![]() At night, the footage is in black and white (as there’s no integral light) but the clarity is still good.Īs with a security camera, you can monitor a live view of the video feed without the doorbell being rung, and take a snapshot of the view, or record it. The notification takes the form of an incoming call, giving you the option of answer or reject, and the sound and video once you’ve answered are clear. Motion alerts aside, what the DB2 does well is work as a doorbell – from the button being pushed outside, there’s barely a delay between the chime sounding and the notification coming through to your phone. The loitering period only stretches up to 15 seconds though – the option to select a longer loitering period would be useful too. Interestingly, the DB2’s loitering detection only works when in PIR detection mode, and not when in human-shape detection mode. ![]() There’s also the option to change the detection mode to ‘human shape’, but the doorbell continued to pick up people walking past. For a start, the user customisation mode allows you to modify settings, such as reducing PIR sensitivity to low however, when we selected this option we still received unwanted motion notifications. There are a couple of ways round this issue. There is also a super power-saving mode, but that effectively puts the doorbell to sleep until it’s activated. Even dropping this preset to the power-saving mode resulted in fewer unwanted notifications. In the high-performance mode, it tended to pick up every vehicle that drove past, as well as passers-by, resulting in us receiving multiple notifications every hour. The main issue we had with the DB2 was its PIR detection. We opted for the straight-on mount, as we were mounting the doorbell to one side of the door at roughly shoulder height. One element we liked about the DB2 video doorbell was the simple set-up: small things, such as including the right-sized screwdriver in the box, which saves you rooting around in a toolbox, make installing it a quick job. Overly sensitive to traffic and passers-by.Above the button is the camera, which captures a 176-degree field of view.Īdding it as a device in the EZVIZ app was also straightforward – once we’d scanned its QR code, it only took a couple of attempts for the doorbell and chime to sync up.ĭesign score: 5 out of 5 Ezviz DB2 performance It’s quite tall compared to other video doorbells at 15cm, and fairly slim at 5.8cm deep and 3.2cm wide. In its Classic White version, it stands out, but there’s also a Space Grey finish for those who prefer something more subtle. This is thanks to a large button with a bell symbol on it and interestingly, once we’d installed the DB2 video doorbell, our existing doorbell was routinely ignored in favour of the new one. ![]() The DB2 is the more basic doorbell in the DB2 range: for those who want even better-quality video, there’s the higher-resolution DB2 Pro.ĭespite being sleek and high-tech looking, the DB2 is still recognisable as a doorbell, which might not sound like a feature to highlight, but is essential to its being useful. The only accessory you may want to invest in is an extra chime for other floors, which costs £34.99 at Amazon. The kit also includes two mounts: one straight-on, one angled down: which one you choose will depend on where the doorbell is mounted and the field of vision you’d like it to cover.ĮZVIZ doesn’t even take the opportunity to upsell you on a spare battery: as the battery is embedded in the doorbell, the whole unit is charged as one. This is an element that’s usually an extra cost with Ring video doorbells, and pushes the price up by 10-20%. There’s also a voice changer function which changes your voice when you answer the door so the person ringing the doorbell can't tell if you're a child/woman/elderly etc - a good option if you live alone, perhaps - though how often you’ll use this is debatable.Ĭompared to other video doorbells, the DB2 is relatively affordable considering that it has lots of functionality and that the kit includes the chime. This slots into the side of the chime included in the kit, so is safely inside your home. These features give it the feel of a video doorbell but with some security camera capabilities, making it ideal for those who may not need a fleet of all-singing, all-dancing best home security cameras but would still like the ability to monitor their property.Īnother useful feature is the ability to save video recordings locally using a microSD card (up to 256GB, card not included), rather than being tied into a cloud storage subscription. As well as blur-free 2K video with a wide field of vision, the DB2 includes human-shape and PIR detection up to five metres away, meaning that you can be alerted before someone has reached the door, as well as be notified if someone is hanging around outside without ringing the doorbell. ![]()
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