Arenti VBell1 Wireless HD Subscription-Free Battery Video Doorbell Review

Enjoy my Arenti VBell1 Wireless 2K Video Doorbell Review. You can buy this wireless video doorbell for $99.99 from Amazon US → amzn.to/36TD0Ps or for £89.99 from Amazon UK → amzn.to/3sxyI8H or for €84.99 from Amazon DE → amzn.to/3Cd1jn6.
I tested the VBell1 for a week. I decided to use the two small adhesive pads to stick the video doorbell onto the front of my house. The adhesive pads stuck well to the PVC cladding, and it stayed put throughout the whole week.
I found the setup to be pretty simple, thanks to the install guide in the app that allowed me to monitor its wifi connection to my router and alert me of the stability and strength of its signal and to relocate its position if it wasn’t good enough. Oddly at just under 6 metres away from my main Asus Wifi 6 router, it kept swapping between normal and poor signal.
I placed the battery-powered doorbell around 6m from the doorbell and the doorbell managed to communicate with the chime without any problem. The selected chime and at its loudest setting was loud enough to be heard from anywhere in the home, and I liked that, being battery-powered, it could be moved around the house to allow it to be heard whilst in the garden.
Apart from the ringing doorbell, the most time I had with the VBell1 was through its app. Just like most other Wi-Fi-based cameras and doorbells, I found the notification to be just behind the period where you would catch the person whilst still at the door, however even if I did catch them, I am not one to converse with couriers and strangers over the 2-way video and microphone of the doorbell.
App alerts when someone presses the doorbell acts like a call is coming in on your phone, and on pressing the green Accept button the app displays the live video feed, along with quick access to the intercom function to allow you to instantly communicate with the person facing the camera. You can also reject the alert and just let the camera, and onboard storage do their thing, in capturing the event for a period between 10 to 30 seconds at a time.
The app itself is pretty lightweight. The home screen showcases the connected devices, from here you can tap to view its live feed, or quickly view previous recordings. In the live view, you can take a live photo, start recording and communicate using the intercom button. Signal, battery life and display quality toggle are also present.
I found the 130-degree field of view to be just a little too narrow for my front driveway. However, its 2K resolution quality in the day and at night was decent, with natural colour and with little distortion. The audio captured wasn’t the best I have heard and mirrors the more lower-end quality of security cameras that I have experienced. But through 2-way audio, you can understand each other, which is important.
My home isn’t big enough to make use of using Alexa or Google assistant with this device, however, both are supported through their own apps, with the VBell1 video feed being cast to their respective display devices.
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Brief overview
1:02 - Unboxing
4:52 - Setup
6:15 - Arenti App
10:44 - My Impressions
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[@CarPlayLife]

Post Video Update: - 18 April 2022 Had the doorbell still installed since this review, running off the same charge, and today I got my first alert to the battery at 19%. Charging is recommended, but I think that’s at least over a week of charge remaining. So I’ll wait until it’s at 0-5% and report back when that happens or when the next alert occurs. - 1 May Doorbell battery level has now reached 5%. - 4 May Doorbell battery level is now at 1%. Time to charge it back up to 100%. So that’s around 2 months of battery life. I’d expect a little more in real-life use, seeing as I was checking the camera feed more often in the first few weeks.

[@georgeemanson]

Can this doorbell unit's live view be sent to the amazon show 5 continuously? If so, can you make a demo on how?

[@damirjalali]

Thx for the Video. Great Job. Wouldn't be nice if you had installed it outside so we can see actually how it shows realistically when someone comings or dropping something. I couldn't find this on their website 😅😅. Today is 09/05/2023 in USA 11:34am NOW, IT'S A YEAR LATER IS THERE A NEWER VERSION? CHEERS 🍻

[@CarPlayLife]

10:51 I show outside use. I don’t believe there is a newer model from them. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@damirjalali]

Thx. I can't find anyone whome are selling them

[@leeindention7493]

Thanks for your video on the Arenti. Just invested in one. Can you recharge the unit via an USB while leaving the unit on place ?

[@CarPlayLife]

Yes you can. The bottom area is where the USB port is and it can be plugged in whilst still being mounted on the wall.

[@mr.wigglemunch3856]

What's that soft button thing on the back at the top of the device? Is that like the plug of the hole where the wires would go or something?

[@CarPlayLife]

If I remember that was for detecting if the bell was being tampered with and removed. So if the button was released whilst it was removed from the mount it would trigger the tamper alert. I don’t think this bell had a wired option.

[@vidalberto]

Does it work witj alexa routines? Example: turn on light when detecting motion?

[@CarPlayLife]

I don’t think it does

[@georgeemanson]

Can you pair more than one chime to the camera?

[@CarPlayLife]

I’m not sure. They only give you one

[@Latitude818]

Can you do real Two ways conversation with the visitor or you have to mute your microphone in order to hear the visitor's voice?

[@CarPlayLife]

You do not have to mute your mic to have a conversation. At least I didn’t have to.

[@Latitude818]

Tested mine, it seems like when Motion detection is On, the duplex voice doesn't work properly. Sometimes it can, sometimes it can't and need to mute the microphone to hear the visitor voice. Hopefully Arenti fix this via OTA firmware upgrade

[@CarPlayLife]

Oh right. 🤔 Yes, hopefully that’s an easy software fix

[@eyupersanersu6287]

SD card on the outside unit????????

[@CarPlayLife]

Yes. It is very common.

[@calummaclean9064]

The only thing I need to know is how to get it off the bloody backing plate....This is killing me!

[@CarPlayLife]

A lot of force. And remove/loosen the screw at the bottom first.