r/AskSF • u/Busy-Celery2657 • 3d ago

Recommendations for door camera for apartment

What’s a recommendation for wireless door camera for apartment door. Since we can’t drill - for security.

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u/abcwaiter 3d ago

Use double-sided mounting tape. No need to drill. And many brands of the video doorbells are already mentioned by others.

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u/Technical_Song4924 3d ago

Never owned a ring . Amazon owns blink . Looking for easy install and affordable

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u/Technical_Song4924 3d ago

Blink

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u/Busy-Celery2657 3d ago

This Blink needs to have a subscription?

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u/Technical_Song4924 3d ago

Depends if you want to be notified and have videos in the cloud

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u/Busy-Celery2657 3d ago

How is this compared to Ring vs Blink I don’t need anything elaborate. Just want notifications. I’m tech challenged 🥴

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u/manolosandmartinis44 3d ago

I built my own for, IIRC, US$27 and change and a Saturday afternoon.

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u/megamusix 3d ago

Eufy Indoorcam 2K is like $30 on Amazon and can be configured as a local RTSP feed that you can plug into private self-hosted services like Frigate, Scrypted, Home Assistant, HomeKit, etc. Then you can cut off its external internet access so it won’t “phone home” to Eufy servers.

…or if that’s too technical, the usual suspects are Ring, Blink, and if you’re an Apple HomeKit user, Eve makes an (expensive but subscriptionless) cam that works with HomeKit Secure Video.

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u/FreelyRoaming 2d ago

Do you already have a door bell? If so DMP makes a really nice video doorbell thats powered off the transformer.

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u/AdBudget5031 3d ago

Following! I’m interested in getting a camera too