I currently have a ring doorbell that I pay a yearly fee for but I want to get away from Amazon and a subscription fee. I would prefer if it used the Wi-Fi and it was able to connect with my house doorbell. Edit: I’d also like to add that I would like it to have the ability to stream and record video.

  • GlitzyArmrest@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    11 months ago

    Reolink has a wifi video doorbell that works great, it has an integration with Home Assistant but also with Frigate. I use Frigate personally, since it’s better at person detection and I can record directly to my server. If you don’t use Frigate, you can record to an SD card that you slot into the back of the doorbell.

      • Jakor@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        4th vote for Reolink, with one caveat: the live video feed takes several minutes to load in home assistant for me, but is pretty instant when viewing through the Reolink app. I’ve spent several evenings trying to get it to load faster without luck, so for now I’m content just using the Reolink app.

    • DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.comEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      Yeah, this is the answer. I don’t have a Reolink doorbell, but I have their PoE cameras with Frigate and HA, and they work perfectly.

    • cynar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      I would also note they have a PoE version as well. It’s quite handy to minimise congestion on your WiFi, and not have to worry about batteries.

      Both work well with various home automation systems.

  • Big P@feddit.ukEnglish
    9·
    11 months ago

    Unifi protect doorbell, but I do believe you need a unifi protect instance in order to record

    • keyez@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Do they have a wireless one? I’ve only ever seen wired options but don’t know their product line super well

      • dom@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        Wireless internet, but still needs to be wired in to get power. It’s not battery

      • Big P@feddit.ukEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        They do but I don’t know if it’s available on their official store anymore. It’s just called the G4 Doorbell rather than the G4 pro

        • dom@lemmy.caEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          It still needs to be wired. Just not ethernet. It plugs into your doorbell low voltage wiring

          • Big P@feddit.ukEnglish
            1·
            11 months ago

            Ah, yeah it does require that. I assume that’s what OP wants because they said they want to connect to their house doorbell

  • dbrand666@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    11 months ago

    I used to have a Ring and became concerned about privacy once Amazon took over. Worse, all it used to capture was delivery people’s backs - by the time it would see motion the action was almost over. That’s when it captured anything at all - it used to miss a lot.

    Reolink doesn’t require any Internet access - even for initial setup. People detection works great with Frigate and you can tell it to start recording before motion is detected so you don’t miss anything.

    Full disclosure, it does take some fiddling to get it working reliably. I still don’t have 2 way audio working.

    • JCreazyOPEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      I’m all too familiar with spending countless hours trying to get things to work so that shouldn’t be a problem.

        • JCreazyOPEnglish
          1·
          10 months ago

          Surprisingly, I just got an email saying that the price for Yearly Nest subscription is going up so all the more reason to switch.

  • ProfessionalBoofis@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    11 months ago

    I have an amcrest one and it works great with frigate over RTSP. I also blocked it’s internet access and firewalled it on my local network so it can’t phone home.

    • JCreazyOPEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      No I just mean Wi-Fi. I do have existing doorbell wires that I can hook up to it for power. I’d probably prefer not having a battery just so I don’t have to worry about charging it ever.

  • doctorzeromd@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    If it needs to be battery powered, the Eufy T8210C is pretty good and records to a local base station. The battery life is fine, but I would absolutely prefer to have a hardwired one if I could.

  • RegalPotoo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    26·
    11 months ago

    Haven’t linked it into home assistant yet, but I’m pretty happy with my Nest battery doorbell