Sunlight (dawn/dusk) and nighttime headlights trigger my camera constantly. I just don’t pay attention to it anymore. It’s annoying. You’d think the AI would get better at it.
I had a genius idea to install one of my cameras really high up so nobody would steal it (In the past people disabled a camera by wearing a cardboard box and using a broom). The problem is the stupid camera lost wifi connection and now I can’t reach it to reset it.
Grabbed a Eufy wireless doorbell last week. I wanted locally hosted videos and to not have to deal with the cost of an ongoing subscription for cloud based. Eufy seemed to get the most consistently good reviews and was on top of most ‘best of’ lists I’d seen. I went with the battery powered instead of hardwiring it into my old doorbell wiring because the wired version didn’t have the ability to store the videos on a homebase that was inside the house. Which seemed odd, and I’m not totally sure that they don’t have some wired ones that would store everything inside, but whatever. It’s done now. hehe
Anyway, the install was pretty easy. Though I did clip the wires that were for the old doorbell far to short before I realized what I was doing. Had the doorbell up and working inside of an hour, half of which was just charging and the initial setup of the app and adjusting the location a little to get the best view.
All in all, I really like it and even ordered a Eufy camera for over the garage (wireless also) that I got today and installed even more quickly. They have wired ones that you can connect to solar panels too. I almost went with that, but for now I just did the battery powered camera.
I have a Ring Wired Doorbell Pro. I also have Ring Wired Spotlight cameras around the house. Best thing is that $10/month cover both video storage and the security (active monitoring with Brinks) for all devices. I use Ring Security products too, covered under the same $10/month. The Ring security products all have cellular backup and can run without power for a long time.
I am quite happy with the Ring system. I have a Ring door bell and 2 Ring cameras with solar panels. All of them work great and have excellent pictures. Not having to mess with batteries on the two ring cameras makes the solar panels worth the extra cost. I have never seen the battery levels on my cameras below 3/4th full, even in the dead of a Michigan winter. I have a fenced in yard and a dog, who loves to be outside so these have the added bonus that I can keep tabs on my pupper when he is outside. I dont have the full security sub but I do have the $30 annual subscription that allows a number of benefits, just no professional monitoring. All in all I feel that the Ring system is an excellent option for doorbells and security cams, especially if youre also using Alexa.
So I just picked up the Eufy wireless battery doorbell with homebase2. Installation was pretty straightforward. I wired it up to our existing doorbell. Hope its okay. So far, it seems to work fine. No false alarms from passing cars or people and that’s without me futzing around with any zones, and it did detect me when I tested approaching my door.
I’ve had this for a year or so. Works great and I don’t care about cloud saves (think you can purchase this if you want). I also have a camera over my garage. The doorbell batteries do need to be recharged about twice as often as the garage one, but it’s easy to pop off and charge for a few hours every couple of months. Been very happy with it.
Which camera did you get? How well does it work? My wife wants to have a camera covering the back of the house. There’s no wring so it will need to be battery powered.
Solo Cam E20. They both are wireless and rechargeable. And connect to the same base inside. I can add more if I want and there are even small solar panels you can get that keeps it charged if you want. I thought about that, but my garage camera only needs a charge once every 6 months or so, so I didn’t bother with the solar things. I just take it down and charge it.
I didn’t want to be connected to any cloud service, so there is a sd card in the base that stores the video. I’m sure it fills up and drops older videos but if I needed something I’m sure I’d know long before it dropped off.