Ubiquiti - G6 Pro Entry

That looks like an apartment building, not a home doorbell. You are much better off with the Ubiquiti PoE doorbell bridged into HomeKit

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.

The poe doorbell from unifi is worth it. There are a bunch on ebay rn.

You are describing a door access reader which they’ve been selling for years. https://store.ui.com/us/en/category/door-access-readers/collections/access-reader-pro/products/ua-g3-pro The doorbell was always more geared towards home users similar in setup and functionality to Amazon ring.

Yes but the access reader I shared does literally the same thing and better for businesses. It also securely integrates with electrified strikes to open the door for you using the UniFi access hub. If you are in an office setting, you also most likely need a way to tap into the fire system as well to open the doors in case of fire and ability to tap into exit door readers or sensors. This does none of that and will most likely be more expensive than the access reader. So as a business, even a small business, why would you choose this product over the access reader?

Yes. That’s my takeaway as well. Why attempt to provide the same capability on the doorbell version that’s more geared towards home users that more than likely do not have an electrified deadbolt to open the door and if they do, the smart lock already handles those functions. Unless they start selling smart locks again, this new G6 is a bit of a Frankenstein for me and packed with features that I wouldn’t use.

So you don't want a doorbell, you want a combined doorbell and "normal" camera. I would just install the 2 and keep doorbell as a simple doorbell AND have a,camera,that has a better location (higher, other orientation, better specs). BTW, for our customers and, in my case, the doorbell - except new G6 Pro - is useless as it can't let you open the door... it's at 99% fenced properties, so you must open the gate for UPS or anyone else coming. That makes me (and my company) mount the intercom instead. It also allows you to give separate codes to the cleaning person, gardeners, pool guy,... and you know when they come and when they go (and can check with the amount of hours they invoice you). Also NFC control etc etc... for me, with the way we have houses in Europe, it's the only workable solution on this side of the pond.

Unifi poe doorbell. Two years and never had a problem. Works with home bridge plugin. Being in the Ubiquiti ecosystem helps.

Second Ubiquiti, get the pro doorbell and a cloudkey for your controller/nvr and you’re good to go!

OK, now that it's been a while since the original announcement, even though we really haven't heard anything else since, how is everyone feeling about the new doorbells? I love the new doorbells and would love them even more if I hadn't already purchased a G4 Doorbell Pro (Wi-Fi). Now I'm trying to decide if I should sell my G4 Pro and get a G6 Entry, or stay with what I have. I have a G4 Pro that I purchased for our new house, but it's never been installed. It's been opened, removed and plugged in once via USB-C/PoE, just to confirm it was operational, then reboxed and stored. As much as I love the specs of the G6 Pro Entry, it has features that I'd never use, like the Access stuff. The G6 Entry is closer to what I'd want, but the camera is a decent step down from the G6 Pro, though it's still a decent step up from the G4 Pro. In the end, I guess it all comes down to pricing. If the G6 Pro is only $50 more than the G6 Entry, I might spend the money even though I'd never use the Access features or the screen. I'm expecting it to be $100-$150 more than the G6 Entry though. Decisions, decisions. What about you guys. Anyone else with G4 Pro, Wi-Fi or PoE, or some Frankenstein combination of both like mine; any of the rest of you planning to upgrade, or is the G4 Pro good enough to stick with what you have until it dies?

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.

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.

Unifi poe doorbell. Two years and never had a problem. Works with home bridge plugin. Being in the Ubiquiti ecosystem helps.

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

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.

Someone doesn't know how money or unifi work. You need an NVR, yes. But a cloud key gen 2 would be just fine. Yes, it's an expensive option, but the unifi doorbell is far superior to other options.

When I moved into our current home I bought a Ubiquiti doorbell + a bunch of their cameras. There was no pre-existing wiring so I just drilled some holes and used thin gauge cat6 and now have a POE doorbell, pretty nice. I have the think hooked up to home assistant too which triggers a cheapo chime I just rigged with a £20 Shelly relay. Chime deactivates automatically overnight. Been running this way for going on 3 years, I love it. All my footage is stored in my garage, with a rotating encrypted copy sent to Backblaze. No fucker other than me seeing that footage.

This. I have their doorbell pro. Unfortunately just using a doorbell transformer for it with wifi. But has been working well for about a month now with no signal/power issues. Plus getting their nvr opens you up to the rest of their cameras as well

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

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. 

Logitech CircleView Doorbell meets those requirements. But, I’m not happy with the durability and am moving to Unifi’s doorbell.

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

This. Unifi is expensive yes but it just works rocksolid

As others have said, UniFi protect. But their apps have just sucked since the first version. They meet the “no monthly fee” part, but that’s about it. Haven’t tried anything else.

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

UI’s new offerings: * G6 Pro Entry: 220mm (8.7”) * G6 Entry (Standard): 176mm (6.9”) * Doorbell Lite: 137mm (5.4”) For comparison: * G4 Doorbell Pro: 161mm (6.3”) * Aqara G4: 141mm (5.55”) * Logitech Circle View 118mm (4.68”) * Ring doorbell: 101mm (3.98”) The G6 Pro is pretty massive, and the G6 Standard is large by any other standard. Doorbell Lite is within normal range.

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

Unifi is all local if you want it to be! Love unifi protect

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.

The unifi doorbell is great.

That's because it's the G6 Pro Entry.

Unifi doorbell -> Scrypted -> HKSV Works wonderfully.

Unifi is the best. Not cheap though

I see myself using the midrange one for most customers obviously the pro entry is going on my front door lol

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

Same, ripped out all the old doorbell wiring and chime and exclusively use Unifi PoE Doorbell and PoE Chimes

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

I started with Unifi then chose to marry HomeKit over Amazon or Google an ecosystem which then led me to lean into Aqara (over Nest, Ring and the rest). Unifi is a Superior Network and Security Camera solution because it is remote-manageable, has no subscription fees, allows local storage options and has iOS apps to manage it. Even though I have some Aqara cameras and a G4 Doorbell - I will replace these with the Unifi Doorbell and Cameras going forward. I still recommend Aqara as an excellent starting point - especially for Locks, Water Leak detectors, Shade controllers etc. I have U100/U300 locks, an M3 Hub, and a harem of door open, vibration and leak sensors. I have have an Aqara Temp Humidity Sensor up in my Attic Crawlspace so I can monitor summer temps. The Unifi solution requires some technical skills to manage and setup, but it's clearly an Enterprise Class solution and the price point is amazing for what you get compared to Cisco Meraki or Juniper. Unifi is so price competitive it is reasonable for a home.

Ran it, like it.

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

Oh shoot, I didn't even realize that the view was PORTRAIT. I was basinng the 138 of the old to the 133 of the new, but that's vertical FoV!!! Ubiquiti WTF??