Ring/Eufy/Nest

Robert

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Our old door bell is broken and have looked at a smart one for a while...nest seem to be lagging behind and as I need wireless ring and eufy seem to be the only options (nest seem to be stagnating with no WiFi model).

I was set on ring due to Amazon backing, but eufy looks like a good package.

Anyone moved between the two or general views?
 
Will Gill said:
I have the Eufy battery powered jobbie, it's awesome and then you can use the home base for additional security camera etc.. The GUI is very good, alerting, remote interaction and detection is very good.

Highly recommended
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great, do you experience any of the delays mentioned above? Assuming it should be at least better as it’ll use local WiFi?

also, do you use Alexa/google?
Edit: I will be mounting this on a UPVC frame with potentially Velcro. Has anyone used this method for any other smart doorbell?
 
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Will Gill said:
I use mine in conjunction with alexa shows (5 & 8), there is definitely a delay waiting for that to show on the screen (5s I reckon), but that's all a bit of a novelty really if I'm sat at home anyway :p

The value add is that the notification and interaction to my phone is nearly instant. So being able to see whos at the door, talk to them and let them in if needed (I have yale conexis too) when I'm 300 miles away is awesome. Also with the home base you dont have any monthly cloud subscription costs etc..
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Sorry...realised I typed “local WiFi” instead of baseunit :p

yeah, conscious of mounting monthly subs. I’m in the google ecosystem for speakers, with Apple phones etc. How are you finding battery life?
 
Dave85 said:
I used this for my Grandmas first camera the velcro in the cold just gave up and the camera dropped luckily to a padded doormat. I used 3m VHB tape now and its easy enough to heat up and remove if needed and much more secure.
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Problem I foresee is removing to charge the doorbell, assuming I’ll have to reapply each time
 
xb8browney said:
You wouldn't have to remove each time as you just remove the security screw from underneath to slide the battery out. The problem for me is mine was being triggered 200/300 times a day so it killed the battery. Where as the quoted stats are based on lone American front gardens/porches.
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AFAIK the battery is non removable in the eufy cam?
 
Semple said:
Does the base station have an ethernet port, or is it WiFi only?



Do you take the doorbell off to charge?

My only worry with the smart doorbells, is that they're very easy to take off, and it wouldn't be much faff to stop someone nicking it.

Google Hello have a scheme in the US that they'll replace stolen doorbells, but that doesn't exist in the UK. I've actually managed to thread some thin steel cable around mine and back through the hole that the wire feeds through. It's enough to make it a ballache to remove, although not impossible, it should prevent any opportunist thieves from trying.

There's plenty of videos on youtube showing how you can remove the Google Hello doorbell in 5-10 seconds.
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The Eufy base unit does have an Ethernet jack. Also, the actual doorbell does not have a removable battery so you have to take the doorbell off to charge (though based on a YouTube review it charges in 1 hour).
 
Semple said:
That's a bit of a design flaw then, they would have made the doorbell easily removable for charging, which likely makes it easier to steal.

This wouldn't be an issue if the doorbells were priced at £20 - lets face it, who goes round stealing doorbells. But at £160-180, they suddenly become a lot more tempting.
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I believe you need a little pin thing to unclip it, so I imagine no different to ring or nest (though not great I agree).
 
Think I’ll try and get a eufy on a Black Friday deal. Nest would be the other option but would need wiring to be done, which isn’t really feasible.
 
Semple said:
How so? Our house didn't even have any wiring for a doorbell when we first moved in, so was starting from scratch. I had to buy the transformer, and chime and run the wiring to the door - didn't necessarily need the chime, but i figured at least if wifi/internet went down then i could hear the doorbell still. I don't think it would work as a local device if the internet had dropped out - i think it still relays via Nest servers before going back to your Nest speakers.



It looks like the same tool that the Nest Hello uses to remove the doorbell.

I was hoping another manufacturer had given a bit more thought into the security side of things.
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We have to existing doorbell/wiring and our porch has no electricity (annoying). I don’t know/trust anyone to do a good job or the wiring, which puts me off nest.
 
Well, just put my one up - word of warning, 3m weatherproof tape isn’t thick enough (the back of the mount protrudes were the screws go). So I’ve had to stick tape on tape, seems fine now but let’s see if it holds :p
 
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