Hi all
I just bumped on a video review of a doorbell that I want to share with you.
It has been suggested by @tom_l 
as an answer in a few threads, but to make sure this is available to more people, I created this topic.
The video is really useful and has great follow-ups, so really worth to check.
To be clear: I have no connection whatsoever with it, just hope it can be useful to at least 1 person.
Interesting and coolā¦
Butā¦ 1 for me very important requirement would be next to āno Subscriptionā a āno cloudā solution. Is that th case? How is that app working? Directly to the doorbell, no cloud needed?
Hi sender, I cannot answer to that āno-cloudā question, so therefore you have to dig into it yourself - or maybe someone else will answer that in this thread?
This doorbell is meant to also being used from outside your home and either you open up ports, set up a VPN, your only option is to use a cloud service.
If you donāt want this device to communicate to the outside world, the easiest option would be to set a wrong gateway or block DNS requests from it.
I was so hyped when I clicked the video - this is exactly the kind of doorbell I was looking forā¦
BUT
The set is more like 300-350ā¬ if you get it from China, including taxes and customs fees - and of course probably a month delivery timeā¦ 400ā¬ if you get it from Amazon :(((
Also, how exactly does the app connect to the doorbell over the internet? If I had to take a guess, you need to make an account and all communication gets sent through chinese servers 
not only is this a security/privacy risk, you are completely dependend on the companyās existence.
I hadnāt checked any prices but a quick search does confirm the claim that itās under 200$: to be specific ā¬113,52 or US $131.58
Since I have seen quite a lot, here and elsewhere on the net, of issues with doorbells I thought that this was finally something really interesting.
Regarding remote connection: it uses p2p.
This is always an issue if you want to use a doorbell, or any network device, outside of you LAN: either you use cloud services or you set up your own connection, itās that simple.
Oh it most definitely is!
Maybe the price was raised, because of the video and everyone is buying one now xD
I will keep an eye on it - for ~150ā¬ Iād get one immediately
