EZVIZ Wired Video Doorbell Camera, Require Existing Wiring System, 2.4G/5GHz Wi-Fi, Support 256 GB SD Card, No Monthly Fee, Human Motion Detection, 5M IR Night Vision, 170° View, Hardwired (DB1C)

This video doorbell is requires a mains supply. It does not operate from a battery.If you already have a bell transformer this is a doddle to fit. If not, you'll need to install a transformer and run a wire to the unit. This is not difficult, but needs to be considered.Fitting the doorbell is really easy with all the necessary bits and pieces,even including a drill bit and screwdriver. You fit a bracket and then clip and secure the doorbell to the bracket.Configuring the doorbell to access your WiFi is also pretty straightforward once you have installed the ezviz app on your phone.Once configured, the doorbell can link to the ezviz door chime using the wireless network. Video from the doorbell can be seen on the phone app, stored in the (subscription) cloud, or locally on a micro SD memory card.It is also possible to use an existing CCTV video recorder to store video from the doorbell (conditions apply).In summary, a great choice if you don't want to keep changing batteries and don't want to pay a monthly subscription.

I have spent two days with Ezviz DB1 and here I lay everything in my review below.This would have been a nice doorbell with added features of micro sd card and rtsp stream and it does well both of those things but it fails as a doorbell. My OnePlus 8 Pro phone would fail to ring most of the time. Some kind of software issue as if I play with the app long enough I would get it to ring and then after some time of inactivity it would fail to ring. I have allowed all possible permissions for the app, disabled all battery optimisation and everything there is to allow the ezviz app to run full time with no restrictions and yet no joy. It just has a mind of its own and when the doorbell pressed it would ring at times and at some times it won't, I'd say it would ring 4 times out of 10. Wifi signal is good, I know because I stand next to the doorbell when pressing the ring button and I see a live video stream on my phone, it has enough bandwidth to stream live video but the app is not bringing the answer screen up. It would register on the ezviz app "call log" as missed calls.Ok, I would think OnePlus android has some kind of battery-saving feature that is out of my hands and cannot be disabled so it disables the app but the app is running I am looking at live stream and it still doesn't ring.Then there is my wife's Samsung Galaxy s10 and the galaxy phones are the king of all androids at least for most people so you'd think it would be optimised for that phone but the situation with the galaxy is even worse. I get my Oneplus 8 Pro to ring more often than I managed with the Galaxy S10 (1 time out of 10 on a good day).It is good as a cctv cam as the stream is more or less stable especially with that sweet rtsp support.it does not support ONVIF as of yet but rtsp is enough to connect and record to you NAS or whatever you are using.Google Assistant support - not really! it connects the account and shows up at Google Home but is featureless. I asked Google to stream to Chromecast and it replied back that this device does not support streaming. It also doesn't notify you if someone is at the door so basically it is connecting to the Google Home but does not do anything.You would ideally need a separate WIRED chime with this doorbell as you can't trust the app alone even if you are at home and on the same wifi network. I have ordered a compatible chime as one I had built-in wasn't compatible so I will test it more with the new chime thinking if I get something to ring at home reliably and still have a stable live stream on this it may do ok for me as Ezviz DB1 is still quite a bit cheaper then other more mainstream brands. And I don't need to pay for storage space as plenty of local storage options.On the other hand, I should probably return it and get Nest or Ring. Will see I will play a bit longer with this and then update you all here if I managed to get it working as a proper doorbell.UPDATE: I returned it in the end. Before returning purchased a compatible chime one from the list of compatible chimes and wasn't able to connect it. Instead ordered google's Nest doorbell and now I need to pay a subscription if I want to record and have historical events saved but it connected to the same chime I purchased for Ezviz and connected to my google speaker and google home and works perfectly, and it rings every time.

I bought this because I didn't want to be like every other home with a Ring door bell. Also having examined many Ring door bells they also seemed to miss things. I'll state now I've never owned a Ring door bell, but I have used a lot during my work. I saw this Ezviz unit reviewed on GeekStreet and was very interested in it - mainly because it can work with an existing door chime. So I went and bought one. It's not been that easy to install (as I needed a 12v transformer) but when I did get it running - I was very happy with the results. The doorbell works perfectly with my existing chime (in fact it sounds better than ever) and the CCTV element is excellent. Storing on the local SD card means I don't have to upload to the cloud and pay for storage. As it works with multiple types of Wifi it also works at the higher speeds so connection has never been an issue. A lot of visitors to my house have been impressed that I can monitor then using my mobile device anywhere. The call quality is also better I think compared when compared to the Ring door bell. Put simply this is a bit less user friendly to install but the results are probably better than others in the market. Overall I'm very pleased to have made an effort with it. Weeks after I set it up, it still works well.

Very pleased with this, I use it with a memory card because I don't want to subscribe to a cloud (don't use a cheap memory card , they are not compatible) . You can reduce or increase the motion sensitivity ( it can get a little annoying to be notified of every car that drives past on a road near a school...) The range and zoom is quite good too, I can see to the end of my front garden the pavement and both sides of the road and the front of the house right opposite (residential road that is three cars wide ) . My front door is inside a cove so I can't say what it's like in the rain as my lense has never had rain on it...but I am happy with this purchase. The audio works both ways and I was able to use this from abroad too ( providing you have good and consistent wifi ) . I've managed to share the link with two other people ( I don't know if there is any limitation on it )

Get an expert to install, when it fitted you will know who's at your door when you are not home, it takes photos as well if you want, very happy with our purchase.