Gabe Turner: Hello, this is Gabe at Security Baron.
Today, we are reviewing the Ring Stick Up Cam Wired Edition.
Let's get started.
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If you have a question about today's review, leave us a comment and I'll get back to you.
Ring is really boasting a lot with the Ring Stick Up Cam because it is indoor/outdoor
and has tremendous flexibility.
So anything between -5 and 120 degrees Fahrenheit won't make this thing sweat at all and you
can place it on a ceiling, a wall, or even have it on a table and it will still look
fly.
Before we jump in to how well it meets these expectations let's look at its design.
Now we're looking at the design of the Ring Stick Up Cam.
I want to be just straight up and say I'm pretty apathetic about the way it looks.
I try to be considerate of all the things that it can do and have it not influence my
thoughts about it too much.
It doesn't really spark any necessary interests in me.
I don't look at it and say, "Oh, that's gorgeous."
I also don't think it's particularly ugly or anything like that, especially considering
all the things that it can do.
When looking at it, it's your typical black and white aesthetic, something we've seen
with most of the security cameras here at Security Baron.
What I do think is cool is this grill that basically houses the speaker.
That looks pretty cool.
I like the fact that there's a glossy black above that, and a lens that is recessed, that's
what's not protruding.
Just above that, you'll see the Ring logo.
The actual design of it is like a demi-Coke can of sorts.
It's a cylinder.
This is basically one serving of coke, for the record.
This is about what they are thinking when they tell you how much calories are in a Coca-Cola
can.
Different than what we typically see in terms of a cylindrical design, but interesting nonetheless.
Noting up the design is really a reflection of its flexibility.
Let's talk about what all it can do.
One, you can definitely move it and tilt in this direction.
If I go this way, you note that there's lots of options in terms of rotation and that's
pretty interesting.
Another element of this flexibility, or rather what contributes to it, is the way which you
can mount it.
What's great is you can actually just take off this part and note that there are various
places to screw it in.
You put that on a wall, a ceiling, anywhere and that gives you a lot of flexibility beyond
just what it's capable with this apparatus.
If I take this portion off, you'll note that I can actually see where I have set up my
Ethernet cable -- if you want just to eschew the WiFi angle altogether -- and where I put
my power adapter in.
This, ultimately, is the wired edition and this cover serves to help you hide and protect
that cable.
That's the design of the Ring Stick Up Cam.
Now, 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.
Not to state the obvious, but video quality is an important element of the home security
camera and one of Security Baron's Necessary Features.
The Ring Stick Up Cam does really well and has 1080p video and 150-degree field of view.
It's really capturing everything that's taking place in a room with tremendous clarity.
For that, we give it full marks.
Two-way audio is a Security Baron Necessary Feature, and one where the Ring Stick Up Cam
really excels.
It does have two-way audio.
You can talk to someone in a room if you need to help guide them for any particular purpose
or scare away any potential intruders.
Of course, you can hear them running away and hear their footsteps because you can listen
to what's going on right back.
It does have a microphone installed and because of its two-way audio performance, we give
the Ring Stick Up Cam full marks.
Night vision is a Security Baron Necessary Feature.
The Ring Stick Up Cam does well here because it has infrared LED sensors.
It's going to capture and know whatever is going on in the room, even at night, which
is important because you want to be able to know what's going on, regardless of what time
of day someone enters your home.
When it comes to the night vision on the Ring Stick Up Cam, we give it full marks.
Local and cloud storage are an important element of the Security Baron Necessary Features Test.
Unfortunately, the Ring Stick Up Cam does not have any local storage.
Of course, that means it does have to have cloud storage -- and that's the case -- but
even that is not free.
I do want to make it clear that the cloud storage for the Ring Stick Up Cam is very
affordable.
You can get $3 a month or $30 annually for 60 days of cloud storage.
When it comes to the local cloud storage with the Ring Stick Up Cam, we give it a half marks.
Smart platform integration is an important element of the Security Baron Necessary Features
Test.
The Ring Stick Up Cam integrates with Amazon Alexa.
There's no Google Assistant or Apple HomeKit, but you definitely can do everything you'd
want with Amazon Alexa, Amazon Echo with your Stick Up Cam.
For that, we give it full marks for smart platform integration.
An important necessary feature for Security Baron is artificial intelligence.
Artificial intelligence generally speaks to things like pet detection versus human detection,
or facial recognition technology.
The Ring Stick Up Cam does not have any of these capabilities.
When it comes to artificial intelligence in the Ring Stick Up Cam, we give it no marks.
Convenience is a Security Baron Necessary Feature.
It's really important, because it basically determines how much stress you're going to
have while setting up your home security camera.
The Ring Stick Up Cam may not have been the easiest cam that we've ever set up, but it
was darn close.
In terms of setting it up with the mobile application, all I did was to plug it in,
I put it in front of the camera, registered it, and voila.
It was all ready to go.
I installed into that mobile application and I was immediately seeing my room directly
on my phone.
When it comes to the Security Baron Necessary Feature of convenience, we got to give the
Ring Stick Up Cam full marks.
Hold on.
We're going to ask a quick question about the Ring Stick Up Cam.
It is indoor and outdoor, and I was wondering where you were planning on placing it, and
which one you think is more important initially, an indoor camera or an outdoor camera for
your home?
Leave us a comment below and I'd like to see your thoughts.
All right, let's get back to the video.
The final Security Baron Necessary Feature is value.
Despite the fact that it's $179, we actually think the Ring Stick Up Cam is a pretty good
value if you think about the fact that it's both an indoor and outdoor camera rated from
-5 to 120 degrees Fahrenheit, and the fact that its flexibility with mounting allows
it to be placed anywhere indoor and outdoor.
We think it's a good deal.
If you couple it with the fact that the cloud storage is only $3 per month or $30 a year
for 60 days of cloud storage, it's a really good deal.
For that, we give the Ring Stick Up Cam full marks.
Now we've gone through that extensive Security Baron Necessary Features Test, there are few
other elements of the Ring Stick Up Cam that I wanted to mention.
One is right here beside me.
This is the outdoor cable for the Ring Stick Up Cam.
It is pretty interesting in that it can be used both indoor and outdoor, and two sets
of cables come depending on which way you want to use it.
This is the outdoor set, because this is an indoor/outdoor camera.
It can take basically any type of weather that you throw at it.
Another thing is that we mentioned that it doesn't have artificial intelligence, but
it does have custom motion zones.
If you'd like to have smart notifications on your phone, spend less time going through
insignificant messages, you can just put out, "Oh, OK.
Let's just draw this custom zone on the screen," and it'll pay attention specifically to those
places and whether or not motion exists there.
Finally, it does have a siren.
It can actually make a loud noise, try to scare someone away, which is not something
we see in a ton of cameras.
Of course a lot of cameras did the two-way audio so you can speak to someone, but an
alarm can actually be a really effective deterrent.
Those are things we wanted to mention that don't necessarily fit neatly into our Security
Baron Necessary Features Test.
Now that we've talked about the features and extras on the Ring Stick Up Cam, let's talk
about how you actually interface with those features, the Ring Mobile Application.
In the Apple Store and the Google Play Store, honestly, it gets a pretty middle-of-the-road
rating, 3.3 in the Apple App Store and 3.4 in the Google Play Store.
Most of the complaints about the Ring Mobile Application are that you get a barrage of
notifications which may be a function of the lack of AI and the fact that there can be
a lot of lag time between the actual motion and when you're actually notified of that
motion.
That could be reflective of that particular consumer's Internet speed, but it's definitely
something to note.
However, now that we've seen how people feel about the mobile application in the Google
Play Store and the Apple App Store, let's jump into our perspective.
The Ring Stick Up Cam is a device that you use in conjunction with the entire Ring Mobile
Application.
We've actually taken our Ring Alarm System offline for the meantime, but you do note
that at the top, because it is a part of an entire ecosystem.
When you look at the Ring Stick Up Cam, I'll go directly into the video there it goes,
"Activating Device," and here I am right here.
If I wanted to make that full screen, I could do so by tapping on the far-right corner,
and I can of course go back and look at the various videos in the past.
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Gabe: That's something I want to do, but I don't want to have that type of interference
of microphone.
If you note right on the bottom, there is the microphone and the speaker option.
I can listen or talk directly to the camera.
Below the video itself, it does say, "Share."
If I want to share this video with someone, I can click there.
It says, "Share this event now.
Recording is still in process," because I'm currently recording this, so I'll dismiss
this now.
Below that full screen icon, you get to activate siren button.
This is not something that I want to go off.
It can be very loud until I will hit cancel there.
In the upper right-hand corner, you see that gear signal for settings.
I'm going to go and tap on that upper right-hand corner as we can look at the settings in the
Ring Stick Up Cam with the mobile application.
Looking at the options in the settings for the Ring Stick Up Cam, which we've named,
"Baron Stick Up," because there's a Siren option, this Live View option.
If we click on that siren, it says, "Activate siren?"
[laughs] Something I don't want to activate.
I do not want that right now.
Live View, and then from top to bottom you'll see Event History all the way down to Ring
Partners.
Event History is pretty straightforward.
I can click on that.
Just see all the things that have gone down with my Baron Stick Up Cam today.
On the right of that, you see Device Health.
In Device Health, you've got Network Name, Security Baron.
You can look at the signal strength and just make sure that your firmware is up to date
among other things.
The final one on that top level of options is Link Chimes.
Link Chimes lets you set up a chime that alerts you when you have a visitor, even if your
phone is not there, which is not something you really worry about so much with the Ring
Stick Up Cam itself.
You've got Motion Snooze, and this is important.
If you have Motion Alert set up, I snoozed it already because I don't want to get any
more alerts.
I go to Motion Snooze and I can snooze the Motion Alerts for the next, let's say, 15
minutes.
If I know someone's going to be in a room for 15 minutes, I can just say, "Save."
They can go back and forth, and it's not going to be an issue for me in terms of getting
notifications that they're moving around in that space.
The next thing right besides Motion Snooze is Motion Settings which allow you to control
the motion sensitivity.
Here you can also set up motion zones which will help you to have fewer concerns about
where it's picking up motion.
We see here I'm setting up a motion zone.
It'll only pick up motion if it's inside of this zone, and then boom I can save that.
I've set up a new motion zone.
Another important element when it comes to motion settings is Motion Schedules.
If you know you're going to be home, as I've set up here, on Mondays between 6:00 and midnight
and you don't want it to go off incessantly, you set that up.
You can add a new rule.
If I know I'm home, let's say, from 7:00 AM to noon on Saturday, I can set that right
there.
Now I have a couple rules and my phone will know to not send any Motion Alerts during
those periods because I am home in that room.
What's interesting here is you can actually set your app alert tones.
It's basically a lot of holiday-related songs Jingle Bells, Silent Night, I Have a Little
Dreidel.
These are pretty interesting sounds.
You can even have dogs for your app alert tones.
The final two options are Shared Users which allow me to give other people access to the
Ring Alarm system in the Baron Stick Up Cam, and the Ring Partners which allow you to add
various partners to your Ring system.
As it pertains to the Ring Stick Up cam, I'm now going back to our initial page of the
Live Stream.
This is what you have in our perspective and our impression of the Ring Stick Up Cam on
the mobile application.
Here we are checking out the video quality on the Ring Stick Up Cam.
It's got a pretty nice 150-degree field of view and the 1080p.
There's a weird fish eye angle with this.
You get that lens vignette with the Ring Stick Up Cam.
This could be a little bit distracting.
It depends on your own preferences, but it's something to note and something that you'll
see right now in this video.
In terms of seeing things, it's doing well.
I'm going to give it the old globe test to see how things are going there.
What do we got?
Africa.
I see a little bit of South America.
Look, that's Pangaea.
You guys remember Pangaea?
These two places were connected together.
That's a perfect shot for you to understand how that went down because they just fit right
into one another like a hand in glove, but I digress.
This is the Ring Stick Up Cam.
It's got a really solid zoom, 150-degree field of view, and the 1080p clarity.
Here we are checking out the night vision on the Ring Stick Up Cam.
It's got four infrared LEDs.
I'm putting up eight fingers, but it's got four infrared LEDs to really give you that
solid night vision.
You can see what's going on.
It got some pretty solid contrast.
We can give it the old globe test.
Boom, there you are, Africa once again, what a solid, large continent.
Those are our thoughts.
On the night vision, it's got exactly what we want with infrared LED.
There's a little blue light that is a bit distracting, but otherwise it's a solid night
vision camera.
Those are our thoughts on the Ring Stick Up Cam.
Let's do a recap of how the Ring Stick Up Cam fared on the Security Baron's Necessary
Features Test.
Video quality full marks.
The Ring Stick Up Cam comes with a really solid 1080p video clarity and 150-degree field
of view for its camera to ensure that you catch everything that's going on in any particular
space.
Two-way audio full marks.
The Ring Stick Up Cam comes with a really solid speaker and microphone, so you can have
a conversation with whoever is in a particular room.
Night vision full marks.
The Ring Stick Up Cam comes with infrared LED sensors that really allow you to capture
what's happening in the dark.
Local and cloud storage half marks.
The Ring does not come with any local storage, but it does come with the cloud storage that
is remarkably affordable.
Smart platform integration full marks.
The Ring Stick Up Cam fully integrates with Amazon Alexa.
Artificial intelligence zero marks.
The Ring Stick Up Cam does not come with any artificial intelligence capabilities.
Convenience full marks.
The Ring Stick Up Cam is really easy to set up and I had it going in less than five minutes.
Value full marks.
The Ring Stick Up Cam is one of the more expensive cameras out in the market, but it definitely
comes with the feature set that makes it worth it.
We've gone through a lot with the Ring Stick Up Cam and I know what you're thinking.
You're saying, "Gabe I, I just want to know does this work for me?
Is this going to work for my house, my family, what I need?"
Let's see if we can answer that question.
On the good side you've got that full Amazon integration.
You've got a 150-degree field of view coupled with 1080p.
You're going to capture everything in the room indoor or outdoor with just one camera.
That's really impressive.
On the other side, what's going on with the lack of artificial intelligence?
We're all expecting a camera now that can distinguish between our pets and ourselves
so that we're not getting this barrage of notifications.
Something we saw in the reviews of its mobile app.
That is a concern that we had about the Ring.
In my personal opinion the Ring stick up cam is something I would get for sure if I'm already
integrated into the Ring ecosystem.
As a stand-alone camera I probably wouldn't go with the Ring but if you have any other
Ring item, I would definitely include it.
Those are my thoughts on the Ring Stick Up Cam.
That's our review of the Ring Stick Up Cam.
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As always this is Gabe at Security Baron.
Be secure.
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