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Rating 3.5 out of 5 stars with 15 reviews

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    Rating 3.2 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 3.4 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 3.4 out of 5 stars

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67%would recommend to a friend

Customers are saying

Customers praise the Smart Doorbell 1080P HD Camera's excellent camera quality, citing clear day and night video and audio. They also found the installation process straightforward and easy. The recorded video quality is also frequently noted as a positive aspect. No significant negative feedback was reported.

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  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Works terrific

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Everything was perfect with the doorbell camera just need to get a WYZE because I have 4 wyze cameras I can match the wyze system and control all with 1 system

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Camera quality

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Great features and price for all applications.

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Price is good. Product works well without any monthly services by saving to optional sd card. Quality imaging day and night. Access to camera via phone app is easy and works well from anywhere. Instructional info and support needs to mature and go beyond the assumption that everything works from the get-go and provide more instructions to manage the recorded events. With all support based online, it should be easy to build and enhance a great support library. I highly recommend this as an alternative to competitors' that are more expensive and require a subscription to cloud storage services. (You can subscribe with this product, but as an option)

    I would recommend this to a friend
    • Brand response from Night Owl
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      Thank you so much for the review and for choosing Night Owl to help keep you safe.

  • Pros mentioned:
    Camera quality

    Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    Not worth the hassles

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I can't recommend this as a video doorbell. It is passable as a cheap security camera. I have not been able to get it to work properly with a mechanical doorbell or a new electronic chime. I have replaced the transformer as well. The mechanical doorbell would buzz and randomly ding making myself and my dog insane. The new electronic chime rings constantly when connected. So, I purchased the digital chime power amp, PN A-WDB2-DCPA from Nightowl to attempt to fix this issue. Now the electronic chime never rings even when the button is pressed. On to the connectivity issues... There is about a 15 to 30 second delay in notifications when I'm on the same WiFi network as the doorbell, minutes of delay when I'm on cell data. When trying to open the app, I'm greeted with somewhere around a minute before it connects to show the video feed. This results in whomever rang the doorbell leaving before I can ever talk to them, especially since the chime inside won't work. Recorded video is decent quality, but two out of three times it says no video exists for the selected day which shows up as 1969 or some other year. Closing and reopening the app will usually get it to work.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
    • Brand response from Night Owl
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      Good afternoon. We are sorry to hear you are experiencing an issue with your Night Owl product. It looks as though you are having some setup issues related to the chime and some delays. The chime issue is something our technical support team can quickly assist with. The doorbell is wired for power and for chime, so they can walk you through some troubleshooting measures to correct, as each customer's setup is unique. Regarding the delays, have you tested your Internet speed? Delays such as those you describe are typically caused by insufficient Internet speed. Keep in mind, all other devices you have on that LAN that are connected and drawing from the upload and download speeds you have. Please ensure you are meeting the product's recommended minimum upload and download speeds and that that speed is dedicated and not being scooped up by other networked devices. We do provide easy to access troubleshooting material on your products support page at https://support.nightowlsp.com/hc/en-us. If you need additional assistance, simply use the Contact Us link to reach our technical support team. Please ensure your device is running the latest software version to access phone support. We thank you for choosing Night Owl.

  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Good picture

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Works great. Good picture. Easy to install. Would recommend

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Camera quality

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Happy

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Love my doorbell along with my cameras I just wish they would make a wireless one.

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Installation

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Mr

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I love it Install is easy working good I noticed a screw was mine I fixed it

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Camera quality

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Keith C

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Works great I have it hook to my nite owl console with the rest of my 8 security outside camera's had to get a resistor from nite owl to hook to my inside door bell works great

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    No so happy

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    Posted . Owned for 3 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Tough to rate this so low, but getting doorbell to connect to iPhone was very difficult. Many days spent with their tech support still did not work. Thank you Geek Squad it works.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Installation

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Works as advertised

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    Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Works as advertised. Easy installation as long as you are replacing a working wired doorbell.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Installation

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Works great!

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Cheap smart doorbell that works great, easy to install.

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Camera quality

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great doorbell

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    Posted . Owned for 6 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great doorbell. Video is clear and great sound both from outside and inside.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Do not buy.

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    No alarm and no audio. Not what I expected from Best Buy's recommendation.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Disappointed

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Discconects has to be reconnected. Slow picture movement the proplom with blink

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
    • Brand response from Night Owl
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      We are sorry to hear you are experiencing an issue with your Night Owl product. Unfortunately, the issue you are having requires troubleshooting by our technical support team. We do provide easy to access troubleshooting material on your products support page at https://support.nightowlsp.com/hc/en-us. If you need additional assistance, simply use the Contact Us link to reach our technical support team. Please ensure your device is running the latest software version to access phone support. We thank you for choosing Night Owl.

  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Works great!

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I recently installed this DBW2 doorbell and it's working great, but there were two things I found unnecessarily difficult in the setup: 1. When trying to initially add the doorbell to the app, I couldn't get past the WiFi warning message because the "proceed" button is below the view of my phone's screen. (The same with my wife's phone.) I miraculously figured out that if I go into my phone's display settings and decrease the "zoom", the "proceed" button will appear at the bottom of the screen. 2. It took me an hour to figure out how to get the doorbell to ring my existing chimes. You have to go into "settings" then "Feature Control" then "doorbell" then turn on "Wire Ring Enabled".

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Won't stay connected! random half rings

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    initial installation was easy and the device paired readily. Initial function was barely acceptable. I could call up the video feed, but there was no app notification when the doorbell button was pushed. Lots of false human image notifications. After about 3 months I started having issues. The device would lose connection and then reconnect. It also did a half ring of our doorbell at random times. I verified with my phone that I had full strength wifi at the doorbell. I also moved the Nightowl DVR to with in 5 feet of the doorbell. No improvement in connectivity and issues remained with the half ring of the house doorbell. I'm returning to the store to get something that works!

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
    • Brand response from Night Owl
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      We are sorry to hear you have had a negative experience with your Night Owl product. We would like to learn more and turn this around. Please email [email protected] with your name, best contact method, time of day to reach you and a brief statement regarding your current experience. We will promptly follow up with you and work to drastically improve your experience.

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