Posted on 11/29/2017 5:05:53 PM PST by A Cyrenian
Have any of you purchased a doorbell from ring.com
I'm thinking about getting one and would like to know what you think.
Is it a good buy? Are you happy with it? How easy was it to install?
Any got you that I should know about?
I have one and I love it. You do t have to get up when it rings when you’re home (just look and see who it is). You have video if someone tries to steal things, you can have neighborhood groups to send out video when there is a problem person hanging around etc
I put one on a friends house. Super easy. Just pull the doorbell off and wires in the same way. There are cheaper versions out there that work just as well.
Lots of comments on AMAZON.
BTW easy to install, they are very helpful, you will love it
Doobell, two stick-up cams and one spotlight cam. Love ‘em. Great customer service as well.
Hoss
I am curious too. Thanks for posting this.
Does anybody have experience with their other security systems and monitoring from Ring.com?
It’s excellent. We were able to answer our door in Europe using IPhones.
Make sure you hardwire your Ring doorbell for power. Don’t rely on battery configuration. Not a good experience with battery life, plus it’s a hassle to dismount the Ring doorbell to recharge. Other than that, works as advertised.
Recent story of how doorbell cam helped nail guy waving a gun and his cohorts. One guy tried to play innocent neighbor.
Hers was a vivant. Great clarity and sound
I have just the doorbell. Very happy with it.
I have a small door frame. A few people have made wedge shapes with 3d printers . Havent looked to see if this would help
Got one on order, the Pro Model. Hasn’t arrived yet so I can’t comment on what you ask. Install wise it should wire into your existing bell wiring for bell and power, and you program it for your wireless network.
I have the same.
They are great and yes, the customer service is awesome.
It is nice to have all angles covered and done so with ease.
Sea
We have it and it works well.
The fee to record everything is not much for the year, and it’s optional.
The product is good, but the company has questionable ethics and may have hurt themselves long term with their shenanigans. I’m attaching two articles that give you an idea of what happened and where the company is legally. I know the people involved from working in the industry, and I know a lot of info that these articles don’t mention, and neither will I.
The long and short.
1. Zonoff was developing a home automation platform for ADT
2. Zonoff was also developing home automation platforms for other companies in parallel, but ADT had far more money invested.
3. Zonoff blew through all the money invested, but was courting still another big third party company to sell all the initllectual property.
4. Zonoff blew through the money before the deal was sealed for a buyout, then it fell through
5. The CEO of Zonoff (Harris) bailed out took a job with Ring.
6. Harris took all the IP (the code for the home automation platform) with him and gave it to Ring so they could continue work in exchange for a VP position at the company
7. Harris hired nearly 100% of the former Zonoff employees to work at Ring to support and build on the stolen IP
8. As the largest stakeholder, ADT has rights to the IP and real property of Zonoff
9. Ring cannot continue development based on the work at Zonoff, and may be in quite a bit of trouble for hiring Harris, the former Zonoff Employees, and essentially taking for free, the Intellectual Property owned by ADT
With the speed at which the Internet of Things (IoT) is evolving, Ring is not positioned well to compete long term. They have a doorbell camera, but they need to grow the platform to remain competative. Forunately, they brought on a lot of talented programmers to grow the platform into security and home automation. Unfortunately, all the knowledge they have is actually IP owned by ADT. So even if they start from scratch, I think ADT has some claim to the end product.
That being said, now is not the time to start from scratch when trying to compete in the IoT market. I’m not saying that they will go out of business, but I would be suprised if they make it another two years. Three reasons:
1. In another year, there will be many offerings for similar doorbell camera technology coming online that are part of a more broad product offering. Nest comes to mind as an example, but there will be cheaper ecosystems.
2. I think they will be heavily fined for pilfering Zonoff Staff and IP
3. They pissed off someone with a lot more money, namely ADT, so they may be litigated out of business.
Two articles. Good luck.
https://www.securitysales.com/automation/smart-home/ring-refunds-protect-pre-orders-adt-lawsuit/
https://www.cepro.com/article/trial_details_adt_vs._harris_with_ring_and_zonoff_in_the_iot_mix
If you are a techie, then this link is for you.
https://tinkertry.com/first-look-ring-video-doorbell-pro
There are amazing videos on YouTube..one that shows audacity... guy shocks woman in the middle of the night with his voice...she is wearing one of those shower caps blacks wear..and someone is further back..probably getting ready to rob him.. and when he asks what she wants she plays it off and asks if he has bread
He is like WTF???..go to the store
I have the original Ring. Works great! Only thing is that last winter when it was constantly below 15 degrees F for a week the battery died, even hard-wired in. Once it warmed up to 25+ it came back to life.
I love the on-demand live view, and answering the door remotely from anywhere is great.
The big downside to Ring is that it relies on the cloud. If Ring goes out of business, the doorbell will become useless. There is no way to locally record or interact with the doorbell.
I returned mine. The people were gone by the time I got the ring.
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