The Lemon Fool

We are looking to have one of these. Our existing (traditional) bell is wired but I wonder if I could power a video doorbell with this wiring. The ads for these aren't too clear. I've spoken with someone who has a battery powered one and the battery seems to last quite a while so I could consider one of these.

I'm also baffled by the price range of these. Anything from £40 to £200 plus.

Any recommendation please? I want video, wifi, two way talk and anything else that can be bolted on!

Thanks

Hi, we got the wired ring doorbell £50 from Amazon, but also needed a transformer as our existing wiring wasn't compatible, and paid an electrician £80 to fit. A good DIY person can do yourself but I'm not messing with electrics.

I've since got a Ring chime, and a battery security camera.

You have to pay to record and store video, get 30 days for free then cost £3.49 per month. As I've got the security camera as well I pay two lots.

They're great, strongly recommend!

Hi Adamski

Thanks for that.

Do I need a cloud account though? I'm looking at a video bell with a micro sd card so I wondered if it was necessary.

I have Eufy which all works fine and has no ongoing charges. I have both the doorbell and an additional camera. If someone rings the doorbell I can talk to them on my phone from anywhere.

Both the doorbell and camera have automatic motion sensitive video recording.

All excellent

Ps I have both on battery not wired, which is fine. I just have to plug it onto a charger every few months

Thanks ScrumpyJack

I've check out the Eufy and they look OK. I'll have a look on YouTube to see how they work.

I have a battery powered Ring video doorbell. Big mistake. I am too lazy to take the battery out every week or to two to charge it. It now has a post-it note on it saying "please knock".

I recall Ring did a model that derived its power from the wiring of an existing push-button doorbell. Wish I'd bought that.

I remember being rather shocked when I found a month after installation that the functionality I had been sold, and that I thought would be part of the expensive outlay, was only to continue for a monthly fee. At the time I felt a tad miss-sold and almost held-to-ransom.

On Friday I fitted for a client a (battery operated ) ReoLink wireless doorbell that could optionally use the existing wires, but I think it used them only to ring the existing chime instead of (or maybe as well as) its own chime.

Chris

The Eufy batteries certainly last several months before needing a recharge and there is no monthly fee.

Has anyone managed to do the new Smart Thing app
and if so, how on earth do you get it to work with Alexa
thanks in advance