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I got a jeatone for the peephole

Advantages:

1. It can work 100% offline because it has a 5" screen inside the door so I can see who's outside
2. It can record 100% offline because it has a 128gb microSD (located inside the door so it can't be stolen without breaking&entering)
3. It has a PIR sensor in front so it only activates when someone is in front, so cars passing on the road don't activate a recording
4. It has a removable battery
5. The battery is 5000 mAh so it lasts months and months
6. It charges via USB c
7. Bidirectional microphone and if someone rings the bell (and I gave it wifi access) first I get a notification "someone is in front of the door" when the pir sensor detected movement, then when he rings the bell I get a video call
8. No subscription required
9. App UI to see recordings is decent, thanks to the dedicated movement sensor it highlights times with recordings without using AI detection or something like that
10. IR floodlights to see everything clearly in night time (although in pitch black can see faint dark red lights from the LEDs)
11. It costs half price than the ring and doesn't come with the mandatory privacy intrusion
12. Doesn't require screws or vhb tape, once inserted in the peephole it has hooks for a toolless install of the inside vision LCD screen
13. Maybe because it's based on tuya it can be possible to integrate it with home assistant? I didn't try it, I didn't trust it so I placed it on a "no LAN access" WLAN

Disadvantages:

1. It doesn't support onvif or other standard protocol so if someone wants an automatic backup of recordings off-site, the only option is to pay a cloud recording subscription
2. Fucking tuya
3. Technically, it can be removed without tools to charge at an outlet once a few months, but then you need to insert again the flat cable from the camera on the motherboard, not something that can last hundreds of insertions, I had to buy a very long out of spec USB cable to charge it (temporarily for 2 hours every few months, then remove it)