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

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.

Great camera to protect my house and Amazon packages

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.

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.

I’ve been in the Ring ecosystem for about 8 years now, including doorbells, the Ring Alarm, and countless cameras to keep an eye on our property. I selected this Ring Floodlight Cam Pro (2nd generation) 4K to replace the previous generation Ring Floodlight Cam Pro that is covering our driveway. It’s the main view I look at when checking in on home from away and it provides the most information about things going on at home. One huge pro is that Ring made this compatible with existing Ring Floodlight Cam mounts. I had the floodlight cam mount that converts the hardwire cam into a 25’ or so long standard electrical plug. With this setup, it took me less than 15 minutes to swap this camera out from the previous generation camera using the included screw and nut driver. Ring is all about making things simple and this camera is no exception. As soon as it’s powered on, you open the Ring app, select add a device, pick the device you have purchased from the list, and scan the QR code on the device. The app will guide you through both installation (if needed) and then device setup with the Ring service. An audible voice on the camera lets you know that setup is complete and you can start using the camera. Things you can configure during setup are the types of alerts you wish to receive (people, vehicles, and other types of motion) and whether or not you want to just record or also get a push notification for these types of motion. You can also draw motion zones to exclude things like the street so you only get motion alerts where and when it matters. The picture on this camera is definitely better than the previous generation Ring Floodlight Pro, as this is a 4K camera. Nighttime is wheee this device really shines, as the built in infrared illuminators provide effectively a full color image about 20-30 feet away from the camera *without* turning on the floodlights. The floodlights themselves are bright and do light up a lot of darkness - but I truly find the image better without the floodlights on at nighttime in most circumstances. The motion activated floodlights do serve as a good deterrent to would-be ne’er-do-wells as it draws attention to the camera and puts their dark activities in bright light. I also have this linked in the Ring app to trigger motion recording and turn on lights on adjacent cameras to ensure that activity going on all around the perimeter of the home is captured. One thing to note is that this device does not do continuous recording unless you have a Ring Premium subscription - it’s all event based (as are most Ring cameras). Recording is triggered either by motion or by user initiated live viewing. Also, you need a subscription to review recorded videos and download them. If you don’t have a subscription, you can do live view videos, two way talk through the camera and control the lights, but no historical videos or downloads are available. Subscriptions range from $4.99-19.99 per month and come with various numbers of covered devices, recording features, and in the case of the Alarm - the top tier subscription includes professional monitoring and response. One thing I did notice is that the camera provides a very wide field of view, and a high quality image - but in our case, I still find it difficult to read license plates - even in the daytime with plenty of light. Your placement may affect this and you may have better luck here. Overall, this is a solid upgrade if you have a previous generation Ring Floodlight Camera or if you want to jump into the Ring ecosystem for your first floodlight camera.