Outdoor Cam Plus, Plug-In with 2K Video and Ring Vision, Low-Light Sight, and Mount-Anywhere Versatility - White

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• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  An easy to install and use outdoor camera with HDR

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  The Ring Outdoor Cam plus is not my first Ring product. I love their video doorbells and have installed them at several relatives houses. It makes sense to have all your cameras in one app and I have continued to add a variety of Ring cameras to monitor my yard, garage, driveway, and living room. I have installed and tried other camera systems, but none of them are as easy to use as Ring products. Ring offers cloud storage at a reasonable cost, Alexa integration, and reliable remote monitoring via an easy to use app. I installed the Ring Outdoor Cam (plug-in) in my detached garage (my wife often leaves the doors open and I don't want my tools to walk off). I went with the outdoor plug-in version, because my garage is not climate controlled and I was worried what the Texas heat and humidity might due to a less hardy camera. Pros 1. Installation and setup are easy. The app guides you through the setup to connect the camera to your network using a QR code. There are multiple placement options (table-top/shelf stand or wall mount) and the camera is on a ball for easy adjustment. The base and camera each have an additional "security" screw to make it harder to tamper with the camera or remove it from the mount. The power cord has an overall length of about 17.5 feet, with an integrated/mountable power supply at the 7.5 foot mark (after which the cable transitions to a thinner DC cable that should be easy to route). The install kit includes a variety of screws for mounting and cable routing (including anchors for drywall/masonry). 2. The Clean, compact design easily blends in. There is only a small blue LED that is lit when recording and 2 infrared LEDs that can be seen above the lens at night. 3. Wide viewing angle and 2K video, with HDR and color night vision. HDR really improved the contrast when my garage doors are open, allowing you to see the driveway in bright sunlight and the darker garage interior at the same time. The viewing angle is also impressive capturing the entire length of my three car garage from a position near the entrance door with a good view down my driveway. 4. Two way audio and a warning siren to let you listen in, speak with people through the camera, and warn tool thieves you can see them. 5. Alexa integration allows you to view cameras, receive notifications, and make basic changes using an Alexa device. 6. The Ring application is fantastic - working well on all both my Android and Apple phones. It is easy to enable the camera, view historical events, change settings, and manage multiple Ring devices. You can even set up smart notifications (people, cars), configured detailed motion areas, and set linked triggers if you have multiple cameras (example: one camera might trigger an adjacent one to start recording to capture an event across multiple camera views). Things to consider 1. The 2K video is beautiful when viewing a large area and better than my older 1080p cameras, but things like text are still fuzzy when you zoom in. Having a bad Wi-Fi signal can make this worse due to compression and can also cause cameras to lose connection. I have a mesh Wi-Fi system so I have pretty good coverage and still had to restrict the camera to the 2.4Ghz band (using the router settings) to get the best performance. 2. Low light images are clear and color night vison increases the color you can see at night in mixed light, but the color is influenced by ambient light color (my driveway and breezeway lights give the garage a yellow tint with the doors open) and in low light (doors shut/all lights off ) video looks gray like a standard black and white camera.

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  Posted 1 month ago by MGoose

• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  Very good video quality and loads of features

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  I recently helped a family member install a Ring alarm system, so I’m somewhat familiar with the Ring and the functions. This was my first experience with a Ring camera. I was curious how it stacks of to other cameras I’ve used in the past. Setting up the Ring camera is just as easy as setting up the alarm. I plugged in the camera with the included power cable. Then I simply use the app to add a device, select camera and it worked seamlessly for me. After a few selections, the camera appeared in my Ring app dashboard. The camera needs the power cord to work, it can use a battery, but it is not included ($35). There are many camera settings you can adjust, some are common, such as motion sensitivity, motion schedules – to avoid getting notifications at certain times and days, camera zones – this would detect motion only in a designated area of the camera’s field of view. Others settings more unique to the Ring ecosystem, such as linking, an example for is having the cameras record when someone presses the doorbell, smart responses – camera can inform guest they are being recorded when motion is detected. I tested this camera by setting it up inside my house. I found the video quality to be very good in well lit conditions. The image is detailed and clear. In the app, the timeline makes it easy to scroll back to see when motion was detected. It even labels the motion in the timeline with “person”, it can also detect “vehicles” or “other”. In low light, the video is shown in color, a nice feature, first time I’ve seen that in any camera system. In complete darkness, the camera shifts to standard black and white. In complete darkness, even though the camera has night vision, it’s challenging for the camera to render video quality. This is true with most cameras though. Overall you get a lot of camera for the money, it’s got a lot of features more expensive camera systems have. The optional battery will run you $35, this seems a bit steep to me, almost 50% of the price of camera. Pet peeve: I wish they would design cameras that are more aesthetically pleasing, this reminds me of a garbage can.

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  Posted 1 month ago by Gizmo

• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  Great camera if you are already in the Ring system

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  This is a great new addition to Ring cameras and their security ecosystem. This camera is a wired "Plug-in" electrical outlet one and can be set up to work if you have access to an electrical outlet. This may not be ideal for everyone’s outdoor use, but I set up my camera in an outdoor location near an outdoor outlet. For me it would be a little too much work to have the wireless/battery version of this same camera in this location because I would have to pull the camera off the included mount and bring it in to charge it. This camera can also be set up to be used indoors as well. The camera comes with mounting hardware for various installation types, and was very easy for me to install. I would recommend that you make sure you pair this Ring camera to your ring app and account prior to mounting it in any fixed location, to be sure it maintains a good wifi signal to your router. There is no floodlight on this camera, which is good in my case, as I didn’t want motion detection to set off the floodlight on the neighbor’s side of the adjoining fence. This camera also has a low-light feature for night which also works very well. I have been a Ring user for a few years now, and have a ring doorbell, and a ring pan-tilt indoor camera as well at our home. While Ring may not have the most technologically advanced cameras, this Outdoor Cam Plus is only a 2k camera, what Ring does well is make everything super easy and intuitive to setup and use. Although the camera is 2k which I think is even more than enough resolution, I find that it is more than sharp enough for my use. I have it setup on the side of my home pointing down an area I previously did not have monitored. Setup was pretty quick and easy, and in just a few minutes I went ahead and mounted the camera. I have it setup pointing vertically so that it can catch the narrow space between my home and my neighbors fence. Overall, Ring I think has the best security ecosystem, and I would highly recommend this new addition to their outdoor camera.

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  Posted 1 month ago by blah