Battery Operated Door Bell

[Ann]

Can anyone please recommend a really good cordless (battery) door bell which can also be lifted off the hook by the front door and taken into another room?

We have tried several different makes - from B&Q, Homebase and Wilkinsons but all of them seem to drain the battery in a couple of weeks for no apparent reason. Does anyone own one which lasts a long time? Many thanks.

[murraymints]

I bought one from Argos it has a fixed ringer and a mobile one..the fixed I have in lounge, the mobile I have updated but take into garden with me when there,it has 200 m range cost around £20 , has been working for 2years now on same battery..

[murraymints]

Upstairs....not updated...predictive thingy !

[Ann]

Thanks for that Minty - will look in their catalogue :)

[EDDIE51]

This is more to do with the type of battery rather than the bell, get a set of rechargeable battery's. If you need 2 battery's for the bell buy 4 so you have a spare set then keep one set on charge and swap them with the in use set every week or 2. It will work out cheaper over time than buying new every week or 2.

[Ann]

Eddie, its not that I mind paying for the batteries so much as the couriers and postman goes away if we don't answer the door!

[rockyracoon]

I've gone through about 5 of these bloody cordless bells in 7 years, this last one conked out on me just before Christmas. If you find a reliable one let me know.

[gingejbee]

Suggestion: get one where the unit that rings/chimes/whatever plugs into any 13 amp socket in any room in the house. No batteries required.

[murraymints]

Ginge ..my fixed ringer plugs in downstairs..

[shaneystar2]

Like rocky we've had no end of these .One we had made the bell ring next door !
I've found the perfect solution.
A note on the side of the door saying ....bell not working ..please rattle the knocker ..lol.

[rockyracoon]

Lol shaneystar, I have a note that says "shout through the porch door, I am in" seems to work.

[kloofnek]

I have one of these door bells with bell units plugged in all over the house...but..more often than not people don`t use it...so...I put a little sticker on it"Bell works".That sorted it out

[giveup]

I've got a Byron SX1 purchased from Homebase. Has been fine in the 6 months since we bought it. I think it was about £30.

[soapnumpty]

Ours is from Robert Dyas about 6 months ago and it doesn't drain the battery. It cost around £10. The separate chime unit which you can carry around has UNICOM written on it.

[EDDIE51]

Murrymints the plug in ones just have a battery as a back up in case the power fails, that is why yours has lasted 2 years.
'All battery' ones are 'on' all the time so the battery's never last long.
I sometimes work in a retirement complex and all the doors have battery bells (health and safety regulation to guard against power failure) we are forever having to change battery's when the bell stops working.

[stewey]

Anybody else getting an ad on their screen saying "Doorbot...The doorbell for smartphones."?

[SlackAlice]

I've got an Friedland Evo which works well and has good battery life. Last set of batteries lasted about 18months. Wireless range good as well, works to the bottom of my garden which is about 75' long.

Not made now although they have an Evo+ as the new model.

[rockyracoon]

SlackAlice, how long have you had it?

[murraymints]

Eddie...my second chimer is mobile and has battery and this battery is still going strong...

[SlackAlice]

rockyracoon
About five years, just remembered I've never changed the button cell battery in the bell push.

Sometimes drives the OH mad because it's got five tunes and I change them around. ☺☺☺

[boxtops]

We've got a Byron, I think we got it from Homebase.

It's not like you describe but I think it's better - the main unit is by the front door and plugged into a socket, but there's a second free-standing pocketsized remote unit which is battery operated, which is currently upstairs in our living room, but in the summer we can take it out into the garden, anywhere in range of the base unit. We've had it a couple of years now, I think we've had to change the batteries only about 3 times since then.