Which is the best HomeKit doorbell?
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Why you would want one of these doorbells?
00:52 Price and specs compared
01:16 Video quality compared
01:37 Issues with the Logitech Circle View Doorbell
02:20 How I fixed my Belkin Wemo Doorbell
03:48 How I fixed my Belkin Wemo Doorbell part 2
05:36 Chimes compared
06:06 Do THIS for setup!
06:44 My favorite between the two options
07:25 Alternative doorbell options
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An important point most reviewers miss is the voltage requirements. A Wemo needs a 16-24V system. Logitech can go down to a 5V system. I have not bought either, but leaning towards the Logitech. Thanks for the great video.
Thank you for this. We’ve (very) patiently been waiting for the best possible HomeKit doorbell purely for that “picture-in-picture” video feed to pop up on our Apple TV when we’re in the back of the house. I know it’s slim pickings still in 2022, but still appreciate this review 👍
I have a WEMO doorbell and we love it!
Perfect timing for this video -- for me at least. 🙂 Thanks!
Eric, you really shouldn't recommend the Wemo video doorbell. I bought it after your recommendation and spent 7 hours of my life trying to connect the device without success. Apple Tech couldn't figure it out and Belkin doesn't provide support the product. On that glorious day when Apple decides to kick-off it off the HomeKit platform comes like it does frequently, a lot of owners will be stranded.
I ending up going with the Logitech a few months back and I’ve been very happy with it. I wish there was a hybrid of both though as I like the design of the Belkin better.
Love my Bellini Wemo! I had issues with the initial setup but got it to fire it up when I switched to the Linksys velop router. It works great and really like the wide field of view for packages
I had a problem with my Wemo dropping from my network, needing to be restarted every few weeks. Wemo advised me last week to “split” my 2.4 and 5G networks. I had them tied together as a single network in my Netgear Nighthawk setup. No issues since. Firmware update forthcoming confirmed by Wemo.
Hoping the firmware update are addresses the sensitive motion detector too.
You welcome, people!
My entire house is run via HomeKit... except my doorbell and other cameras, which are Nest. My reason for staying with Nest with those is that they are the only camera option I could find that records 24/7 and marks motions. Plus, I can use geo-location on my phone to turn on/off interior cameras based on whether or not I'm home. The others only record motion. Having full footage is something that I want... and that footage has already come in handy. So, using Google/Nest for the cameras is something that I will stay with for the time-being. With that said... interesting problem has popped up using Siri commands recently. I use a series of HomePods and HomePod Minis as microphones throughout my house. Up until a few weeks ago, when I gave a command, it executed immediately. Now, it delays... Siri responds that the lights/accessories are being slow to respond... then the command happens. I'm assuming an upgrade did something, but have no clue. First time I have ever had problems using Siri voice commands. If I go to the Hue app and just hit the option I want, it works immediately.
Same here. I’m on a Nest/Google ecosystem of doorbells, exterior cameras, chrome casts and home /with displays. I’m too far in to switch to home kit devices. However I am weighing if the $6.00 monthly subscription is worth it.
Also, I wouldn’t pin much hope on Matter for opening up doorbell options. They’ve already stated that only low bandwidth devices would be covered by the initial release and things like cameras would have to wait.
I came across this video and was really surprised I just lived this. I decided to order the Logitech doorbell because I was drawn to its design and reputation for 24/7 video. However, despite seeking assistance from Logitech's support team, it disconnected from my home hub around 20 times a day. After struggling for 22 days to resolve the issue, I returned it to Amazon and opted for the Belkin doorbell. It's been two months now, and I haven't encountered any problems with the Belkin doorbell; it connected seamlessly to my Wi-Fi. Although I don't have any special characters in my Wi-Fi password, I live in a rural area where such complexity isn't necessary. I really liked the Logitech's night vision and design; it seemed like the superior doorbell, but it just didn't function correctly. I live in an area with hot summers, and even though it wasn't exposed to direct sunlight, I suspect it was overheating. The day I took it down was scorching!"
I have the Logitech Circle View doorbell, mine is under an awning so I don’t have overheating issues but it does seem to have some stability issues on my network, so I had an electrician isolate the doorbell circuit and add an electrical on/off switch so I can power cycle it when there seems to be an issue. I should also mention there are third party mounting options for mounting on vinyl siding that compensate for the angle, ensuring the unit is completely vertical. Perhaps Logitech could sell trim kits in white or silver to reduce the units overall temperature for those having overheating issues, or for those where black is too unattractive.
Personally I went with the Logitech given I had a shaded front porch and have owned many Logitech products over the years for my PCs. So far it’s been solid!
What is your 1 year review?
I’ve just gone and purchased the Netatmo Video Doorbell - the reason because I don’t have any existing chime.
I like that Netatmo offer a in wall transformer or an AC plug in cable.
Hopefully HSV comes to Netatmo.
Looking forward to you doing a review of the UniFi G4 Pro doorbell. I have heard you can get it into HomeKit using a Scripted hub.
I have several wemo products and wemo continuously become unresponsive in apple HomeKit requiring a reboot. BUYER BEWARE.
Here in the UK in May 2023 the ONLY Apple Home compatible doorbell is Netatmo. I would have purchased the Logitech but they do not sell it here. The Netatmo works well with Apple home. I fitted it with a wired transformer and a regular doorbell chime so that it sounds normal. It stores video on an internal card. It's quite large and comes with a wedge so it can be fitted at an angle to get a better view. Only had it for 7 weeks.
I'm probably gonna wait until beginning of next year to see if any wireless matter doorbells are out. If not I'm getting the eve outdoor camera
I love the design/style of the Nest doorbell, I may consider it when it is able to work with HomeKit
My home faces southeast and has direct sunlight on the door all day long. No real shade so I have been holding off getting any doorbell. It does get quite hot in the summer.
I installed the Wemo last month and it's still going strong without any drop-outs. I was concerned about overheating since in our condo the midday sun reaches it even with an overhang. I have never had the doorbell shut off but I noticed the aforementioned midday sun -along with entryway stonework causes a false package detected message. In any case, this is more of a Homekit thing (package detection) and not the doorbell itself.
I bit into this and got the Wemo video doorbell thinking I could easily buy a 220v adopter to use as this video doorbell is only compatible with 120v power input. I’ve spent over $100 now buying different adopters and outdoor rated power outlet that wouldn’t fit to each other 😩 the search goes on😅
Those things look THICK! I would love to see it compared side by side to a Ring Pro Doorbell. Also, have you tried Ubiquity’s doorbell?
I have to disagree with your take on the doorbells. There’s no way I could endorse a product that forces a wifi passcode to use a less secure format. (No special characters). That’s a HUGE flaw imo and one that shouldn’t be brushed aside as minor. Also noticed a post today on the Reddit HK group w reporting a Wemo doorbell overheating. (Circumstances unknown).
The Logitech isn’t perfect by any means but I’m in SC and my SE facing front door/porch gets blasted with direct sun until about 11am. No overheating issues yet. The CV gives better video quality (which is what I bought a camera for In The first place….) and works perfectly with my existing chime, and the HomePods.
netatmo, hands down. We've tried them all.
Hey Eric - USUAL Fantastic Video -- My Amazon Ring Doorbell is dying -- I know you have made several reviews on Apple Compat Doorbells - which one would you recommend today - 2024 that will work with the Apple HomeKit? PS = I plan on checking your Video Camera Reviews - that is next ...
Hi I tried to power the wemo video doorbell using the micro usb, seems to work without any issue. Notification, streaming all seems to work normally, have you tried it?
I had the same problem you had with the Wemo Doorbell. Belkin sent me a replacement, this time I used my husband's phone to set it up (after seeing your previous video). It works fine now...except on my phone. Everyone in my home can view the video and notifications, but my phone says the camera is not responding. Do you have any suggestions?
With Matter now being supported by Apple can you use Google Next doorbell with homekit without a bridge or other device?
Can you please to comparison of netatmo vs Eve camera outside flood
If your front door sees direct sunlight the LG doorbell overheats FAST! The black enamel behind the glass has delaminated because of the heat too
Where do you get starling hub? I couldn’t find it on Amazon
For the EVE Air Quality module, it could measure CO2 levels it would be perfect. It's amazing how many don't measure this important component of air quality.
As for doorbells, I wish there was a battery version doorbell which worked with HomeKit. I can not run any power to the outside of our vestibule so the doorbell needs it's own power source.
Great review!
Matter won't support doorbells or cameras at launch. That's not coming until "Matter 2.0" or later. So it'll be years before we can control a Google Nest doorbell in HomeKit natively without something like Homebridge.
Can someone please tell me how HomeKit doorbells compare to Ring? Do they have comparable performance and service? Why would I choose one over the other? Trying to decide which way to go!
My Vemo doorbell was working until before Christmas. Then one day I got a message in my iPhone "No Response - This camera is not responding". It has not worked since. The doorbell rings, it lights up outside but no camera. I tried a lot of things to get it so work but no luck. I have deleted it from Home app and reinstalled it. I have removed it and reinstalled it. It did work once when powered on USB inside but has not since. Don't know what to do?
How would you compare those with the new Aqara G4?
Totally get that this video is HomeKit focused but given you have ubiquiti would you consider getting one of their doorbell cameras? I am considering taking out all my eufy HomeKit cameras and replacing them with a Ubiquiti set up.
Not sure if you ever went with Ubiquiti cameras but I will say at least the last gen cameras, I'd stick with Eufy unless you want 24/7 recording. My parents have the Ubiquiti cameras setup and the night video quality is terrible in comparison to Eufy cam pro 2 at least, they have now started replacing the Ubiquiti cameras. Granted Ubiquiti has brought out a newer generation of cameras, so those might be better but they are also pricey. Plus no native HomeKit support on the Ubiquiti cameras.
@@zachdiver3741 haven’t made any changes yet. But good to know that ubiquiti won’t necessarily solve all my issues.
@@chadbonadonna3778 What issues are you having with the Eufy cams? They have been very solid for me, their only downside I see is you can't record 24/7 but that's really not what they were made for anyways.
@@zachdiver3741 reliability for me, 20% of the time they can’t be found. Time to open the stream is too long. Image quality is not great. Not saying ubiquiti would solve all my problems but would assume hard wired POE devices would be faster and more reliable.
You obviously don’t use an Apple TV with camera pop ups. There’s absolutely nothing that can beat that. It’s the main screen that’s right in your face while your at home. Or in a watch. Now that’s true security. Like you’ve got 4th and 5th eyes that stretch out around your personal perimeter always ready to toss an alert up on the screen that matters the most. The screen your watching right before a group of men rush your home.
My belkin wemo is constantly disconnecting.... 😞 Restarting (by removing the doorbell and poking the button) fixes it for a few days but then it's back to "not responding" in HomeKit. No specific pattern or event that seems to break it. I thought my mesh wifi (Asus) was part of the issue but bonding it to a specific node (while working) doesn't seem to help. I am able to do setup with a special character in my pw... seems like a different issue but I'll try without special characters - thanks!
looking for a doorbell which isch battery operated and has a wireless chime, but works flawlessly with homekit? i cannot connect it to my existing home chime (rental apt). tried the xiaomi doorbell 3 but it's absolute trash (not working and only 2.4 ghz internet)
Thanks for another great review. I’ve had the Logitech for almost a year. It is on my front porch, which faces mostly east and gets blasted with a hot mid Atlantic US sun. Never had it go offline other than when the power has gone out. I do wish that the Logitech had more vertical field of view, because I cannot see when packages are within 3 feet of my front door. Also, there is a substantial delay (I’ll estimate 5+ seconds) between when a person comes into view and when the doorbell notifies me on my iPhone and AppleTV 4K, resulting in me getting a notice that someone is at the door but they’ve already come and gone. The chime setup was clearly laid out in the instructions but, yeah, the adapter box had to be mounted outside of my chime box. Also, I tried not installing the chime adapter at first - bad idea as the chime box was continually drawing power.
I dropped the security screw for my wemo doorbell 🤦🏽♂️. I think it fell into a pile of leaves on the side of my porch Belkin said there’s no replacement screws to purchase. It’s so stupid.
Arlo Doorbells for me...requires a Hub, subscription and no HSV support...but it works with Android, Google Home as a chime, Alexa and Smart-Things...and universal compatibility is simply the most important thing for me. I'm not loyal to Apple exclusively, even with my Homekit and Homebridge Pi setup.
do any of these doorbells connect to a Synology NAS?
I’ve had this Wemo Smart Doorbell for almost one year and it has been great except for one major problem that Belkin has yet been able to fix. Anytime my Wifi is out (power failure, moving the router, etc…) for more than 10 or 15 minutes the Wemo doorbell will not reconnect to the Wifi when it comes back online. ALL of my Homekit devices, including cameras, re-connect automatically except for the Wemo doorbell. With it I have to take it off its mount, push in the reset button on the back, then remount the doorbell. Not too bad when we are home….not workable at all when we are away from home on road trips. Has anyone else had this problem and If so have you been able to fix it? Thank You for any help you can offer!!!
Aqara G4 Doorbell seems to be the best one.
I wonder if the problem for the Logitech is heat in-and-of itself, or if it's sunlight. I'm pretty tempted to put one on my front porch, and that never gets any sunlight. However, where I live the outside temperature can get well over 90ºF in the summer. If the problem is temperature (and is not sunlight-related), do you know if people have tracked at what temperature it tends to fail?
I have never tracked it but mine gets roasted on my front porch and starts going out around 3-4pm during the summer. I’m in Charlotte NC. I’ll cool off then come back and do that on and off dance until about 6pm
What about Aqara?
I bought the logitech a few months ago. It works pretty well but has a few flaws. Every week or so it detects a package which isn’t there. Also, I was excited about being able to have lights turn on if the doorbell detected someone at night. Unfortunately if any motion is detected the lights turn on in my home. So right now the Living Room lights turn themselves on several times an hour.
HomeBridge + ANY doorbell
With your looks, homekit reviews and surname we should call you Homelander.
the Logitech sucks, I had that and it moisture inside the ring bell and it does not works! and is a IP65 waterproof, Logitech bad for you
Here’s the thing. Ring alarm gives the best features for the price. The base station has everything you could want and is a eero 6 router. Having a ring camera/alarm/doorbell setup with eero has your mesh Wi-Fi is hands down the best overall setup there is. There’s better cameras, better doorbells, better mesh Wi-Fi, don’t know about better alarm though. Individually ring and eero make pretty solid products but can be beaten one on one. But there’s no other system that works so beautifully together like ring cameras/alarm/doorbell with eero for Wi-Fi.
My comment didn’t show up, I guess that’s because I used colorful language to describe the Logitech. Don’t buy if sunshine will hit it - mine is offline daily. Regret ever buying it and yes it’s been updated. Do NOT buy logictech circle doorbell
What are the specs for the transformer that you are using for your doorbell?
@@nephipower 8-24V currently installed on 24V posts.
LOL the Belkin wouldn’t connect with special characters in the WiFI password??? That is indicative of *terrible* coding practices, who knows what other amateur hour crap they’re doing under the hood if they can’t even do that correctly…I would never buy that product.
I like the channel but the commercials are annoying. And to accept money from Eve, whose products and support are so poor, is a shame. Theirs are the only home automation products I’ve ever given up on and returned.
I am interesting to hear what issues you ran into with eve
@@nephipower I had two of their Room 2 sensors. Set up was easy and each provided values for the things they were supposed to be looking for, albeit I'm unsure how accurate those values were. The problem came when I set up automations. I wanted my home air cleaners to be turned on when air quality dropped below a certain threshold. I ran test after test. I contacted Eve's tech support, which confirmed that I had set up the automations correctly. I returned both Eve Room 2 devices to Eve and they sent me new ones. Again I set up the aforementioned automations. But the automations never worked and Eve was unable to assist beyond saying that everything worked correctly in their lab.
Just the fact that you have to make your entire WiFi less secure by eliminating all the special characters is a reason to skip the Wemo doorbell. That’s a very sad security threat that you’d think a doorbell company would have in mind. Reducing the character set of WiFi passwords is not a compromise I’d be willing to make to have a less secure doorbell and less secure WiFi.
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