Arlo Essential Video Doorbell (2022)

[amarner]

I didn't buy this yet.  I want to know if the doorbell can work in a different way than most people would use it.  Can this device be used to record someone with Alzheimer's opening the front door and leaving the house?  That's what I need it for, NOT for someone like a delivery person coming to the front door.  Also, if I get the chime as an accessory to the doorbell, how loud is the chime?  Could you hear it throughout  small townhouse?  Any help from the community is appreciated. 

[StephenB]

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@amarner wrote:

  Can this device be used to record someone with Alzheimer's opening the front door and leaving the house? 

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Yes - in addition to the doorbell functionality, it will record when it detects motion, and you can tell it to sound a siren when it detects motion.  That siren can be configured to come through the chime.

But other Arlo cameras might be better suited for this task - one drawback is that the camera cannot be aimed.  So sounding the siren function when it detects motion could result in a lot of false alarms (from people on the sidewalk, or vehicles driving in front of the house, etc).