Ring - Floodlight Cam 4K Pro, Retinal 4K video, up to 10x Zoom, ultra-bright motion-activated floodlights - White

I dreaded the price but I am very satisfied with the product. The light has a yellowish hue I actually liked my older spot light which was white hue. This is definitely an upgrade and gives a excellent picture day or night which you can view in my attached photos taken at night.

For the longest time, I have had a very simple motion activated floodlight setup for our patio in the backyard. I’ve often thought about wanting to keep tabs on our dogs, watch for any other wildlife, or keep us more secure while lighting up that area. Well, enter Ring’s latest version of the Floodlight Cam Pro. This newest iteration captures video in 4K as opposed to 2K on the older model. It also adds what is dubbed as Low-Light Sight to the continued Color Night Vision. This model also has the ability to work with WiFi 6 whereas the last model worked with WiFi 4. You get all of that along with those two super bright 2000 Lumen floodlights. The installation process was pretty straightforward. Having that existing area and connection helped out a great deal there, but I think the average person with some electrical knowledge could install this easily. I am certainly not an electrician, and I got it working just fine. Once installed, it was turning back on the power and then establishing the connection. As it has been with the other Ring products I own, that process went without hiccups as well. Once it was installed and set up, it was time to let it do its job. Since we have two dogs, this area is constantly heaving with activity. They are always running to the back of the yard to chase squirrels or from one side to the other to bark at people as they pass by the front of the house. The Ring Floodlight Cam Pro was probably 80/20 in catching them in the act. This seems to be the norm because I get similar results with the doorbell. I will continue to tinker with the settings to see if I can improve that though. When it did capture the movement, the video was crisp and clean during the day. Panning and zooming worked really well too. When it comes to the nighttime action, I found the night vision to be pretty incredible. We picked up some coyote action when they entered the yard, and that’s one of the reasons why I wanted this coverage. We want to make sure we can keep our family, kids and dogs, safe at all times. I’ve also tried things at different light levels. I am very happy to have that option with how much light these things can provide. I’m also impressed with that light schedule in the app as well. While I take issue with some settings within the Ring app, I think that light schedule is very nice. The last thing we need is those to turn on all day long. All in all, I am a big fan of this addition to our Ring household. If you are already using their products, I don’t think you can go wrong for your home security and lighting needs in an area that you want to monitor. Just remember to take the time to tinker with the settings in the app. The recording time, brightness of the lights, your zones to monitor, and alerts are the main ones that I think you definitely need to check and fine tune.

Great camera to protect my house and Amazon packages

The Ring Floodlight Pro has been an excellent added security measure for our home. I installed ours over the garage door, where it captures the entire front of our home. The camera has solid motion detection that alerts us and starts recording if triggered. If it is triggered during night hours or in dim light, the floodlights also illuminate. The floodlight camera ships with the light, camera mount and mounting hardware. A small screwdriver is included and is the only tool required. No printed instructions were included, however a scannable QR code link to download the Ring app is provided. Installation and setup are then completed in the Ring app. The app-driven installation is simple for anyone who has ever installed a light fixture. First time device setup in the app is also simple and straightforward. I already had an HD Ring floodlight camera installed, so I removed it and installed the new camera in its place. A handy anchor cable is built into the camera that hooks to the mount to keep the camera securely in place while performing the wiring. I started to re-use the previous camera's mounting base but changed my mind since this camera is white and the previous camera was black. The camera holes that slide over the base screws can be a little tricky to slide through fully, but that’s the only step that caused any issues. Once the floodlight was installed, I added it to my existing Ring app, and the app applied a firmware update. I’m usually disappointed by the vast majority of device apps because many are poorly developed. However, the Ring app is one of the best out there. It is stable and always alerts me reliably, when something is detected. It is also full of useful features beyond Ring devices. One example, Neighbors is a community within Ring where Ring subscribers in the immediate vicinity share safety tips, warnings, alerts, or even weather information. It’s like having our own crowdsourced neighborhood watch. The only thing I’m not wild about are the loud wind chime–sounding alerts, but at least the alert tone is jarringly loud enough to wake me from a deep sleep if I set the phone volume to max and someone starts poking around our driveway in the middle of the night. Video quality can be subjective, but I like it. I was admittedly a little disappointed initially because the video from my previous HD camera seemed superior to this new 4K “retina” Pro camera. The older camera footage seemed sharper, cleaner, and had much better contrast. The new camera looked washed out and overexposed by comparison. Ironically, I opted for the HD camera over the Gen 1 Pro last year after reading numerous user reviews saying they preferred the HD video quality over the Pro. I will agree, at first glance the HD camera video looks more natural and outright better. However, things get interesting when I begin to zoom in. That’s where smaller, more granular details are more clearly visible on the newer camera, especially in dim light footage. Zooming is where the higher resolution is most useful, not necessarily viewing the entire frame. I’d much rather have a washed-out looking video where I can clearly read the plate numbers of a vehicle on the street than a prettier video at first glance that muddies up smaller details as I zoom in tighter. Night vision on these cameras is phenomenal. The IR illumination works really well, and I can see footage quite clearly in IR lighting when the floodlights are off. When the floodlights are on, I get sharp full-color video. The adjustable motion detection is also nice. I can set detection zones and omit areas I don’t want triggered by motion. I can adjust motion sensitivity or completely disable it. I can also live view and/or manually record at will. When the camera senses motion, it begins recording and saves a snapshot in the history. The Ring app is an excellent tool for monitoring and securing our residence. It monitors all our Ring cameras. The user interface is nicely done, being both easy and intuitive to navigate. When the floodlight camera, or any of our other Ring cameras, senses motion, they send an alert to the app. I am notified through an audible chime or vibration (if the device is on silent), which I receive on both my smartphone and smartwatch. When I open the Ring dashboard in the app, I instantly see a snapshot from every camera at that specific moment. I can then choose to view live or go through the history of recordings, and I can filter by any camera. I can download and save video at will. Some features, like Bird’s Eye View, feel more gimmicky than useful, but are still nice to have. The app can also host Ring alarm systems and other Ring devices. My Ring cameras have withstood all the seasons like a champ. In my region, we can go as low as zero or below in the winter to highs of 100 or more in the summer. I’ve never had any of my Ring devices stop working due to excessive cold or heat. And the floodlight camera is in direct sunlight for the better part of the day. They’re durable devices.

The Ring Floodlight Cam Pro V2 is my first floodlight install and my first camera device from Ring. What drew me to the Ring camera is its 4K sensor and ability to record 24/7, two main capabilities that I’m very much used to with another brand of camera system. It was welcoming to hear that this is an option now and it made my decision to try Ring much easier. The Floodlight Cam Pro V2 sports a 4K sensor with a 140 degree horizontal wide field of view (85 degree vertical) and allows for clarity at up to 10X zoom. The floodlights themselves produce up to 2000 lumens at a warm 3000K. The camera offers two way talk and active noise cancelling. I opted to install my floodlight on the side of my house, an area that I actually don’t have covered by any type of camera system. It’s a case of “it was meant to be” seeing that I wanted a full-time wired camera and all that was on that side of a house was an outdoor wall light. Since the floodlight is a wired install, it was a perfect choice. Installation was fairly simple with the only concern being the hardware supplied. Ring is very generous about providing a variety of screws of different lengths to mount the main bracket to your current junction box. Unfortunately, none of them worked on my ancient junction box, but I was able to reuse the screws from the older wall lamp bracket. So make sure to hold onto your older stuff during the install…just in case. If you’re a seasoned light fixture installer or are very handy, the installation is self explanatory when you look at the 3 main parts. But for the rest of us, the Ring App will guide you through the installation process, including to make sure you have shut off power to the circuit you intend to install the floodlight on. Once the hardware installation is complete, the app will begin its onboarding process of the floodlight into your account. This included me being near the floodlight for the app to recognize it, choosing a wifi to connect to, and a 10-15 minute software update. In about 30 minutes, I was up and running in the Ring App and able to see my view of the side yard. From here, this is where the real fun begins. Ring does include a 30-day trial of its Ring Home Premium plan, its top tier plan that includes AI video analysis and 24/7 video recording, so I’ll continue to talk about this review with the Premium plan in mind and what you’ll need at a minimum moving forward. Out of the chute, the Floodlight Cam Pro V2 was recording my movements as I worked to adjust the camera point and lights to better fit my side yard. Seeing that I do have a clear view of my neighbors yard as well, I was able to go into the app settings and set detection zones so that I don’t trigger any unneeded notifications. I was also able to adjust the floodlight brightness settings that I felt worked perfectly for the space. There are some things you’ll probably have to do once you have yours installed. Viewing the camera can be done in three ways. You can live stream your camera by simply tapping on the thumbnail of your view. This will immediately bring up the Live View where you can turn the lights on or off, activate the siren, and even send precanned replies. This is probably the preferred way to view your camera live. Then there’s something called Timeline. It’s not an option readily available from your app dashboard view and can only be by tapping “End Live” when you’re in Live View. When in timeline view, you can scrub through the events back and forth by simply swiping your finger left and right on the timeline bar. Finally, there is a dedicated button for “History” from the dashboard where you can replay specific events that happened, up to 180 days in history. Now what I found is that 24/7 is not on by default and is something you have to turn on in the app. I’m a big proponent of 24/7 recording as it picks up even the tiniest of movements that sometimes the software doesn’t see as a detection. With 24/7 recording on, Timeline view becomes invaluable to a user as they can scrub through the recordings to notice things that weren’t automatically detected. That being said, 24/7 view is a luxury and only comes with the Ring Home Premium at a premium monthly cost. Also, it does tax the amount of upload bandwidth you have, especially this being a 4K camera. It’s obviously nice, but not a requirement to have to use this floodlight camera. The other thing I found that needed to be turned on is AI alerts, which analyze your events and provide a summary for you to read alongside the recording itself. I obviously turned it on for the sake of science (and unfortunately, it is also only offered as part of the Ring Home Premium plan), and it was like having ChatGPT on speed dial. It was pretty good about describing specific people and things. For example, I was given a “A person is opening the door and walking on the paved area” and even a “A person is opening the brown gate” on two different event occasions. My brown gate is the entrance to my side yard from the front of the house, so if I read this, I would immediately know that someone is accessing my side yard. Again, a very nice thing to have, but not a requirement to use this floodlight camera. But man, it is nice. From a quality and detection standpoint, the Ring Floodlight Cam V2 showed no problems with detection and what it was detecting. In my case… a skunk. Never in a million years would I have guessed that a skunk would use my yard as a routine path to wherever it needs to go at night. And get this….the AI alert told me it was a skunk! I was able to replay back the recording, and even zoom in to see the skunk’s features. It’s pretty darn good. The floodlights are very bright and I had to dim them a bit so I don't blind my neighbors. The floodlights do come on about a second late when it detects the initial motion, and that may be fine for most things like detecting a human being, but that skunk was moving pretty quick. And for something that small and quick, I give many kudos to the Ring team for their detection algorithm. Again, AI detection and 24/7 recording do come at a cost. Overall, I’m very happy with the Floodlight Cam V2 and its features. Now that it’s up and running, it’s a “set it and forget it” type of device that will do its job notifying me when things are happening. And depending on your situation, you can opt in or out of the 24/7 + AI features that the premium plan offers. I’d say I’d go for it if your camera faces a busy area, and not so much if the camera is pointed to an area that’s essentially boring.