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!

Everything is working fine. No issues with the camera, picture is clear, sound quality is good, easy to set up and the cloud recording works fine. No issue with connectivity, and internet speed. Battery drain is a little bit of an issue, but I think that’s due to all the activity. Need to adjust the motion, person and package zone so it focuses on a specific area. One last comment, the cost for the cameras and the cloud storage are very reasonable and way cheaper than Ring!!

Hands down the best video doorbell ever. Picture quality, performance, built quality and over great experience. I had the Ring doorbell camera prior to trying tapo ans have to say tapo camera is a lot better to me. Range is excellent, brightness is perfect not issues with wifi connectivity. Has so many features and you get that with no subscription needed. All video and pictures are stored on MicroSD. I highly highly recommend this doorbell. I've completely switched over from ring.

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.

The D210 is yet another great smart doorbell from Tapo.Like all Tapo products install is very straight forward and the instructions are easy to understand. In the box you’ll get a few mounting options such as the flat mount, which is what I used, a 15° vertical angle wedge and the hardware needed. The 15° vertical wedge adapter, would be used if you needed to have the camera pointing away from a wall, or if you want to get more in view from either the left or right side. I personally wish it would have also came with the horizontal wedge, which would be good if it was being mounted on angled vinyl siding.Picture quality is fantastic, I absolutely love the wide angle view over the fish eye view that the D130 has. I have had it installed for over a month and with a fair bit of traffic where it’s installed, it still has 80% Battery. I’m anticipating between 4-5 months of use before it needs to be charged again, keep in mind that in high traffic areas, and constant use, will drain the battery much faster. Local Storage is by far the best part. While TP-Link does have the option for cloud storage, I’d much rather have all recordings stored locally. The included chime is nice and loud and the option to change the ringtone is nice, especially for holidays.This is where I have to take some points away from D210. My first con is with the battery, not so much the battery but the lack of being able to connect this to existing wiring to charge it. The D210 is strictly battery based, and will need to be removed to charge. This may not be a big deal and/or may in fact be the only choice someone may have, but at least having the option to connect it to existing wiring would have been nice, like the D225. The second con is that in direct sunlight/lighting, the video can get washed out. The third con is more with the Doorbell Video Call feature of the Tapo App. I have a love/hate relationship with this feature as it works when it wants to. For example, I have a D130 installed at my father’s house. I also have an Amazon Echo Show, with the Tapo skill. When the Tapo Skill is enabled, the echo pulls the video feed and allows you to talk right away, but my phone keeps ringing, and if I answer it, it gives me an error stating the feed is already in use. It’ll also ring on my other devices, like my iPad which keep ringing nonstop. Thankfully with the latest version of the Tapo App, v3.7.1 as of the writing of this, they now allow you to change the notification type between the Doorbell Video Call to Standard Push Notifications.Overall it’s a great doorbell, with a great camera. I wouldn’t necessarily use this in a high traffic area, but if you don’t have a choice, it’s still worth every penny.