Thank you for your review. I agree with everything you mentioned in your video. The battery life if you are using the wi-fi is only 3 months. If I would've known this, I would've hardwired from the get-go. Make sure not to tighten the security screws to tight. We were going to recharge the batteries, and couldn't unscrew them. I had to call Ring support. They must get a lot of complaints, because they agreed to send us a new doorbell in 3 days and told us to hammer it off the wall. My son and I were shocked. The representative told us to wrap a towel around a hammer and pound it off. Seriously? It was pretty easy to pop it right off the wall. The same thing has happened with my mother's Ring. We cannot unscrew the security screws. The Rep told us when you install it, you shouldn't tighten them to much. That should be mentioned in the installation instructions. They are impossible to unscrew. They are very small and seem stripped. Do we love our Ring? Absolutely! I would buy this bell again in a heartbeat. I love sitting at my desk downtown and knowing someone is at my front door. I can talk to them if need be. Buy this bell you won't be sorry. But I'd hardwire if possible.

Mine works perfectly and is connected to solar panel. Motion detection happens instantly most of the time and delayed but 5 seconds sometime. Had trouble at first but I factory reset as it wasn't connecting saying password or Internet problem. I fixed by factory resetting it. But working perfectly since then . Before this live view only worked 40% of the time. Now it's 97% of the time. Had for almost a year and I really think it's amazing.

I had to get the wedge kit (free) from Ring because the porch is four steps up and the video was catching every car that drove by, wearing that battery down quickly. Now the camera points down at the sidewalk but it's no longer elegant looking since it uses all three plastic white wedges. Also, the doorbell takes so long to kick in that I only ever see the back of the post or delivery people, who have to walk about 20' up the sidewalk and go up the steps before the motion detector registers it. One other thing: I've asked Ring to add a feature so we can name the videos we want to keep. Right now they all have the same name (either Answered Motion, Accepted Ring, or Motion). It should be a simple fix. Good resolution on the video though, and great support from the company. It's nice to be alerted when packages are dropped off, and I love being able to talk to the people who ring the doorbell. Before the Ring, if I was working in the back yard I would miss the people who dropped by unless they came around back. Overall, after three months, I'd rate the Ring three-four stars.

Thanks for the video mate. Bought one same colour as yours. I’m fitting it tomorrow, and I’m also planning on running it using it’s battery. So this video has helped massively in terms of getting an idea how long the battery might last.

Hey, I'm an electrician and after watching this I'm thinking you may get shorter life or screwy battery levels because of outside temperature change. I know it sounds weird but, temp change can affect batteries and battery life. Kinda like your car battery. When does it usually die? When it goes into summer or (and more often) into winter! Don't know where you live but... Just a thought...

Hi, I have an answer for you. I have two ring doorbells one in the front and one in the back for 2 years. The one in the back gets approximately I would say three months, but the one in the front only lasted about a month and a half. It doesn't matter so much how many alerts you get ,what matters is how much motion activity there is. I live in a apartment complex and my front door faces the pool and the walkway is about 13 ft away. Even though I have the motion sensor set for approximately 5 ft, it's still responding although not alerting. Which makes sense doesn't go dead. So that motion activity is causing my battery to drain rapidly because it's somewhat of a high traffic area. I ended up getting a wired adapter and that solved my problem of never having to worry about the battery. They're cheap and you can get them on eBay. I'm figuring it how to hardwire my back door so I can forget about battery charging because it's you know it's somewhat of a nuisance. Hope this help answer why the battery drains even though the doorbell may not be used that much.

love my ring doorbell but you need a good WiFi router (mine is a Asus rt-ac3200) placed in the center of the home (usually in the living room) and as high as possible (mine is on the China cabinet) otherwise your audio/video will be choppy at night when interference travels further due to it bouncing off the ionosphere. my notifications come instantly, if you have bad WiFi you will get delayed motion alerts. few tips that helped me get good video/audio. - Turning on Adaptive QoS in the router settings and setting my ring doorbell and chimes as first priority. - Switching my 2.4ghz channel to auto if you are in a WiFi congested area like me. - Port forward all the ports listed on the ring website. - Most important as stated above is a good router. (never use the WiFi router built into the modem) and good placement.

You also need to remember it still recording when it detects movement.. Plus The delay is not a bad thing at all. as why have a doorbell at all if your going to get a notification that someone is there as you would end up with 2 notification one from movement and then the button press.. so really the delay is help full so your not getting 2 notification and as i said before its recording as soon as there is movement... Hope this help other who are thinking of getting ring

Maybe it only lasted 3 months because the battery did not come fully charged. Just a thought. Mine delivered with 50% battery life. I wired it to the existing wiring and I use the ring chime in my bar where I cannot regularly hear the doorbell. The alert time has to do more with the speed of your network and the device you are operating on. I have mine linked to a 19 inch TV in my living room that is wall mounted so I can turn off my phone notifications and monitor it this way when I'm at home without looking at my phone. Good review LIKED.

I get a week from my battery. Lots of activity from neighbors next door. I changed settings to minimize battery depletion and it's been bitterly cold. We'll see what spring brings... I also have a 'Stick-Up' cam screwed to a tree, powered by a solar panel, it has performed flawlessly throughout the winter months. Wondering how well the solar panel will work when the trees are fully leaved (less exposure to sun).

This is a great doorbell cam. I have it connected with my Armorax security system and I pay around $35/month for everything - professional monitoring, smartphone control, video and home automation. That’s cheaper than what other companies are charging for the same plan.

it is an excellent doorbell...nothing else! I added a dvr 4ch camera system and am totally happy now!!! i use to only have the ring....which is unreliable as a standalone survelance system. as a doorbell, it cant be beat

this might be a little late, but you can get an after market solar charger with a battery backup. hook it up to the microusb port on the back of the ring device. its an unofficial device but that can help you until ring releases it (if they havent already done so)

Mine sux in the winter. Even hardwired, the battery is down 15% or lower.. In summer it's always 100%. Been using it 2 years now

buy a door chime and no delay on ringing ..Its a great doorbell

If you set this with a longer or wider range would it possibly spot the person sooner (further from the door) and therefore notify you sooner as well. Also sounds like hardwire notifies much faster

Battery life also depends on temp. That's why you got different % from day to day.

The motion detection takes a while because its using battery power. If it was wired to your existing doorbell, it should be close to instant. Depending on what goes on, 15 secs is to long, but for some it may be enough.

Mine is hardwired. Movement alerts and ring alerts appear instantly on my iPhone. There is no delay at all on my iPhone..

The temperature is probably affecting the battery output. Probably why it's inconsistent reading.

6 months IF you hard wire it. And IF you have constant weather. Ours suddenly started picking up our poor neighbor after behaving for 2 months. We have it set for 5ft but it's picking up 20+ ft away.

The latest update with live view fixes the delay

I agree with you! I had the exact same issue! The battery does not charge fully to 100% in my case. 78%. Ring information cannot be relied upon! In addition, their installation & troubleshooting video are weak at best! Sorry I spent the $ on this device! They have a lot of iterations to go thru before this device is reliable!

Great review, thanks. So if someone walks up to the door, sees the ring doorbell and runs away withing 10 seconds, will it record that?

I bought 2 dahua cameras, one external and one internal with movement, both have cloud service for 5usd 7 days and 10 usd 1 month, both have sd card up to 120gb, both are 3mp, both are 100°, both are wifi, and both are always recording so when something triggers the camera 5 seconds before the trigger and till the trigger leaves it gets uploaded to the cloud so i think thats nice. chinese always innovating

loading, loading loading, the bad guys could steal your house before you see the recording.

lol @ 0:58 "ring promised you at least six months to 12 months of battery life." Their website says it will last between 6-12 months with "normal use" or "approximately 1,000 notification events." It further says "the battery may deplete faster if your Ring is capturing a large number of motion events every day." So, you might have a lot of stuff going on in front of your device or you may have to make your notification zones smaller.

I am unable to unscrew one of the battery screws. The head seems to be stripped. Has anyone had this happen?

Fantastic review and thank you for posting! How long does it take to charge the device battery? I am thinking of getting one for my house, not hard wired either. Thx.

If u are getting alerts late its your Wi-Fi connection I have the same one and works perfectly only down fall I had was 30seconds motion. Videos but i had to change the settings to frequently

there's no 10-15 second delay if u program the motion settings correctly.. I love mine. The only issue is paying for the recording cloud

Excellent videos. Thanks for the great information.

The motion detection record delay is why I returned my Arlo system. I was getting videos of people walking away from my home. I could not see their faces. The cloud service is free though. Videos kept for a week. You can upgrade if you want.

Learn something every day - battery life inversely related to temp. Only good factor is here in Midwest it's so fu*** cold in winter thieves lay low.

Get a home phone charger if you don't have old school doorbell wiring and drill holes through your walls and the Ring bracket and plugging as if you're charging it. You can also get a construction extension cord and fish it through your wall from the basement or attic because who wants some random wire hanging out of there drywall.

Maybe the battery is not staying charged long because you are not using the charger that came with it. I know with some cell phones if you use a charger that did not come with the cell phone the battery either does not charge or it charges very slowly and dies quick. Try using the charger that came with it and do the 10 hours of charging and then make another video and attach it on this video in the comments section to let us know if that makes the battery last longer. I want to get one of these actually a couple of these but I want to make sure I don't waste my money.

I just got mine hooked up and I have ran test and everything but I don't get alerts even if someone drives within a few feet of where it's located. I have it set to standard and have played with sensor area from 5-15...15-- to whatever I got a notification when I picked it up while charging but that's about it. I'm not a happy customer at this point anyway.

2018 the same problem with delayed motion detection continues... Ring never bothered trying to improve the motion detection delay

If you want the battery to be at 100% all the time hook up a wired doorbell or a 25 ohm 50 watt resistor the transformer will keep it charged all the time whether it's cold or not!

Thanks for the very helpful review. Appreciate it!

Ring VS Nest Trying to decide which one to get. Any help?

Those were warm months too. I wonder how long the battery would last in Northern Montana in the winter.

Thanks for posting, I saw this video right before I started installing mine, it came in the box at only 50% battery, so giving it a good charge. Do you know if yours was a fully charged battery when you installed, and do you use your front door as the main entrance and exit from your house (wondering because that will probably be the case with my door)?

I'm using the on board battery. Getting about 6 to 8 weeks of life between charging.

you can get a porch light with a USB socket built in it...then just connect to your Ring Doorbell with a microUSB cable. Google it.

"PUT ANOTHER BATTERY IN FOR FUCKS SAKE" !!! (Thankyou from Ring doorbell customer services)

0:43 You are holding your phone lanscape but the ring doorbell shows you holding your phone portrait?

Most of the time mine pops up quick but there have been times when someone rings it and I'm waiting almost a minute for live feed

You have to have strong WiFi to upload quickly. Check your signal strength in app

The battery lasts only 3 months and there is a delay in the motion sensor response recording

nice work explaining this - helped me decide to buy it - thx

Thanks Marc, Nice video

Does the the doorbell ring have an alarm so your house won't get brok in to and keep burglars out

Does this door bell actually ring inside the house (actually sounds like a doorbell)????

good review bro...thanks

I just set up my door bell and the battery only lasted one week I am now charging it could it be that it was not fully charged when I installed it

hello nice video I have the ring 2 and I dont know how to change the time it s two hrs different of the real time. and yes the motion does not alert immediatly

why not jusy hard wire it.?

I just bought my Ring DB yesterday and installed it. When I get a motion alert, I see nothing! There is nobody there, you are right about the delay effect, if I knew this I probably would not have bought it. Another thing I had a message saying that I had 28 days left to pay for a subscription. Hum I never saw on the package or was told by the hardware store that I had to subscribe to view my videos! If I knew that I would not have bought it! Right now I am not very happy about this Ring doorbell! Especially if I cannot see anything or anyone using the motion alerts, also someone rang the door bell and it did not detect anyone either, so should I return it for a refund only having it one day? Is there anything better for the same price or cheaper, please let me know. I am in Australia by the way.

How would we set exposure? I see it's pretty bad on where it's set at in this video.

For those of you experiencing a delay you should also try a network booster netgrear makes a very good one.

Hey Marc I'm getting a vita in two days, what game would you recommend?

Monthly cloud storage is a no go. That’s gonna do them in as others offer free storage. They will lose their competitive edge watch.

Is that 30. for one camera or could you have more for the same price? Thank you for the video.

so u have to have WiFi at work or when you're out to see if someone is at your door or it works with 4g?

Aren't there solar powered?

Does it have automatic capability to record video after sensing motion or pressing button by someone? when you are not able to answer.

You Need Buy Echo Plus 2nd Generation.

I do not recommend it to anybody to get a ring doorbell as they do have a major issue with a delay in the signal by the time the target passes the motion sensor he is long gone and I can never see if he's doing anything not to mention the recording stops after 30 seconds you are better off getting a surveillance system you don't need a over-priced doorbell

Hi. I want to know name or orange screw you are using

very nice demo, thanks

Are the videos recorded on PC hard drive? or must a smart phone be used?

Ring doorbell doesn't do well in cold weather, battery life is zapped. With the cold in ny power will not jump above 9%, ring needs to look into that. tell me it will charge when warmer means no doorbell until spring, yeah ok. Telling me i need to remove it to recharge it doesn't fix the problem.

Can you then that blue light off? I love in the hood and I don't want that steal me sign flashing

Is the ring doorbell waterproof or resistance?

Do you have the black face cover on it

I love my ring but it always takes to long to load up n I always miss the person at the door. I always have to go to the library, to view.

I been recording every time some one knock in my door..but I think security camera will be better .

if you buy the Ring Chime as an addon you will not have any delay :)

Have you tried to assign it a static IP address?

Wow. Perfect. Wow totally changed my life

I have an internet speed of 2.95mbps download and 48mbps upload. Is this enough to speed to use a Ring Pro?

What's to stop a prospective thief from grabbing this right off your wall and walking away?

I might be dumb, but what does it take to a burglar to just kick the shit out of that camera and destroy it in just a second? I thought that device was protected in a strong case or into the wall or something. But it's easy to remove with a simple kick or probably even a punch. And you will loose a pretty expensive hardware for no reason. I don't see this being very useful against any real threat to your house.

Mi sugerencia roonbells es que su manual lo tradusca al español si quieren vender en los paises de habla hispana y si no que se queden su mundo sajon.

I lost tool unscrew the screws can I order a new one

How good is the image at night?

how do you leave an outgoing message if I wont answer my phone?

Have any of these issues from Ring been addressed since the video was published?

vid looks nice in 60fps 😊

My only concern with this is that I am changing too frequently. I hate that they should have made this better as far as that goes.

Did you use the diode?

So do you need your own in home wi-fi or the one on the phone? Thanks.

Batteries change strength with temperature

Its against privacy law. U can hear people's conversations on it. Even your neighbours.

@marc Just as a follow up, how long did it last after you had charged it the second time around?

20 seconds Is to long. By then criminal has gone to your backyard. You need to be able to talk to person immediately at your door to discourage them

You have slow time notification because is not connected to AC

the built in battery last longer than using the doorbell wires.

Nice video,any interesting review Hoteyn Pro, which is new HD video doorbell with raday