#Ring replacement

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onyx lake
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I'm sure this has been asked before but I haven't seen any recent ones so the answer might be different.
My ring is long in the tooth and I'm thinking about replacing it. I'm looking to move away from the ring/nest because of the privacy concerns (especially the recent ring issue). I'm fine with cloud storage if there's a pretty tight privacy policy. I'm looking for a commercial option or an open hardware/software option. I'm fine having PCBs manufactured, assembling, etc. requirements:
. Battery operated with decent life (2+ weeks)
. Doorbell button
. Video with motion activation for battery conservation
. A way to get a notification and video stream when triggered (HA app is fine)
. Ability to add a chime/bell. Bonus if it works with my existing ring chime

Preferences:
. Zigbee for doorbell, motion trigger, etc (so core functions work if Wi-Fi goes down)
. Video stream to HA
. Basic AI recognition (person, maybe recognize specific faces, package). Local evaluation (onboard or via ollama) preferred

honest salmon
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I got a reolink doorbell about 3 weeks ago. It's been working great.

onyx lake
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I was just going to say, it's looking like reolink night be a good option. Doesn't have zigbee but send decent. Does the person/package detection work without an account? (Local processing)

onyx lake
honest salmon
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I haven't actually got it to integrate it with home assistant yet, you need the home hub to do that and I haven't bought one yet.

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I just dump everything into my nas over ftp and play them in a card in ha

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But I am pretty sure yes, it all works locally, and you can apply motion masks for some areas etc

tulip belfry
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Reolink doorbell’s are good IMO. I just use the detection in the device itself to trigger a transfer of the video over ftp. Plus you get decent HA integration for alerts etc. You can alternatively stream the feed and do detection off box but I don’t see the point. The battery reolink doorbell will NOT be as good if my experience with other reolink cameras is anything to go by. You generally need an extra box from them to integrate with HA. I would strongly suggesting getting power to the doorbell. I use the old low voltage bell AC for mine, but other options are using the DC barrel lead or PPPoE.