[cazmandeuce]

Can it be set up to record to local drive or does it go back to the mother ship? If it can’t be set up to record locally, no thanks!

[cornfedcowboy]

In most applications it is necessary to have the information in the cloud so you can be immediately notified via text/email. It isn’t much useful to record locally.

[voicereason]

Can it be set up to record to local drive or does it go back to the mother ship?

Don't know about Ring, but I use Arlo cameras, and they are to record to an external hard drive that is attached to the base unit. So there are some systems that don't require cloud based service.