I'm a snowbird Canadian in the USA for the winter. I have the useless Google Nest Doorbell and I'm looking for a replacement. The Kasa doesn't require a subscription unless you want to buy cloud storage. It allows local storage on an SD card (not included).I bought two of these cameras - one for the USA and one for Canada. Initially I couldn't install the doorbell because my Canadian Kasa account doesn't list doorbells. After a few emails and chats with support, they made a Beta app and let me try it out. Works slick! So I'm upgrading from 1 star to 5 stars. If you have a non-US Kasa account contact support and maybe they can help you out.For whatever reason I had to run through the setup twice. Also the LED blinking orange and green to indicate it's ready to set up is invisible unless you squat down beside the camera and look at it straight on. I thought mine was dead but nope. I'm just taller than the beta testers for this product I guess.I have two "fit and finish"complaints. First, the camera doesn't clip onto the back plate perfectly. There is a small gap. Not a deal breaker. Also, one of the two units I bought had a faulty screw terminal. I'm glad I found that out before I drove back to Canada or blew past the return period. As it is, is shipping a replacement.I'm thinking some corners had to be cut to get such amazing video and all these features squeezed into a $58 camera. Best deal on a video doorbell for sure.Otherwise all good. I'm super impressed.Update: Got my SD card. It adds recording - a HUGE improvement. Fast and easy to scroll through events and watch continuous recordings. One problem - you can view the recordings but you can't download the recordings. I had a bad UPS delivery and needed to send the video in. Had to pop my camera off the wall, pull the card and manually go through the recordings. I guess they want you to pay a $5/month subscription to use cloud storage.
