Gabe Turner: Hey, folks. This is Gabe with Security Baron. Ring keeps on rolling out
these devices. Now they've given us a cam for under $60. Let's go ahead and check out
the Ring Indoor Cam.
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Gabe: In today's review of the Ring Indoor Cam, we're going to hit you with some pros
and cons before running it through the Security Baron necessary features test. Then diving
into this mobile application, the Ring Always Home app to make sure you have all the information
you need to make the right decision.
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Let's kick off today's review of the Ring Indoor Cam. We're going over some pros and
cons, beginning with the pros.
Now, off the bat, I want to say I like the video quality on this small device. It's got
1080p coming in nice and clear. It's got a 104 degree field of view so it's capturing
a lot. I can go do some digital zoom and feel like I'm just right there beside whatever
object or person I'm paying attention to.
That goes as well for the night vision, which I think picks up people really well and gives
you that nice feeling like, "Oh, I can see what's happening even when it's dark." When
it comes to integrating with Amazon, I can integrate it with my Amazon Echo Show, Amazon
Echo Dot, and that means I can just throw the video using just my voice directly to
my Amazon Echo Show and see exactly what's happening.
That's a useful element of the Ring Indoor Cam and its integration with Amazon. Finally,
it is affordable. It's $60 and it's another petite camera that's bringing all of what
you can expect from some of the other cameras and the Ring Ecosystem, in just a little tiny
package. I think that the fact that they've added this camera to round out their system
is useful.
Even by itself, if you have nothing else, the Ring Indoor Cam is a great value. Now,
when it comes to the cons, you don't get local storage with your Ring Indoor Cam. You don't
have the ability to sit down and look things directly to it. You're going to have to go
ahead and pay for the Ring Protect Plan. You can download, share, save clips to your heart's
content that come from your Ring Indoor Cam.
Additionally, there's not any true artificial intelligence. You don't get facial recognition,
so that means you're going to have to dial in your motion settings on the Ring Indoor
Cam to cut down on the sheer number of notifications you can get throughout the day.
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Gabe: Now that we've gone through some pros and cons with the Ring Indoor Cam, let's put
it through the Security Baron necessary features test.
Here at Security Baron, we think that every home security camera should have stellar video
quality, two-way audio, night vision, local and cloud storage, smart-platform integration,
artificial intelligence, convenience, and value.
Stellar video quality is a Security Baron necessary feature. We want to see at least
1080p and a 120-degree field of view. Fortunately, the Ring Indoor Cam comes through solidly
in both regards. It has 1080p high-definition video and a 140-degree field of view.
You add that with a digital zoom and you got yourself a nice little shot of whatever's
taking place in the room. You can see me, you can capture my features -- all of that
really clearly with the Ring Indoor Cam. For that, we give it full marks.
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Gabe: Two-way audio is a Security Baron necessary feature, because you want to be able to hear
what's happening other side of the camera and maybe shoo away a potential intruder.
Fortunately, the Ring Indoor Cam is equipped with a mic and speaker that have noise cancelation
technology.
Gabe: [apparently using speaker] Check out that two-way audio.
Gabe: [resuming normal speech] You're able to have a clear conversation with whoever's
on the other side, and for that, we give the Ring Indoor Cam and two-way audio full marks.
Night vision is a Security Baron necessary feature, because a lot of what's going to
take place that you want to know is happening is going to happen in the dark. Fortunately,
the Ring Indoor Cam has really solid night vision. It captures things on the edges quite
well, things far and close quite well, which is not always the same, and generally speaking
-- we did our globe test -- you're able to see things really well.
It does combine with something called color night vision, so if there is some ambient
light in a low-light situation, it can actually add some color there, which is a pretty cool
feature.
Overall, when looking at the Security Baron necessary features test and night vision,
we have to give the Ring Indoor Cam full marks.
Local and cloud storage is a Security Baron necessary feature. Some people like to have
their footage just locally stored, while others want to have their footage up in the cloud
so they can access it from just about anywhere.
Unfortunately, the Ring Indoor Cam does not have a local storage option, but it does have
Ring storage in terms of the Ring protected plan. It's going to be three dollars a month,
and it's pretty generous. It gives you 60 days of cloud storage, and the ability to
view, record, share clips to your heart's content.
When it comes to local and cloud storage on the Ring Indoor Cam, we're going to have to
give it half marks.
Smart platform integration is a Security Baron necessary feature. Considering that Ring is
an Amazon company, it is only natural that it has amazing integration with Amazon's virtual
assistant.
What does that mean? It means that you can use your voice to control various elements
of the cam. If I want to see the footage on my Amazon Echo Show, I can simply ask it.
If I want to check on things with my Amazon Echo Dot, I can use my voice by asking it.
Overall, it's a really nice smart platform integration between Amazon and Ring. For that,
we give it full marks.
Artificial Intelligence is a Security Baron necessary feature. Artificial intelligence
basically means that you get the direct notification to what your device has seen. It can be something
like person detection, package detection, animal detection, or even facial recognition
technology that tells you exactly who it is in your home.
Now, while the Ring Indoor Cam does allow you to dial back motion settings to the point
where you can basically be alerted when people are around through a standard motion alert,
it doesn't give you that real next step of depth when it comes to your artificial intelligence
notifications. For that, we had to give it zero marks for artificial intelligence.
Convenience is a Security Baron necessary feature because you want the installation
and maintenance of your device to be easy and convenient. Fortunately, that's the case
with the Ring Indoor Cam.
In terms of the digital setup, pretty straightforward. Use the mobile app, the Ring Always Home app,
your WiFi, and the device itself to make sure that it's all set up.
You're going to be walked through the entire process right there in the app. It's very
straightforward. I promise you it can be done in five minutes.
Now when it comes to the physical setup, reverse plug and play. We're going to have this plugged
in. The port is a little bit deep because they make sure you go pretty far back.
Then, from there, you can of course just place it like this. You can swivel it around because
you have mounting hardware on the bottom. You also have it on the back.
You can actually decide where you'd like to place this by taking out this little rubber
piece. You'll note here you have a place to screw something in. You can screw right to
the rear here. Anywhere in your home, you can place it.
Overall, the installation both in a digital and physical sense, no matter where you would
like to place your Ring Indoor Cam, it's pretty straightforward and convenient. Over time,
it seems pretty easy to maintain.
Of course, this is a really new device. It doesn't seem to have any potential pitfalls
that we can see. Overall, when it comes to convenience and the Ring Indoor Cam, we have
to give it full marks.
Value is a Security Baron necessary feature because you want to have a nice device, but
you don't want to feel as if you're paying too much for it. The Ring Indoor Cam does
it just right. It's coming in at $60, but you're getting a lot of value in terms of
the video quality. It's impressive, 1080p high definition video, 140-degree field of
view.
When you look at the Amazon integration and the fact that it's part of this Ring ecosystem,
it brings even more value to it. It really allows you to take advantage of other elements
of the Ring system and have the ability to control the entire thing with just your voice.
When it comes to value and the Security Baron's necessary features test, got to give the Ring
Indoor Cam full marks.
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Gabe: Now that we've run the Ring Indoor Cam through the Security Baron necessary features
test, let's check out its mobile application, the Ring Always Home app. Now this where you're
going to be interfacing with the device, live streaming footage, checking out notification,
things of that nature. You want it to be a nice intuitive pleasant experience.
People seem to be having a decent experience with the Ring. It has a three out of five
star rating in the Apple App Store and a 3.2 out of 5 star rating in the Google Play store.
Let's go ahead and check it out on my iPhone.
Here I am checking out the Ring Indoor Cam's mobile application, the Ring Always Home app.
I've named this Ring Indoor Cam, the Ring Hallway. Let's go into the hallway. Now you
see that I have various elements turned on.
I want to turn off my motion alerts right now because what that basically means is that,
every time it does sense motion, it's going to start recording it. Let's go ahead and
turn that off for the moment, so I don't have a ton of alerts throughout the process of
making this review.
Now let's jump into that live view. If I go into live view, you'll see right on the first
page, you can see me. Hi, how you doing? You can see that I can actually set off the alarm.
I can share what I'm seeing with other people. I can go into a full screen view which allows
me to turn on the two-way audio.
I can get out of that by tapping on that red button. Note that there is always a little
bit of a delay between the moment you tap it and the moment actually ends. Let's go
back and jump into our event history.
The event history, you see, has a number of live views because one thing that the Ring
does is that it always turns a live view into an event in your history log.
I'm now looking at all my activity. If I wanted to watch that live view for a moment ago,
for example, I can see here the video itself, and I can click on the bottom right-hand corner.
I can decide to share that video. I can download it directly to this device so I don't have
to be in the app to watch it, or just a number other things like posting to Facebook or something
like that.
If you tap at the bottom left-hand corner, you can just delete that video forever. If
you note beyond that in event history, I can also look at my motion detection. If I decided
to have it always record motion, I can go that live views. I can, of course, favorite
any videos that I like. If I want to favorite something, I will be able to watch it in that
far right tab.
If I go to my Device Settings, you'll see here you have a lot of options, Motion Settings,
Video Settings, Alert Settings.
Let's jump into those Motion Settings because that's how you're going to take down the sheer
number of notifications you're going to get throughout the day. For example, I now have
it on People Only because frankly, I don't care about getting the motions for a dog,
a cat, or like the trees blowing or anything of that nature.
I just want to know when there are people there, but if I wanted to change that, I could.
I could go to All Motion altogether, and that's all going to be in your Motion Sensitivity
tab. Another impressive element is that you can just set up your own Motion Zone. I have
one Motion Zone setup. Let's add another. Once I click out of this, that Motion Zone
is saved.
It's going to pay attention to the motion in the two zones that I've created. Beyond
that, you have the Motion Schedule so you can decide when you want it to disable motion
alerts. Let's say, I know I'm at home watching soccer, in the space between 6:00 AM and 2:00
PM, every Saturday and Sunday.
I've saved it and now it's never going to go off or think that someone's at home between
6:00 and 2:00 because that's just me watching soccer in that space. Overall, you have a
lot of options for best...cutting down the sheer number of notifications one can get
throughout the day if you aren't careful with your motion alerts.
Of course, you can go to Video Settings, add color night vision, rotate your video, decide
if you want your infrared LEDs to be on or off, and even decide if you want audio streaming
and recording to be on or off because remember, some states, there are a lot of rules regarding
the ability to actually record other people.
Be sure to keep that in mind. Overall, pretty impressed with how intuitive and easy it is
to work through the Ring-Always Home app with my Ring Indoor Camera.
Here I am checking out the Ring Indoor Cam as day vision. It's pretty solid. You can
tell that I can capture most of this room with that 140-degree field of view. It's got
nice 1080p high-definition video.
If we do a little globe test, you'll note that if we go and do some zooming, you can
see well. We got the East Africa here, South Africa. You can see the Indian subcontinent,
just a really nice view that we're getting here with the Ring Indoor Cam as video quality.
Here we are checking out the night vision on the Ring Indoor Cam.
You can see that it's catching me well. I'm about six feet away. It sees me well with
the infrared LED. You can capture the plant in one corner well and the lamp in the other
corner well. It's doing a solid job. We give it a globe test. We can still zoom in closely
and see United States Mexico, Florida, South America. It's all looking good on the night
vision on the Ring Indoor Cam.
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Gabe: Let's recap how the Ring Indoor Cam performed on the Security Baron necessary
features test. Video quality, full marks. The Ring Indoor Cam has an impressive 1080p
high-definition video with the 140-degree field of view.
Two-way audio, full marks. The Ring Indoor Cam comes equipped with the mic and speaker
and noise cancellation technology to make sure you have a nice clear conversation.
Night Vision, full marks. The Ring Indoor Cam has color night vision and infrared LEDs
to make sure that you're capturing everything that's taking place in both low light and
darkness.
Local and Cloud Storage, half marks. Unfortunately, the Ring Indoor Cam does not have a local
storage but with the Cloud Storage Plan Ring Protect Basic Plan at three dollars a month
to get 60 days of Cloud Storage and the ability to manage your clips.
Smart Platform Integration, full marks. The Ring Indoor Cam does integrate well with the
Amazon virtual assistant giving you a lot of power over your device using your voice.
Artificial Intelligence, zero marks. The Ring Indoor Cam does not have the elements of artificial
intelligence that we've come to expect like package detection, facial recognition, or
true person detection.
Convenience, full marks. It's easy to install your Ring Indoor Cam both in the digital and
physical sense. When it comes to the maintenance of the device, it seems like it's up for the
challenge of being used every day. Value, full marks. For $60, you're getting a really
useful home security camera to add to your Ring Alarm Ecosystem.
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Gabe: All right. We've come a long way with our Ring Indoor Camera, but your saying, "Gabe,
Gabe, Gabe, Gabe, Gabe, is it the right indoor home security camera for me?" Listen, I think
you're getting superb video quality -- 1080p high-definition video, 140-degree field of
view, digital zoom, all in this little tiny petite, almost microscopic device. I think
that's excellent.
On top of that, you're getting this wonderful integration with the Amazon Ecosystem, so
I can just use my voice and throw this video to things like my Amazon Echo Show. Finally,
the price, it's just $60. For that $60, I'm getting another element to add to my Ring
Alarm Ecosystem and all of its own features that are impressive in their own right.
I do want to point out that of course, it does not have that local storage option, nor
does it have artificial intelligence. Generally speaking, if you're looking for a small camera
to add to your home's interior to help provide for you and your family's safety, I got to
say, a solid contender is the Ring Indoor Cam.
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Gabe: That concludes our view of the Ring Indoor Cam. If you appreciate today's video,
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