so which one is
better a battery powered ring video
doorbell 4
or the wired new ring video doorbell pro
2. let's find out
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hello guys lifehackster here well today
we are going to find out
which ring video doorbell is better the
new battery-powered
wireless ring video doorbell 4 or the
also new
wired ring pro 2. i have individual
reviews of these video doorbells which i
will link down below if you want to know
all the features
and the complete review that i have done
well i'll tell you that there is really
no comparison if you compare a battery
powered camera to a wired or plugged in
one
anything wired will always come out on
top now to clarify you can wire in rings
battery doorbells like
the ring port to your existing doorbell
wires but what they will only do is be
able to control your existing doorbell
chime
and will continuously charge the
batteries it will still not have the
wired features of the pro or the pro 2.
aside from video quality which you will
compare later on
one big difference between the two types
of video doorbells
aside from how they are being powered is
how soon the camera starts recording
and to explain this we have to dive in
how these cameras detect motion
the ring video doorbell 4 like all other
battery-powered video doorbells and
security cameras
uses a separate sensor to detect motion
it uses a pir or passive infrared sensor
which if you look closely on the ring 4
you will see it on the top area of the
doorbell
battery powered devices use this because
it doesn't need a lot of power for it to
work
and when it gets triggered by sensing
changes in temperature it will turn on
the camera so as to start recording
so the camera is normally off so as to
save power
until it gets triggered by the pir
sensor pir sensors are pretty reliable
in detecting motion
especially if the motion is going across
the sensor
because it senses heat movement but it
has a weakness
and that is motion that is going towards
or away from the sensor
where it will usually detect late and
i'm pretty sure most of you install your
doorbell so it faces
out like your front door and that means
anybody going to watch your door
is also going towards the doorbell and
this is the reason that occasionally you
will get footages of people's backsides
when they already
walking away because the doorbell
detected the motion late
on the other hand wired cameras like the
ring pro 2
the camera themselves are always on and
uses what the camera sees
as to motion detection and depending on
the motion zone
set and the algorithm used in detecting
movement
it will get triggered and start
recording when it detects motion
but because it is always on it has a
buffered
memory where additional 6 seconds of
footage before motion has
been detected is added so you will see
the footage before somebody appears in
the camera's view
this is an important feature so that
you'll be able to see beforehand
who is coming to your door now these
pre-recording or what now ring
calls the pre-roll was added to the ring
3 plus
battery doorbell last year ring used 3
small
pinhole cameras which record black and
white footage and added 4 seconds of
footage before motion has been detected
now this year with the new ring 4 ring
toss the black and white cameras
and just use the main camera sensor but
in low power mode
which results in pre-roll that is in
color but low quality
and has low frame rate and no audio
so you would ask why not 1080p quality
pre-roll like the ring's wired doorbells
well the reasoning for this is battery
life
ring cannot just turn on the camera to
buffer 46 seconds of footage constantly
that will drain the battery pretty fast
so let's check out the video and audio
quality between these two video
doorbells but before doing that since my
initial review of the ring 4
ring hasn't fixed yet the frame rate
issue on the downloaded footage
it is still at 7 frames per second which
when viewing it from the app
it has the normal 15 fps frame rate
now this only happens when you turn on
the pre-roll feature
so this is a rendering issue on ring
servers
check out my original review to learn
more about this issue
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story of the ring video doorbell 4
and this with the hdr or high dynamic
range on and also the pre-roll
color feature on and this is what it
looks like when i'm close to the
doorbell
and this is what it looks like when i'm
close to the door
so this is the video and audio quality
of the
ring video doorbell pro 2. and this with
the hdr or high dynamic range turned on
and this is what it looks like when i'm
close to the doorbell
and this is what it looks like when i'm
close to the door
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the video quality of the ring video
doorbell 4 at night
and this with my french porch lights on
and it's infrared leds are turned on
and there is no option to turn it off on
the app
but this is what it looks like when i'm
close to the doorbell
and this is what it looks like when i'm
close to the door
so this is the video quality of the
range pro 2
at night and this with my front porch
light turned on my solar motion light is
also turned on
and also the infrared leds are turned on
and the color night vision is turned on
so this is what it looks like when i'm
close to the doorbell
and this is what it looks like when i'm
close to the door
so this is the video quality of the ring
video doorbell 4
at night no lights and it's four
infrared leds are turned on and this is
what it looks like when i'm
close to the doorbell and this is what
it looks like when i'm
close to the door
so this is the video quality of the ring
pro 2 uh video doorbell and this is with
no lights and the alternate vision is
turned off
and also the infrared leads are turned
on and the
night vision is on standard mode so this
is what it looks like when i'm close to
the doorbell
and this is what it looks like when i'm
close to the door
now as to other features like motion
notification and durable push to
notification speed
these two video doorbells have about the
same performance 5 to 7 seconds
in motion notifications and little to no
delay in durable push notifications
but as to cool off or cool down with the
ring pro 2 as long as the motion
persists
the doorbell will continue to record in
one minute increments
which is the default and there's no cool
off in the recording
but as to notifications it will only
notify you of motion every minute
the recording length can also be
adjusted in the app up to 2 minutes per
motion event
compare this to the ring video doorbell
4 and because it is battery powered
ring tries to balance the recording
length and has more settings in its
motion detection
but the overall goal of ring is to
minimize the on times of this doorbell
so as to conserve
battery life so if you want to set the
ring for as to match the wired ring pro
2 and its recording length and
sensitivity
you have to turn off the advanced motion
detection which in turn you lose the
more customizable motion zones
and if you turn on advanced motion
detection and if you just
stand in front of the doorbell which
most people do when they're in the front
of your door waiting for you to answer
the doorbell thinks motion has stopped
and it will stop recording
now what i'm getting at is with rings
battery doorbells depending on how you
set up the settings
there will be likely more instances that
the camera will start recording even if
you are still in the camera's view
and not capture the whole motion event
now how about the audio quality from the
speakers of these video doorbells
this is the audio quality coming out
from the ring pro 2.
this is the audio quality coming out
from the ring pro 2.
this is the audio quality coming out
from the ring
video doorbell 4.
this is the audio quality coming out
from the ring
video doorbell 4. as to the features
that the pro has and the ring 4 doesn't
have
is the alex a greetings which i think is
a cool feature
hi this is alexa may i know the purpose
of your visit
i live in smart homes
sorry i cannot help you with that i can
take a message or assist with package
delivery
what do you want to do ah that's okay
nevermind
both doorbells have the quick responses
so as to be able to answer your doorbell
with pre-recorded messages
we can't answer the door right now but
if you'd like to leave a message
you can do it now hi please wait
it may take me a moment to answer we
can't answer the door right now
but if you'd like to leave a message you
can do it now
hi please wait it may take me a moment
to answer
and both of these doorbells integrate
pretty well with amazon alexa
and able to stream the live view
automatically when somebody pushes the
doorbell
and also you'll be able to start to wait
talk so what do you think guys
there is a difference in video quality
on both doorbells which the pro 2 coming
out on top
because of lesser compression and i like
the 1x1 aspect ratio of the pro 2 which
you will see more
head to toe as compared to the
traditional 16 by 9.
performance wise the pro 2 is more
reliable in motion detection
and with the 6 second pre-roll you will
get the whole motion event
and even before the person gets in the
frame of the camera
with the ring 4 even if it has the color
pre-roll it is still low quality
and the frame rate is only 7 frames per
second and the pre-roll has no
audio i know a lot of people are wanting
battery power or wireless so they have
the flexibility of installing the
doorbell anywhere
but remember you're also sacrificing the
security part of the doorbell
like how soon it records how often and
how long it will record the motion event
so wired is the way to go and if the
price of the pro 2 is a bit too much for
your budget
then there is still the older wire pro
and even the ring video doorbell ward
which is ring's cheapest video doorbell
and performance wise is way better than
any of rings battery powered doorbells
if your house is not wired for a
doorbell you can even use an ac
power adapter i'll do a separate video
on how to wire
wired only video doorbells even if you
don't have existing doorbell wires
in my future videos any questions
comment down below
thanks for watching and see you in the
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