I’m thinking about getting Ring Doorbell for our home, we still have the traditional wired doorbell and I’m curious to know if the installation process is an easy one. Would it replace the wired doorbell, or would it just be a camera and we’d still use the regular doorbell? I read somewhere that there’s also a subscription as well for recording video. Would love to get one, but would love to hear your opinions about it since it’d be my first time.
The old commercials are definitely cheesy.
We initially checked with a local security company to have 4 cameras installed with hard drive recording. This quote was $5147 - no security, just the 4 surveillance cameras and hard drive. Way, way too much.
We recently (4 months ago) bought the Ring doorbell and the spotlight cam - both wired in and on WiFi. We also bought the $100 per year subscription which is good for cloud memory recording for as many Ring devices as you have (no Max) at one location.
Both devices work slick. You can make adjustments to the specific area you want it to cover and also how sensitive you want it to pick up motion. You can also do settings per device for notifications and also set timing. Pretty well thought out software and easy to use.
Installation was pretty quick and hooked right up to our current doorbell. When someone rings the doorbell, it rings on the regular chime and also over the phone if you want that.
We might eventually pick up 2 additional spotlight cams but will have to get some wiring done to place them where we want them.
So far these work great. Only one time we had an issue where both disconnected from the WiFi. I reset the WiFi and they both connected back up. Compared to the quote, it would take 40 years of the Ring subscription to get to the quote.
We are fortunate not to have porch bandits in our area but it’s really nice to be able to check the recordings at will. Sometimes we see the mail lady and other times wildlife.
I highly recommend the Ring products but definitely get the ones that are wired in.
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