I ordered one of these for my front and back door, extremely happy with them. It’s a very good product that works well. I don’t know what I did before them. The motion detection works very well, the picture provided is excellent quality, and the batteries last a long time. The ring customer service department is very helpful, and their online information is very easy to read and very helpful.

I love this so much I bought another one for my backdoor. I can now be away and see what is going on at my home at all times. I have an arlo system that I would never recommend. Just get a Ring!

The ring bell works just as advertised and even have a feature called neighbors where you connect and share ring videos like stolen packages or someone breaking in. There was a moment where I saw a lady that was heavily drugged and moved like she was really uncomfortable and it looked like a zombie film. Anyways the problem is that I bought the ring bell for the front of the house but my wifi doesn’t reach that far. So I settled with attaching the bell to my side door that nobody but a select few knows about so I have to call attention to that door in order to get people to actually use the bell. But other than that motion sensors are good and with a subscription you can save your videos from the bell.

I love that the set up was quick and easy. I allowed the battery to charge overnight. The next morning, I set it up before work. Instructions were pretty straightforward. I didn't use the mounting kit. I opted for another one that was recommended under the doorbell listing. I have enjoyed the added protection of this ring camera. I will be adding on an indoor chime to use upstairs in my bedroom. I'm also considering an echo to tie into the bundle.

I bought this as an upgrade to the Ring Doorbell 2020 release. It was easy to setup and install as it is with all ring products. Once setup though, the video quality was terrible. I called customer support and tried some troubleshooting. Customer support was great but nothing worked. Eventually they came to the conclusion of sending a replacement. After about a week and a half my replacement arrived and it was setup and working perfectly in no time. With the functioning camera installed I can say it is a major upgrade from the 2020 release. As far as the product itself (when functioning properly) I would say it is worth the price. Motion detection is great and the pre-roll feature is awesome. Would recommend.

Works perfectly! It was easy to install, as were the jumper cables for the existing chime. This was on sale at a great price, so I thought I'd take the chance and it's been working out great. We already have a Ring Spotlight cam above our garage, and this doorbell was easy to setup and integrate with our existing account.

Easy install and great image. In total I bought 5 Ring cameras to use on 3 of my properties. When on sale for $39 it was cheaper to buy and use one of the doorbells simply for the camera function vs the Ring outdoors stick up cam. In comparing the doorbell camera to the more expensive stick up camera...the doorbell camera look just as good.

We had a SimpliSafe doorbell. It would have trouble keeping its connection to wifi and would sometimes not activate night mode.

We decided to give Ring a shot. WOW! Amazing FOV (field of view), crisp day and night snapshots and video, an unbelievable amount of customizations, and ability to link to your community for alerts makes Ring a FAR superior choice when it comes to a video doorbell. It's ability to integrate seamlessly with Alexa is the cherry on the top.

In conclusion: The Ring doorbell is the gold standard for home protection. There are 3 items I have purchased from Amazon that I would recommend for everyone and a Ring doorbell is NUMBER 1 on this list. Buy it now! In fact buy a few. They would make thoughtful gifts.
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Works like a charm so far! I was a little doubtful that this doorbell wasn’t going to work well by looking at some of the negative reviews but Im glad I got it!

It was super easy to installed (if you have the right tools)& I would say it only took us less than an hour.

The only thing I would recommend is buying the chime along side with it. I only have Alexas in certain rooms in my house and you are unable to hear the doorbell in others.

And the motion detection sure does work! I would just recommend adjusting the settings so it won’t ring every time a car passes by.

My Ring wired doorbell has been in black and white mode for a week, I saw something that said they were having some software issues and were working on it. I have called twice and have been told that “my issue has been escalated”, no other communication from Ring. Really poor technical support, you are calling India and they just take messages, no one helps. Really poor service!!

I love this so much I bought another one for my backdoor. I can now be away and see what is going on at my home at all times. I have an arlo system that I would never recommend. Just get a Ring!

Had the video doorbell 2 which was constantly giving false reports and never worked properly but I thought that perhaps the #3 would be improved. What a mistake! It never covers the programmed areas properly and mostly misses everyone coming to the door, it constantly gives false reports, was never able to connect it with Alexa ( like it says it will ), was never able to talk to whoever was at the door, battery life is terrible so I had to get two batteries, and now it is almost constantly off line as the batteries don’t stay fixed in place and have to be reinserted at least 2-3 times a day.
Guess it works by making us go the front door constantly to fix the batteries!

I bought this as an upgrade to the Ring Doorbell 2020 release. It was easy to setup and install as it is with all ring products. Once setup though, the video quality was terrible. I called customer support and tried some troubleshooting. Customer support was great but nothing worked. Eventually they came to the conclusion of sending a replacement. After about a week and a half my replacement arrived and it was setup and working perfectly in no time. With the functioning camera installed I can say it is a major upgrade from the 2020 release. As far as the product itself (when functioning properly) I would say it is worth the price. Motion detection is great and the pre-roll feature is awesome. Would recommend.

It works great. Have it linked to Sonos speaker to tell us and Echo Show 5 with routine to show us when there is motion at the door. Sonos speaker linked to Alexa chimes when someone rings the doorbell. Great image and video. There is a slight delay but found that to be true with the ring camera. I guess nothing is perfect. We're an older couple, not extremely tech savvy, but it was pretty easy to install and get running. Overall, very pleased.

I finally got a doorbell, and I genuinely do love it. I love the options for quick replies if I'm unable to answer it, and I think the camera quality is great. Setup was a breeze, except I had to set it up on my Wifi only iPad due to the app not connecting to the device on my phone (even with cell service turned off, as recommended)

We just set up Ring devices (doorbells, motion detection lights and camera), and we're very happy with the Ring system. A wired doorbell is the better option where possible because the battery on a battery-powered doorbell (we also have one of those) needs regular recharging. Of course wired vs. battery operated is a tradeoff in cost.

The setup was easy in the Ring app and it worked even though my doorbell transformer was only giving 9v. The Ring app will link you directly to the transformer that you need ($25 USD). Replacing the transformer was no problem. Finding it is the only concern. Mine was located in the outlet box behind the mechanical bell chime. Some are also located next to the circuit breaker box. If you need to drill into brick like I had to, don't forget to put oil on the 1/4 inch drill bit occasionally or you'll ruin the bit...any oil will do.

Glad I replaced the Ring Doorbell Pro in one location with this. It gives you a larger view than the older Doorbell Pro, been holding connection perfectly and has great night vision. The birds eye view is kinda cool but kind of a gimmick too, so don't buy it just for that. Comes with a wedge mount but no flat mount. I have a PVC block the doorbell mounts to, so it was ok. But otherwise note you may need some kind of mounting kit.

I have friends who have had these and all great reviews and decided to finally get one and it turned out great. The sensor is sensitive and often picks up people walking the street in front of our house so we dialed the sensitivity back some. I’ve talked to contractors who’ve come to the house while I was away and it works great. You get to see when a package is delivered while at work. It relatively easy to install, it has a good guide that walks you through the steps and works using the wires from your existing doorbell, so no batteries to worry about. I like it.

The image when zooming in on far away things will only be as detailed as any reasonable person would expect when zooming into any other image. Downloading the video might be advisable for catching details at the beginning of the videos. The beginning of a motion alert video can be glitchy while the stream starts. I presume this isn't a limitation of the device, as much as it is the video buffering and streaming in the app. This isn't specific to this model either.

I have an alarm system that came with a wireless video doorbell that missed a lot of motion events due to a brick wall and a new steel door. I purchased and installed the Ring Video Doorbell Elite because it uses hardwired Ethernet instead of WiFi for video. I no longer miss motion events and have a better quality video capture. I opted to use a surface mount weather proof metal box instead of cutting into the brick. I included a couple of pictures that show the installation.

I am updating my review from below because its not longer valid. I noticed my Ring Elite was updated to firmware version 1.8.21. Now I'm getting full high def video. It now works exactly as advertised. I'll leave the old review just for edification. But as of 8/10/2017, the device works flawless.

Old review

I will start this by saying that I am a Network Engineer. In fact my specialty is Voice/Video over IP. My house has a very elaborate network inside of it that is of better quality than the average business network. I am providing an absolutely ideal network for this device to function within.

We were able to work with Ring and as a result have received a replacement doorbell under warranty because we are long time Ring Protect members. Thank you to Ring for following up and resolving the problem.

This is our second Doorbell Elite, the first one was a reconditioned unit bought on Amazon almost two years to the week from when it eventually failed. After spending more than an hour with Support trying to resolve the issue, it was determined that the unit was no longer emitting a Wi-Fi setup network and was preventing us from re-associating it to our account. It was decided that they would send us a replacement device until Support could not authenticate that the device was actually ours, even though I can prove it was bought on Amazon. (Ring is an Amazon company). It appears that the reconditioned device was still associated to the previous owner’s account and as a result Ring could not replace it under warranty. Tech Support said they would continue to work on it and would call me back. No call back. I eventually bought a new unit on Amazon since we really like it, along with our 9 other Ring devices. First issue we’ve had with a Ring product and unfortunately it wasn’t a great experience.

We were able to work with Ring and as a result have received a replacement doorbell under warranty because we are long time Ring Protect members. Thank you to Ring for following up and resolving the problem.

I got this because I am hard of hearing and I have an Alexa device in every room in the house. It wasn't hard to wire to the transformer I bought and gives a good view of the door and front yard. Sound pick-up is excellent. It hears the cars coming down the road a good bit before it can see them. It doesn't alert with my dogs, but I could set the sensitivity to do so. Good unit, although you have to pay for any extra services from the Ring company besides the basic answer the door, see who is there. It does have some storage on the device, but if you want to save anything you have to pay for it. When full it overwrites the files.

For years I have wanted to buy a ring doorbell but I was always too cheap or too nervous to buy one. During the last Prime day experience, I finally purchased one. I love it. I installed it completely on my own and didn't take much time at all. So glad I am finally part of the "ring family". I just wish we didn't have to pay for video clips to save but I know they all do that nowadays.

It worked good the first year but after warranty expired it started randomly disconnecting from WiFi. It’s possible although painful to manually go through steps to reconnect but that gets annoying if it keeps disconnecting again and again. Called Ring customer service and they don’t want to replace device as it’s just a few months out of warranty. They said I should have bought more warranty….maybe they configure the device only to last a year

Works perfectly! It was easy to install, as were the jumper cables for the existing chime. This was on sale at a great price, so I thought I'd take the chance and it's been working out great. We already have a Ring Spotlight cam above our garage, and this doorbell was easy to setup and integrate with our existing account.

I get alarm’s when someone is about a football field away. I have setup the alarm zones to avoid it. But I still get motion ringing outside of the zone. Night vision is awesome, great to be able to see at night. No problem with Wi-Fi. Just a problem with home pod incompatibility. Come on. If you want to charge for recording you can use that money towards paying apple instead of having to go in the ring app and than click on the feed to get live streaming.

I am disabled, so when someone comes to the door, it takes me a good while just to get up with my walker walk to the door see who it is what they want I can’t stand for any amount of time. I finally got my son-in-law to put this up for me yesterday I love it. I can talk to my grandson when he’s outside playing I can talk to people at the door without having to get up the motion. Detector works well at night I can see good. my daughters trailer is straight across from our home and I could see her front door so if there’s something going on I can see over there this is going to be so helpful. I highly highly recommend it I’ve thought about getting one for my back door just for protection so if the motion sensor goes off, don’t wait if you’re considering getting one of these especially now with the reduced in. Price for the holidays don’t white get it

I bought this to replace a 1st generation RING doorbell and the improvement is honestly shocking. Obviously I expected it to be better being that it's newer but the improvement - specifically in night vision and battery life - was honestly surprising. I was also impressed by the improved performance in cold weather. I live in central MN and this RING will continue to perform in even the coldest weather when my remaining 1st generation RING won't work. Wifi strength is about the same as 1st generation.

I have had it set up and Working for over a Month and my battery has only used 25%, So the Battery life is Amazing! My Wifi is ok where I live but the camera hasn't faulted once! The features are Amazing! The picture quality is perfect! Like a 4K HD Camera! The things you can do in the app or on ring.com made me subscribe. It lets you control the camera to what setting suits your House. The motion sensor is very fast, within 2 seconds I am notified if someone has triggered the Motion Sensor and it hasn't missed one person. And being able to check the camera Live anytime is an excellent feature. I don't have street lights where I live and the Camera on Night mode picks up everything clear as day! The 2 way Microphone is great and I have it set on 2 phones and it lets another person talk through it on my side of the Camera to the person outside with no complications, So 3 of us talk through it together perfectly! It even lets you turn the camera left and right and zoom in also. I recommend this Camera to anyone who is after a cheap way to keep an eye on your house anywhere you are and knowing the battery has the potential to last months, I rate it 10/10 even with having to pay a subscription which I'm Happy to Do after trying all the features in the trial period you get with subscribing at the start and honestly it's not bad at $40 a Year or $4 a Month. One of the Best things I own!
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If you think you could live without this doorbell buy one and try it i promise you will wonder how you went without. the app is user friendly and will take you step by step to get you up and running in about 5 -10 min also I can confirm that alexa dose work well with this device I’ve only had the device for about a week now and I feel safer knowing that I can check in wherever whenever. would also recommend buying the plug in chime alert unless you plan on just getting notifications off you’re cellular device

I live in a nice complex that’s fairly new, but I still get nervous when getting packages delivered, or if I’m home alone and hear a knock when my boyfriend isn’t home. I have 3 dogs, but it still makes me nervous. Having a ring camera gives me a peace of mind I can see who’s at my door without even having to move from where I’m at. It detects fairly far down my apartment halls. Can’t say much about how it works for night vision as there’s usually always lights on in my apartment hall. Otherwise, works great! Just don’t forget you’ll have to charge it first all the way which can take several hours before using it.

You know forever I was using it near in my window end it would miss motion a lot not record like I had wanted it really wasn’t until I started getting the most out of it in my house facing my doors with it plugged in..

These were really easy to install. And the motion detectors work very well (I live close to a street where people walk by a lot). I bought two for my front and back door, and I feel much safer living at my house. The neighbor feature in the ring app is nice too, because it alerts me of when things are happening in the area. I highly recommend. I like that I can leave my house for long periods and worry about intrusions.

I am disabled, so when someone comes to the door, it takes me a good while just to get up with my walker walk to the door see who it is what they want I can’t stand for any amount of time. I finally got my son-in-law to put this up for me yesterday I love it. I can talk to my grandson when he’s outside playing I can talk to people at the door without having to get up the motion. Detector works well at night I can see good. my daughters trailer is straight across from our home and I could see her front door so if there’s something going on I can see over there this is going to be so helpful. I highly highly recommend it I’ve thought about getting one for my back door just for protection so if the motion sensor goes off, don’t wait if you’re considering getting one of these especially now with the reduced in. Price for the holidays don’t white get it

So far, the only ‘issue’ - admittedly a somewhat secondary one given that all we wanted was a doorbell on a side porch door… that most visitors go to rather than the front door that DID have a hardwired, mid-20th century doorbell… was that with strong backlighting at dawn or dusk, the camera appears to set its aperture based on average lighting instead of on the camera-side of the shadowy figures at the door. This forced me to put a dusk-to-dawn bulb in the side door porch light… which is probably a good thing anyway.

I bought this to replace a 1st generation RING doorbell and the improvement is honestly shocking. Obviously I expected it to be better being that it's newer but the improvement - specifically in night vision and battery life - was honestly surprising. I was also impressed by the improved performance in cold weather. I live in central MN and this RING will continue to perform in even the coldest weather when my remaining 1st generation RING won't work. Wifi strength is about the same as 1st generation.

My Mom is 87 yrs young and lives alone. Bought this so she can see who's at the door, watch for deliveries etc. Love the convenience and peace of mind.

once you open the box, the installation was quick and easy. . simply scan the bar code and the video shows you exactly what to do. I was able to link the device up to my other RING cameras to work in unison

I mounted this looking down on my driveway in my condo complex. It works well does what it is supposed to. Even if you get the plug/in version, you have the option to use a battery still. But with a battery, you don't have the option for it to capture images every 30 secs, it's more like 14 minutes I believe.

I replaced a Vimtag camera with this Ring camera with the Ring mobile base.

Vast improvement over my older cameras. This Ring camera with the tilt/pan base has a wider field of view, quick motion in all directions, great night vision view (see photo).

Ring has come a LONG way since they were acquired by Amazon, and it’s been huge improvements.

Eventually going to dump all my other brand cameras and replace them with Ring. Hope that helps

Ordered 2 of these for a second home 1000 miles from primary. Put them on the pan and tilt attachment. One in the front and one in the back of the house, both are outside. I can control them with my cell phone. Super easy to set up and use. Nobody can enter the property front or back without me knowing it. These allows us to see everything. We can turn on or off alerts.

This like many smart devices function on 2G. My modem was updated by my provider. The 2G and 5G are now on one network. The previous version had them separate.

It took some finagaling to turn off the advanced/smart wifi via my android. I also had to restart modem and reset the device a few times. It's working well and as designed now.

Ring customer service was also helpful.

I have multiple Ring products and just added this security camera. Ring has gone the extra mile to ensure the setup is as easy as possible. Generally, the most difficult part of hanging an electrical fixture, which is essentially what this is, is holding it in place while connecting the wires. The Ring team simplified this by adding a hook on the included base and a ribbon with a metal clasp on the light/camera that fits over the hook. Thus, you can hang the light/camera from the already mounted base while attaching the wire nuts.

This floodlight cam has great motion sensing capabilities and the lights illuminate a broad area very well. If anything, the motion sensing is too good. Even with the motion sensing areas defined, it still can pick up motion in my neighbor’s driveway or on the street. Video quality is excellent as is the field of view. It’s a bit pricey, but I think it’s worth it.

I had a little difficulty setting it up (I downloaded the wrong app), but now it works as I hoped it would. It's facing the street, so I bypassed motion alerts, but receive alerts when it detects a person. Most of them are people walking down the sidewalk, but there's only so far you can limit the detection zone and still get the alerts you want to see. My only gripe with the camera is it takes 8 - 10 seconds before the alert pops up on my phone and the video is available. The message gets to Alexa almost instantly, but you can't view the video until it makes it to your phone. Overall, I'm very satisfied with my Ring Motion Detector Floodlight.

I bought this security camera because of Ring's reputation. However, I have had nothing but problems since I got it and have contacted support a few times. One told me to turn on Smart Alerts; another one tole me to turn it off. If I turn on Smart Alerts so that I can set it to detect motion for people only, it doesn't give me an alert unless I'm directly under the camera even though the sensitivity it set up all the way. If I turn off the Smart Alerts, I get a notification a lot sooner, but every time a car passes my house at night the headlights set off the motion detection. No winning here...

This was a great purchase to check up on a house we aren’t at all the time. The device sets up super easy and within minutes you can see it from your phone. I set it on a wall shelf and it pan’s the entire first floor well. It alerts me to movement so if there was a break in we would know. Really perfect for lots of uses and if you want it off just unplug it.

My Mom is 87 yrs young and lives alone. Bought this so she can see who's at the door, watch for deliveries etc. Love the convenience and peace of mind.

once you open the box, the installation was quick and easy. . simply scan the bar code and the video shows you exactly what to do. I was able to link the device up to my other RING cameras to work in unison

I mounted this looking down on my driveway in my condo complex. It works well does what it is supposed to. Even if you get the plug/in version, you have the option to use a battery still. But with a battery, you don't have the option for it to capture images every 30 secs, it's more like 14 minutes I believe.

I replaced a Vimtag camera with this Ring camera with the Ring mobile base.

Vast improvement over my older cameras. This Ring camera with the tilt/pan base has a wider field of view, quick motion in all directions, great night vision view (see photo).

Ring has come a LONG way since they were acquired by Amazon, and it’s been huge improvements.

Eventually going to dump all my other brand cameras and replace them with Ring. Hope that helps!