Customer Ratings & Reviews
- Model:
- AVD1001B-100NAS
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- SKU:
- 6429637
Customer reviews
Rating 4.4 out of 5 stars with 3091 reviews
(3,091 customer reviews)Rating by feature
- Video Quality4.6
Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars
- Mobile App4.3
Rating 4.3 out of 5 stars
- Sound Quality4.4
Rating 4.4 out of 5 stars
Customers are saying
Customers praise the Essential Wi-Fi Smart Video Doorbell's excellent video quality and ease of use, along with its relatively straightforward installation process. Positive feedback also highlights the motion detection and night vision capabilities. However, some users experienced issues with the product's reliability and Wi-Fi connectivity.
This summary was generated by AI based on customer reviews.
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Good camera
||Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.So far it’s been working out well! Does the job I need it to do! It is a little sensitive but I’m still learning how to adjust it to my liking. Overall I would recommend this camera doorbell
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I would recommend this to a friendRated 5 out of 5 stars
Works as advertised
||Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Works great. App is a little clunky until you set up parameters of when it alerts you. But it works as advertised and has been flawless so far.
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I would recommend this to a friendRated 4 out of 5 stars
Good doorbell for the price
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.This has an excellent field of vision and you can set zones so it is not alerting you to every passing car. It does take a few seconds to notify you of a visitor though, so it is not instantaneous.
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I would recommend this to a friend- Pros mentioned:Video quality
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Not well built
||Posted . Owned for 11 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.All ready had a problem with it, it’s not even a year old. When it worked, it was nice but I will be getting a different camera doorbell.
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No, I would not recommend this to a friend Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Allow Doorbell - We love it!
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I love my Arlow doorbell! Just make sure that you have good wireless internet! If you don't the connection won't be very good.
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I would recommend this to a friendRated 5 out of 5 stars
Love this!
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I love not only how the Arlo Video Doorbell looks but how well it works! The picture is so clear, even at night. I also like the option of having it ring to my phone if someone rings the doorbell and we are not home. It was a great purchase!
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I would recommend this to a friend- Pros mentioned:Motion detection, Video quality
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Good
||Posted . Owned for 9 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Works very well, great picture quality and recognizes type of motion.
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I would recommend this to a friend Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Works as advertised
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Had some problems with the installation, but Arlo suppport was great help. The camera could not read the code on my phone. Switched to ipad and camera read it perfectly. Doorbell works as expected.
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I would recommend this to a friendRated 5 out of 5 stars
Excellent Product..
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Excellent Product..it works perfectly fine for me for keeping an eye on door
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I would recommend this to a friendRated 3 out of 5 stars
Arlo video doorbell
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.It distinguishes between human and non-human well. The BIG issue is that the notification that is sent if via email. That is NOT a satisfactory way to alert someone at my door as I'm lucky if I check my email once per day. I want an instant notification that is some type of audible alert.
No, I would not recommend this to a friendBrand response from Arlo Team
Posted .Hi
Thanks for sharing your review. We would like to learn more about the concerns you have shared above. Please reach out to our support team so they can further address your concerns and provide assistance by navigating to Settings > Support within the Arlo app to explore the support options available to you.
We appreciate your patience and understanding.
Best regards,
Arlo Team
- Pros mentioned:Ease of use
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Arlo was not for me
||Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.The Arlo was easy to install but didn't work well with my existing Blink system...too many apps to install.
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No, I would not recommend this to a friendBrand response from Arlo Team
Posted .Hi NoSub4Me,
Thanks for sharing your review. For further assistance on addressing the concerns you have shared above, please navigate to Settings > Support in the Arlo App for service options available to you. We appreciate your patience and understanding.
Best regards,
Arlo Team
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
My new Arlo doorbell
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Once I got the correct voltage to and from my old wired doorbell, it worked great.
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I would recommend this to a friendRated 5 out of 5 stars
Works as advertized
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.A bit tricky to self-install, but there are several videos to help. Good idea to decide if you need the beveled mount BEFORE installing it so you don’t have to re-do. If your door frame is close to an entry wall you’ll probably need the bevel p,ate.
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I would recommend this to a friend- Pros mentioned:Installation, Video quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Good purchase.
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Works well. Great picture and easy install. Hole pattern does not fit a standard doorbell hole pattern.
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I would recommend this to a friend Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great no matter the temperature
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.We love this doorbell since it works no matter the temperature. We have the arlo wireless system but it stops working when the temperature gets to be 0 and below. The only problem we had is we had to get a larger doorbell transformer to work with this camera.
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I would recommend this to a friend- Pros mentioned:Motion detection
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Arlo doorbell
||Posted . Owned for 6 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.The Arlo doorbell is great but you do have to buy the $2.99 subscription for it otherwise what’s the point.
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I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from Arlo Team
Posted .Hi KellyMH,
Thank you for taking the time to share your Arlo - Essential Video Doorbell Wire feedback. Your feedback will be shared with the appropriate teams.
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Arlo Team
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Pretty good system.
||Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.The doorbell is pretty good all around. One thing I think could be improved is the motion sensor. Even at max sensitivity I have to be right next to the door in order for it to detect
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I would recommend this to a friendRated 5 out of 5 stars
Arlo video doorbell
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.It took longer to install then it said and then it didn't work. But that wasn't the Arlo. We had to buy a new router with an extension so that the doorbell & video could go through to the internet. Once we did that it works great!
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I would recommend this to a friendRated 3 out of 5 stars
God so far
||Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Love the doorbell and things have worked well so far. A couple gripes… adding the doorbell to Apple Homekit made all of my cameras unusable. Had to reset all of my Arlo devices and the add them back into homekit. The kit also does not come with a solution to mount your doorbell on siding. Ended up having to develop my own solution using the provided mounts which took a couple of hours. How the provided mounts are designed made this step more difficult then it should have been.
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I would recommend this to a friendBrand response from Arlo Team
Posted .Hi Doorbell,
We value your feedback and appreciate you sharing this to us. We'll forward your feedback with our internal teams. We thank you taking a moment to leave us a comment.
If you need assistance with your Arlo system, feel free to contact Arlo Support Team at https://www.arlo.com/en-us/support/contact.aspx.
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Arlo Team
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Not Great Buy
||Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I spent quite some time researching doorbells (Wirecutter, Consumer Reports, and of course Best Buy) — deciding that the Arlo was a reasonable candidate. The Arlo Doorbell checked all my boxes: - Reasonably priced - Independently owned - Interoperability with Google Home, Alexa, and Apple's HomeKit Unfortunately, the wireless chipset and antenna's struggle to maintain a low latency connection. That caused unbearable audio and video disruptions rendering is useless. The access point that it's connected to is roughly 30 feet away from the doorbell. Because you need to buy another Arlo base to use Homekit, I realized the total cost of ownership was just the same as buying a Google Nest doorbell. So I exchanged it and it's 100x better.
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No, I would not recommend this to a friend








