Ubiquiti - G4 Doorbell

And it does not lag when you pull it up remotely !

I stand by what I said. And I believe UniFi to be a better solution than Ring.

I believe UniFi has way more industry trust than Ring, Amazon, Google in terms of selling customer usage data.

AI detection sends me a notification the a package has been delivered… otherwise, the front facing cameras on doorbells typically don’t have sufficient field of view

I’ve got two G4’s with no issues.

g4 better has wifi can be powered via normal doorbell wires and isnt huge. this is a downgrade.

Not saying a newer version isn’t coming out (I have no idea), though the G4 doorbell was discounted the same last holiday season too. That’s when I bought mine.  Love the doorbell!

UniFi. Video is stored locally on either a Cloud Key or NVR.

And somehow I bet morons in my neighborhood and delivery drivers would still press the camera lense like my g4. Edit: I don’t get the entire fiasco. The g4 doorbell is huge too. As long as the form factor isn’t bigger I could give a shit less. People are complaining now then in a year or two everyone has huge ass buttons. It’s like a modern version of the original orange illuminated doorbells most of us pulled off to put a smart door bell onto.

I'm in the same boat. My G4 doorbell finally gave out this summer and I ordered the lite this morning. Guess I'll be finding a way to get a cable ran.

I will be switching to a unifi doorbell. No fees and all local storage. Number of days storage is only limited by hard drive space. Add in AI features like searching for "red car" and all instances of where a red car came into view is shown, number plate and face recognition. For me, nothing better on the market.

After using the original G4 (not Pro) doorbells, I will never use a WiFi doorbell again. It is POE all the way and I will buy once cry once on running ethernet. One of my G4 doorbells just died after 3 years. Both doorbells constantly disconnecting/reconnecting even though they are each 10-12 feet away from an AP. I bought a G4 Pro POE for $379 to replace my dead G4 (because they don't sell the POE without the Chime). Turns out I could have waited until the Doorbell Lite ships as that is pretty much like an improved G4 with POE. I am deciding whether to resell the G4 Pro POE. I don't need a fingerprint reader and additional package camera, but I am concerned about being without one of my doorbells for months.

Protect is extremely fast to notify me and load video using the G4 Doorbell over wifi5.

Unifi Protect is probably the most reliable/user friendly. I've used lots of surveillance platforms, and nothing I've seen even comes close. I haven't tried their smart plugs yet, but for cameras, doorbells & sensors, it's fantastic.

If it had wifi it would be the #1 doorbell but the extra effort to drop an ethernet run will keep people away, either from being lazy or difficulty / cost. I think the form factor made everyone assume a smaller size despite the dimensions available online. The wall behind my doorbell is a closet in a room that has ethernet, so running it wouldn't be too hard. I'm not sure what I will replace my original G4 Doorbell. Mine is several years old, and the battery began to fail during winter and stopped chiming my mechanical chime. I changed to just notify with the digital chime and also smart home, and the battery failure isn't a factor anymore. Mine has been in a north facing covered patio in SoCal so not weathered much.

Just here to say unifi. That is all. Good luck everyone.

Yeah and it comes with a wedge piece to angle it better.

Absolutely! I have a UniFi doorbell and it’s great. I also have 3 CCTV cameras by UniFi and it all records 24/7 to UniFi NVR. Well worth the investment.

10000% Agree. You are trying to make one camera do the work of at least two cameras here. Get a wired PoE doorbell cam to do doorbell cam duty. Then get either as u/Curious\_Party\_4683 suggested a 4mm or greater lens, or a cameras with PTZ (with actual optical Z) and auto tracking. Reolink and Unifi make good options for both of those.

I use a Unifi doorbell hooked up to a UPS. My WiFi is also on the UPS. This means the doorbell is powered during an outage, the local recording is powered during an outage and I can also remote view during a power outage. If really needed, you could add a 4g backup to Unifi network gear too. 

That would be me. My front door is 12 feet from my network closet under the stairs. Two small holes drilled and I have POE. I have a G4 doorbell there now that will move to the back door to replace one that died. I WFH so I'm not fussy about a package camera, the main camera captures it just fine. Do not need access control as that would require replacement of my front door and jamb. Old fashioned key still works fine.

For me the G4 is sufficient. There are better unifi options (G6 coming soon) , but l need a WiFi version. So for me it's either the G4 or G4 Pro. Since I have a camera covering the front of the house, the G4 would be sufficient. The UDR7 has one POE port, so you will need a POE adapter to power one of your APs.

My G4 is just a couple of months old but if the G6 should be compatible with the intercom viewer then it's probably time to upgrade

Well I did, but still got ~15-days on my return window. 

Well this is crap wanted a drop in replacement for g4 not something thats going to need new wires run will stick to my g4 and if it dies hopefully there will be g4 stock around for a while because this new one isnt home user friendly.

Budget? I have an Ubiquiti doorbell with scrypted. Even without scrypted it’s a great overall doorbell with the ability to save locally. Setup is expensive though

UniFi ??, and the plugin is professional good

Unifi is the best. Not cheap though

Some do. Eufy and Unifi offer dual camera options that they typically call a "package cam" I think the bigger issue is angle and height. A camera will have a wider and further view when you can get ya boi Pythagoras in on the game and angle that camera down. So it's hard to have a doorbell which must by it's very nature be lower down to see people and let them press the button.

I have this and it works great, but it will cost a bit to get everything.

That was me...WHY?! I think I'm just going to return it and go with the doorbell lite when it comes out. Seems like it'll do the trick for my current house! I'm sure the pro would be awesome but I'm also sure it's going to be like $500+ and I can't justify that on a doorbell.

My older G4 (non-pro) doorbells have worked fine for years, until one just died in September. I quickly picked up a G4 Pro POE as I'm going to wire Ethernet 20 feet to my door, but I haven't installed it yet as the Pro is total overkill for my use. I don't need a separate package camera, NFC reader, fingerprint reader. At the same time I am sick of WiFi with a doorbell camera. I need reliability and that's not WiFi's strongest suit. I'm holding out for the new Doorbell Lite.

I have 2 G4 Doorbells and will be replacing one with the Doorbell Lite. The doorbells have 2 settings: 1. When to record - Always, Custom or Never. I have it set to Always. (note that this only enables in conjunction with setting #2) 2. Recording Mode - Continuous, Events Only or Adaptive. I use Events only so it only records when triggered by motion. So if you had #1 set to Custom 7 AM to 7 PM, and someone came up to your door at 7:10 PM, no recording would occur. This vs. Pro: I actually bought a Pro POE a couple months back. I will not be installing it, too big and I don't need a dedicated package camera and fingerprint reader. The use case for the Pro is business facilities and rich homeowners.

i agree ... and their doorbells have a front camera and package camera

This is exactly what ie done. I’ve put a 5GB drive in my gen 2+ cloud key and it supports my UniFi video doorbell + 2 wall mounted cameras and gives me more than 3 months of video retention. No subscriptions.

Looks like the g4 WiFi is still in stock outside of the USA. For how long who knows. The WiFi version can work with mechanical chimes but often requires a transformer upgrade to use on doorbell power,as the one most people have for just the door bell are usually pretty weak. If it’s a gen 2 + I believe the cloud key has a 2.5 inch bay that can be used for protect storage. The unas can only be used as an archive location not nvr storage

Go with UniFi. All recording is internal to your home.

This. Unifi is expensive yes but it just works rocksolid