Door Viewer Peephole,Solid Brass 200 Degree Peep Hole with 16 MM Drill Bit for 1-1/2" to 2-3/8" Doors,5/8 Inch Pipe Diameter Door Eye Viewer with Privacy Cover (1, Black)

This inexpensive little product works excellent and looks great! Clear vision with plenty wide of an angle. Very easy to install. Just make sure you sent it appropriately or it will look funny on your door. We had our handyman do it and there were no issues. He had it installed in less than 10 minutes, drill a hole and screw it together. It’s literally that easy!

The peep hole is built well and easy to screw into place with no unforeseen issues, which is nice for once. The hole saw that came with it was surprisingly nice quality!!! It was thick, sturdy, and went through my steel door with fiber core like a hot knife through butter!! I feel like I could drill tons of doors with this hole saw without issue, it is not flimsy or thin in any way. Now the instructions are underwhelming. They simply state something like "drill with bit on both side of the door separately" versus trying to go through the whole door... which is likely not possible with the short length of the bit and saw. I have never installed one so I started with a long drill bit to drill a pilot hole all the way through the door.... this was not a great approach because apparently I was good with up/down tilt but not on left/right tilt. I then drilled the holes on both side of the door with the whole saw and discovered my 2 seperate holes were NOT in alignment to allow the peep hole to be flush from both ends when installed. *****IMPORTANT - I then had to enlarge the hole on the OUTSIDE of the door. The outside exposed portion of the peep hole has a larger surface area so it can cover more hole enlargements and mess ups than the interior side of the door and peephole will allow. So fix from the outside, not from the inside! I was fortunate that I could make the whole big enough yet still able to be covered by the peep hole and no one will ever know unless they pull it off, phew. To do it all over again the fool proof method would be to simply measure from left right of the door and make a mark in the center. Then measure from bottom of the door up to the dot and write down that height value. Go to the outside of the door and figure out how high up to go and then do the left right center again and put another dot. Drill a pilot hole on each dot. Now use the hole saw to drill the holes from each side. At this point, the risk of being off from both sides is eliminated or so minor that fixes won't be an issue

Easy to install and works well.

This 200deg peephole provided what we needed for a good price. I appreciated the included drill bit that was the right size. Also, as other reviews and the included instructions mention, I appreciated the heads up to drill from both sides of the door to avoid the outward splintering that can occur if just doing one direction. I used a small 1/8 inch drill bit to drill the initial hole which helped to center the same hole on both sides as I enlarged it with the included bit. As other reviews also noted, I did find I had to frequently pull out the bit and clean it out to drill through the door. I found it helpful to first start with the holes on each side of the door with the hole bit, which probably got to about a quarter inch in. Then used normal drill bits, working up toward 3/8 inch or 1/2 inch to create a hole where I didn't have to worry about the hole bit filling up. Then I was able to use the hole bit to finish getting the exact right diameter hole. I also added some caulk to the outside side as I saw recommended for weather proofing in a YouTube video. The one unexpected problem I had was when I went to unscrew the front view from the tube I did what seemed natural and grasped the edge, and found that the front lens cover came off and had several of the inside lenses drop out. I then struggled a little to figure out how to reassemble correctly. I may have slightly scratched some of the interior lenses in the process. I then grasped the front lens disc edge "top and bottom" to unscrew it successfully. This is the main reason for my 4 stars rather than 5 stars. Overall though, I am happy with this purchase and the finished product.

A solution doesn’t get much simpler. Drill the prescribed hole with the provided tool. Separate the peep hole into 2 parts. Slide each part in from opposite directions making sure the larger eyeglass is on the outside and screw together. Done! Takes 3 minutes. Fits various size door thickness. I always tape over where I’m drilling so as not to damage or splinter wood. Masking or painters tape works great.

I didn't expect much, but what I got surpassed any expectation that I had! The wide-angle "fish eye" lense kind of view is phenomenal! The drill bit was perfect. I had my doubts initially, as I did not realize that my door has a metal outer "shell" with a wooden core, but with a little bit of pressure, I was able to get the holes drilled and the unit installed in 10 minutes, if not less!

I added this to my door because it didn’t come with one. Instructions are easy, but you definitely will need a drill bit so you can make the pilot hole 1st all the way through the door so it’s a straight hole and not at an angle..you can use a small drill bit smaller than the one that this package comes with. Then follow the steps accordingly, you will have to drill on each side of the door because the bit set that is comes with can only drill one side at a time. It’s not long enough to go through the door and come out the other side. This is where the bit I told yall to drill about in the beginning comes in handy! You don’t need to add any silicone or anything like that. Install and enjoy! It definitely helps out and looks professional.

Most replacement door viewers now have some reviews for blurred view, and this was no exception. This one still had many good reviews though, so I tried it anyway because my old one is practically useless now. The small hole saw is helpful and simple to use, but the door viewer I received may be missing at least one interior lens. The view was only very marginally better than my old deteriorated viewer. Also, I noted the “optical glass” usually only references only a single lens, the outermost lens facing the outside of the door, not the series of interior lenses. I think many of those are made of some kind of acrylic, not optical glass. I’ll just return this one and order a new one elsewhere.