Ring - Stick Up Elite Indoor/Outdoor 1080p Wireless/Wired Security Camera - White

I purchased the Ring Door Bell Pro at Christmas time and have grown to love it. So I thought I'd give this a try before buying more for the perimeter of my house. The ease of setup is yet again a solid 5 out of 5, the picture quality is a decent 4 out of 5, the delay time it takes to view the video feed is a 2 out of 5 and the siren is a sad 0 out of 5. I was excited to see that Ring came out with a POE option for security cameras. I had previously setup my home with CAT6 wiring for a different camera system before Ring came out with the elite option. The Ring Elite Cam was going to be more expensive than the NVR system I had planned to purchase, but I liked the fact that it would work cohesively with my Ring Door Bell Pro. I tried 3 of my CAT6 cables with the Ring Elite Cam and the time it took to view the camera from my iPhone Ring App was 8-9 seconds on a 150mbs download speed, which is substantially slower than my door bell which is on Wifi at 90mbs download speed. I thought for sure having the camera hard wired would have a faster response. I didn't expect to be impressed by the alarm on the camera, but I did expect a much faster response time that 8 or 9 seconds. The system I ended up going with, which is less expensive in the long run with 8 cameras, has a 1-3 second response time on each camera. I might try the 2nd or 3rd version of the Ring Elite camera for my guest house, but for now it just isn't up to the standards I was hoping to find so I returned it.

Camera works great. Has really good image quality and has a very long distance at night, unlike previous cameras I've had that couldn't see more than a few feet in front of them. I already had Ethernet cables running outside my house from previous cameras so this was plug n play, and worked immediately out of the box. A little pricey considering the lower model is half the price and is just missing the PoE, but didn't want to run new types of cables and they are too high up for charging batteries.

Works well in daylight, night is grainy. Ring app flakey.

For quick and easy surveillance, these are great. Being able to power them over ethernet was great. Just get a POE switch and hook up as many as you need. They are much more stable than wireless, and you don't have to worry about battery or running power.

I like this product, security and monitoring fees are much cheaper than ADT. Unfortunately, I am still having problems trying to tilt the product for a better camera view. The instructions show it can be done; but it does not move.. Key point: Need to keep changing the settings (in your app) for the new add-on equipment, then, it should record as programmed. Another key point: If you already have a ring app on your phone (with ring.com), just let the promotion period (30-dys trial) end and add it to your existing account. The price will be a little higher; but it's an one-time payment each year. Its worth it!