Another ring doorbell

spurdog1

I am on a very low budget, but have been recommended "ring" doorbell system.
I have a wife that is non-techno minded, so needs to adhere to "normal doorbell". We currently have a doorbell with battery inside, and a plug-in to a power socket.
I see there are now many versions of Ring, but to use the video content need to link in to my Samsung A22 phone. I am told it's a doddle to fit, but i have few IT/DIY skills.
Is there one suitable for me, and easy to use? I live in a small 2 bed bungalow. Any links would be appreciated, perhaps to BANDQ, I don't trade with Amazon

Please, any help appreciated (no cables)

jonnydeppiwish!

I have a Blink which is great and cheap, plus a small usb hard drive to record when needed. I think I paid £35 total. But you won’t buy from Amazon so you’ll have to do some research into the others.

fenwick458

look at the Eufy battery 2K doorbell, I have had them for almost 2 years and they are good, there's no subscription. app is very user friendly

https://www.sndelectrical.co.uk/products/eufy-video-doorbell-2k-battery-powered-with-homebase-2?currency=GBP&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=Google%20Shopping&gclid=CjwKCAjw3qGYBhBSEiwAcnTRLvgboB8DItt5lZ9H6ICKaNrKAVyltnRha4fi94_-EIFGfcbNE2t74BoCiiUQAvD_BwE

you will probably get cheaper, but beware of that if you are "non-techno minded", there are really cheap cameras available from china but you have to constantly attend to them to get them to function properly, and they never really last that long

spurdog1

is the eufy chinese?

shiraz99

fenwick458 said:

look at the Eufy battery 2K doorbell, I have had them for almost 2 years and they are good, there's no subscription. app is very user friendly

https://www.sndelectrical.co.uk/products/eufy-video-doorbell-2k-battery-powered-with-homebase-2?currency=GBP&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=Google%20Shopping&gclid=CjwKCAjw3qGYBhBSEiwAcnTRLvgboB8DItt5lZ9H6ICKaNrKAVyltnRha4fi94_-EIFGfcbNE2t74BoCiiUQAvD_BwE

you will probably get cheaper, but beware of that if you are "non-techno minded", there are really cheap cameras available from china but you have to constantly attend to them to get them to function properly, and they never really last that long

For someone on a "low budget" I wouldn't have thought dropping that much on a video doorbell is very MSE.

EssexExile

spurdog1 said:

is the eufy chinese?

Most electronic things are Chinese, whatever  the name on the box.

shiraz99

spurdog1 said:

is the eufy chinese?

Yes, Eufy is owned by Anker, and whilst a quite a well respected company, they are Chinese.

shiraz99

EssexExile said:

spurdog1 said:

is the eufy chinese?

Most electronic things are Chinese, whatever  the name on the box.

Being made in China and being a Chinese company are two different things, I think the OP's issue would be with the latter.

Having said that when his OP mentioned "BANDQ" I thought he was on about some cheap, dodgy Chinese company but since realised he actually means B&Q 😂

spurdog1

I don't have a problem with Eufy and Chinese. I just want something reliable, first and most. (That may be Eufy)

shiraz99

spurdog1 said:

I don't have a problem with Eufy and Chinese. I just want something reliable, first and most. (That may be Eufy)

They're a good video camera system, doorbell included but as mentioned they aren't exactly "low budget".

https://uk.eufy.com/collections/video-doorbell?ref=navimenu

Alderbank

shiraz99 said:

spurdog1 said:

I don't have a problem with Eufy and Chinese. I just want something reliable, first and most. (That may be Eufy)

They're a good video camera system, doorbell included but as mentioned they aren't exactly "low budget".

The Samsung s22 is certainly not 'low budget' either