today we're checking out the new eufy video doorbell by anker featuring
2k resolution HDR free local storage with no monthly fees human detection and
a whole lot more and we'll be comparing it versus the ring 2, a similar and
popular device yet cost more and has those monthly recurring fees so I'll be
testing the two and see which one is more bang for your buck huge thanks to
anker for sponsoring today's video I'm Ben from authentech and let's jump right
in starting with the eufy doorbell it's currently priced at 159 on Amazon
Prime for comparison the ring 2 is currently $200 and that's not including
the monthly fees I'll break those down later as always all the links will be
down in the video description installation and setup on these video
doorbells are mostly the same you connect the wires or adapters if needed
in your chime remove your existing doorbell from the wall attach the new
one sometimes new holes will need to be made
one thing worth mentioning I like the thinner design of the euphy doorbell
comparing it to the ring which feels a bit too wide and chunky sort of a dated
design for some people they'll need to attach their doorbell to a thinner piece
of wood trim and a wider device just won't fit this is something to keep in
mind with your door setup now one thing that the ring too has over the euphy is
a rechargeable battery pack which is nice for some people if they don't have
it pre-wired for power or you want to place it in a unique spot
euphy is working on a battery-powered model and that should be releasing down
the road stay tuned for that as nice as battery powered is there are some cons
to it I'll touch on those in a bit back to the install after attaching the euphy
to the wall screwing in the wires their app guides you through the rest of the
steps after connecting to your home Wi-Fi the final step is setting up the
free wireless electronic chime that's included in the kit what's nice is that
this wireless chime can be placed anywhere in the home plus you can link
up to four times simultaneously this way you can be sure you don't miss the
doorbell ring wherever you're at also on the time there's different volumes
and the loudest one gives pretty loud plus we can adjust the ringtones on the
chime as well and there's some fun and alerting options in there which is great
to hear one complaint I have is the yuffie doorbell does not support the use
of your pre-existing chime digital or mechanical they said they took a
different approach when powering their doorbell thankfully not a deal-breaker
in my opinion since the wireless chime is included for free plus we can place
it anywhere in the home plus we can add more on if we want back to the chime
setup you simply plug it into any outlet press the sync button and that's it
we're good to go so let's cover some of the key features on the yuffie doorbell
and how it compares to the ring too first up motion detection and alert
frequency it's a key feature on any smart doorbell the yuffie doorbell has a
hundred and sixty degree ultra wide-angle field of view plus one using
that helpful wedge that's included in the box i was able to view almost my
entire front patio and this is great from a security perspective another key
feature of any doorbell is the video sharpness quality resolution and high
dynamic range after all a pretty low res blurring video doorbell is pretty
useless the yuffie features a 2k Ultra HD cam that's 2560 by 1920 resolution
the ring too is only 1080p HD and as field of view looks pretty same about a
hundred and sixty degrees horizontal one more point to add about HD our most
front door scenarios have a very bright backlit with skies and then low-light
shadows with the eaves and side walls it's in these tough lighting situations
when HDR or high dynamic range in the camera is truly needed this allows us to
see the visitors face clearly from that perspective this is a video and audio
test on the UV doorbell this is HDR on and this is a video
quality test of the UV adorable with HDR turned off how does it look
and how does the audio sound a video and audio test on the ringatu this is with
HDR tournament um look and this is a video quality test on the ring - with
HDR turn off here's a fun experiment I tried with both doorbells set up right
next to each other I walked up to the front door and here's some sample clips
so here's what I noticed the eupbs seem to be fast and consistent with
notifications where there is motion or the bow was triggered and just as
important fast and consistently and pulling up the live video feed on my
phone now I tried multiple test connecting to my home Wi-Fi then on
mobile data LTE to see if that would make a difference and it all seems like
the euphy always performed fast and responsive which i think is a huge
feature to consider as for the ring well sometimes it worked okay but then a lot
of other times I was having delays upon delays problems with just pulling up the
video feed no matter what I tried this is sort of a bummer when you pay a lot
of money for a security camera device and the video won't even load for you
and I know I'm not alone in this as I look through all those Amazon reviews
there's a lot of people complaining about this exact issue slow loading on
the ring I like to think of this scenario what if I had a really
expensive package that needed a signature or attention and the delivery
guy is just waiting at my front door that doorbell camera won't load on my
phone and then I end up missing the package this would be quite the
disappointment one other con of the ring to keep in mind both cameras we can set
the motion frequency and sensitivity which is nice but then when running on
battery life only it will drastically drain your battery and to me it's not
worth missing an important event so hardwired is my preferred option my
thoughts when comparing the two cameras I like the ultra wide-angle field of
view on both cameras this again is very important so you can see any person or
suspicious activity from almost any angle sadly neither camera could see
down far enough like if I had a package that
was left at my front door however you feat uses this floor by three aspect
ratio to offer a larger viewable area from top to bottom versus the standard
sixteen by nine in these side-by-side examples versus the ring we can see just
how much more ground that you fee actually captures Plus maybe at your
front door setup the you fee would be able to see far down enough for the
packages the you fee also supports distortion correction which helps to
remove those curved edges effect it's a nice feature to have I also ran a
low-light and night vision camera comparison test once with the patio
lights on and then another with the exterior lights turned off and we can
clearly see the difference I'd say in both of these low-light tests that you
feat comes out on top with quality sharpness resolution and even the night
vision clarity one of my favorite features of the UV and why I could see
myself recommending it to friends and family who might be in the market for a
video doorbell is the no hidden fees of a monthly or yearly subscription they
worked around this by putting inside the UV doorbell 4 gigs of on-board storage
and it's on here where it stores your video clips locally so no monthly fees
for cloud storage whenever you need to save a video clip to your phone it's as
easy as watching live and then hitting the record video or photo shutter button
or the events playback viewer makes it easy to find the clip or person you're
looking for and then download it straight to your phone while on the
subject of events and playback I like the emphasis euphy's made on facial
recognition and snapshot notifications a couple examples here like when I slide
down in the notification tray the euphy app not only shows me a screenshot of
what the cameras captured but if it's facial detection it'll auto zoom in on
that person's face so I can clearly see who it is in the action I should take in
another example under the events viewer it shows the zoomed up face snapshot
that the camera was able to capture in that clip and then you can enlarge that
shot as well it's these little details that I appreciate if we compare and look
how the ring notifications pop up well for me it's this long list of the same
message and a law Kress doesn't even reveal a snapshot of
the video some of the other key features that you fee have you can speak directly
to anyone who's at your front door via the two-way audio chat I also like the
canned of voice responses they sound like this and you can even record your
own custom quick responses and playback for anyone at the door snarky or serious
they're smart detection zones which allow you to customize the areas in
which you want the camera to detect motion this is perfect for when your
front door faces a busy street or sidewalk or maybe there's other objects
that you want to paint out of the motion detection zone this way you only receive
alerts that you care about we can turn on or off the indoor chime under video
quality we can tweak more camera settings like modify your streaming
quality based upon your Wi-Fi bandwidth and data consumption needs recording
quality is nice set it higher for that crispy 2k resolution or save on storage
and have smaller file sizes if you'd like to keep as much past history on
that local storage as possible and one more big feature I like to see the you
feed doorbell connects with both Amazon and Google home and I have just one
wishlist item and that is I wish the you feed doorbell had expandable memory
currently at this time it's just four gigs which thankfully works perfectly
fine they'll store plenty of clips for you giving you ample time to download
any important events that you want to save in backup forever however it would
be an awesome feature if it had expandable memory so we could pop in say
a 64 or 128 gig microSD card let me turn on 24/7 loop video recording and then
this way it's continuously capturing anything and everything it's a just in
case for that little extra peace of mind for the average user out there if this
feature isn't needed it would just be a sweet little cherry on top for me so
here's how it breaks down the euphy doorbell is getting 2k HDR video ultra
wide and tall aspect ratio a free wireless electronic chime
included it's weatherproof and has human detection facial snapshot notifications
activity zones and pre-recorded responses two-way talk local storage
with no hidden monthly fees all of this for a hundred 60 bucks on Amazon Prime
or in comparison to the ring to starting at $200 however after that 30-day trial
if you want to view any past events or saved clips it's gonna cost you a
subscription fee at minimum $30.00 a year or up to 100 bucks a year all I
have to say is I think that you feed or bail is a pretty sweet deal if you want
to check out more info and pricing I'll give you all the links down below thank
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