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We focused exclusively on smart doorbell cameras you can install yourself, rather than on higher-end models that are part of a larger security system. That eliminated options from ADT and Vivint , which require additional equipment and sometimes hefty subscription fees.
All smart doorbells, when they detect motion, deliver a remote live view and smartphone alerts. The latter is especially handy for package drop-offs, but it also allows the doorbell to double as a security camera for your entryway, even if no one rings the bell.
The average cost of a smart doorbell has dropped over the years. In every round of testing, we mount each of our test subjects to a homemade rig that houses up to four doorbells. The rig includes standard doorbell wiring and an indoor switch so we can flip power to operate one doorbell at a time. During our testing, we compare the quality of live and recorded audio and video. We also time how long each doorbell takes to send motion and bell notifications, as well as to establish a video and voice connection, and we take note of video recording times.
When issues come up such as too many or too few alerts , we try to tweak the settings to see what works best for each doorbell. Since video doorbells and all smart cameras create more potential for privacy and security issues than any other smart-home device, we monitor the practices of each company, review issues that come up in the news, and keep tabs on how each company responds to those incidents.
During testing, we also connect devices to Firewalla Blue , a firewall device that monitors the communications of all devices on a network and reports which devices are sending out data and to what country.
Once we narrow down final candidates, we review privacy policies and send our own questions to the company behind each candidate, specifically looking for clauses or activities that are outside normal practice in this category. Wirecutter takes security and privacy issues seriously and, as much as possible, investigates how the companies whose products we recommend deal with customer data.
As part of our vetting process , we research all of the security and data-privacy practices behind our picks. We also reach out to all of the companies that produce our top picks and ask them to respond to an extensive questionnaire to confirm issues that we think should be of primary concern for any potential buyer.
Here are the results. Wirecutter long-term tests all of its picks, including keeping track of app, firmware, and policy updates, as well as hardware and software incidents. When the doorbell detects movement, it can distinguish whether the source is a person, an animal, a vehicle, or a package, and it records crisp video for up to five minutes at a time with crystal-clear two-way audio.
In addition to video, motion detection is one of the main things that make the Arlo Essential Video Doorbell worth the upgrade over a standard doorbell. We found the Arlo Essential Video Doorbell to be more accurate than others we tested, sending alerts when relevant motion occurred and tagging people and vehicles clearly.
In our testing, both live and recorded images were always clear, during the day and at night. That makes it adept at keeping an eye on critters and packages. We typically received smartphone alerts, which included a thumbnail photo, within six seconds. Once you expand that notification, it shows a bigger picture with motion highlighted in a box, as well as options to mute notifications or, if something untoward is happening, to trigger a built-in siren.
One neat feature we especially liked was the ability to receive a video phone call when someone rang the doorbell, instead of just getting a simple smartphone notification which for some people can go unnoticed.
You can stop the calls by enabling Silent Mode—but that also silences rings from the bell, so you get nothing. We think it would be nice to be able to silence phone calls but still receive alerts.
You can also enable a prerecorded greeting that offers visitors a chance to leave a message if the doorbell goes unanswered after 20 seconds. This is a cheap way to store video, but it eliminates some of the features we love, including specialized alerts, thumbnails on notifications, access via the web client, and the ability to grant access to other users.
We successfully set up Alexa Routines that responded to motion or button presses by turning on a Yeelight bulb and Wyze Plug. We also used the Alexa app to enable notifications on our Alexa devices when the doorbell was pushed. The Arlo app is the same one that works with all Arlo devices, including the Arlo Pro 4 one of our outdoor camera picks.
In-app features include the ability to set or adjust motion sensitivity, activity zones, and the recording times. As with all Arlo cameras, with this one you can program recordings to last a set amount of time, between 10 and seconds.
If motion continues beyond that, the Arlo doorbell camera makes a new clip, but in our tests it regularly left a negligible, two-second gap in between recordings. The Arlo Essential Video Doorbell offers a few security features. It has two-factor authentication and allows only one user or device to be logged in at a time on the same username and password.
The Arlo Essential Video Doorbell has several anti-theft features, as well. First, it has a built-in siren, which you can set to trigger automatically or manually in the app. Also, if the power is cut, the Arlo app will send a tamper notification with a thumbnail photo. We typically received this kind of alert within three seconds of our cutting the power. And finally, the Arlo also has an internal battery that provides about five minutes of backup power, enough to give you a live view, send alerts, and record whatever is going on outside your house.
Even though the Arlo Essential Video Doorbell Wired has a battery backup, it needs wiring to function on a daily basis. Arlo recently released a battery-powered version, which we talk about in Other good smart doorbell cameras.
We found that the battery lasts only about five minutes and is intended for emergencies so that you can catch whoever is trying to steal your doorbell. The Eufy Security Video Doorbell 2K Wired captures detailed 2K video and clear two-way audio, and it offers the option of recording video clips to the cloud or storing them internally.
Unlike our battery-operated pick, this model is hardwired, so it can record longer clips up to five minutes, as long as it detects motion without gaps in between recordings.
Capturing recordings locally to built-in storage frees you from monthly fees and worries about hackers possibly accessing your data sitting in the cloud. It also prevents concerns about inadvertently draining your monthly data allotment, if you have satellite internet. However, local storage also makes your clips inaccessible should your power or Wi-Fi go out—or if someone swipes your doorbell. During testing, we found that the Eufy doorbell triggered smartphone alerts within three seconds of motion, a little faster than our top pick; you can opt to receive these alerts on your smartphone with or without a thumbnail photo.
The camera can distinguish between humans and general motion such as trees blowing in the wind or cars driving by , which we found could greatly reduce the number of nuisance alerts. We found that tweaking motion sensitivity and activity zones to focus on a specific area of our porch helped a bit. Motion alerts can direct you to the recorded event or a live view, based on your settings. The Eufy doorbell camera records motion continuously, for up to five minutes straight.
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