are 2 by 4s and drywall so it's more manageable.
@@TheHookUp run it under the floor?
I wish! We don’t have basements in Florida, just 12” of concrete as a foundation.
We're have the Nest battery and i do prefer the 3 x 4 aspect ratio the video quality is impressive but it was the quality in audio recordings and the distance it can pick up and still be so clear .. which was the most impressive. Very happy with this purchase.
Your neighbors are no doubt used to this stuff by now but... I still chuckle to myself when I think about amazon delivering a package to your house & looking at your doorbell(s).
Above the doorbells there's actually a sign that says "Testing in progress, I swear I'm not crazy"
@@TheHookUp Haha I love that.
It is pretty obvious that battery operated video doorbells are going to have many shortcomings. Most people currently have wired doorbells they'd like to upgrade to video. Will you please review the wired doorbells. I really appreciate your thorough, in depth reviews. Thanks.
thanks for the video, it's very useful. but why isn't Arlo wireless doorbell included in the test?
Awesome review. Wish I’d watched it before buying the blink doorbell and 2 outdoor cameras. I’m having lots of trouble figuring out how to even use the app/settings of each thing. When I think I have it set right to notify me of movement in my driveway it does not do any of that. And when I wanna watch a live you it won’t let me. I just cannot figure it out and Customer Support is useless, I was on hold for over an hour and then when I finally got someone he was absolutely no help. 😞
I'm having night vision trouble with the Eufy dual wired. Looks washed out, which I think it due to the IR light reflection off a wall. It also seems to keep the IR light on all night. My Eufy 2C mounted just above window height has been much better.
Thanks for the video.
For me one of the most important feature is to be able to replace the battery instead of removing the doorbell to recharge it. the blink is the only one with removable batteries?
In addition, can I set that ringing the blink doorbell will "ring" or play a sound in my google home mini which is placed in my living room?
Thanks
Would you get and review the Reolink video doorbell once is release around July?
Looking forward to seeing your review of the UniFi doorbell too. Have you tested the Amcrest doorbell?
I like your 2 way audio test in the video, it will help a lot of people shopping battery powered video doorbell.
Does anyone delivery guy press all 6 video doorbells during test? 😀
I look forward your TH-cam video on wired video doorbells test.
You gave me the confidence to create my own video doorbell. I use a standard RF doorbell (doorbell > sonoff RF bridge - flashed with tasmota > MQTT > Home Assistant) and 'indoor' TP C110 camera in my porch. NodeRed automation to send a push notification with imgs with around a 2-3 sec delay between doorbell pushed and notification on phone. Tapo camera does not connect outside of local network. I really miss the custom solutions like the door/window sensors, and HA videos in general!
The HA market has come a long way since I started making videos 4 years ago. I started doing custom DIY stuff when the off the shelf stuff either didn't work they way I wanted (no local control), or was too expensive. Something like the WiFi door/window sensors just doesn't make sense anymore. At the time a single zigbee or zwave contact sensor was $35-50, now they are $10-20.
As for the Home Assistant content, in all honesty there's one reason I don't make much of it anymore: Everything Smart Home. Lewis makes such good content so quickly that it's redundant for me to also make them (since it would likely take me longer to put them out).
@@TheHookUp Appreciate the points you raised. The doorbell I made would be around $35 in total, did consider a zigbee button for the doorbell itself, but had the RF doorbell already. The camera was originally used inside as a baby monitor so I put 2 and 2 together to save on ewaste and a few $$$. Other than two-way comms, which we would very rarely use, the whole setup has worked flawlessly.
As for HA content, can appreciate your comments regarding Lewis. I'm just more of a fan of your content. Thanks for the reply.
@@TheHookUp I understand your opinion on this. However, since you use HA and want everything as much local as possible (like me), could you still integrate somewhere in your content how easy it is to get something running (preferably locally) in HA? It doesn't have to be much, just a quick mention or a score will do for me. Good video btw!
@@marcowhocares definitely this last: mention integration ease with ha and local control, for sure!
I definitely still plan on doing that when relevant. None of these options support local control via home assistant. Ring has a good integration, but not local.
For a little context though, my last video on Robotic Vacuums had an entire privacy and home assistant section. My analytics shows that of the ~30,000 people who watched that video only around 4% of them watched that portion of the video, which ultimately hurts the watch time percentage and video exposure. It's a sad truth, but a truth nonetheless.
Brilliant reviews. If you do this again, please also include a test that shows how easy it is to steal one of these (CNET does this test). In those tests, the Google doorbell is awful and can be pulled off it's mount easily. The Ring 4 and Eufycam doorbells are really strong and couldn't be removed.
These doorbells are getting expensive, so it is also a factor when buying them 👍🏽
Omg hahahaha
There are some anti-theft brackets out there you can buy.
Using a Ring POE camera I got for half price on Facebook Marketplace, I think POE is the way to go.... but we were building a house so it was easy to run the cable, etc.
quite a few of these will need hubs and other gear to work. Bought a Ring 4 and love works just fine, added wedge and see the packages. Would buy again.
All the ones that need a hub (Eufy and Blink) have that included in the price I listed.
I have Reolink system camera and NVR . I am looking for a doorbell which could be compatible with the NVR.
Any one of those models or any other would have this feature ?
Hi Rob, I have the Ring Doorbell 2 which I bought in Feb 2020 and my biggest gripe with it is the two-way talk and how laggy it is. For instance, I would speak through my phone and hear my voice being echo'ed back to me, not to mention the amount of time between when the person at the door hears my voice and visa-versa is too long for my liking. Believe me, I've tried everything to attempt to address this, my network is rock solid, etc. With this being said, do you think that perhaps the reason why you had such good performance on the Ring doorbell 4 is that the cloud service is hosted in the USA thus low latency and thus the data doesn't have to travel that far between your phone and the doorbell itself via the cloud? In my case the data has to travel from South Africa to where the Ring cloud is hosted presumably in the USA. I doubt that doorbells belonging to Ring users in SA are routed to a locally hosted cloud here at all. I could be wrong, but I cannot imagine that the 2-way talk feature between the Ring 2 and Ring 4 is that much different, if any at all.
It would be interesting to know where the cloud services for these various doorbells are hosted and what the latency is between your house / phone and the cloud service and how that affects performance esp for 2-day talk and being able to view the camera via the Amazon Echo or Google Nest Hub.
I love this kind of video, very informative and thorough! Do you think there would be any improvements in wired doorbells? Id love to see a comparison of those models but understand it would be hard to wire so many up at once like you did with this one.
That video is coming, just need to find a way to get my hands on the UniFi doorbells.
@@TheHookUp Awesome! So exciting!
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Yes, more projector content is definitely coming soon. $500 is a bit of a no-mans land for projectors, in that range you're probably best going with a used bulb projector from eBay like a Benq TH585 or a Optoma GT1080HDR.
Have you tested skybell door cameras if so can you send the link to the review thanks
Would like to see how the Reolink does as I already have their cameras and interested to see a comparison.
Hi, we got the google nest battery camera and we have a problem. We want it to notify us of motion not only through the google nest app but also our Alexa/echos. Our old Arlo would notify us on Alexa if there was motion and on the arlo app. How do we get the Nest cam to notify us on the nest app AND on our Alexa devices when there is motion and NOT only when someone pressed the doorbell?
Aww sweet. I really wanted to see how eufy stacked up. Last place though... ouch
Which one of these come with the SD card in them?
As a user of the Google Nest Doorbell it has performed really well. The main issues I have had with it is when the temperature is below 32° it does have some battery problems and sometimes when I click on motion notifications it gives me a "video not ready" notice. Great to see there are quite a few good options out there.
I did notice that a few times. There seems to be some kind of a cache that lets you immediately view an event, then a small delay while that event encodes (where you could get the "video not ready" error), and then it available to watch on the cloud.
Will any ring your existing doorbell, or is that not a thing with smart doorbells?
Great video. However I wish you included the wyze camera.
Do they just stream live video or is there any functionality to record on your phone as well? Thought it was a one-off buy.
Will you be doing this same type of video comparison with wired doorbells?
I would really like to see a video that discusses the companies behind these devices and their privacy policies. Then rank them with that info included. I loved Ring products before they were acquired by Amazon but I will never buy a Ring product again.
The nest worked great..till it wouldn't hold a charge ive already had to replace 2 in less then a year,they're not built for heat or direct sunlight.One in my house here in las vegas and the other in in-laws house in California.Good quality when it does work but when it won't hold a charge that 200 hurts,both mine were replaced on warranty but still frustrating.
Excellent video! Have you thought about reviewing the Amcrest AD410 2K? I am interested in it not needing any subscriptions and it seems to fit the bill
The AD410 will be in my next doorbell video that covers wired doorbell cams (it doesn't have a battery). That video is now scheduled for September 10th.
Your Blink was muted on your phone in the upper right corner. Not sure if this was already mentioned.
No Wyze in the review? The Eufy dualcam is 160 on Amazon 220 w base station right now wondering if there is a price point that makes it worth it in your opinion?
I have a blink and my battery lasted 3 weeks 😭 however I must also say that my doorbell detects even when a car goes by so that could’ve made the battery go quicker
I like Wyze's VOIP feature that treats a doorbell ring as a phonecall.
Separately, Blink and Google have the best exterior designs. The other ones look dated. Also, Eufy's motion detection is terrible.
Ring and Nest are obscenely expensive for 1 single camera.
Blink is on sale now on Amazon and local stores like Lowes (12/3/2022).
I have a hard wire. Can the nest be hard wired ?
I like the little 🦎 in the video
which one works with Homekit