Not that easy actually. It screws into the wall pretty well and has a "proprietary" screws connecting it to the mount. You need a LOT of force to break it off. You CAN purchase the screwdrivers from Amazon or a replacement from the company, but then you are planning ahead to intentionally steal a doorbell, which is already connected to someone's account. And when you walk up and take the time to unscrew the doorbell, the owner now has a long closeup shot of your pretty mug in 1080p. ;-)
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Ring Video Doorbell Gets New $99 Price Tag Following Amazon Acquisition
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Not that easy actually. It screws into the wall pretty well and has a "proprietary" screws connecting it to the mount. You need a LOT of force to break it off. You CAN purchase the screwdrivers from Amazon or a replacement from the company, but then you are planning ahead to intentionally steal a doorbell, which is already connected to someone's account. And when you walk up and take the time to unscrew the doorbell, the owner now has a long closeup shot of your pretty mug in 1080p. ;-)
Tell me how you look out a peep hole when no one is home? The idea is if someone is casing homes to break into, the burglar first wants nobody there, if you can give the impression you are typically the look elsewhere.
- There are high crime areas in America, so lower average crime rates don't affect everyone equally.
- Even in a low crime area like my neighborhood, I've had neighbor's houses broken into and just in the last week a home invasion robbery while the people were home.
- Not all crime is down. Package theft is on the rise significantly and a camera is both a deterrent and a method for collecting evidence against porch pirates.
- There are non-crime related use cases like making sure a dog walker is actually walking your dog for a full hour or whatever.
- Some people just like technology and want to do things such as having a custom doorbell. For example Trekkers program these to have the "Enterprise personal quarters chime".
Didn't know the peep hole could automatically turn on my lights when someone's at my door or give me a notification on my watch when someone is at my door rings my doorbell but I'm upstairs and can't hear it. I look forward to you sharing what model you have!
Back to Ring...the $99.99 price for this is nice, but now it makes the 2, the Pro models, and pretty much every other product they have look way overpriced. Hopefully some of those come down a bit too in the future.
I don’t care in the least it does not support home kit.
I love my ring door bell pro. I also have two floodlight cams and one spot light cam all hard wired. They work flawless.
Also the 100 a year price tag for cloud DVR secvice includes life time warranty on all ring products and 10% off anything on ring.com. A no brainer
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If someone tired stealing it, the unit would notify me before it lost power.
Maybe you can help me. I can never seem to get my smartphone to connect to the peep hole in my front door. Does it have a battery that needs to be replaced? It is pretty old. I installed it in 1975 when I moved in. Thanks in advance!!
I would imagine that most of these are wireless installs and are lightly screwed, or worse, stuck to the outside of the house. Do they get stolen often?
Ring has been promising to add HomeKit integration to its products for months now,
Months? Try more like years. Pretty sure it was promised for fall of 2016.
That’s what I’m worried about. How affixed are these to the wall? Some of my neighboorhood is “nice”, the other part not so much. I’m afraid those in the not so nice part would see this and try to pry it out.
You have to screw them into the wall, (at least that's the case with the Ring 2). They are pretty well secured to the wall. Add in the fact that you would be recording any thief and will get the Ring replaced free of charge (if you file a police report) and it's a win/win. Mine is hardwired and screwed into the wall, it's pretty secure.
Would be very easy to pry out using a decent wood or masonry chisel and hammer. Just attack the wood/brick/stone to the side of the doorbell in a 45 degree angle and the screw/plug combo will lose any strength it had.
ps. Attack from the side with ski mask and you'll be fine. Just don't de-hood until you are somewhere safe where you can mix back in.
Watching all the videos people share. People tend to steal mail, packages, or front yard items. A quick grab and go. More and more people shop online and packages are left in the front door. The longer a thief is in front of the camera the more expose they are. The videos are cloud base so if they are able to pry it off they have their face on camera. The device is useless to most people once it’s reported stolen and they can’t registered or even be traced to them. The ring has a special torx 3 bolt mounted to the frame.
I have had one for about 10 months now, A Ring Pro. It has been net positive. I live in a decent neighborhood, but the "community" reporting also tells me that there are many package thefts, so this helps. Homekit would be nice. I'd like to also see an atv app that has : PIP as a person approaches my door, post motion sensor-if the TV is on. Its a motion detector, so you can add lights and scenarios, if you have Alexa/Google stuff I believe. I don't pay for the cloud dvr storage, not worth it for me. I wish they would have a limited free tier of say: 5-7 days rolling basis; otherwise it is just another add monthly fee. Arlo is looking nice, and also, most here could also roll-their-own....
What will amazon do? Curious minds want to know...
What will amazon do? Curious minds want to know...
Seems like I could do this at a lower cost using a video camera hooked up to one of my Macs plus some piece of software like iSentry. ... If I were actually worried about people stealing my dairy delivery off the porch, anyway.
But if you like this device, more power to you. A lot of people don't seem to mind adding more subscriptions to their monthly budget... so what's another $3/month for a doorbell?
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Given that the story is about Amazon completing its purchase of Ring... I have my doubts Homekit integration will ever come, now.
But if you like this device, more power to you. A lot of people don't seem to mind adding more subscriptions to their monthly budget... so what's another $3/month for a doorbell?
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Given that the story is about Amazon completing its purchase of Ring... I have my doubts Homekit integration will ever come, now.
I've given up on HomeKit. Apple really missed the ball on it.
The negative comments on this thread seem to all be working on the assumption that the only reason for having a Ring doorbell is to get a video of thefts or to avoid having to walk to the door to see who is outside.
These are some things we have used ours for in the 3 months or so we've had it.
Seeing when the postman has been so we can nip home to pick up the letter we were waiting for.
Speaking to a delivery driver to ask them to take a package to a neighbour.
Letting the window cleaner, when he had come back for payment, that we weren't around for a few days, saving him keeping coming back.
Our son could speak to a friend who knocked on the door to tell him where he was.
Today, my wife who was at a friends close by knew when I got home for lunch and came home to meet me.
Perhaps my favourite so far: When we were on holiday we could go to live view and look at the snow outside our fine door, whilst we sat in the sun with a drink.
Plus others which I can't recall right now.
Some of these are fairly insignificant things, and could be covered in other ways (I could have just texted my wife to say I was home for example), but the sum adds up to a lot.
I'm sure I could do it another way, but this is a very simple and effective solution and I'm happy to pay for it.
I'm not terrified of theft, but it is a possibility, and it's a significant bonus when added to the other features. I do pay for the video storage, as it if a very reasonable amount, and like an insurance policy it has the potential to be of significant value if the worst happens.
As a final point, there was a spate of break ins to garages in our street a few weeks ago. Over the course of a couple of nights, most of the garages around us were broken into. We don't keep anything of value in ours, but it cost some people a significant amount to get the doors repaired. Ours wasn't touched. It isn't covered by the Ring doorbell, and we may have been missed for other reasons, but my suspicion is that the fact that we have a camera on the doorbell was enough of a deterrent, as it suggests that we could have cameras elsewhere as well.
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Ring and Amazon are aiming to cut down on crime in neighborhoods with their partnership, and an LAPD pilot program has suggested the Ring Video Doorbell can reduce burglaries by as much as 55 percent.Ring has been promising to add HomeKit integration to its products for months now, and the company says that despite its Amazon acquisition, HomeKit support continues to be in the works for the Ring Pro and the Floodlight Cam.
Amazon first announced its acquisition of Ring back in late February, paying over $1 billion for the smart home company. Ring is part of a new smart home strategy for Amazon, and marks Amazon's second major smart home purchase following its December Blink acquisition.
Article Link: Ring Video Doorbell Gets New $99 Price Tag Following Amazon Acquisition
My sister has one of these. One of its main advantages is that you can see a visitor and answer the doorbell via the speaker from anywhere, even on vacation across the country. You can give someone suspicious a brushoff while looking like you are at home. It will also pick up movement, so you will know when a package is delivered—or snitched if you pay for image storage. Of course, to take advantage of the most useful services requires paying a monthly fee. If Amazon is clever, it will come up with a way for delivery people to hold the box with one of the box-dot codes on it in front of the camera and send a message that the delivery has been made on the doorstep.
It's not a replacement for the "peephole," but for those in rough neighborhoods or who travel a lot it can be worth the cost.
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The peep hole on the door alerts you to someone’s presence and sends you video of them and allows you to talk to them from wherever you are on the world as long as you have a data connection to your phone? Please tell me of this magical peep hole you possess.
Uh no it doesn’t.
Wait are you trolling?
[doublepost=1523638080][/doublepost]Anyone have suggestions on how to use this when you live in an apartment and can’t replace your doorbell?
Was thinking of using one of those over the door wreath hangers and mounting one of these onto it.
Your point being what exactly then? Without clarification it seems that it would be hard to say if it was really missed.
With how many people have supposedly missed the point (going by similar replies to your post) it seems like either the point wasn't actually missed or it wasn't actually made all that well at all.
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