Head to head ยท Video Doorbells

Reolink Video Doorbell PoE vs Blink Video Doorbell

Reddit prefers Reolink Video Doorbell PoE โ€” higher sentiment (67% vs 43% positive).

Reolink Video Doorbell PoE
#15 in Video DoorbellsReddit favorite

Reolink

Reolink Video Doorbell PoE

$104.49

67

Pros

  • +Affordable
  • +Good value for money
  • +Works with frigate nvr
  • +Black poe offers horizontal widescreen

Cons

  • โˆ’White poe model hard to find/discontinued
  • โˆ’Potential issues in cold weather
  • โˆ’couple seconds delay from button push to HA alerts
  • โˆ’chime has randomly disconnected a couple of times
โ€œit works great, but when your waiting for the UPS-ninja; the couple seconds delay from them pushing the button, to HA picking it up from the integration and pushing alerts is not quick enough for themโ€
r/homeassistant
Blink Video Doorbell
#14 in Video Doorbells

Ring

Blink Video Doorbell

$35.99

43

Pros

  • +Popular in the us
  • +works when person is far from door
  • +works when knock can't be heard
  • +plays an audible chime in several rooms

Cons

  • โˆ’runs hot
  • โˆ’get cooldown notifications
  • โˆ’having problems
  • โˆ’won't record doorbell activations if no motion is detected
โ€œUnless the person is far away from the door, where a smart doorbell may work and when they can't hear the knock.โ€
r/AskUK