I got a jeatone for the peephole
Advantages:
- It can work 100% offline because it has a 5" screen inside the door so I can see who's outside
- It can record 100% offline because it has a 128gb microSD (located inside the door so it can't be stolen without breaking&entering)
- It has a PIR sensor in front so it only activates when someone is in front, so cars passing on the road don't activate a recording
- It has a removable battery
- The battery is 5000 mAh so it lasts months and months
- It charges via USB c
- Bidirectional microphone and if someone rings the bell (and I gave it wifi access) first I get a notification "someone is in front of the door" when the pir sensor detected movement, then when he rings the bell I get a video call
- No subscription required
- App UI to see recordings is decent, thanks to the dedicated movement sensor it highlights times with recordings without using AI detection or something like that
- IR floodlights to see everything clearly in night time (although in pitch black can see faint dark red lights from the LEDs)
- It costs half price than the ring and doesn't come with the mandatory privacy intrusion
- Doesn't require screws or vhb tape, once inserted in the peephole it has hooks for a toolless install of the inside vision LCD screen
- Maybe because it's based on tuya it can be possible to integrate it with home assistant? I didn't try it, I didn't trust it so I placed it on a "no LAN access" WLAN
Disadvantages:
- It doesn't support onvif or other standard protocol so if someone wants an automatic backup of recordings off-site, the only option is to pay a cloud recording subscription
- Fucking tuya
- Technically, it can be removed without tools to charge at an outlet once a few months, but then you need to insert again the flat cable from the camera on the motherboard, not something that can last hundreds of insertions, I had to buy a very long out of spec USB cable to charge it (temporarily for 2 hours every few months, then remove it)