EZVIZ DB2 review: video doorbell with excellent image quality

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PRO

  • Sturdy design, can face up to inclement climate
  • Lovely picture high quality
  • Straightforward set up and helpful app
  • Choice for (not included) microSD card (no cloud subscription required)

CON

  • Doesn’t work effectively with Wi-Fi at 5 GHz
  • Reside video efficiency continues to rely in your Wi-Fi community

A video doorbell may be very helpful if you don’t all the time hear the doorbell correctly or if you wish to know who’s ringing. For this overview we changed our outdated doorbell with the EZVIZ DB2.

When unpacking, you instantly discover that the EZVIZ DB2 is kind of massive (100 × 55 × 35 mm). It does really feel sturdy and might due to this fact take a beating. The big push button for ringing the bell additionally works effectively. Furthermore, because of an IP65 score, a rain bathe cannot damage him. EZVIZ consists of all the pieces you might want to screw the doorbell to the wall: connectors, screws, holders and two energy cables if you wish to join it to your energy community. Should you do not, the 5,200 mAh lithium battery might final for about 4 months, though that appears optimistic to us. A lot will, after all, depend upon how typically the doorbell rings. The DB2 may be clicked out of its holder, as a way to cost it indoors through Micro-USB.

The included fast handbook provides little clarification and instantly refers you to the app. And that is solely good. Scan the QR code on the gadget and the app will robotically acknowledge and set up the doorbell and receiver. The one problem we bumped into is the assist for Wi-Fi on the 5 GHz band: there is not one. So it’s possible you’ll have to verify your Wi-Fi router settings. We obtained a message within the app that we should always solely use 2.4 GHz WiFi, to keep away from connection issues. A mixed sign between the 2 frequencies ultimately labored with none issues.

Every part lovely within the image

The EZVIZ DB2 is provided with a large lens that clearly reveals each the one who rings the doorbell and the setting round your entrance door. It’s about a very powerful characteristic of a video doorbell and EZVIZ has executed that properly. Within the app you’ll be able to swap between Extremely HD (2K video), Full HD (1080p) and Commonplace (720p). You may as well zoom in saved photos as much as 8 instances to verify photos if you get a passive infrared (PIR) notification. This occurs when the digicam detects (shifting) warmth. Thus, the EZVIZ DB2 additionally serves as a surveillance digicam.

When somebody rings the doorbell, you obtain a name through the app and also you instantly see a dwell picture. You may then select to disregard the decision, deal with your customer or, after all, simply open the door. Within the app you get a helpful overview of all actions that the DB2 registered. A subscription for cloud storage isn’t required, as a result of you can too use a microSD card (not included) for knowledge storage (as much as 256 GB). After which there’s additionally assist for Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant.

Verdict

The EZVIZ DB2 notably excels in its wonderful picture high quality and a digicam that clearly reveals your (entrance) door, driveway and even the road. Each the set up and the administration of the pictures are very user-friendly. And it’s good that you’re not obliged to take out a cloud subscription. It makes the EZVIZ DB2 a pleasant improve for any traditional doorbell.