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Doorbell Camera Wireless/Wired?

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Gerald Fowler
Nov 12, 2016

I havent installed one yet but customer inquiring about best one to get.

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John Scanlan
Nov 13, 2016
IPVM • IPVMU Certified

Is this for a residential or commercial location?

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Gerald Fowler
Nov 13, 2016

Resident

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John Scanlan
Nov 13, 2016
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Hunter Fort
Nov 14, 2016

[IPVM Mod note: Poster works for Mobotix.]

MOBOTIX T25 is a great choice for residential.

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Hunter Fort
Nov 14, 2016

Also if you can wire, IMO, is always best choice.

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Brian Rhodes
Nov 14, 2016
IPVMU Certified

A Mobotix T25 is easily $650+. Typical residential doorbells are $250 or less.

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Hunter Fort
Nov 14, 2016

You are right, the T25 is on the high end but does it Always comes to price? Considering Gerald never mentioned anything about price. Also Considering MOBOTIX has sold many thousand T25's into residential applications, it's not always about price.

Here is a video link for a MOBOTIX T25 integrating with Whatsapp, Amazon Alexa and Crestron.

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John Honovich
Nov 14, 2016
IPVM

Also Considering MOBOTIX has sold many thousand T25's into residential applications, it's not always about price.

Sure, it's not always about price but considering tens or hundreds of thousands of sub $200 doorbell cameras have been sold, most often it is about price and worth noting.

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Hunter Fort
Nov 14, 2016

Certainly worth noting. But the question was asked about the BEST one available. I can assure you the best do not come at sub $200. There are plenty of feature sets to consider which could quickly eliminate a sub $200 unit. Aesthetics, wired/wireless (trouble free vs not trouble free), recording (monthly fee vs, no fee) storage, Analytics, etc. and the list goes on quite far.

Now if you want just push bell notification then go with the sub $200.

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Brian Karas
Nov 14, 2016
IPVM

The T25 seems like overkill for a single-unit residential application. It's very large, which would be a turn-off for many people, and the keypad could be a bit confusing to visitors, so I am not sure there is any win on the aesthetics front.

Also, you would need the expensive 2-wire conversion kit to retrofit this into most applications.

By the time you add all the components required to make this a good residential retrofit it's going to be over $1000.

The T25 may have features not found in a $200 doorbell but in this price category you are comparing it to other commercial intercoms, not consumer videobells. Residential users that are concerned about those features might want a door intercom that is integrated with the rest of their surveillance system, which means they would be deciding on an all-Mobotix system, or not.

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Hunter Fort
Nov 14, 2016

Single T25 install. I'll let the pictures speak for itself as clearly it is very easy to make assumptions.

Single T25 install.

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Brian Karas
Nov 14, 2016
IPVM

It is actually not very easy to make assumptions about the T25, because Mobotix does not do a very good job making it easy to find information on the T25. Most pages, including Mobotix's own T25 page, show the T25 as a camera unit, plus a keypad, or at least one other module/section.

Given all of the parts/options shown on Mobotix's page, the T25 does not come across as something that would be a straight-forward residential video doorbell.

There is also no mention of the Mobotix app, which looks like it integrates directly with the T25, without requiring an additional server. This is a key part of residential video doorbells, but you really have to hunt to find info on it.

What are the specific components, and US MSRP, required to make the T25 offer equivalent functionality to the Ring doorbell (hardwired install on existing 2-wire doorbell wire and transformer, internet connection, mobile app with push notifications and 2-way audio)?

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