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Skybell HD Wi-Fi Doorbell Camera (Open Box)

$36.99
$199 81% off Reference Price
Condition: New; Open Box
Color: Bronze
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Top positive review
14 people found this helpful
Worth the Investment for Alarm.com Users
By Korey Steven Rutherford on Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2016
Excellent product and very easy to install, both physically using the existing pre-drilled holes from your old door bell, and virtually via the Alarm.com app. Have not had any issues with it, and have been very impressed with its performance and integration into the overall Alarm.com platform (e.g., event-triggered rules, notifications, automatic video recording, etc.). The phone alerts and live video that appear on your phone when someone rings the doorbell are helpful, especially in large homes. On top of that, it looks nice too, and the LED colors (default is green as shown in the Amazon picture) can be changed to any possible color and brightness level right from the Alarm.com website of phone application. If you already have the camera option on your Alarm.com account (and have not exceeded the maximum number of cameras), there is no charge to add this service to Alarm.com (four for the basic plan). If you don't have it, you can add up to four additional cameras for a nominal fee, and increase to eight per account Definitely makes one interested in considering the Alarm.com cameras to supplement the product, as I have, with previously installed indoor and outdoor cameras. Just make sure to contact your Alarm.com representative to ensure they have "checked the box" to turn on the doorbell feature for your account (you can tell if this is off because there won't be a doorbell option in the Alarm.com phone application menu). The only downside I can find (and it's possible I just don't know how to do it), is you cannot integrate with other products (Nest, IFTTT, etc.) when using the Alarm.com application as the primary controller (it won't let you use both the Skybell HD app and Alarm.com). Maybe there's a way around this, but I haven't found one. This is not a deal breaker for me, so it's still a nice investment.
Top critical review
5 people found this helpful
It would have been nice if Amazon mentioned this
By Eugene M. Smith on Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2017
I give it a 2, and that's before I have even tried to use it. First, be sure your existing door bell isn't mounted in a plate that is in turn mounted to a standard electrical box. This device is round and won't cover the hole behind the door bell plate. You can adapt by getting a cheap blank plate at a hardware store and drilling it out for the wires and mounting screws, and you will need screws with nuts to fasten the new doorbell back plate to the blank plate. It would have been nice if Amazon mentioned this, and, even better, the skybell manufacturer provided a plate either with the device or as an accessory. Second, no instructions come with it. You are directed to a website for install info. Saturday morning I started to install. The website was down for maintenance. It has been down for 2 days. No telling how long it has been down or how long this situation will continue. My understanding is that you upload new files to the hosting server and the site keeps chugging along. The down website has a message to go to another site for install info. That website requires you to login, but doesn't give the user any option to set up login info. The user must already have an account. Now that I have installed this I have downgraded to a 1 star. The device requires a 1,5 mbps internet connection (nothing to do with wifi ). Nowhere does the advertisement mention anything about internet requirements, just wifi. The standard offer from my provider is 0.9 mbps upload speed. Upgrading would cost me $20 / month.

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