Honeywell SkyBell Video Doorbell

Update: I am thoroughly discouraged with this doorbell. It stopped recording any events even though I was still receiving alerts to my phone that motion was detected or that I had a visitor. I Googled this problem and the advice was to reboot my doorbell. I don't understand why I would need to reboot a device that just decided to stop working two weeks after just setting it up. Of course you need to reboot it in person by pushing and holding the doorbell, not through the app even though the app can still communicate to it. I just did that and now I can't even connect to it at all. I am going to look into purchasing the Eufy doorbell as it does not rely on WiFi communication to save recordings and events. -- Original review below -- Finally decided to go with this Skybell since I wasn't interested in paying for anything monthly like with the other smart doorbells. Upon first opening the package, I was surprised how much taller this slim line design was than my original doorbell. I had to create a custom mount for my install since the original doorbell was only on one panel of my 4 inch siding, but this was larger than just one. I cut out a piece of siding to install the mount flush and drilled a hole through it to accommodate the doorbell wires. Was happy when I turned it on and it starts blinking at me with all these different colors. You can set the color you'd like, the brightness level, or just turn it off all together. When you ring it, it chimes on the outside as well as activating the doorbell on the inside. I downloaded the app and configured it. It didn't take too long, but it does involve putting your phone in airplane mode manually, then turning on WiFi and looking for the Skybell WiFi to connect so the app can configure it. Once complete, you again manually turn that off. i have used other apps that do all this for you - this isn't a con per se, but a bit of an annoyance. The layout of the app (for Android) is a bit weird - not crazy intuitive, but easy to figure out after about ten minutes. There are three different recording modes you can choose from... visitor (when someone pushes the doorbell), motion detection, and on demand (when you just request to watch live video and audio). I was happy with my install and went on my way. Each day, we pass by this doorbell to take the dog out - seemed like I was only capturing this motion sometimes. Other times i walk right in front of the thing and it doesn't capture me. For that reason, I cannot use just this doorbell to protect my front door to get all activity on camera. I even have motion cranked up to high. The other issue I experienced is when I went to add my wife as a shared person. She received the email, and then went to sign in - it said "user already exists". That's not right, but whatever - if you think she already exists, let's try logging in then "user not found". Same error when trying to reset the password. I e-mailed customer support and was informed to have her log in with my id on her phone. i replied and stated while that was a workaround, this is apparently a feature sold for this device and did not work. They said they are working on it. I hope that in time these problems will be resolved (motion detection and the sharing feature), but I still plan on using my dedicated security camera system to monitor the front door area.