Now is a second camera strictly necessary? Not really. Because what's better than one camera? Two cameras! No, the Dual doesn't give you 3D vision of your front stoop it gives you a front-facing view of the delivery person at your door, and a downward-angled cam to capture the package they're dropping off.Įufy's dual-cam approach lets you see the visitor at your door and the package on your front step simultaneously - and without the image warping you get on single-lens devices. A wired-only version is releasing soon.īut the big scene-stealer here is the second camera. But it can also be wired to extend that battery life and use some existing doorbell chimes. The Video Doorbell Dual is battery-powered, with up to six months of battery life, according to Eufy. And if you really can't live without cloud storage, Eufy offers 30 days of rolling storage for a competitive $3/month. Sure, $260 is a pretty high up-front cost, but if you use the Eufy Dual for a couple of years, it'll come in cheaper than doorbells from other developers that require $3 or $6 monthly fees. The local storage is a big selling point here, as it eliminates the need for cloud storage subscriptions. Add in the premium secondary features, like 2K resolution, 4:3 aspect ratio, smart alerts, facial recognition and Alexa and Google Assistant compatibility, and you've got a pretty solid package. But for that price, you're getting two cameras on your buzzer and the Homebase, a base station that plugs into your router, offers 16GB of local video storage and provides a built-in chime. This thing costs $260, which is more than most doorbell cameras on the market - and normally that would give me pause. The Eufy Video Doorbell Dual's biggest selling point is that second camera underneath the button, which checks for package deliveries and pickups.Įufy's video doorbell is high-end. What could have been a breakaway Editors' Choice winner, though, stumbles near the finish line, due to subpar night vision and sluggish notifications. It's got tons of features, plenty of local storage and impressive performance.
When you peek under the hood of the Dual, you realize it has a lot more going on than just two cameras. In the past few months, we've gotten the first genuinely good sub-$100 wireless doorbell cams, and now, thanks in part to Eufy, competition on the higher end of the market is heating up, too. What happens when two cameras walk into a doorbell? Eufy's $260 Video Doorbell Dual hopes to answer that question - and for the most part, the result is impressive.Įufy's smart buzzer has landed in an increasingly competitive market.
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