Ring - Video Doorbell (1st Gen) - Multi

RING is awesome!!! I thought I would would love it but wasn’t sure but in this age of front porch delivery its a must have!!! There is some latency in regards to time to answer versus time they rang the bell and some back lighting issues which is out of Ring’s control. Again so worth it. We will definitely upgrade in a few generations and this time I will buy the top end model of Ring has! If you want to get your foot in the water without spending a ton you cant go wrong with this one. If you have some means and a lot of porch deliveries I would buy the top end RING you can.

I love the Ring door bell because it gives me peace of mind in knowing that I have an extra pair of eyes to help watch over my family and my property when I am not at home

This product is amazing by keeping me in the know & aware of what’s going on around me, especially living in apts.

I am very pleased with my purchase of the Ring doorbell. It is a great value for the price. Having the ability to watch my home while I’m away is a relief.

Works well most of the time. Installed under a covered porch so has a hard time with exposure near vs. far. Exposure can only be adjusted by RING and you have to call in to have it done. It adjusts between 0-5 and is usually factory set at 3. What this means is when the people are coming under the porch, I can see them fine but I can't see down by the driveway because the video is usually blown out from the sun. So I can't see anything past 20 feet at best since the camera is adjusting for the area under the porch which has significantly less sun. Works well though although sometimes it will not notify me right away so the person is walking away before I can answer

Love that this Ring is wired or wireless to suit your needs. Read the instructions, watch the videos, and follow along for easy set up and installation. Even comes with proper little tools! You’ll also need your own drill (maybe wire strippers too) Pretty sweet set up for $99! I got the the warranty too. Had a little trouble with wires and with no stripper/cutters I was finally able to wire old doorbell wires to new Ring. Visibility’s very good too. I am feeling pretty confident now and off to buy a wire-free Ring camera. It’s taken me a few years to give in but, it’s a necessary evil these days unfortunately. See pics and have fun!

The setup is fairly easy and straight forward. I had issues solely because at the exact time I got mine wired in and setup, the Ring servers went down so none of the functions worked. After that the unit has worked awesomely. The only tiny flaw that I've found with this unit is that light reflections will trigger the motion sensor and give false positive alerts. For instance, my front door faces north and when a car drives by going East or West, the sunlight reflecting off the windows will trigger the motion detector. When I check the live view there's nothing but when I go back and watch the video you see the flash off the car when the video starts and watch the car drive by. This isn't a once or twice occasion. It's incessant. Luckily my road doesn't get much traffic. I've verified that this isn't due to my motion detection area being too far out because I've set it to the closest setting and it still gets tripped. There has been a time or two where headlights have reflected into it and set off an alert too. I'm not complaining, but I want to let you know that this is a situation you may have to face. The pictures show the beginning of the motion alert video and you can see the washed out "flash" of the camera where it is triggered. The second picture is the car that stopped and you can see how the video stabilized. Also be aware, if you don't sign up for their plan, you can not keep recorded video after your trial period. You will then only be able to see live view. It's only $30\year or $3\month to keep all the recorded videos which is worth it to me in case someone tried to do anything and it kept the proof for me. All in all, I absolutely love it since I'm a paranoid person and don't trust anyone. This lets me keep an eye on my casa when I'm not there.

The recent purchase of this Ring doorbell was easy to install and completed total surveillance of my home where I needed additional coverage.