Ring - Battery Doorbell Pro

I bought a house with ring cameras on the exterior and as the door bell. I've never like them and this has pushed me over the edge. They are all coming out.

Yeah, looking at photos now. That's not my favorite. And the fish-eye distortion isn't as bad as my current Ring Pro doorbell that I just bought but still bothersome. Might have to plan for a second outdoor camera or find an alternative. :/

I wouldn’t consider the pro overpriced since it’s one of the only models that doesn’t miss a ton of motion events, and doesn’t completely skip the first 5-10 seconds of motion before finally recording. Since it’s a security device, reliability is extremely important to me. So the pro is actually the only model I’d ever be willing to use.

I’ve been using Ring with Homebridge for a couple years. It works great. I even have automations that turn on my lights when Ring disarms and stuff. It’s seamless.

Ring is the worst doorbell overpriced shit quality poor integration and poor build quality. Plus the subscription is so dumb. Wish ubiquity integrated better because it’s the best doorbell by leaps nd bounds

You’ll want a battery powered doorbell camera. Eufy, Wyze, Blink, etc. nearly all of them either the manufacturer or a third party make mounts for renters. IMHO stay away from ring (I just ditched mine after 5 years), they recently announced that they no longer require law enforcement to obtain a warrant for video from your doorbell.

I have a battery powered Ring and a hardwired Logitech Doorbell. I can get a notification, open the app and speak to the person on Ring before I ever get the initial notification from Logitech/Homekit. I keep Logitech just for the additional camera angle. But I could new depend on a timely notification.

I guess 15 seconds come from a battery-powered doorbell - those are unusably slow. My old Ring pro running on the transformer power responds instantly as well. FOV here really sucks as others have mentioned.

I have the ring WiFi version and it works great and instantly

Idk I don’t have this issue with mine. I can charge it to 50% and it will last weeks. I have it on the highest motion setting and people are constantly walking past my door. Not to mention my bf stalks the hallway by watching the live view all the time. I haven’t ever had an internet issue either. Maybe it’s the model you have. My father got the ring battery pro or something the one where you can change the battery out and his keeps missing motion.