Just purchased a home where the previous owner removed all wiring that wasn't basic electric, and I had no desire to wire a doorbell. It is placed on a covered porch, so I cannot speak as to how it holds up to the elements but it has been working really well for us.Both receivers are set to the quietest volume. If there was a setting one level quieter I would likely choose that. One is placed on the main floor, and is easily heard upstairs. The second is in the basement, which is the more critical place to have it because we could not hear knocking over video games or headsets. Our house isn't huge, but I really like having two due to the setup.Any downsides are relatively minor. If you plan to have it share an outlet with a fully-pronged plug it won't fit. As you can see in the attached picture, it is an extremely tight squeeze with a two-pronged plug. I put mine in back corners where I wouldn't need the outlet space because I didn't want to have to unplug it for vacuuming or other appliances.The other slight downside, which I knew about ahead of time from listening to the rings on a youtube video, there's very few rings to choose from. There are a bunch of various songs and sounds, but minimal actual doorbell-sounding ones. I think I chose the default. This item appears to be marketed toward adults, I don't know why not even a quarter of the 52 sounds were some variant of chime, bell, ring, etc.
Rating:
[5 of 5 Stars!]