Skybell - Wi-fi Video Doorbell - Silver

I purchased the SkyBell it took no more than 10 min to install I LOVE it! SkeBell unlike Ring includes free Video / no extra cost plus will support 1080p for Amazing clarity. I work from home and receive many packages. Great to know when packages arrive. Plus when at home or away can answer the door from my iPhone or iPad and can talk and listen I would highly recommend this product. WIFI is required / hooks to existing doorbell wiring needs a separate resister / Radio Shack stocks or purchase on line under $1.00

On January 5, 2018, we purchased our Skybell HD and a TP-LINK - Wireless N300 Wi-Fi range extender to ensure the Skybell required upload speed of 1.5 Mbps at the video doorbell location. Installation of the Skybell HD went just as shown in the Skybell HD installation video. After my wife and I installed the Skybell HD app on each of our iPhones, I walked around the front porch while she tested the motion detection settings of high, medium, and low. So far we like the low setting best. Motion detection works great, we both receive notices on our iPhones, and we can communicate clearly with the person at the front door. We enjoy telling family and friends about our new Skybell HD and showing them “watch live” video on our iPhones. Tip: we were experiencing a black screen after pushing the “watch live” button, but by lowering the image quality from 1080p to 720p (good), no more black screen. Recommendation: If your Internet Service Provider is Centurylink, upgrade your service to download speed of 20 Mbps and upload speed of 5 Mbps and ask for their C1100Z DSL modem. After numerous phone calls to Centurylink customer service and technical support and three DSL modems later we were finally able to upgrade our service to Skybell required upload speed of 1.5 Mbps.

Very nice doorbell camera & has clear video! I will recommend it to friends!

I will start this review by answering the question they I could not find ANYWHERE on the internet. “How long is the delay between the doorbell ringing/motion until you receive a notification on your phone”? The answer: LESS THAN 1 SECOND! Well that’s for the doorbell. Motion takes about 3 seconds. I have been looking at various doorbell camera’s for a while now and I was quite skeptical about this product. I saw various videos about false motion detection but I decided to pull the trigger anyway. Out of the box it seemed too simple to work well. Either the instructions are not good or the detailed instructions were missing from my box. I have a digital doorbell so I had to buy the digital doorbell adapter to make it work. After you do that make sure you set the “indoor chime” option to digital in the settings otherwise it won’t work. The instillation is simple enough. The set up was a BREEZE. It literally took two minutes after I installed it to have it up and running. The picture quality is Awesome. You have the option to choose 480p,720p or 1080p! Pick based on your internet speed. 720 is what I use and it is nice. My friend has a ring bell pro and this picture looks SOO MUCH BETTER. He also can’t set the quality. The main reason this doorbell is not rated higher by most people is the motion detection issue. They have set the motion sensor to off straight out of the box. If you don’t have an ios device you may not be able to adjust the sensitivity of the motion detection. I have mine set to medium and I have yet to get a false detection. I haven’t been this pleased with a product in a while. The only way this could get better is if you had the ability to angle the camera in any direction. This is a small issue (I don’t think any doorbell can do this) which I EASILY overlook.

Reason for a 4 star is because motion sensor started lagging. Other than that, with my 70+ mbps internet the skybell camera was perfect. Push button worked great, notifications arrived to multiple phones, worked with my current door bell/wiring, cloud is great, size/features fantastic and looks very sleek. I exchanged it within 30 days, so i will give it a second chance for the motion sensor.