The latest Smart Doorbells Reviewed | The Gadget Show 

We have the Eufy 1080p wireless doorbell with the chime unit with SD Card storage. Its been faultless. Great picture and sound and no lag. Can't help but feel this was very pro-Ring. Eufy doesn't charge fees for storage, and the articel stated the highest price (£179.99 for the 2K doorbell with homebase) but it is regularly cheaper than that (often around £130). Eufy all day, every day for me.

This is the second home in which ru-vid.comUgkx0jZ_lGlDVJhDnmagEU8gn47cmfPNlLQU we've replaced our "regular" doorbell with a Ring video doorbell and we really enjoy it. It is very easy to install and it works very well, with a clear picture through the app and good in-home use (we added the chime, which is also easy to install and doesn't require another thought to use).

Eufy does not have a audio delay if you connect it to the Homebase 2. This was a unfair comparison because the presenter wired it up via a Router which is not required and appeared to cause the lag.

I would like to have seen more detail about delays in notifications which seems to effect lots of doorbell cameras especially as the ring 3 also has a PIR

I got the wired version of the Eufy Doorbell. I recommend the wired versions it way more responsive and don't need to worry about battery life. Very good 2k video quality. I've also connected it to echo dots that can act as a chime as well. The only con is that I do get a few false motion detection every now and then.

I have the battery Eufy unit which can also be wired to the mains. Mine’s wired via an inexpensive mains adaptor which keeps the battery topped up without having to charge it manually, also the Homebase is able to store around 3 months worth of video with it’s 16Gb of storage space. I agree about the lag when speaking, but for the amount of times I use it to talk I’m happy with it.

I have the Eufy bell, no lag and no subscription.

I’m a Eufy user and purchased during Black Friday so it came out cheaper than Ring. Reason for going Eufy is I didn’t fancy being hooked with a forever subscription like Ring to have video storage and it can be integrated with Echo devices so they act as extra chimes around the house. I would say that battery life for me lasts around the 2 month mark, but that could be down to foot traffic outside the house tripping off the sensor and it differentiating if it’s a person and starts to record or just a car driving past on the roads.

Absolutely brilliant video! Thanks much!

My Eufy door bell works perfectly with no lag. Plus no subscription.

Eufy all day everyday....my Eufy doesn't lag like that....🤔🧐 Entire panel has Ring lol...

Ohhhh you don’t have a doorbell for an hour! What will people do? They might have to use their Knuckles again. 🤣

I've had both the Ring (Pro) and the Eufy, although my mains-powered Eufy doesn't have - or need - any massive 'homebase unit'. It has only the wireless chime that you can plug in pretty much wherever you need it. The difference between the two is quite clear. The Eufy has noticeably better video quality and - unlike the Ring - the videos it records are stored on the unit itself - so you don't need pay Amazon for the rest of your life in order to view them. It's really a no-brainer.

Guessing this video was filmed a couple of months back as they released a firmware update for that model of eufy recently that drastically fixed that lag

I've got the Eufy. I bought a power supply and have used the terminals on the back of the Eufy to connect it - so no hassle of charging the battery. The lag? I don't have it. The camera and sound quality are very good. the 2k camera and no subscription cost is a no brainer.

Hey - do you know of any doorbells with adjustable angle camera lenses, so that wedge mounts do not need to be used?

No mention of nest hello also no mention of the delay of the ring app opening and connecting to the doorbell. I ditched my ring bell because by the time I opened the app and it connected the person has gone. My broadband is with virgin media 500mbps before anyone blames my Internet connection. Since switching to nest hello I've had no issues at all.

This is what happens if you release a product to the market too early. Clearly Eufy has fixed the lag issue with a firmware update but not quick enough for it to be reviewed and given a bashing on a national TV show.

Really enjoying my ring doorbell easy to install too

"rooter" 😂

So they store all your video on their servers? That means that Amazon has a full record of all of your comings and goings, and your visitors. Why do people fall for all of this? I'd only ever use one that stored videos locally, and I didn't need to connect it to any corporations servers. So, basically I could just set up a CCTV camera instead, that way I know its secure from these corporations.

Like to see the report covering false alarms from vehicles going passed on a busy street with shorter paths.

Eufy for me 👌

If you can just take them off what stops them being stolen?

eufy for me over 1 year from Amazon bf deal. no delay or lag and 6 months on battery life

My Eufy is lag and subscription free. Option of battery or wired - works off my standard bell transformer.

I find it strange how they didn't test Nest or the new Blurams one. Got my Blurams today and I think it's brilliant

Purchased a Ring plus Chime cant get it to work keeps disconnecting from WiFi, I live in a small bungalow

I don't understand why nowadays with most phones having lots of storage, why you can't store locally on the phone when you are back home. Ring/Amazon should charge for a year or two tops before saying that you have paid for enough cloud storage for life. With storage prices coming down all the time you shouldn't pay perpetually for fixed 30 days of storage.

Underrated channel

Why is there no doorbell with Power Over Ethernet?! Would be so much better faster not on the wifi and no batteries to change....

I have the Eufy, I don't have anywhere near that much lag... And I don't have to pay a monthly charge to store video.

I'd like a video doorbell but as I don't have a front garden, it wouldn't surprise me if a fancy video-doorbell was swiped/vandalized if I stock one on my front door.

Helpful. Thanks. And it’s great to see Craig Charles is still around doing stuff. I adore Red Dwarf.

What about subscription costs?

😂 why didn't they test the videos at night

The ORIGINAL of anything is usually the best overall because all the others are copying it.

How could you not include the Nest Hello?!?!

Ring supply cloud videos and data to Police without telling owners when they have done so.

What's to stop someone pulling the camera off the door and running off with it?

The Ring doorbell 6 months battery life 🤣🤣😂🤣... more like 6 weeks if your lucky

no one wanted to trouble shoot the eufy lag and were all happy to pay ring for its monthly sub? bunch of hoity toity rich blokes we got here.

Why is this weirdo so shocked by every caller? They clearly are just inventing reasons to call in order to test the door bell.

Title should read 'The Latest Smart WIRELESS Doorbells Reviewed' there are a number of wired doorbells that will outperform the 3 reviewed

Need to hard wire for anything decent.

I have a Ring 2, the single most disappointing piece of tech I own. Laggy, dropouts.. also I find that people don’t want to press the button they just knock - oldskool

I don't like the idea of monthly fees.

Google Nest Hello, hard wired, beats all these.

My Nest Hello just arrived today 😅

Pick the ring 🤣

That guy from the gadget show,looks like a serial killer

U can't compare 3 different items at 3 different price points. They must be around the same price to have a equal chance on witch is the best.

No Google Nest?🤷🏻‍♂️😊

Bad review. Very disappointing. My Eufy does not have a lag. You can power it from existing doorbell cables, or as I have done, put a plugged doorbell power in a socket and feed it through the door jamb. It also works with alexa for announcing.

Is it just me who feels sorry for the salesperson?

cant see the point in any of them, its a nice welcome for thief to take of,, just stick with a fixed small cam conected to your TV or PC direct record as in when you need to

Now do the pro doorbells!

Can’t go wrong with Ring products

Obviously, this was only targeted at the lower end consumer doorbells. But for a new appartement or house, why on earth would you not build that with a decent door, modern, smart doorbell in the first place ? Something like a Doorbird for example ? Or Hikvision. Those 3 doorbells tested there are really only stop gaps. And the only one that can be considered in that case is the Ring. Also, a Nest one should also have been included in that comparison.

If thats the quality of Gadget Show reviews, i'd avoid them. Why on earth would they think Eufy would sell a device with that delay rather than checking their own configuration. And no mention of show secure they are from being hacked or companies that sell off door bell videos.

So the Ring one is the most overrated. The sound was awful! I’m going to go for the Eufy. Thanks

The one main problem is Kids / teenagers grab and run , They take the video doorbell

This video sponsored by Ring.

You can video your bell getting nicked.

Surveillance Servers Clouds Digital never goes away

I just want one to ding the echo dots about my house not bothered about the video bit

Ring doorbell is total crap, keeps disconnecting, you have to constantly keep setting the whole thing up again from scratch.

I don't know what eufy doorbell you reviewed but mine doesn't lag, this review was STRAIGHT TRASH.

the chinese also use these to record who you socialise with..........

My ring doorbell is crap. No notifications, delayed notifications bad picture quality but sound is good. Decided to go for eufy on most reviews. Being delivered tomorrow bso hopefully won't be disappointed.

What's this £2.50 a month

Mr.Bell end.............

Hikvision are far better than these toy door bells 🥸

There is no door bell satisfy my requirements , all this are useless concepts!

Sad face thumb nail !! IM OUT

wow he's terrrible, get someone more charismatc and or younger

this guy is honestly the worst person of the show

OUR RING DOORBELL HAS NEVER WORKED!! Our Ring Doorbell has never worked properly, from the day we had it fitted with all the cameras, by the professional team at Currys PC World, to this day 5 years later! I have called and called their Customer Support Team and have had one excuse after another… so we have bought other add ons, such as the solar panel at a cost to ourselves and had new batteries sent to us for free by Ring customer service, we have spent hours messing about on the phone with their Tech team with the app, altering the settings and re-setting the device… but it has never worked for longer than a day or two without runing out of battery, so we could use it when we go away ... basically how they advertise it to be on TV! We first noticed when our neighbors popped round, as they had pressed the doorbell, expecting it to work, but it didn’t. I explained all of the problems we had been having with it, so we naturally compared ours to theirs, as they had recently bought the same Ring doorbell and said theirs worked perfectly! So after being stalled and stalled by the customer service staff and sent new batteries and buying add ons… etc… to try to make the stupid thing work, we forgot about it… and just got on with our lives without the Ring doorbell! But every now and then, it would bug me that we spent all this money on a glorified doorbell that had NEVER worked, when a normal doorbell would just let us know when people were there... waiting at the door, so I put our normal doorbell back up out front with a sign saying that one didn’t work! So I called again this morning, so see if ANYONE could shed any light on it... fix it or just help me get this stupid thing working…. and I was told this morning (FIVE YEARS LATER!!!)...that: “Its probably a hardware issue and we would need to replace the whole thing” … but naturally as its taken sooooooooo long to get to this point after hours and months and years of disappointment… there’s nothing they could do to fix it as it as its now out of warranty! “However …I will send you a discount code so you can buy another one with some discount!! When I asked the customer service agent WHY on gods green earth I would EVER want to buy another one, when this one had never worked? His answer was “ I guarantee this next one will work madam, you just had faulty hardware” …So HOW can you guarantee THIS next one wouldn’t be faulty? Totally mental conversations... wastnig literally years of my life trying to fix this thing that I was told this morning, could just be a faulty one! SO WHY DIDNT THEY SAY THIS EARLIER?????? So Frustrating and a ridiculous guarantee when I was just hoping it would have worked the first time... like when we originally bought it! I will not waste any more time, energy or money on this product!!! I really feel like the CS staff just postponed my complaints and asked me to wait whilst they sent me batteries and then to wait to see if they worked... was all a rouse' to make it out of warranty so they didnt have to send me another one! I know my neighbours works... but Im not going to chance it... TOTAL WASTE OF TIME DONT BUY IT!