What video doorbell are you using? Also if you want to check out the full comparison article, here’s the link: smarthomesolver.com/reviews/best-smart-video-doorbells-2021-update/
I have a Dream Machine Pro so I can go with the Unifi doorbell easy enough but I feel like I need to commit to their cameras as well then which are massively expensive.
Nice touch to quote Harvey Dent from one of my favorite movie trilogies! 👍 I have not yet switched to a video doorbell (and that's inspite of having several free ones sent over by companies that wanted to partner and integrate their products into our smart research platform). But that could be because I am picky about latency, no subscription fees, no being tied into any manufacturer's ecosystem etc.....and because I am able to replicate most of the features (except the chime) built into video doorbells with regular cameras from Reolink with Blue Iris or even Raspberry Pi with motioneye (and few Twillio and/or Sendgrid routines for notifications) . 🙂 Completely agree with your assessment though (especially for non-geeks like me) about Eufy for budget conscious consumers and the newer Ring Pro for people with extra budget (even though many of my friends are sick of the increasing latency with their older models - planned obsolescence in older models?). Question: What is your thought about any theft deterrent features built into the doorbells you reviewed here? I know there was concern previously about some doorbells getting built in SD card storage to solve the missing 24/7 recording problem but that was defeated if the doorbell could be stolen relatively easily.
Agreed. Excellent production, clips, sound, explaining and easy to understand. Here have 500.000 goldstars for a job well done 👍 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✖️100.000 Thank you 😊
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 appreciate your mention of the audio quality. For those of us with hearing impairments, even with hearing aids we sometimes cannot understand tiny tinny-sounding audio. It’s especially useful that you play the audio so we can judge it for ourselves. Thank you!
Coming back 3 years later, I have still yet to see a better review + comparison. Showing the app and how it looks side by side against competition is extremely useful if not essential.
We have a Wyze cam and your review is spot on. My notifications do show up quickly, though. An SD card option would be awesome. Still happy with it for the price.
I have the ring pro 2 and the small picture on the echo show can be fixed simply by telling the echo show to zoom in,a feature I've not seen advertised anywhere(I found it by accident).The echo show remembers this setting until you power cycle it or tell it to zoom out.
Have been using Eufy for 2 years now and love their system. Also have 2 of their cameras, all connected to their base station. Notifications are fast and reliable. Video quality is very high. Batteries last approx 6-7 months ( I live in Seattle. Gets cold in winter, but usually not freezing). Nice not to have to pay monthly fees and you can store a ton of video on their base station system.
I just subscribed to you for around 7:00 where you mention Alexa and kind of censored the word in editing. Thank you so much. Your content is high quality and you obviously have respect for your viewers. It is so annoying when other tech videos say "You-Know-Who" without care and then you gotta yell cancel or have her wack out and do crazy things she thinks she hears. Much appreciated, dude. It may sound like a dumb little thing but I think it means a lot!
I am literally returning both my Eufy tomorrow because there is times I get notifications and then I go to see recording and nothing or there is times it goes hours without recording. Ever since the system update I have been having this problem. I updated it like about a couple weeks ago before the update it was great. I even got a replacement and same thing, so that lemme know it was something to do with the update.
I've watched several of these comparison videos and this is by far the most comprehensive when it comes to practical usage. Thank you - I've decided to blow my cash on the Ring P2, that is if they ever come back in stock.
Terrific video for people to start looking into the different video doorbells available in today’s market. Easy to understand and comprehensive. Thank you!
You missed one critical test. Stick the doorbell in the freezer for 2 hours and see if it still works. My Ring 3 is useless for 3 months of the year as i live in Norway.
Place a heat pad behind the ring setup if wired. It will be a makeshift build but a solution nevertheless. If you want to get fancy you can get an Arduino (or some type of IFTTT trigger) to program it to only kick off at certain low temps. I have a heat pad warm up my lithium batteries at a certain temp automagically.
Great video, Reed. I've been thinking about getting a video doorbell for a few months now and this video guide has led me in the right direction. When there are a few top options, that's when the hard part comes in. I'm considering Eufy, Nest, or Ring - but I'll also have to get Hoobs up and running to get it working within myHomeKit setup.
I’ve been using a UniFi setup for years for my home network and security cameras, so all I had to add was the doorbell since I had all the other necessary equipment. Only been using the doorbell for a month, but I have no complaints.
I've had nothing but issues with mine. The UDMPRO consistently resets itself and loading into the live feed on my Pixel 4XL is unbearably slow. The other issue I have is that you cannot set a custom "doorbell" notification when the doorbell is pressed.
I have the Wyze Doorbell on my side Door where it's a step up to get in so it's a narrow area and it works perfectly for my needs. I agree that I wish it had a SD card reader but for what I use it for, it's great. On my front door I use the new Ring Wired doorbell and it can see my entire yard, I'm very impressed with the viewing angle and picture quality. The only thing I don't like is the monthly fees for the full functions for both devices. That leaves my back deck and back door with a wireless doorbell/flood lamp to install and you've given some great suggestions.
Glad you liked the video. I normally wouldn’t walk looking at the camera but I’m doing it so you can compare video quality of the doorbells. Getting footage of myself standing or walking in front of the doorbells is my least favorite thing.
With your next review it would be helpful to also know which ones are wired, which are battery operated, battery duration under average use, and distance from router/modem or hub.
Great Video! I have had the Nest Hello for about 3 years tied into my Google Home. I’ve really enjoyed it. When I’m at work I get instant notifications if someone’s at my front door or even if they’re dropping of packages. I was torn between Ring and Nest Hello when I was trying to decide. However it’s probably splitting hairs between your top 3.
Wow, I just love this! Finally a video comparing kind of all of the video doorbells on the market. Sadly it’s clear to me that it’s not the time for me to get a video doorbell yet. I’m to picky so there was something I missed with every doorbell that made me think ’no not that one because…’
I use a Eufy door bell and like it quite a bit. We also have a Eufy camera at the back door with a severely limited motion detection range so we know when the dog wants to come back inside.
I really like all your video's. You try and put humor in them, which I can appreciate. I hoped you would have done the Amcrest doorbell. I have the Ring Elite in my brand new house and love it. When you pair it with the alarm the $100.00 a year alarm monitoring and unlimited camera subscription it is a good value!
I was hoping to see the Amcrest as well to see how it compared. I have one that I installed last year. At the time it was the only one that produced an ONVIF video stream so I could view the camera with BlueIris. Not sure why it was overlooked in this review.
Reed’s two way cam voice said “you either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain “ Then it’s says “I see you but how long can you look at me with out blinking” 😳 lol
Really good video. For me, the ability to unlock a gate (or door) from within the app is key and I think that is where Ring has everyone beat (even if it isn’t that comprehensive).
Thanks for this video which is perfect timing for me. One thing is consistently left out even from manufacturers are the physical dimensions of the devices. So far I found that Nest Doorbell is the slimmer. Even then, it's an eigth of an inch too wide to be put on the jamb. I really wish they would be slimmer or had a slimmer adapter especially for the angled installation.
I have the Nest Hello that I got on launch, crazy to think it's still relevant all this time later considering they have only really added one feature since the launch for notifying you when you get a package and when its taken.
I just purchased the Wyze doorbell for 2 reasons. 1: I like having multiple chimes in the home and I can choose a different sound for each doorbell. 2: I already have Wyze cams, Wyze plugs, Wyze thermostat, and Wyze lights. So it just made sense to stay with that ecosystem. I don’t mind the delay because right now I have no delay and I have a second cam on my front porch anyway.
Wyze products are inexpensive and there is a reason. Wyze has gone downhill as a company. Their customer service is an exercise in frustration. The constant updates risk deteriorating the image quality and function of your older Wyze cameras. They don't support previous versions making all your original Wyze systems obsolete and virtually useless. AND $1.99 per camera per month adds up real fast/ plus a $60. annual fee for their home security Kit.
Really good and insightful overview of what is on offer, thanks. However, as a tech novice regarding these devices I was also eager to understand what products required hard wiring or batteries or could handle both options. Thanks again for a great research tool!
We had the eufy wired doorbell for a long while and the notifications weren’t showing up on our phones, so we decided to switch to the ring pro. The reason that we got the eufy doorbell is the free cloud storage, but we have a ring spotlight camera right above our ring pro that we bought the ring protect basic plan for
Very infomative video. The one that's missing IMHO is the DoorBird. It's pricey but well built hardware, and the nice thing is that it can be used without their (free) cloud service: you can pull the video feed with RTSP, and have the doorbell part work through a SIP telephone exchange like Asterisk. We're using a few of these in our properties, and we have fully integrated it into our home automation solution.
Correction at 6:05. "3D Motion Detection" uses radar from the doorbell to determine a person's position, then overlay their position & path on a satellite image. They don't use satellite imagery to locate people.
Very nice comparison. One thing that is probably lower-level consideration is mechanical/digital existing doorbells. Support for them and speed at which they ring is important for those of us that have them (I have one that plays music/whatever clips outside). Ring Pro 1 supports them but had a 2-3 second delay before the chime sounded but the Pro 2 is instant.
Thank you for putting all this effort into making a great review. I wish you had also covered the Ring Doorview camera and rated cameras by auto-display on Echo Show.
Hi Reed, thanks for the video! It's awesome as always. But do you mind adding Arlo and Blink as well? Seems those two brands are also worth to be rated.
Great thorough video, I really appreciate the great detail you provided for each doorbell, some of which I have never heard of. I wish more gave the option to upload to an FTP server of an external hard drive.
couple years with the Nest Hello and it's still going strong... grandfathered the 24/7 recording plan as i prefer this to event-based recording (always a hit and miss)
As always, great video. I really appreciate your consistent methodology. I would love to see you add the Ezviz DB1 to your comparo. I've used it for a couple of years and feel it is probably at least as good as most of the ones featured here.
Another great review. Have you look at the Lorex 2K? I have two, one for the front door and one for the back, but I have mixed feelings about them. On the plus side it has no-fees, local storage and I also have it recording 24/7 via RTSP to my NVR which is awesome because I can view it on my TV along side my other cameras on the NVR, that feature is a must for me. The person detect works really well, the image quality is quite good for a doorbell camera and the HDR works really well. I have a 3-1/2 watt LED porch light and it's bright enough to give me a color picture at night. The problem I'm having is that on occasion the notifications can take forever...as in several minutes! It's not a signal problem and it's not a power problem. There are so many great reviews on Amazon it has me wondering what can be wrong.
It's not "Ultimate" without Arlo, which many reviewers select as the best video doorbell available. And it's the only doorbell that will work seamlessly with existing mechanical doorbell chimes.
The wired Ring doorbells (as well as wired Nest Hello doorbells) are great products. HOWEVER, they don't tell you upfront that these wired doorbells all have an internal non-user-serviceable battery. IF you will be using the doorbell with a mechanical chime, just be aware that at some point, the battery inside will fail. The internal battery on these units are used to provide temporary voltage to the doorbell unit when a mechanical chime is used. When someone presses the doorbell button, power is temporarily routed away from the doorbell to the chime inside the house. The battery keeps the doorbell powered for the 1-2 seconds while this happens. Over time, this small battery will be unable to deal with the voltage drop and your doorbell will lose power and reboot itself. If you don't rely on a mechanical chime or if you use the Ring wireless chime, than it won't be an issue. If you do use a mechanical chime, depending on your environment (which includes usage rate, weather, temperature, etc.), the doorbell will stop function properly at some point in time. For most users, it seems to be somewhere between 1-3 years.
@@ilyas_khan I'm not sure if Ring has any battery powered products that can be wired to a mechanical door chime. The ones I'm aware of can be charged by the doorbell wiring but do not have the ability to ring a physical chime besides the wireless electronic chime that Ring sells (and this chime is powered by a standard indoor outlet). But in general, you won't have that issue as any supplemental power for a mechanical chime would come from the replaceable and rechargeable battery which is not present in the Ring Pro / Pro2.
Thanks for the video. I love these thorough comparison videos that you and rob do. Would like to know how many of the doorbells support face recognition and Apple TV notifications. Face detection is the only missing piece of the puzzle in my setup, but I don’t even know if it’s worth it.
The 115 degree heat last week plus the bell is west facing killed my third video doorbell in two years. Time to look for something that plastic pcp board will not warp from the heat.
Got the Ring Pro on ebay for 100 bucks this last christmas season. It was as pain in the butt after initial set up. It crashed, it refused to work and it was constantly rebooting. it did this for about a week. Well, whatever it was doing, it's now stable and works fine. It looks good as far as the video goes, never tried to talk over it.
Great comparison review, but for me I would like to see how these work as a doorbell with chime options/costs and also can they automatically pop up on google home or Alexa displays and what features available on the displays. I know its odd and very 'old school', but I don't walk around with my phone in my hand all the time.
Great video! We still have the Eufy doorbell based upon your recommendation from a previous year and it's still working great. Just wish they would add more custom zones, but other than that definitely happy with it and great 2K quality. Still a bummer about the Wyze Doorbell, definitely seems to be the weakest product of theirs and hopefully they release a version 2 in the future with better video quality as their v3 cameras and support for local storage and much quicker notifications.
Hey Scott. Which Eufy doorbell did you get ? We are looking to get a doorbell camera with no subscription since we don't have a high traffic area except us and the kids coming and going daily with work and school. Which would you recommend and are you still happy with the one you have?
@@mrsmincey9731 Hi thanks for your question! I got the Eufy 2K video doorbell and overall I'm happy with it. The video quality is top notch and very fast notifications on your phone when someone rings the doorbell and works very well in the day time. The only downside is at night time it gets slow when detecting people/or even not all if they move too fast and can sometimes give you an alert for nothing there. But it's really just tweaking with the sensitivity settings to find what works best. It has a good size internal storage too. Overall it works with what we primarily need it for (daytime activity recording clips and a video of when someone rings the doorbell)
Just setup my Eufy 2K today. The things I hope they add in the future are: Ability to upload the videos to an FTP location or something so you can preform automatic local or remote backups of your videos. Ability to have prerecording just like the wired one, I understand it does not have this for battery reasons but what if you got it wired? Ability to customize how it triggers the wired chime, for some reason it goes sort of crazy with mine, I think it closes the circuit for too long and upsets the mechanical chime, it would be cool if you could customize how it triggers so maybe it would hit my mechanical chime twice for a half second each time.
I love your comparisons. Will you be doing an update when the new Nest doorbell battery is out? I am also interested in comparing these with the systems from SimpliSafe and Frontpoint. Thanks!
Hello Reed ! thank you for this excellent video !! One question tho... what would be your choice for battery doorbell ? Between Eufy and Ring 4 for example ?
If you want a 24/7 surveillance video go with the Nest. If you want just surveillance of a certain area, go with the Ring. There was a shooting outside of my house where my Ring Pro managed to catch the vehicle through the 30-second camera snapshots but couldn't make out the license or the model of the car because it was at night. If I had gone with the Nest, it probably would've helped with the 24/7 video recording.
Love watching your videos Reed. I wanted to give some feed back on my experience with Eufy. I bought the battery 2k and had some issues. The first was, it would only start recording after the person had turned around and started to walk away. If they stood in front of the camera long enough you could see the face but the quality of the picture was so bad, you could not make out who it was. I worked with tech support and they couldn't fix it so they sent a replacement. It had the same issue. I returned that one as well. Its a shame because I really liked the idea of local storage.
I bought the Netatmo as in the UK it's one of few available and the ONLY one that works with HomeKit. Some others are simply not available to buy here. I was after the Logitech but it's not in the shops. I bought a bell chime so no issues with hearing the bell being pressed.
I know this is an older video but on the UniFi doorbell under the settings is distortion correction and if you turn that off you get a bigger view range but it will make the image fish eye.
Thank you for the great review, my fellow AZ tech enthusiast. I scanned all of the comments and saw that (5) other people were asking for the Lorex 4K door bell review. I even read a comment of a person that provided their feedback and experience with the Lorex 4K doorbell (very helpful @Prowler - thank you). I would like to add my request to the others for you to do an updated shootout of Doorbells, but this time include the Lorex 4K unit. Pretty Please. Thanks. R6
I might add that I called Lorex presales support this morning and they confirmed that Lorex is not native Samsung Smartthings compatible. Lorex has their own standalone app and is not Zwave or Zigbee compatible. That may be a deal breaker for some? I don't foresee creating an automation routine that would include the smart doorbell, but maybe you could expound on reasons why it would be important or useful.
Face recognition will be dope when they hook up with social media platforms and your smart phone tells you who the hell is that stranger doing the delivery or stealing a package at your door 😂😂
@@IgorAntarov seems that in the world, doesn't exist a SERIOUS device that do that. All s*** with battery and / or impossible integration with Home assistant
Good comparisons, thanks Have you considered tying a video doorbell to a Smarthub? I think turning a porch light on when there's movement detected would be better than relying on night vision And if that can be done using the doorbell it would save having to buy a separate motion detector Object recognition would also help automate a voice response or let you know if a package was delivered for example
Thanks Andy! I like the battery version better because it works with your existing chime and with the base station. Apparently there is a Eufy doorbell that is a Best Buy exclusive and it can record 24/7 to the base station. I didn’t even know that existed till someone commented about it yesterday.
monthly fees suck. Plus I don't want my camera footage leaving my house.. That's why I went with Unifi.. everything stays with me and the cameras and notifications are great. The doorbell does seem to get pretty warm though, but other than that, no complaints.
Great review as always. Love the post video family cameos, as always! And wow this must have taken a long time, thanks for all your research! Still rocking my Eufy here. You know, the one with the non-base-station, on-board recording, which AFAIK can't record to my base station. Still it's a good system.
I have the Eufy and have loathed my decision. It won't integrate with my homebase that I have from the Eufycams to include face detection. So that means, the eufy cam that sits in my backyard can tell me *who* is in my back yard if I've trained it on face recognition for that person, but it can't do the same for people coming to my front door. The motion detection has been been very hit or miss, as well. I will have folks walk up, drop a package, take a photo, then walk off without it recording any motion. BUT it will tell me every time a leaf blows through its activity zone. I have found I cannot depend on it for front door motion detection.
What video doorbell are you using? Also if you want to check out the full comparison article, here’s the link: smarthomesolver.com/reviews/best-smart-video-doorbells-2021-update/
I use a ring 3
I am glad you did an update. i was curious to see what you thought about the Unifi G4 door bell camera.
I have a Dream Machine Pro so I can go with the Unifi doorbell easy enough but I feel like I need to commit to their cameras as well then which are massively expensive.
Nice touch to quote Harvey Dent from one of my favorite movie trilogies! 👍
I have not yet switched to a video doorbell (and that's inspite of having several free ones sent over by companies that wanted to partner and integrate their products into our smart research platform). But that could be because I am picky about latency, no subscription fees, no being tied into any manufacturer's ecosystem etc.....and because I am able to replicate most of the features (except the chime) built into video doorbells with regular cameras from Reolink with Blue Iris or even Raspberry Pi with motioneye (and few Twillio and/or Sendgrid routines for notifications) . 🙂
Completely agree with your assessment though (especially for non-geeks like me) about Eufy for budget conscious consumers and the newer Ring Pro for people with extra budget (even though many of my friends are sick of the increasing latency with their older models - planned obsolescence in older models?).
Question: What is your thought about any theft deterrent features built into the doorbells you reviewed here? I know there was concern previously about some doorbells getting built in SD card storage to solve the missing 24/7 recording problem but that was defeated if the doorbell could be stolen relatively easily.
Great video but I am left wondering how the Arlo would have compared. Recently got a Ring Pro 2 and was in doubt between it and the Arlo.
Wow, this is the most comprehensive video doorbell comparison on TH-cam for sure. It’s obvious a huge amount of work went into it. Thanks you Reed!
Thanks Guy! It was a lot of work and I appreciate the nice comment!
Agreed. Excellent production, clips, sound, explaining and easy to understand. Here have 500.000 goldstars for a job well done 👍
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✖️100.000
Thank you 😊
I bought the Eufy off of this and I can agree with every point
A comprehensive review indeed. This is how reviews should be done. Thank you!
Where’s the Vivint camera at though?
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 appreciate your mention of the audio quality. For those of us with hearing impairments, even with hearing aids we sometimes cannot understand tiny tinny-sounding audio. It’s especially useful that you play the audio so we can judge it for ourselves. Thank you!
Coming back 3 years later, I have still yet to see a better review + comparison.
Showing the app and how it looks side by side against competition is extremely useful if not essential.
We have a Wyze cam and your review is spot on. My notifications do show up quickly, though. An SD card option would be awesome. Still happy with it for the price.
Thanks for putting this together. I was, however, really hoping to see the newest Arlo model reviewed.
I have the ring pro 2 and the small picture on the echo show can be fixed simply by telling the echo show to zoom in,a feature I've not seen advertised anywhere(I found it by accident).The echo show remembers this setting until you power cycle it or tell it to zoom out.
Oh that's a good tip! Thanks Tom!
Have been using Eufy for 2 years now and love their system. Also have 2 of their cameras, all connected to their base station. Notifications are fast and reliable. Video quality is very high. Batteries last approx 6-7 months ( I live in Seattle. Gets cold in winter, but usually not freezing). Nice not to have to pay monthly fees and you can store a ton of video on their base station system.
I just subscribed to you for around 7:00 where you mention Alexa and kind of censored the word in editing. Thank you so much. Your content is high quality and you obviously have respect for your viewers. It is so annoying when other tech videos say "You-Know-Who" without care and then you gotta yell cancel or have her wack out and do crazy things she thinks she hears. Much appreciated, dude. It may sound like a dumb little thing but I think it means a lot!
Awesome job Reed, such a detailed and helpful video! Eufy definitely does seem the best option at the more budget end of the market.
I am literally returning both my Eufy tomorrow because there is times I get notifications and then I go to see recording and nothing or there is times it goes hours without recording. Ever since the system update I have been having this problem. I updated it like about a couple weeks ago before the update it was great. I even got a replacement and same thing, so that lemme know it was something to do with the update.
All of the options are overwhelming!! Trying to find the right choice for my older parents. One that’s easy to operate
Thanks!
I've watched several of these comparison videos and this is by far the most comprehensive when it comes to practical usage. Thank you - I've decided to blow my cash on the Ring P2, that is if they ever come back in stock.
Terrific video for people to start looking into the different video doorbells available in today’s market. Easy to understand and comprehensive. Thank you!
You missed one critical test. Stick the doorbell in the freezer for 2 hours and see if it still works. My Ring 3 is useless for 3 months of the year as i live in Norway.
Ring 3 blir det vell ikke da😂😂
Are you using your Ring 3 hardwired or by battery?
Bru, I laughed when I read this!! LOL!!😂😂
Place a heat pad behind the ring setup if wired. It will be a makeshift build but a solution nevertheless. If you want to get fancy you can get an Arduino (or some type of IFTTT trigger) to program it to only kick off at certain low temps.
I have a heat pad warm up my lithium batteries at a certain temp automagically.
That is actually a brilliant idea.
Great video, Reed. I've been thinking about getting a video doorbell for a few months now and this video guide has led me in the right direction. When there are a few top options, that's when the hard part comes in. I'm considering Eufy, Nest, or Ring - but I'll also have to get Hoobs up and running to get it working within myHomeKit setup.
Did you ever get hoobs to work with your Homekit setup?
I’ve been using a UniFi setup for years for my home network and security cameras, so all I had to add was the doorbell since I had all the other necessary equipment. Only been using the doorbell for a month, but I have no complaints.
I have the UniFi Doorbell and I love it. The only con to me is lack of POE
I've had nothing but issues with mine. The UDMPRO consistently resets itself and loading into the live feed on my Pixel 4XL is unbearably slow. The other issue I have is that you cannot set a custom "doorbell" notification when the doorbell is pressed.
Hardly anyone has PoE ability at their doorbell haha
Ordered Eufy 2k battery based on your review. Thanks for such an detailed video.
I have the Wyze Doorbell on my side Door where it's a step up to get in so it's a narrow area and it works perfectly for my needs. I agree that I wish it had a SD card reader but for what I use it for, it's great.
On my front door I use the new Ring Wired doorbell and it can see my entire yard, I'm very impressed with the viewing angle and picture quality. The only thing I don't like is the monthly fees for the full functions for both devices.
That leaves my back deck and back door with a wireless doorbell/flood lamp to install and you've given some great suggestions.
Reed, you have a VERY distinct walk. I don't need to see your face to know you're walking to the door. :)
Thank you for this awesome comparison video!
Glad you liked the video. I normally wouldn’t walk looking at the camera but I’m doing it so you can compare video quality of the doorbells. Getting footage of myself standing or walking in front of the doorbells is my least favorite thing.
With your next review it would be helpful to also know which ones are wired, which are battery operated, battery duration under average use, and distance from router/modem or hub.
Great Video! I have had the Nest Hello for about 3 years tied into my Google Home. I’ve really enjoyed it. When I’m at work I get instant notifications if someone’s at my front door or even if they’re dropping of packages. I was torn between Ring and Nest Hello when I was trying to decide. However it’s probably splitting hairs between your top 3.
Wow, I just love this! Finally a video comparing kind of all of the video doorbells on the market.
Sadly it’s clear to me that it’s not the time for me to get a video doorbell yet. I’m to picky so there was something I missed with every doorbell that made me think ’no not that one because…’
Same. Blink drops a new one this month so interested in this one
I use a Eufy door bell and like it quite a bit. We also have a Eufy camera at the back door with a severely limited motion detection range so we know when the dog wants to come back inside.
I really like all your video's. You try and put humor in them, which I can appreciate. I hoped you would have done the Amcrest doorbell. I have the Ring Elite in my brand new house and love it. When you pair it with the alarm the $100.00 a year alarm monitoring and unlimited camera subscription it is a good value!
I was hoping to see the Amcrest as well to see how it compared. I have one that I installed last year. At the time it was the only one that produced an ONVIF video stream so I could view the camera with BlueIris. Not sure why it was overlooked in this review.
Reed’s two way cam voice said “you either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain “ Then it’s says “I see you but how long can you look at me with out blinking” 😳 lol
I don't believe you talked about storage and 24/7 footage support on the nest hello but all in all excellent review, thanks for putting this together!
Really good video. For me, the ability to unlock a gate (or door) from within the app is key and I think that is where Ring has everyone beat (even if it isn’t that comprehensive).
"...the ability to unlock a gate (or door) from within the app is key..." hehe, pun intended? 😂
Thanks for this video which is perfect timing for me. One thing is consistently left out even from manufacturers are the physical dimensions of the devices. So far I found that Nest Doorbell is the slimmer. Even then, it's an eigth of an inch too wide to be put on the jamb. I really wish they would be slimmer or had a slimmer adapter especially for the angled installation.
Reed - you’re a good man! Love the comparison videos 👍🏻
Thanks Dan! Glad to hear you like them!
I have the Nest Hello that I got on launch, crazy to think it's still relevant all this time later considering they have only really added one feature since the launch for notifying you when you get a package and when its taken.
I just purchased the Wyze doorbell for 2 reasons.
1: I like having multiple chimes in the home and I can choose a different sound for each doorbell.
2: I already have Wyze cams, Wyze plugs, Wyze thermostat, and Wyze lights. So it just made sense to stay with that ecosystem.
I don’t mind the delay because right now I have no delay and I have a second cam on my front porch anyway.
Wyze products are inexpensive and there is a reason. Wyze has gone downhill as a company. Their customer service is an exercise in frustration. The constant updates risk deteriorating the image quality and function of your older Wyze cameras. They don't support previous versions making all your original Wyze systems obsolete and virtually useless. AND $1.99 per camera per month adds up real fast/ plus a $60. annual fee for their home security Kit.
Really good and insightful overview of what is on offer, thanks. However, as a tech novice regarding these devices I was also eager to understand what products required hard wiring or batteries or could handle both options. Thanks again for a great research tool!
Best security device. Ask your nosy neighbor They always know what’s going on
Facts lol 😂 And that would be my mother 🙄 yes she’s my neighbor so annoying.
@@marisolrivas777 well good thing is your mother can easily scare the robber and talk to him to death and he would run away from her.
Yessss I literally just rewatched the 2020 video yesterday 😂😂 thanks for making a new one
You are not going to miss a knock on the door with all of those doorbells 😀
I've had ring doorbell for 6 months. I've missed 5 rings and motion so far.
Great job comparing options! Ring Pro 2 has been doing a great job since it arrived on the scene this past April. Thanks!
Excellent and comprehensive smart doorbell comparison review, many Thanks and appreciate all your efforts.
We had the eufy wired doorbell for a long while and the notifications weren’t showing up on our phones, so we decided to switch to the ring pro. The reason that we got the eufy doorbell is the free cloud storage, but we have a ring spotlight camera right above our ring pro that we bought the ring protect basic plan for
Would have loved to have seen the Logi Circle doorbell
Me too
I have it and it's fantastic.
Very infomative video. The one that's missing IMHO is the DoorBird. It's pricey but well built hardware, and the nice thing is that it can be used without their (free) cloud service: you can pull the video feed with RTSP, and have the doorbell part work through a SIP telephone exchange like Asterisk. We're using a few of these in our properties, and we have fully integrated it into our home automation solution.
Great video, very informative. What could be added is build quality and ease of installation, although that's a one time thing.
Correction at 6:05. "3D Motion Detection" uses radar from the doorbell to determine a person's position, then overlay their position & path on a satellite image. They don't use satellite imagery to locate people.
Oh okay I really thought they used live tracking satellites to monitor my home, with NORAD subscription fees.
Very nice comparison. One thing that is probably lower-level consideration is mechanical/digital existing doorbells. Support for them and speed at which they ring is important for those of us that have them (I have one that plays music/whatever clips outside).
Ring Pro 1 supports them but had a 2-3 second delay before the chime sounded but the Pro 2 is instant.
Thanks for this video! Already in the UniFi ecosystem, so went with the G4 and it's been working great. Definitely worth the extra money
Thank you for putting all this effort into making a great review. I wish you had also covered the Ring Doorview camera and rated cameras by auto-display on Echo Show.
Today, 08-23-21, ordered the EUFY 2K BATTERY DOORBELL, based on this review. Thank you for the HEADS UP!
C'mon Dad...Yoda was the best part! Family!!! Thanks for the information.
Hi Reed, thanks for the video! It's awesome as always. But do you mind adding Arlo and Blink as well? Seems those two brands are also worth to be rated.
Great video this helps out soo much!
Best part. “You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain” 🦇
Great thorough video, I really appreciate the great detail you provided for each doorbell, some of which I have never heard of. I wish more gave the option to upload to an FTP server of an external hard drive.
couple years with the Nest Hello and it's still going strong... grandfathered the 24/7 recording plan as i prefer this to event-based recording (always a hit and miss)
As always, great video. I really appreciate your consistent methodology. I would love to see you add the Ezviz DB1 to your comparo. I've used it for a couple of years and feel it is probably at least as good as most of the ones featured here.
Another great review. Have you look at the Lorex 2K? I have two, one for the front door and one for the back, but I have mixed feelings about them. On the plus side it has no-fees, local storage and I also have it recording 24/7 via RTSP to my NVR which is awesome because I can view it on my TV along side my other cameras on the NVR, that feature is a must for me. The person detect works really well, the image quality is quite good for a doorbell camera and the HDR works really well. I have a 3-1/2 watt LED porch light and it's bright enough to give me a color picture at night. The problem I'm having is that on occasion the notifications can take forever...as in several minutes! It's not a signal problem and it's not a power problem. There are so many great reviews on Amazon it has me wondering what can be wrong.
It's not "Ultimate" without Arlo, which many reviewers select as the best video doorbell available. And it's the only doorbell that will work seamlessly with existing mechanical doorbell chimes.
The wired Ring doorbells (as well as wired Nest Hello doorbells) are great products. HOWEVER, they don't tell you upfront that these wired doorbells all have an internal non-user-serviceable battery. IF you will be using the doorbell with a mechanical chime, just be aware that at some point, the battery inside will fail.
The internal battery on these units are used to provide temporary voltage to the doorbell unit when a mechanical chime is used. When someone presses the doorbell button, power is temporarily routed away from the doorbell to the chime inside the house. The battery keeps the doorbell powered for the 1-2 seconds while this happens. Over time, this small battery will be unable to deal with the voltage drop and your doorbell will lose power and reboot itself. If you don't rely on a mechanical chime or if you use the Ring wireless chime, than it won't be an issue. If you do use a mechanical chime, depending on your environment (which includes usage rate, weather, temperature, etc.), the doorbell will stop function properly at some point in time. For most users, it seems to be somewhere between 1-3 years.
If you use a battery powered ring that can also be wired up to provide a trickle charge, would you have this same issue?
@@ilyas_khan I'm not sure if Ring has any battery powered products that can be wired to a mechanical door chime. The ones I'm aware of can be charged by the doorbell wiring but do not have the ability to ring a physical chime besides the wireless electronic chime that Ring sells (and this chime is powered by a standard indoor outlet). But in general, you won't have that issue as any supplemental power for a mechanical chime would come from the replaceable and rechargeable battery which is not present in the Ring Pro / Pro2.
Thanks for the video. I love these thorough comparison videos that you and rob do. Would like to know how many of the doorbells support face recognition and Apple TV notifications.
Face detection is the only missing piece of the puzzle in my setup, but I don’t even know if it’s worth it.
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02:02 I found this quite funny 😄 fake bird test 🤣
The 115 degree heat last week plus the bell is west facing killed my third video doorbell in two years. Time to look for something that plastic pcp board will not warp from the heat.
My ring has lasted the az heat wave for the last 2 years
Got the Ring Pro on ebay for 100 bucks this last christmas season. It was as pain in the butt after initial set up.
It crashed, it refused to work and it was constantly rebooting. it did this for about a week.
Well, whatever it was doing, it's now stable and works fine.
It looks good as far as the video goes, never tried to talk over it.
Great comparison review, but for me I would like to see how these work as a doorbell with chime options/costs and also can they automatically pop up on google home or Alexa displays and what features available on the displays. I know its odd and very 'old school', but I don't walk around with my phone in my hand all the time.
Got it... If I want to rob a house wear a Yoda mask.
Great video! We still have the Eufy doorbell based upon your recommendation from a previous year and it's still working great. Just wish they would add more custom zones, but other than that definitely happy with it and great 2K quality. Still a bummer about the Wyze Doorbell, definitely seems to be the weakest product of theirs and hopefully they release a version 2 in the future with better video quality as their v3 cameras and support for local storage and much quicker notifications.
Thanks Scott! Glad to hear the Eufy doorbell is still working great!
Hey Scott. Which Eufy doorbell did you get ? We are looking to get a doorbell camera with no subscription since we don't have a high traffic area except us and the kids coming and going daily with work and school. Which would you recommend and are you still happy with the one you have?
@@mrsmincey9731 Hi thanks for your question! I got the Eufy 2K video doorbell and overall I'm happy with it. The video quality is top notch and very fast notifications on your phone when someone rings the doorbell and works very well in the day time. The only downside is at night time it gets slow when detecting people/or even not all if they move too fast and can sometimes give you an alert for nothing there. But it's really just tweaking with the sensitivity settings to find what works best. It has a good size internal storage too. Overall it works with what we primarily need it for (daytime activity recording clips and a video of when someone rings the doorbell)
@@ScottWallace5 okay great thanks for the reply and update.
Thanks for the reviews, very helpful -- do all of these require external power or are they battery powered? Did you rate the Arlo doorbell?
Great job, thanks for including the Unifi G4. Looks like that's what I'll be getting.
Thank you for this comprehensive video doorbell comparison, it really helped!
The only one I was curious about was Logitech as is only one with Apple secure video…
Just setup my Eufy 2K today. The things I hope they add in the future are:
Ability to upload the videos to an FTP location or something so you can preform automatic local or remote backups of your videos.
Ability to have prerecording just like the wired one, I understand it does not have this for battery reasons but what if you got it wired?
Ability to customize how it triggers the wired chime, for some reason it goes sort of crazy with mine, I think it closes the circuit for too long and upsets the mechanical chime, it would be cool if you could customize how it triggers so maybe it would hit my mechanical chime twice for a half second each time.
Very good video thanks. It would have been nice to see the zoom and pause feature as well as picture quality during the day and night.
I love your comparisons. Will you be doing an update when the new Nest doorbell battery is out?
I am also interested in comparing these with the systems from SimpliSafe and Frontpoint.
Thanks!
Hello Reed ! thank you for this excellent video !!
One question tho... what would be your choice for battery doorbell ? Between Eufy and Ring 4 for example ?
Great comparison! I like the overall results of the Ring Pro 2. These days I tend to prefer the convenience of cloud-based solutions.
Thanks Nigel! I agree cloud-based solution are really convenient.
If you want a 24/7 surveillance video go with the Nest. If you want just surveillance of a certain area, go with the Ring. There was a shooting outside of my house where my Ring Pro managed to catch the vehicle through the 30-second camera snapshots but couldn't make out the license or the model of the car because it was at night. If I had gone with the Nest, it probably would've helped with the 24/7 video recording.
Would have liked to see amcrest in this list.
I think you have a unique entrance with blown out lighting behind the pillars.
Love watching your videos Reed. I wanted to give some feed back on my experience with Eufy. I bought the battery 2k and had some issues. The first was, it would only start recording after the person had turned around and started to walk away. If they stood in front of the camera long enough you could see the face but the quality of the picture was so bad, you could not make out who it was. I worked with tech support and they couldn't fix it so they sent a replacement. It had the same issue. I returned that one as well. Its a shame because I really liked the idea of local storage.
what did you end up going with?
I bought the Netatmo as in the UK it's one of few available and the ONLY one that works with HomeKit. Some others are simply not available to buy here. I was after the Logitech but it's not in the shops. I bought a bell chime so no issues with hearing the bell being pressed.
This was very informative thank you! And I especially enjoyed the funny bit at the end ☺️
I got the Ring about 6 months ago and a big fan
Would’ve liked to have seen how the Arlo doorbell compares
I know this is an older video but on the UniFi doorbell under the settings is distortion correction and if you turn that off you get a bigger view range but it will make the image fish eye.
Thank you for the great review, my fellow AZ tech enthusiast. I scanned all of the comments and saw that (5) other people were asking for the Lorex 4K door bell review. I even read a comment of a person that provided their feedback and experience with the Lorex 4K doorbell (very helpful @Prowler - thank you). I would like to add my request to the others for you to do an updated shootout of Doorbells, but this time include the Lorex 4K unit. Pretty Please. Thanks. R6
I might add that I called Lorex presales support this morning and they confirmed that Lorex is not native Samsung Smartthings compatible. Lorex has their own standalone app and is not Zwave or Zigbee compatible. That may be a deal breaker for some? I don't foresee creating an automation routine that would include the smart doorbell, but maybe you could expound on reasons why it would be important or useful.
Wish you would have thrown an arlo in there as well. Other than that one thing this video is amazing, super in depth, detailed, and informative!
Face recognition will be dope when they hook up with social media platforms and your smart phone tells you who the hell is that stranger doing the delivery or stealing a package at your door 😂😂
we got the Eufy battery with the chime plug in. We really like it for our needs, maybe eventually we may go with the wired one
great video! very informative and your voice is very soothing
Hi Reed. What is in your opinion best doorbell for Canadian winter? Thank you
a doorbell without battery, with the best integration with home assistant, that save video when someone ring at door in the nvr or ftp, exist?
I have the same question
@@IgorAntarov seems that in the world, doesn't exist a SERIOUS device that do that. All s*** with battery and / or impossible integration with Home assistant
Good comparisons, thanks
Have you considered tying a video doorbell to a Smarthub?
I think turning a porch light on when there's movement detected would be better than relying on night vision
And if that can be done using the doorbell it would save having to buy a separate motion detector
Object recognition would also help automate a voice response or let you know if a package was delivered for example
I'm still paranoid about streaming video via cloud services but at least my entrances are covered by motion activated security lights.
Please make a video about smartlocks
Nice job. Would have liked to have seen the new Lorex doorbell.
Great video as always! What are your thoughts about Eufy 2K wired doorbell?
Thanks Andy! I like the battery version better because it works with your existing chime and with the base station. Apparently there is a Eufy doorbell that is a Best Buy exclusive and it can record 24/7 to the base station. I didn’t even know that existed till someone commented about it yesterday.
monthly fees suck. Plus I don't want my camera footage leaving my house.. That's why I went with Unifi.. everything stays with me and the cameras and notifications are great. The doorbell does seem to get pretty warm though, but other than that, no complaints.
Great video. Is the Eufy 2 waterproof and will it hold up to summer sun and heat for those that don't have a door over hang?🤔
Been working thru the fl heat with no problem for over a year, even though it has a battery it can still be hardwired.
Switched to the Google Nest from the Arlo and I’ve been satisfied with to the point of adding Nest Cam for other parts of my property.
Great review as always. Love the post video family cameos, as always! And wow this must have taken a long time, thanks for all your research!
Still rocking my Eufy here. You know, the one with the non-base-station, on-board recording, which AFAIK can't record to my base station. Still it's a good system.
I have the Eufy and have loathed my decision. It won't integrate with my homebase that I have from the Eufycams to include face detection. So that means, the eufy cam that sits in my backyard can tell me *who* is in my back yard if I've trained it on face recognition for that person, but it can't do the same for people coming to my front door. The motion detection has been been very hit or miss, as well. I will have folks walk up, drop a package, take a photo, then walk off without it recording any motion. BUT it will tell me every time a leaf blows through its activity zone. I have found I cannot depend on it for front door motion detection.
Great reviews. Wish it included all video doorbells at the time!