Forget Ring doorbells this Black Friday – grab a half-price alternative with no subscription necessary

If you're looking for a Black Friday deal on a video doorbell, you'll probably be tempted to check out the offers from Ring and Blink first – but not so fast! Although both companies produce excellent doorbells, you'll only get limited functionality unless you also sign up for a monthly or annual subscription plan. Suddenly, that cheap hardware doesn't look like such great value.

Thankfully, there are lots of great subscription-free alternatives available, which store your video clips locally on an SD card rather than relying on paid-for cloud storage, and even bundle in features like person-detection and generative AI responses with no added fees.

In the US, one of my personal favorites is the Eufy Video Doorbell Dual for $89.99 at Amazon (was $149.99). This doorbell saves video clips to an internal SD card so you can watch them ...