![]() The slow charging time (around six hours from flat to 100%) also leaves a little to be desired. In terms of battery life, you can expect to go for about two months before needing to charge your SwannBuddy, which isn’t the worst, but it’s not quite up to the standard of other battery-powered video doorbells–many of which can last up to six months. I’ve only tried this on my MacBook Pro, so I don’t actually know what’ll happen if you run this on a Mac without a battery. It’s fine for catching up on missed visitors, but if security is a concern, you might miss key seconds in the event of an intruder attempting to enter your home. Perhaps because of this lag, I found that many clips recorded by the doorbell missed the first few seconds of motion, often capturing the tail-end of the event (for example, a courier walking back to the truck and driving away).Īnd as for the clips themselves, though they’re clear and detailed, the low frame rate makes for incredibly jittery footage. This is incredibly inconvenient for deliveries as packages may be rerouted to a post office or depot should you miss the opportunity to speak with the courier. The onboard lithium-ion battery runs for about 3.5 hours, and charging is as simple as connecting its USB Micro port to any powered USB-equipped device. Note: Update to 3.15 resets all intervals to 24h, so please check. You can set alerts for low and full enough charge levels, too. Battery Buddy can help you increase the battery lifetime by automatically pausing and resuming charging. However, the app is painfully slow to the point where, by the time it’s loaded, the connection has been established, and the live view has appeared, your visitor may very well have already left. Fully discharging a battery and charging it back to full charge again wears it out sooner than you might expect. It’s user-friendly enough to navigate, and if you own other Swann Security products, it’s great to have every device in one place. The SwannBuddy has both–free cloud storage for up to seven days of footage (or up to 60 days for $3.99 per month) and free onboard storage care of the MicroSD card slot and included 32GB SD card.Īll these features are managed and tweaked from the Swann Security app, which is unfortunately quite a major letdown. Just about every video doorbell offers cloud storage (which almost always comes at an extra monthly fee), but it’s pretty rare to find one that features local storage. Beyond those key features, the biggest selling point of the SwannBuddy is the available storage options.
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