Tapo by TP-Link Smart Video Doorbell Camera with Chime, Battery or Wired, 2K QHD Color Night Vison, No Monthly Fee, 180° Ultra-Wide Head-to-Toe View, Ring Call, Free AI Detection, Local Storage (D225)

I’m really impressed with the TP-Link Tapo video doorbell. The 2K video quality is super clear, even at night with the full-color night vision and spotlights. I love the wide 160° view — I can see everything happening at my doorstep. Setting it up was easy, and I appreciate that there’s no monthly fee. The AI detection helps cut down on false alerts, and the local storage means my footage stays private. Definitely a great buy for peace of mind!

TP-Link Doorbell camera in the mold of Ring door cameras, but at a lower cost. This unit performs all functions of a Ring camera. Takes a few days to get fully tweaked and set up properly through trial and error with notifications, sensitivity to motion, etc. Battery is excellent and will last a while before having to recharge. Chime unit is loud enough to be heard throughout the house. This unit is wireless which is a must because there was no way I could run power to it, unlike my Kasa indoor cameras. The doorbell cam and chime is easy to set up and get firmware up to date with Tapo app. All TP-link cams from Kasa app can be imported into Tapo app which is a more robust app capable of more functions and features than Kasa. Resolution is excellent at 2K. Also like the 160 degree field of view which is "fisheye" style that expands content within the frame. Overall... happy with this doorbell camera, highly recommeded, great price.

I'll write more below, but here's the bottom line: Yes, you should buy this doorbell. It absolutely beats the competitors in this area, including the one made by the company whose shopping platform you're using right now (rhymes with "Sing"). I can't say I'm surprised this doorbell is so good, though. TP-Link clearly thinks carefully about its products and works hard to put out high-quality stuff (I have several other items from TP-Link, and I've always been pleased at how reliable and high-quality their stuff is).Additional details:-Price point is excellent (just under $50 as of the time of this review). Extremely fair. These seem to be on sale regularly, so if you see it listed for a considerably higher price and you can wait, you might want to consider holding off for a bit and coming back a little later to see if they are on sale.-Set up and installation are a breeze and connectivity is great.-Motion detection is great, and you can configure sensitivity and areas for detection. It also supports person detection, vehicle detection, and animal detection (each of which can be further configured with the same options, either as a group so everything has the same settings or independent from one another). I've not tested the vehicle or animal detection, but the person detection is quite good. And if you're getting false positives, you can give the doorbell feedback and it will improve. You can also, of course, tweak the sensitivity of detection. But it's nice to see TP-Link include the option to help train the doorbell. The training occurs locally, for your doorbell only (i.e., it doesn't mean your images will then be sent to the cloud or their servers and used to train their algorithms centrally; they respect your privacy).-You can opt in to their subscription service if you want cloud recording, but I specifically sought out doorbell cameras that permitted local storage only (which is what I favor). Even with local storage, the doorbell is very responsive.-Video quality is excellent. The camera also has an "auto" feature when live streaming to give the highest resolution that makes sense for your connection speed and strength at the time of viewing.-Audio quality is similarly great. It also supports different modes of talking through the doorbell. One works sort of like a walkie-talkie, and one works more like a video call. Answering doorbell rings works like a video call. But you can sneak a peek at who is at your doorbell before "officially" answering (it'll turn audio and video on on the doorbell, but keep your mic muted so they won't know you're screening who's at your door).-Battery life is good. I've seen some complaints about battery life, but I suspect this comes from people not fully charging their doorbell or using it all the time. There's no such thing as infinite battery!Bottom line: If you buy this, I'm confident you'll wonder why you didn't make the move sooner. Say goodbye to whatever competitor version you might have and come on in, the water's just fine. Or, if this is your first foray into smart doorbells, you're in for a treat with this as your introduction.

I finally got this up and working. People say it’s easy to install. I did not find that to be the case. I had a hard time getting it to connect to my WIFI. I don’t know why. After dozens of attempts with getting no connection to the internet, even though my WiFi was working just fine. I gave it one last try before going to bed and it suddenly connected. Then it kept telling me the micro sd card was not formatted correctly. Then after a while it corrected itself. Very confusing. The app is ok user wise. The technical support isn’t useful at all. I had to use you tube to help me figure out things. I’ll give it a trial period and will review again if things change. Second review after using for a week. The functioning of the camera is very good. Very good night vision. Despite the frustrating set up, the camera works very well. Now that I’m used to the app it is quite easy to use and is very helpful. I give it an over all 5 star rating, so far.

Pretty good doorbell camera. It is very large doorbell (5.91 × 1.97 × 1.52 inches) as it has a 10,000mAh battery. It weighs 10.5 ounces. The size is about 1 inch longer than a Ring battery doorbell and it weighs about 2 ounces less than the Ring battery doorbell. This D225 doorbell can be operated as hardwired (with or without mechanical chime) or battery operated (using only the provided plug-in electrical chime). Even after setting people, pets and packages to the highest sensitivity, they are often not detected by the camera. It does detect motion and vehicles quite well. The D225 camera supports micro SD card, and I am using a 256 GB micro SD card in loop mode so in a couple months the oldest detections will be overwritten. I am not sure why TP-Link does not allow 24 x 7 continuous mode when mechanical chime is enabled as the doorbell is constantly powered by the battery (which is charged by the hardwired connection). TP-Link should allow mechanical chime with 24 x 7 continuous recording. The TP-Link app is very well done and full featured. Only 2.4 GHz WIFI is supported on this doorbell and is shockingly VERY old WIFI N speed (65 Mbps and WPA2 encryption); it works fine and is enough for a 2K camera but I would have liked at least WIFI AC speeds. All in all, I would recommend this doorbell camera and suspect the detections will get better with later firmware updates.