Door bells - Ring, Eufy or something else?

silvercar

Any advice on which smart door bell to choose? Needs to be battery powered, ideally with no subscription requirements.

I know ring door bells are ubiquitous, but the ring sound does irritate me! Plus I understand the subscription is expensive and the need to buy a separate chime.

oldernonethewiser

Does this help?

https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/best-smart-doorbells-that-dont-need-subscriptions-akuao5F4jKrn

kinger101

Ring subscriptions have been ramping up rapidly too.  Rocket fuel prices must be going up 

jonnydeppiwish!

I have a blink doorbell with no subscription - just saves to a usb device and I can view/watch/talk when needed.
no issues so far

chrisw

silvercar said:

I know ring door bells are ubiquitous, but the ring sound does irritate me! Plus I understand the subscription is expensive and the need to buy a separate chime.

You can change the ring sound. You don't need a separate chime if you have an Alexa device or you could just have it ring on your phone.

I've been looking at alternatives now the subscription has gone up, but the Ring just works consistently and reliably so I haven't decided whether to swap yet or not.

silvercar

chrisw said:

silvercar said:z

I know ring door bells are ubiquitous, but the ring sound does irritate me! Plus I understand the subscription is expensive and the need to buy a separate chime.

You can change the ring sound. You don't need a separate chime if you have an Alexa device or you could just have it ring on your phone.

I've been looking at alternatives now the subscription has gone up, but the Ring just works consistently and reliably so I haven't decided whether to swap yet or not.

I see your point, but I am starting from scratch so looking at options. The problem with not having a separate chime is that if I’m away and other people are in the house they won’t hear the door bell.

intersting that you can change the ring sound.

MSE_James

This thread from a couple of months back might be worth a read: 

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6554617/which-camera-doorbell 

Fordguy123

Happy with the Eufy system using a home hub to store content and no subscriptions. you can buy a plug in chime but I use the hub speaker and also my Alexa pucks/devices via the Eufy skill. 

sand_hun

jonnydeppiwish! said:

I have a blink doorbell with no subscription - just saves to a usb device and I can view/watch/talk when needed.
no issues so far

Let's say you're out and somebody rings your Blink doorbell, do you still get a notification and option of seeing a Live view without the subscription? Or can you only review the files later on your USB device?