Video Doorbell - Advice

Norman_Conquest

Norman_Conquest

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I've been thinking about getting one of these video doorbells but I am crap at Tech stuff. The one I like the look at is the Eufy S200 with no monthly fees but I am sure there are other models out there with monthly payments that might be better suited to me.

I also wouldn't mind adding a camera to the rear garden to cover my workshop or also putting one in my workshop.

Any advice will be much appreciated.
 
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Norman_Conquest said:
I've been thinking about getting one of these video doorbells but I am crap at Tech stuff. The one I like the look at is the Eufy S200 with no monthly fees but I am there are other models out there with monthly payments that might be better suited to me.

I also wouldn't mind adding a camera to the rear garden to cover my workshop or also putting one in my workshop.

Any advice will be much appreciated.
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Advice ? If somebody knocks at your door answer it and see who it is....
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What if it's the rent man and I can't afford to pay? If I just rock up and answer the door he's got me, if I can see him coming I can get behind the settee and hide. ;)

But if it's the man from Littlewoods, he might be bringing me a cheque for winning the pools or he could have caught the wife shoplifting again. Too many variables on answering the door to strangers.
 
We have nest ones. I don't have the doorbell as like doorbells to work as basic as possible, but we have a nest camera above the door so best of both worlds and one on driveway as well as a few indoor ones. We have their smoke alarms / carbon monoxide detectors and their thermostat as well.

Advantage of nest is 24/7 recording rather than just motion triggered as I think all ecosystems suffer from false alerts or miss things.

Plus it has facial recognition so tells you the post woman has been or whatever.
 
My dogs are excellent at telling you the postman is coming. Facial recognition works perfectly.

Not that i am suggesting anyone on here is doing this but there is a darkside to these video doorbells in that they can be used by controlling partners to keep tabs on their other half. Pretty grim really.
 
I saw an original Ring Doorcam review which was so funny as the lag on the delay of notification was enough fro the person to have left your door your drive your street and got away from your town before you knew at one point they were stood outside. Hope they have improved them . I am sort of at the party though as I use a battery portable PIR unit for the driveway door which tells me when one of my cats crosses its beam and wants back in. Works perfectly actually no delay and the cats have worked out that if it sounds when they are inside , they now run to the door to see whats going on :D
 
I also have Eufy. No issues at all, plenty of customisable features and like already been said, no monthly fees!
 
Thanks for all the replies.

My only concern is the false motion triggers that ThatFragranceGuy mentions in his reply. I live next to a walkway that is used regularly and my concern is that this triggers the video every time someone passes and I get a notification. The drive is a typical 50's style semi-detached house with parking at the side and the front door roughly 4 to 5 metres from the pavement.

The video doorbell is mainly for added security whilst we are away over the summer and are now wondering if the cameras might be better. This would allow me to erect one in the rear garden and cover my workshop.
 
Amazon Blink do a selection of tiny indoor and outdoor cameras. The outdoor one can run on 2AA batteries but if you have high traffic then you may find the batteires only last a few months before you have to get up a ladder and change them. Video clips can be stored to a cloud subscription, or, like me, a home hub with a memory stick, which is subscription free. You could always get an indoor camera that is plugged in, and point it through the window.
 
Personally if it's for security at all, I'd make sure it's wired connection for power and does 24/7 video and audio recording.

My dad had a battery camera and it soon got old fast going up his ladder to change the batteries. Battery ones can be ok but they're either not being triggered a lot or batteries don't last a long time .

24/7 recording is key as motion can always fail and you want everything recorded even if an alert doesn't trigger it, and this is where battery ones tend to fall down.
 
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