I currently have a ring doorbell that I pay a yearly fee for but I want to get away from Amazon and a subscription fee. I would prefer if it used the Wi-Fi and it was able to connect with my house doorbell. Edit: I’d also like to add that I would like it to have the ability to stream and record video.
Haven’t linked it into home assistant yet, but I’m pretty happy with my Nest battery doorbell
xiaomi wireless button, and any speaker like google home mini
Same setup here but it’s an Aqara ZigBee button.
I really like getting a notification that someone is at the door when I’m out. Yeah maybe it would be better with a video or picture, but I paid less than a fiver for it, including shipping from fucking China
Haha I literally setup this exact thing yesterday, and then spent ages making Telegram notifications that delete themselves after a set time, so as not to clog up the feed. Because what’s the point of knowing that someone was at the door after they’ve left?
Those Aqara buttons are so tiny and cute!
I went with Dahua VTO2111 https://www.dahuasecurity.com/search/products?keyword=vto2111 https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003121456848.html
As an panel I went with Dahua VTH5221 https://www.dahuasecurity.com/search/products?keyword=vth5221 https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005004127386594.html
Reolink has a wifi video doorbell that works great, it has an integration with Home Assistant but also with Frigate. I use Frigate personally, since it’s better at person detection and I can record directly to my server. If you don’t use Frigate, you can record to an SD card that you slot into the back of the doorbell.
4th vote for Reolink, with one caveat: the live video feed takes several minutes to load in home assistant for me, but is pretty instant when viewing through the Reolink app. I’ve spent several evenings trying to get it to load faster without luck, so for now I’m content just using the Reolink app.
Unifi protect doorbell, but I do believe you need a unifi protect instance in order to record
Do they have a wireless one? I’ve only ever seen wired options but don’t know their product line super well
They do but I don’t know if it’s available on their official store anymore. It’s just called the G4 Doorbell rather than the G4 pro
It still needs to be wired. Just not ethernet. It plugs into your doorbell low voltage wiring
When you say “wireless” do you also mean battery powered?
No I just mean Wi-Fi. I do have existing doorbell wires that I can hook up to it for power. I’d probably prefer not having a battery just so I don’t have to worry about charging it ever.
