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HA Doorbell (self.homeassistant)

submitted 4 days ago by synestine to c/[email protected]

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Until recently I had been using an EZVIZ DB1C doorbell. I researched before I got it, and it worked immediately when bought. Then the company started playing dirty pool. Over the next two firmware updates (WIth nothing in the notes beyond "bugfixes and imrprovements") they stripped out the ability to use a local RTSP stream then they stripped out the ability to use their Windows-only software to even re-enable any functionality. Then they jerked me around for over a month before they finally copped to what the company had done.

And of course there's no way back to a working firmware.

I know people have mentioned Reolink and Amcrest before, but those models are no longer available.

Is there anything in the way of wired, mechanical-bell compatible doorbell cameras that work with HomeAssistant?

I'm so sick of companies that sell you one thing, then strip out the functionality that made it useful, shoving you into their cloud/app shit or leaving you stranded on whatever firmware the thing came with.

GRR

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago

If you install them inside the wall they are basically unnickable. Above the wall they are still fairly resistant,but someone with tools or a teenager with a good kick might get them off.

I looked them up, the 2N Solo which is their baseline variant (can do almost everything the big ones can but does not accept Extension modules) goes on sale here for around 600€.

Doorbirds goe for roughly the same,but are inferior technically.

Ubiquity is around 350€, but requires additional hardware for actual door operations beyond ringing.

Similar Dahuas go for 250€,roughly. Reolink PoE goes for 125€ here...but well,you get a reolink for that...

Both the Dahua and Reolink also require hardware that is included in the 2N and Doorbird.

But yeah, they are a different ballpark than the Reolink,as mentioned. But tbh, I had so many bad experiences with Reolink that I would never ever put them in a critical role (which doorbells are), and avoid everything to even have them on my network.