Heath Zenith Wired Mechanical Doorbell Chime, White, 2-Melody

This chime replaced an old Heath Zenith chime and the footprint was not as large as the old one so the mounting holes were different but overall it was easy to install. It has a clear and pretty loud chime.

Works great simple install

Basic and generic doorbell chime. I bought it to replace the old chime installed in my house which are not compatible with Smart doorbells (I have a Blink Doorbell and it would make a buzzing sound). This one works perfect, looks basic, was easy to mount and the material is adequate. Best of all, no annoying hum coming from the low electric signal being sent from the Blink Doorbell.

Doorbell works fine, however screw would not tighten completely with wall anchors.

My house has a strange layout where there are two transformers and two different doorbell units. I had installed a unit very similar to this for our main door about 12 years ago and it still works fine. On the other door, there was a crummy painted over buzzer, not a bell, and it died. To replace it, I wanted to have it look like the other unit since the two units are fairly close to each other (one is in the kitchen and one is in the adjoining foyer). The cover of this unit is an exact match for the old one. The internal mechanism is slightly different. The old one has three mounting screws (similar to one of the reviewers here). The new one has two mounting screws. If you stare through the slots at the bottom of the cover, they look slightly different, but I am not sure who would ever do that (except for me since I installed both). The new one is installed as a "back" door so it just does a ding, rather than a ding-dong, to distinguish it from the old one. It was nice to be able to find a nice simple doorbell for a good price. I installed a musical doorbell for my parents and it died after about five years. Sometimes simpler is just better. Another reviewer commented that these covers are good for replacing missing ones from older units and I would have to agree since I can interchange my 12 year old cover with the new one with no issues. My only possible negative is that if you have a really big house, this doorbell may not be loud enough for you. In my three bedroom house, I think it is loud enough.

PRO - Traditional “Ding, Dong” mechanical door bell, not some electronic sound. Easy installation with decent instructions. Good loudness. Size of ringer mechanism and plastic cover are standard, if you’re replacing an old unit that’s mounted horizontally , this should be near or exact replacement. Good value. CON - Plastic cover is bright white, not an off-white or beige color.

The product info states this chime "WORKS WITH SMART VIDEO DOORBELLS: compatible with Ring, ..." but this is not correct for at least some Ring devices. I have a second generation Ring Video Doorbell Wired that cannot work with ANY mechanical chime because these Ring devices do not send a signal over the wire when the button is pressed. The first generation Ring Video Doorbell Wired included an capacitor adapter that allowed it to work with mechanical chimes, but Ring decided to remove support for this device when the came out with their own Ring chimes. There are other Ring doorbells that also are not compatible with mechanical bells. Visit this Ring website for details about their support with mechanical doorbells.

The door chimes work well, good sound ,good quality, good price!