Chamberlain myQ Video Doorbell | 2K Camera, Battery/Wired, Color Night Vision, Live View with 2-Way Talk, Motion Detection & Real-Time Alerts, 150 Deg Wide View, Black

Chamberlain MyQ Video Doorbell
I have been looking for video doorbell cameras for a while, and purchased a set, but they were linked through ccp servers, so I got rid of them. Chamberlain MyQ has just introduced their doorbell cameras, so I ordered 3 of these units. They have great color and Infrared capabilities, with a wide angle view, and sound communications. The motion detection is slightly delayed, but it is fine for what I need. The motion detection is good, as it indicates vehicles, people, and even deer in the yard. The doorbell cameras use the same application as the Chamberlain garage door opener, that I had installed several years ago. I purposely stayed away from Ring, as they are susceptible to hacking, even with their assurance that they have repaired the issue. I know people who have Ring doorbell cameras, and they are happy with them. The Ring doorbell cameras, as well as wireless, and wired cameras, have been disabled by their neighbors, with lasers, lights, and hacks. The MyQ doorbell cameras are able to operate on battery, or through a low voltage electrical circuit. I installed one on the garage facing the back of the house, utilizing the battery capability, and the other two I replaced the existing door bell buttons with the MyQ cameras, utilizing the transformer of the doorbell system, in order to keep the battery charged. I haven’t had to recharge the battery on the battery operated camera, as it has been only a few weeks of operation, since I had installed them. The MyQ cameras are capable of stand alone function, or a contract for a server operation, which has a similar cost to other doorbell camera systems. The ccp cameras could only be operated through the server, and they would not work, unless they connected to the ccp server, through a third party server with a required fee. I have contemplated installing a low voltage transformer from the garage, so that I won’t be required to recharge the battery manually. The cameras are easy to install, as I had to drill only one hole for each of the existing door bell buttons, and I utilized one hole from a defunct remote reading thermometer, and drilled one hole to mount the anchor for the battery operated camera. The wireless network connection works from 40’ through the heavy gauge aluminum siding, which is a great feature.

I like the MyQ line but hate this doorbell
So, after successfully buying and using various MyQ cameras and garage door controllers, I had high hopes for this product, but in only a few hours I came to hate it. So, after several frustrations, I returned it. A top concern was the doorbell chime – normally this would be a small thing but that bell is really, really, really loud! My wife even walked down the block two houses and it could clearly be heard from there. I called the support line and was informed that the bell sound could not be turned off or down. So, to me, this was a very poor design component and I really don’t want to irritate my neighbors. Two other small things, but frustrating anyway: (a) to attach it to the mouting bracket, you have to put in a dinky, tiny, little, microscopic screw at the bottom and that screw did not want to play nice and kept falling out. It took many tries to get it in. Not sure what the designers were thinking when they crafted this thing. Every other MyQ product was easy to set up but not this one. and (b) the other small irritant is the date stamp on the videos… for some weird reason they are several hours off. I have the time on the app set correctly but this one device, and only this device, seems to have a mind of its own when it comes to deciding what time the event occurred. Again, per the folks at the help desk, there was nothing which could be done. So, I decided to dismantel the hateful thing and put back my Ring camera. A shame as I would have loved to have this security camera operate from the same app and service as the other ones.

Works great

No angle mount….I’m thinking about sending it back. That is just ridiculous for a door bell.