- It's better than the Ring doorbell given the price,
plus a constant set of surveillance eyes on your property.
You won't believe the deal or the features
that I have coming right up.
(bell dings) (bright music)
I can see you.
Not creepy.
Well, I can see my house, my property.
Great to be with you.
I can't see you, but thank you for seeing me,
and I would love to mention
that, if you've never seen me before,
I find the biggest deals you'll see anywhere.
You might know me from your local NBC, ABC,
or CBS TV stations or from the Amazon show that I host,
but I am really excited because right here on YouTube,
I unbox my favorite deals,
and the Zmodo Smart Wi-Fi Doorbell is fantastic.
And I know many of you have your heart set
on the Ring Doorbell or maybe even the SkyBell,
which I've used and you've seen many videos
of my property. I actually own one of these
and I use this through the alarm.com app.
But the SkyBell and the Ring
have very different limitations
compared to what you can score today for under 60 bucks.
Now again, the link to score this deal,
just expand the video description box right under me.
There it is.
And I want to not only take you through the unboxing,
but also how this doorbell is distinctly unique from Ring.
Let's start with the price.
Now I love Ring Doorbells,
but the cheapest price
for a Ring Doorbell's around 100 bucks.
This I found for under 60.
The doorbell that I found from Zmodo
has eight gigabytes of built-in memory
to record 30-second video clips once motion is detected.
Ring only has cloud storage
for which you'll have to pay a monthly fee.
On top of that, the Zmodo gives you 12 hours
of free motion-based cloud video storage.
Ring doesn't provide any free cloud storage.
On the Ring Doorbells,
you cannot pre-record a voice message.
That's the same for the SkyBell I have.
But on the Zmodo, well, you can pre-record a voice message
if you've got visitors, if you're on vacation.
If you're somewhere else like in the sky
and someone rings your doorbell,
if you're expecting a package,
he or she will hear that pre-recorded message
so it sounds like you're there even when you're not.
Ring does not have this feature.
Let's unbox the Zmodo Smart Wi-Fi Doorbell.
It's actually a very large doorbell.
Look at that.
So this is the Zmodo Doorbell
and I'm gonna compare this directly to a Ring Doorbell
in a second.
They are easy to install.
These are hardwired doorbells,
so you obviously need the hardwire circuitry
running into a pre-existing doorbell.
You take that off and then you put these on.
I'll show you what the SkyBell looks like
and I like the SkyBell, already installed.
The Zmodo, which I have right here,
so obviously that's not installed.
And then the Ring Video Doorbell.
I should mention the Ring Pro Video Doorbell
is a $250 doorbell.
So yeah, you're getting some nicer packaging, for sure.
You're also getting an installation kit,
which again, is not provided with the Zmodo
so that's something to keep in mind.
Different brackets.
So for the Zmodo,
this brushed nickel type look,
which would work with some houses, but not with all,
does not have the plates that would go on top
of the Ring Video Pro doorbell.
Now I did identify the limitations of the Ring
in terms of the features.
Let's look at installation tools.
Right, so there's a big difference
between a $60 product,
or a product that's usually about 150 bucks
down to 60 and a product that retails for 250.
The size, different as well.
Some people like a larger doorbell.
This is a little bit more pronounced.
This is much smaller.
I'm gonna tell you why I like the size of the Zmodo
a little bit better.
The Ring is less obtrusive, right?
It's a very, very nice -
they're actually about the same thin, thinness.
Well, maybe the Ring's a little bit more thin.
But I like people to know
that there is a surveillance camera on my property.
The Ring's a little bit more discreet
from further away, it looks like a doorbell.
From a little bit further away
there is no mistaking the fact
that you have a camera built into this.
So, it just depends.
The Ring is supposed to blend into a home
and it's not your primary surveillance equipment piece,
awesome, I'd buy the Ring.
Money's no object, I'd buy the Ring.
But if you want not to pay for cloud storage,
if you want to be able to greet your guests,
the Zmodo is awesome, in particular,
if you do not have any other surveillance cameras.
This just is really in your face.
You might like that, you might not
but, again, at under 60 bucks
this may be your better choice.
The Ring, though, no mistaking about it
a great product and I actually happen to love the SkyBell.
I know there were some prior negative reviews tied to this
but I really like this.
It's all about price and features.
In terms of the clarity of the HD Live video,
I would say actually, believe it or not,
the Zmodo, the SkyBell and the Ring
are very comparable.
I'd say the Ring has a slight advantage
in terms of night vision.
Maybe just a little bit
on one of the more high-end models.
The app, really good.
Actually I probably think the Ring app
is the best of the best.
The SkyBell app works really well through alarm.com.
I like their app, a lot of people don't.
But the Zmodo, I mean they make some really cool items.
I actually reviewed the Zmodo Pivot a while ago.
That was the 360 degree system
that doubles as a blue tooth speaker
and an all-in-one home monitoring solution.
I was blown away by this.
And this is part of that same product line
that I now can easily advocate for.
And I should mention Zmodo,
I don't know if I said that already
because I can't remember what I say half the time.
Zmodo's not paying me to talk about them.
They don't know who I am.
So if you are interested in this,
you may be able to grab this
at it's lowest recorded deal price
which at the time I'm recording this video is,
let's see if it's still here,
$59.99 with free delivery.
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