Mixed Reviews for Ring Doorbell: Easy to Install and Clear View versus Subscription Fees and Privacy Concerns

Clear view & easy installation

Does everything my other outdoor cameras don’t .

You're better off spending your money on a decent dvr system.
Motion detection is very hit or miss. You'll catch every car driving by (even when you set up motion detection zones) and might miss someone standing in front of it knocking on the door. And when it DOES pick people up it cuts off mid-visit. So you'll see them walking on your porch and then it just stops recording so you won't know what happend. I adjusted settings like crazy over weeks. So it's not a matter of me just using incorrect settings. I tried them all.

Wifi is weak even at 25-30ft away from router.

But the worst part is rhe ring community app. Someone steal your package? Go to post it and see if neighbors can help identify the person - or at least warn them. Great idea in theory. But ring is VERY picky about what it lets go live. Someone standing on a porch ringing a door bell? Ring will let that up as "suspicious activity". Next door neighbor stealing your mail? Nope. Why? Homeless man setting up shop on your porch? Nope. Why? Vandalism? Depends on who did it. Someone you don't know? Probably fine. Clearly someone who came from a neighboring house? Nope. Now, just because they came from a neighboring house doesn't mean they live there. And the people who do won't rat out their friends. And the police can't cite someone if they don't know who they are. So calling rhe police is useless. Which is why this app SHOULD be great. But its 90% "who's cat was in my yard at 3AM?!??"

The device itself is expensive and then you pay a subscription just to be able to see the videos??

So, all that combined and I'd say ring is pretty useless. Hard pass.

All that stuff if free if you buy a decent dvr. And you'll have multiple angles to boot.

Gift for my mom and she loves it

Not provided or given as description. Very poor assistance and part missing.

Amazon who owns Ring, is giving your video footage without your consent to the fascist law enforcement and government without warrant or informing you of it being shared. This is currently being done in Florida and Texas. Please don’t buy this camera. It’s any tech made to spy on you, same with the other Amazon owned products like Echo and kindle.

Excellent

Great product to have. Work from home and can see who is at my front door without needing to step away. Even on vacation I get notification which is awesome.

No lo recomiendo no graba cuando las personas salen o entran , y las pocas veces que graba , llega la notificación 5 minutos tarde , y cuando tocan el timbre no manda notificaciones al teléfono

Its great! I love it!

Does everything I want it to do!

Wonderful

We have a lot of shenanigans that happen in the neighborhood and this camera notifies me wherever I am that someone is in my yard or at my door. It has a great camera with very wide coverage. I'm able to see my yard and both neighbors' yards on either side of my house. I had a doorbell previously but the wires were cut too short to hook this cam bell up, so I connected the charger and its wire to the back of the ring cam and fed it into my house plugged it up and it is just like I connected to the doorbell wires, just FYI.

Dont work

Bought 2 for 2 different houses. Neither one will stay connected. Had techs come check installation & it’s the product not installation or internet/WiFi. Very disappointing.

Replaces older version of the Ring Doorbell. Video quality and motion detection is better and wifi connection seems to be better.

I love my ring and it works great

Throwing my ring doorbell away! Battery only lasts a couple days then put on charger for a day then go out and take it apart to put the battery back in! A real waste of time!

This product was easy to install and works great.

Ring now requires a paid subscription in order for it to record any video, making it completely worthless for anyone that doesn't get it.

I love having this makes me feel more secure

I had to buy a new device after mine quit working. The picture quality is unreal and so much better than my old device! This was much more affordable then going to the website and purchasing.

Built to last!

Buy the ring and slowly see all of the features that were free become accessible to paid accounts only

Doesn't work if it is under a porch with an overhang. No motion detection. Nothing recorded. How or why I don't know. I have adjusted the sensitivity and area monitored, and still nothing. I have read this has happened to others - I’m going to need to buy a different doorbell.