TapoD230S1 2K 5MP Battery Video Doorbell Wireless, Security Camera Doorbell, Ring Chime Included, Color Night Vision, Head-to-Toe View, 6-Month Battery, IP64, Cloud &Local Storage, No Monthly Fee

I purchased this TP-Link Smart Video Doorbell so that I could add remote front door answering and security to my property without adding another app to my phone, as I already had a few other TP-Link Smart Home products (light bulbs and CCTV).It links with the Tapo app really well and is exceptionally straight forward to install with a step by step guide. As it also adds the Hub (chime unit) it has allowed me to also add Leak/Water sensors (purchased separately)The distance range is good with a reliable connectivity of 5-6m in my case. The doorbell features work well with motion/person detection. Using the app features I have eliminated false alarms and it provides useful notifications on the app and hub. I have it set to record motion/person detection with no notifications, and doorbell notifications with the 2 way talk feature so that I am not bombarded by app notifications every time someone walks out the front door. I initially struggled to get this setup working, but an email to TP-Link Technical Support resolved this issue. I personally find TP-Link products very intuitive to use, so hadn't needed to contact their Technical Support before. Their very quick response and solution, which was far quicker than their target response time, has made me even more confident in the TP-Link/Tapo products. Thank you Aurelia and Tyrone for providing such a quick and customer focused response.The video quality is great, perfectly size formatted to view everything well. Sound quality is also very good. I did initially have another branded doorbell with leak sensors, etc. which had connectivity issues, but due to not wanting multiply apps on my phone, opted for TP-Link and glad I did. Good reliable devices which work well and great Technical Support and help when needed.

Good Value for money, we in our 70’s were able to set this up easily and add to the system when needed. Camera quality is excellent, night vision is good. Gives us that extra security and it’s a repellant when they see cameras and video doorbell. Can also check who is at the door and can speak to them whoever you are if necessary. Wish there were more tunes.

The media could not be loaded. I have been researching about a video doorbell and finally bought this one and it is my first video doorbell so can’t compare with other brands experience. Below just my personal experience:-Picture quality: it has great picture quality and anyone shouldn’t have any issues with this part.Battery: not so good as promised (180 days). I have been using for 3 weeks it’s now on 35% from 100. So, I would say it’s pretty poor.Notifications: there’s a slight delay on notifications, if it hasn’t wok up for a while then the delay is more significant. In average I experienced 3-5 seconds delay. However, when it is warm up there’s negligible delay. I would say this area is just about acceptable.Recording: talking over the phone, call quality and video are both pretty good, again there’s slight delay, about 2 seconds. I would say this area is also just about acceptable.Motion detection: pretty good and no issues so far, as mentioned before once it’s warmed up everything is nearly instantaneous.Installation and Connectivity: both are pretty good and easy. My doorbell isn’t far from actual hub but there are some old built brick walls and the signal strength is medium. I haven’t had any connectivity issues so far.Overall, I would say it’s just about a good video doorbell and most areas are acceptable but non warmed up device has notifications delay and battery life needs serious improvement.Last but not least, it’s fun that what it’s capturing now which I couldn’t before such as kids knocking door on the halloween night and runaway.

Whilst the overall size may seem large compared to others I have found this to be an excellent Smart doorbell. It is well made and the battery life is excellent. The quality of the captured videos is good and it is easy to set up to avoid what, to me, would be false triggers.

Replacing a wired-in Ring doorbell that was never up to the job - couldn’t hold a connection to my WiFi , this one does the business, possibly because it has a hub that is wired straight into the router. Easy to setup provided you don’t make the mistake I initially made - trying to install the doorbell on the app when what I needed to do was do the hub install first. After I did it the right way round everything connected properly. The battery charged up in a few hours and once it’s in and you have the app working it shows the percentage of battery charge so you have plenty of notice for when to swap or recharge your battery. I will be getting a spare soon so I have one ready to swap straight in.Just put a micro sd card into the hub and it formatted it straight away and now any alerts send a video clip straight to the card where it is immediately viewable from your app. So no subscription, just a one off card purchase and you’ve got storage sorted.Quality of picture and video is very good. Doorbell rings on the hub, as well as on the phone, and it also got announced on my echo dot, so a simple test push of the doorbell and I was deluged with alerts! You can turn off any you don’t want though as well as choosing the volume level for the ringer. Different noises and ringtones too if you want. Although I’ve adjusted the sensitivity of the alert zone so that it’s close to my door, it has just gone off (complete with video) of a man walking his dog past the front of my house, so I will play around with that some more. But very happy with the doorbell, works great and a relief to finally have a security cam with storage in place. I went for this one because I have got a few smart plugs and other cams from Tapo and I just find that their stuff always works well plus I like having everything on one app as well.