Remo+ RemoBell S: problems, parts and running costs
Checked: 2026-10-21
Summary
The RemoBell S is a wired video doorbell with a 1,536 × 1,536 sensor and a 180° view, so there is no battery to swap, but every clip also lives in Remo+’s cloud: 3 days of rolling history are included and longer retention cost $30 a year ($3 a month) at the April 2019 review. The three things that come up most are recorded clips playing in a fisheye crop instead of full screen, dim day and night images, and motion alerts fired by passing cars until the sensitivity is turned down. The bigger problem today is the vendor rather than the hardware — the Remo+ domains are parked or pre-launch placeholders, so confirm the app and the cloud service still work before you pay, and look at a unit in the $50-60 range or below.
Common problems and fixes
- Recorded clips play in a fisheye crop, not full screen — the tester had to ask for the recordings in normal viewing mode; only saved clips are affected, the live view stays full screen. No app setting changes it, so ask for regular viewing mode or live with the crop. No warranty terms could be confirmed for this model, so a fix like this is never covered. [1]
- Day and night video is dim — sharp in both, but the daylight image “isn’t as bright as I’d prefer” and night footage is sharp black and white that “could be brighter”; night vision is only two infrared LEDs, so it stays monochrome. Fix: light the porch rather than wait for a firmware change. [1]
- Passing cars set off motion alerts — the video-based detection itself worked well, but the default sensitivity fired on street traffic. Fix: draw your motion zones in the app and turn the sensitivity down until traffic no longer triggers it. [1]
- Wi-Fi setup trouble — a troubleshooting article published in 2024 for this exact model, “How to Fix RemoBell S Not Connecting to WiFi”, shows the issue was still being worked around five years after launch. Fix: follow the app setup steps (join the doorbell’s own Wi-Fi from the phone, then wait roughly 15 seconds for the voice prompt) and read the LED ring, where fast blue flashing is setup mode, slow blue is joining the router, solid blue means connected and flashing red means not connected. [1][2]
- The vendor’s support and warranty are gone — remoplus.com, remoplus.net and remobell.com/remocam.com resolve to domain-parking pages, remo-plus.com is a “Launching Soon” placeholder, the support subdomain did not respond and the help-desk host refused the connection; no warranty length, provider or manual could be confirmed. Fix: buy used or at clearance, test the app and the cloud service with the seller in front of you, and treat the unit as unsupported. [1][3][4][5][6]
- Clips exist only in the cloud — 3 days of rolling history come with the doorbell, anything longer is a paid plan, and there is no local recording to fall back on, so a service change or a shutdown ends your footage. Fix: accept 3 days, pay for the plan if you need more, and keep a second camera if the footage matters. [1]
- It is wired only, and the chime setting has to match — the doorbell needs existing doorbell wiring and a working chime, and the app’s chime type (mechanical or digital) must match the chime on the other end of the transformer; a power kit and fuse assembly are included for a mechanical chime. Fix: fit the power kit, or buy a battery doorbell if there is no wiring at all. [1]
Owner evidence is thin: no owner threads, forum posts or retailer Q&A could be read for this model, so the only hands-on account available is the April 2019 lab test.
Parts and consumables
No replaceable parts or consumables reported. The doorbell is wired, so there is no battery, no filter and nothing to buy on a schedule; the only field items are the three mounting plates (thick, thin, wedge), the power kit and the fuse assembly, all included in the box, and no spare-parts catalog, part numbers or prices could be confirmed for this model. [1][3]
Yearly running cost
The only running cost with a number attached is the cloud plan: 30 days of retention was $3 a month or $30 a year at the April 2019 review, on top of the 3 free rolling days; today’s plan price and retention policy are unverified, and the support pages that would list them no longer answer. [1][3]
Electricity comes from the existing doorbell transformer, so there is no battery to buy and no consumable to replace; no annual electricity figure is available for the unit, so it is left out of the total. [1]
The hardware itself is a one-off cost: $99 was the tested price in April 2019, when the review gave the doorbell an Editors’ Choice for video doorbells. [1]
When it is a good buy
- No store price could be verified, because the Remo+ product pages are parked or a “Launching Soon” placeholder and no retailer listing could be read; the only defensible price point is the tested $99 from April 2019. [1][3][4][5]
- Value thresholds from that review: below roughly $50-60 the free 3-day cloud and the wired install make it better value than any subscription-based rival, because no recurring fee is attached to the hardware; around $99 the package still matched the feature set; above roughly $120-130 the cloud subscription plus the absence of any confirmed warranty or parts support make it hard to justify against mainstream battery doorbells. [1][2]