Video doorbell pain - so ring ?

[Pocster]

Ok - I give up on the reolink . For the love of Jesus it won’t maintain a consistent connection to the chime . I have the chime places as near as is possible to the front door ( less than 2m ) . App says it’s all fine of course . Whilst I can get it to usually trigger a home assistant event so that perhaps Alexa makes an announcement there’s no feed back of this at the door bell .

So ! As this appears to be the only poe one ( apart from ubitique - cost too high as need cloud key ) looking at ring . I can poe to usb so I don’t have to rely on battery .

Anyone with a ring on permanent charge see any issues ? - I assume it’s not a problem .

Or indeed any other video doorbells that can be powered of usb . Googling seems a bit random / unhelpful on how some of the less well known brands are powered .

[Nickfromwales]

Ring cannot be networked via LAN, they’re WiFi only, which is a piss-you-off tbh. 
 

I’ve got 6 devices and they’ve been pretty consistent and reliable over the last couple of years, decent wide angled view that zooms in pretty well for not much money).

 

The floodlight ones are shite for the lighting, nearly 50% of the lamps are now dimmer or dead, so beware.

 

If you’re going for one that takes an USB (C?) then you’ll have to generate that remotely and fire it down 2 cores of your CAT6 and use a soldering iron to splice.

 

None of the Ring devices can run POE afaik. 

[Pocster]

30 minutes ago, Nickfromwales said:

Ring cannot be networked via LAN, they’re WiFi only, which is a piss-you-off tbh. 
 

I’ve got 6 devices and they’ve been pretty consistent and reliable over the last couple of years, decent wide angled view that zooms in pretty well for not much money).

 

The floodlight ones are shite for the lighting, nearly 50% of the lamps are now dimmer or dead, so beware.

 

If you’re going for one that takes an USB (C?) then you’ll have to generate that remotely and fire it down 2 cores of your CAT6 and use a soldering iron to splice.

 

None of the Ring devices can run POE afaik. 

Ring elite is poe so I assume uses that for power and data .

But it’s pricey for a (expletive deleted)ing doorbell 

Also after more reading it would appear ring video streams aren’t accessible locally I.e no rtsp/url like normal but accessed via their ( amazon! ) cloud shite .

So less keen on ring now .

Regarding usb - can just stick an adaptor on the poe to take it to usb-c / micro whatever .

Just want a (expletive deleted)ing chime that works - bastard things .

[Nickfromwales]

4 minutes ago, Pocster said:

Ring elite is poe so I assume uses that for power and data .

But it’s pricey for a (expletive deleted)ing doorbell 

Also after more reading it would appear ring video streams aren’t accessible locally I.e no rtsp/url like normal but accessed via their ( amazon! ) cloud shite .

So less keen on ring now .

Regarding usb - can just stick an adaptor on the poe to take it to usb-c / micro whatever .

Just want a (expletive deleted)ing chime that works - bastard things .

I didn't look into it too intensively, just inherited some of it from jobs / surplus stock etc. Yes, if you lose the app / cloud then no way to view cams or save footage is a ballache, but was (is) quick & convenient which is the market it is pointed at I guess.

[Pocster]

Just now, Nickfromwales said:

I didn't look into it too intensively, just inherited some of it from jobs / surplus stock etc. Yes, if you lose the app / cloud then no way to view cams or save footage is a ballache, but was (is) quick & convenient which is the market it is pointed at I guess.

Yeah , I don’t need their cloud shite . Just want to treat it as a normal camera and record / spy via frigate and home assistant. (expletive deleted)ing Amazon shite .

[Pocster]

Probably just buy a BS brand off Amazon - test it for 28 days then send it back as “ reason for return “ - shite 

Edited Tuesday at 14:36 by Pocster

[Pocster]

Ffs !

the UniFi g4 does it all - even the chime is poe ! So perfect ! But I’m not paying £200 for the (expletive deleted)ing protect bs 

[Pocster]

(expletive deleted) it !

 

g4 pro off eBay new 

stupid (expletive deleted)ing chime from Amazon 

 

used cloud key off eBay .

 

Thats an expensive (expletive deleted)ing doorbell 

[Roger440]

7 hours ago, Pocster said:

Ring elite is poe so I assume uses that for power and data .

But it’s pricey for a (expletive deleted)ing doorbell 

Also after more reading it would appear ring video streams aren’t accessible locally I.e no rtsp/url like normal but accessed via their ( amazon! ) cloud shite .

So less keen on ring now .

Regarding usb - can just stick an adaptor on the poe to take it to usb-c / micro whatever .

Just want a (expletive deleted)ing chime that works - bastard things .

 

I found this, well one similar to be 100% reliable. And no "running" costs. https://doorbellworld.com/products/traditional-butlers-bell-kit-with-black-iron-pull-and-nylon-cord?variant=13874942509174&country=GB&currency=GBP&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=CPC&utm_campaign=Shopping+|+PMAX+|+Doorbell+World+|+Remarketing&utm_id=17870755657&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=17869557480&gbraid=0AAAAABPG94uKNMo3BHKxL8sMxL-C3bCMM&gclid=Cj0KCQjw5ubABhDIARIsAHMighav5I7prkrtm580BXzbWqguTFA4izCgr9LIKg4fmDXoSg1fs_gn5GAaAhm6EALw_wcB

 

Could be argued the thermal bridge it creates isnt so good.

 

Or was this not what you are looking for 🤣

Edited Tuesday at 21:52 by Roger440

[LiamJones]

I’ve gone ubiqui for all my networking + security needs. Makes the cost of the ‘hub’ more palatable, and it’s rock solid. Got 4 g5 turrets connected to a dream machine pro. Will add a ubiquiti doorbell + chime to the mix at some point, but been OOS for a while, expecting a g5 doorbell to be announced soon. Or I go with a gate + intercom setup, that’d be nice.

[Thorfun]

Did you ever try this @Pocster?

[markharro]

Ive gone the ubiquiti route as well - guess it is a wee bit pricey but its good kit and pretty much works

[Adsibob]

On 06/05/2025 at 12:47, Pocster said:

Ok - I give up on the reolink . For the love of Jesus it won’t maintain a consistent connection to the chime . I have the chime places as near as is possible to the front door ( less than 2m ) . App says it’s all fine of course . Whilst I can get it to usually trigger a home assistant event so that perhaps Alexa makes an announcement there’s no feed back of this at the door bell .

So ! As this appears to be the only poe one ( apart from ubitique - cost too high as need cloud key ) looking at ring . I can poe to usb so I don’t have to rely on battery .

Anyone with a ring on permanent charge see any issues ? - I assume it’s not a problem .

Or indeed any other video doorbells that can be powered of usb . Googling seems a bit random / unhelpful on how some of the less well known brands are powered .

You can get PoE Ring doorbell. 

[Nickfromwales]

2 hours ago, Adsibob said:

You can get PoE Ring doorbell. 

Thanks, I just found the "Elite" one, so may swap that out for my rechargeable one as it's an annoyance, but not the end of the world.

[Pocster]

4 hours ago, Nickfromwales said:

Thanks, I just found the "Elite" one, so may swap that out for my rechargeable one as it's an annoyance, but not the end of the world.

Don’t you dare ! . You swap to even more expensive Ubiquiti like I have !

[Pocster]

7 hours ago, Adsibob said:

You can get PoE Ring doorbell. 

I said that many posts earlier ! I want credit for that !!!

[Nickfromwales]

1 hour ago, Pocster said:

I said that many posts earlier ! I want credit for that !!!

All hail, king @Pocster, 👑 🤴, bringer of posh doorbells and……stuff. 

 

1 hour ago, Pocster said:

Don’t you dare ! . You swap to even more expensive Ubiquiti like I have !

I’ll wait until you get fed up of it and snag it off you for half price on eBay. 👊😜