hey folks is a game with security
apparent and you might want to know who
that is peeking through your window so
today we're gonna cover a device has the
potential to cover your entire front
yard the ring video doorbell - in
today's review of the ring video
doorbell - we're gonna go over some pros
and cons is design is feature set the
installation process before diving into
its mobile application to make sure you
have all the information you need to
make the right decision for you and your
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kick off today's review of the ring
video doorbell - looking at some pros
and cons beginning with the pros the
video quality is stellar when you're
looking at the 1080p high definition
video with the 106 degree field of view
you note that you're counting just about
anything happening in front of your
house as long as your home's actual
architecture doesn't impede it's a
vision it's really lovely on top of that
you have the ability to operate this
entirely by battery and using your Wi-Fi
system so yes you can hardwire your ring
video doorbell - into your home's
doorbell system but you can also just
run it using a chime Pro and the ring
video doorbell - and your home's Wi-Fi
when it comes to cons the ring video
doorbell - doesn't have artificial
intelligence so that means no person to
text or in our package detection which
could really help cut down on
notifications now that we've gone over
some pros and cons let's look at the
design on the ring video doorbell - now
you'll see that we have the venetian
faceplate but it also comes in a satin
nickel faceplate so we'd be that silver
look I always want to be clear that
despite what it looks like it actually
is a plastic device and it's a bit large
and some of the other doorbell cams you
might see in the market but that's
because it has that battery operating
capacity you'll note here that we don't
have this hardwired in yet it can still
work in fact let's just show you
how the button lights up and makes a
pretty loud sound that is pretty loud
and it just works right there without
hardwiring because maybe you don't have
permission to hardwire you're a renter
you can set this up on your home's Wi-Fi
and you're ready to go now it has a
motion detector microphones and our
camera of course along with speakers so
you can have a conversation with whoever
you might need to let's come to your
front door and it's going to detect
motion and to begin to record a clip so
it's really useful in that manner the
ring video doorbell - is a rather Hardy
device it should work between -5 and 120
degrees Fahrenheit
so overall the ring video doorbell - is
large and rather in charge well hold on
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the video let's check out the feature
set on the ring video doorbell - well it
has 1080p high-definition video along
with HDR that high dynamic range along
with the 156 degree field of view so
it's got an impressive clear division it
also comes with infrared LEDs to help
you with night vision so no matter what
day or night you have a pretty clear
picture of what's going on now the ring
video doorbell - is equipped with a
really nice two-way audio in terms of
the microphone and speakers we found
them to be loud and clear are you gonna
make sure of course your phone is turned
up I had the problem of muting my phone
I've been wondering why I couldn't hear
anything but once you engage in a
conversation with whoever's on the other
side of that door you'll note that it's
crisp and clear now of course there's a
potential for lag depending on your
internet connection or anything going on
with your Wi-Fi but generally speaking
we had really nice experiences chatting
people up using the two-way audio on the
ring video doorbell - hey how you doing
yep come in now when someone does come
to your door they're gonna press on this
button and while they'll get a blue
light notifying them that they've
actually pressed the button you'll get a
notification on your phone that
someone's at the door here you can
decide to answer it or ignore it and in
terms of notifications while it doesn't
have artificial intelligence the ring
video doorbell - does allow you to
customize notifications and even adjust
your motion sensor you're sure that you
get the love of notifications that works
for you now with those notifications you
may miss them about the day it could be
a door visitor or a motion alerts if you
want it do you and save those clips
you're going to look at the ring protect
basic plan that gives you three dollars
a month for 60 days of cloud storage let
you look at your video history to see
exactly what it's taking place in front
of your home now remember that
ultimately ring is an Amazon owned
company so when it comes to smart
platform integration it actually
integrates quite well with Amazon Alexa
for example if you want to see what's
going on in your front yard you can
throw the ring video doorbell to video
to your Amazon echoes show or amazon
firetv you can also use your Amazon echo
devices as chimes for your ring video
doorbell - so you can be sure to hear
whoever's at your door no matter where
you are in the house overall really
impressed with the feature set brought
by the ring video doorbell - let's talk
about the installation experience with
the ring video doorbell - which at this
point I have a significant amount of now
I set up the ring video doorbell - in
two locations Texas and Brooklyn in
Texas I used the existing doorbell
infrastructure to help me set it up
whereas in Brooklyn
I used the battery-powered nature of the
ring video doorbell - and my Wi-Fi
connection to have everything going nice
and smoothly now in Texas I did use the
video tutorials that are provided by a
ring to help me install it into the
system now there I used the existing
chimes in the home along with the
existing hard wiring that came with the
previous doorbell to set it up so we
never think about it anymore and I will
note that in Texas was a rather
large home and the router was too far
away from the front door so I used the
ring Wi-Fi range extender in order to
make sure that I had a nice clear
connection and can see what's going on
likewise in Brooklyn I was able to set
it up just using the Wi-Fi and while it
worked because my part isn't so big I
definitely found that it was an easier
experience once I installed the chime
Pro now the chime pro is not only a
Wi-Fi range extender but it also
functions as a chime so you're able to
actually hear when people are at your
door with the little device that's also
increasing your Wi-Fi where they're
using the hard wiring method or the
battery-operated method I found the
setup of the ring video doorbell to to
be pretty straightforward and convenient
and in each location I was done in under
30 minutes another we've installed our
ring video doorbell - let's check out
this mobile application ring always home
now here you're gonna be doing the
majority of your interfacing with your
device and it has pretty middling scores
for both iPhone and Android users where
it has a 3.2 in the Apple App Store and
the Google Play Store it has a 3.1 out
of 5 star rating
let's go ahead and check it out on my
iPhone 7 plus so here I am checking out
the ring video doorbell - on my iPhone
and the ring always home app and let's
see if we have someone coming through
today so I'm at the front door hey how
you doing just you know hanging out yeah
I'm making it do it it do come on in so
that was us checking out the ring video
doorbell - went my homeboy just came up
to the door we were able to get that
notification that he was there now
you'll note that for whatever reason
there was a bit of a lag on the video
that happens from time to time it's a
reflection more of my Wi-Fi than the
ring video doorbell - in this instance
now your note right here on the page I
wouldn't go ahead and check out a live
view so here you can see what's going on
nice and sunny day and if we take it
into landscape mode
you'll see that you have the ability to
hang up the phone or her doorbell speak
directly without having to wait for
anyone to write to you and you can
return on the microphone and hear
exactly what's going on like that car is
going by essentially the same as that
time so the lag seems dissipated to some
extent but overall I like the 160 degree
build a view that's available to me even
it was impaired a bit but my doorframe
and I like the 1080p high-definition
video now I'm back into the actual main
screen for the front door which is my
ring video doorbell - and let's go ahead
and check out the event history now
they've been history you can of course
see all which is all the recent activity
so you have the times you've looked at
the live view times you've accepted the
phone calls and you can even break it
down so I just wanted to look at just
the time someone has come to the video
doorbell and rang it to motion detection
just to the times I've taken live view
those are all available so I wanted to
look at the live view from earlier today
boom that Karl won by about 30 minutes
ago let's go ahead an get out of there I
come back and you'll see that you can go
into device settings and actually change
the motion zones so I've been picking up
a lot of cars for motion generally but I
can decide to actually change that up it
says here does your door face the street
well you know this Brooklyn line does I
can hit yes and I can adjust the slider
to avoid busy streets so you see here on
the page I suggesting the view so I'm
actually going to take mine down all the
way to there so I'm just capturing what
happens on the sidewalk now if I
continue I can actually decide what
motion zones I'd like to be on in that
sphere that I've already established so
I can turn these on and off anybody just
want just the steps to be visible so I
can save that and voila these changes
take effect the next time this device
detects motion you can set it your own
motion schedule in terms of like when
you want to be alerted to motion going
on in that space maybe you want to
disable it for a period of time or it
turn it on and you can even decide how
much motion you
to be alerted of so in terms of your
notifications because remember this is a
battery-operated doorbell so you're
going to have to decide what you want to
balance or what you want to compromise
the battery life or the notifications
personally I don't like a ton of
notifications so I've kept it at
standard of course you have alert
settings and general settings in terms
of what you've named the device where
the device is located and all of these
things are useful for going through and
making your ring video doorbell to
really your own customizing when you're
getting your alerts when you're getting
your notifications and what types of
notifications you'll be getting so
everything that happens in front of your
house for me
that's impossible but if it's just in
front of my door step right on my stoop
then that's something I want to do so
overall I'm a fan of the ring video
doorbell - and the ring always home app
Here I am checking out the day vision on
the ring video doorbell - I've rang the
door about you can see me pretty well
it's a little bit dark on my face but
you can see me sweating in this austin
heat which is maybe why I'm just wearing
an undershirt now if you look you can
see pretty well in both the foreground
and the background a little bit of that
fisheye perspective you can see the
flowers are pretty vividly in the
background and you'll note me start to
wave at the camera and you'll see that
it has a pretty solid motion capture
capacity you can see what's happening if
I bend down in the front you see me
pretty well
so overall the day vision is pretty
solid on the ring video doorbell - Here
I am checking out the night vision on
the ring video doorbell - now you know
that this is just 7:20 as that's the
default setting for the ring video
doorbell now you see me do a little
rope-a-dope a little muhammad-ali action
so even if I'm acting threatening me
outside of my house you can see my face
pretty well you know though my beard
does take up most of my face as I walk
back you'll note that doing spot like
ham turns on it adds a little bit of
light but generally speaking you
definitely can essentially make out my
outline no matter what's going on with
the night vision on
all right we've come a long way with the
ring video doorbell - and you want to
know Gabe is just the right video
doorbell for me and I'll say this that's
pretty solid vision 1080p High
Definition 160 degree field of view and
infrared LEDs for that night business so
no matter what time of day you're gonna
have a pretty clear picture of what's
going on at your front door now on top
of that it has battery operability so
you do not have to hardwire this system
into your home you have Wi-Fi a mobile
phone and this you're ready to go with
the ring video doorbell - now on the con
site I will note that there are no
artificial intelligence elements so
forget facial recognition you don't even
have person detection with the ring
video doorbell - what that means is that
you're really going to have to be clear
on your customization to ensure that you
don't get a ton of notifications from
day to day but overall if you're looking
for a video doorbell that's under $200
and it's battery-operated you can look
no further than the ring video doorbell
- so that concludes our review of the
ring video doorbell - if you appreciate
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