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Excellent alternative to the more pricey ring doorbell. No monthly subscription just a memory card needed. E excellent sensitivity, night vision good. Playback excellent. Would recommend.

Really easy to set up this video doorbell with the app, the image and audio quality is good and the smartphones app is solid and easy to ad the device to is, the app can be used with many devices.
I did write a much longer review of this but amazon rejected then deleted it and I didn’t ave it this is why this is a much shorter review.

This is a good alternative to more expensive units. The picture quality is more than adequate and it has the distinct advantage of being able to store to a memory card. None of these units is exactly slim. It does everything the more expensive units do such as motion detection and talk via your phone etc. All in all much better value than some.

First impressions of this were good, I like how smart the doorbell is and everything seems well made. The instructions are easy to follow and don’t have too many steps in which is handy. There’s no shared information from this unit unlike some others on the market which is a big plus for me.

It’s a bit bigger than I’d of liked so it is quite noticeable on the doorstep and does stand out a lot more than our previous “normal” doorbell which blended in quite well.

The main thing I like about it is the options it gives you. You can either stick it up with tape or screw it to the door frame. You can also either have it connected to the mains power or choose to use the rechargeable battery included and charge the unit in the house when necessary, so you can really do what suits you. As I wasn’t sure quite where I wanted it installed and for ease I went with the tape and rechargeable battery option. Once I’d downloaded the app and connected the doorbell to the wifi and app I could then simply stick the doorbell where I wanted and I was good to go, it was really that simple.

In use the doorbell works well. My phone sends an alarm straight away, but it’s a shame that it takes a little while for the camera to load up as I would prefer to see whose there immediately. Saying that when you can see the picture the quality is great, it’s very crisp and clear. Also the night vision is brilliant.

I occasionally use it to check to see if somebody’s there when I’m expecting a delivery or the dog randomly starts barking. Unfortunately it does normally take me 2 attempts to make this work which isn’t ideal.

So far the battery has lasted 2 weeks now but the battery indicator is on a low percentage so will need charging soon. That may get annoying but it does have the wired route instead so we can always look to do that in future.

Overall I’m pleased with it, the pros definitely outweigh the cons with this and I think it seems good value for money so I’d be happy to recommend it.

I requested a test and evaluation sample of this doorbell to test its operation under the Tuya / Smartlife software platform, which I use for several other home automation devices. ALL the following remarks apply to that system…

The doorbell itself appears to be of good build quality. It is powered by two 18650 rechargeable batteries, for a total of 6700 mAh. This should be more than adequate for several months of wire-free operation — although a slight concern is that the displayed battery capacity is shown as “70%”, even after being fully charged. A protection rating of IP54 (dust ingress, and water splashing) is claimed on the packaging. On inspection, I noted that the battery compartment lid IS sealed by a thin flexible gasket. Even so, it’s likely that this doorbell would last longer under some kind of shelter, such as a front porch. A plastic (LDPE) mounting cradle is provided, which would provide additional rain shelter. The cradle includes contacts for connecting an external 12vdc power source, this was not tested.

The video image quality is surprisingly good — visibly better than a certain “big name” device of similar appearance which is sold at a much higher price point. The camera works well at low light levels. A single infra-red LED can be set to come on automatically and this works correctly — although its range is somewhat limited. Movement detection is provided by an integrated PIR sensor, This can be switched off, or its sensitivity adjusted in the app. A nice feature is that the actual bell push button lights up (in blue) when it detects someone approaching the door.

In operation with Smartlife, the doorbell proved easy to set up. It connects over 2.4Ghz wi-fi and the range is good: I tested with the device in several locations up to 55m (and several walls) from the wi-fi access point and connection remained stable. However, a compatibility issue arose when running the app on an Android 10 phone… The app creates a very large number of push notification streams (it’s not clear WHY there are so many) and these try to define a notification tone of different doorbell sounds, directly from the app. This works fine on older versions of Android BUT, for security reasons, Android Ver10 does not allow external devices to apply their own notification sound — they have to be selected by the user. Initially, this meant that there was no bell ringing tone on my Samsung Galaxy S10 phone. I eventually managed to sort this out, but the underlying problem needs to be corrected by the manufacturer.

[Update 9/01/21 – Shortly after this and other reviews were posted, a firmware revision was released for this doorbell which appears to fix the incorrect battery display.]

Good points: Good value, excellent image quality. Works with voice assistants.

Bad points: Firmware needs revision for use with the latest phones and tablets.