
Ring - Video Doorbell 2
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Look for hardwired doorbells. I have Ring 2 for 2 years now and never had an issue
I live on a farm and run 2 doorbell, 2 regular outdoor cam battery, 1 outdoor cam with the pt control and the outdoor cam plus. With all their sensitivity set on max the pt cam and regular ones can pick up a cat or rabbit at 35 to 40 ft easy. Facing the road and my driveway, it will pick up basically all cars that go by or neighbors riding by on a horse. Distance is probably 75 yards. Ring video doorbell 2 is the newer hardwired one with the birds eye view, which i think is worthless it limits the camera from pick up beyond 30 ft. The outdoor cam plus is much better quality than the others, but I think the range it will pickup a human or vehicle is less than the older ones. If your in town it may not matter if you can pick up a vehicle at 75 yards, but out in the country, it sure is nice.
I have a doorbell pro 2 and several floodlight cams and they all work well with little to no issues like you described. We do have an older doorbell 2 (non-pro model) at a separate property that can be hit or miss at times in very cold or hot weather, which affects battery life. I chalk that up to poor wiring in that building not being able to keep it charged in those extremes. As others have said, I would contact their support and see what they say. If no resolution, you have your answer and next steps, but they may offer an acceptable solution.
Ring 2 doorbell. Hard wire kit so I don't have to worry about changing the batteries. Works very well but does require a subscription.
I switched from Ring to Reolink. I have all video saved locally and I can pass it through Frigate for really good AI detection. It also integrates perfectly with Home Assistant. You can get their NVR to make this simple. My switch started because I had a package stolen and the Ring camera didn’t show it for some reason.
Powered wifi cams for doorbells plus POE. This is Reolink. For Ring my doorbells were battery powered plus a bunch of wifi cams.
If you use a Ring be aware that you need the model that runs on power. I had a battery model that was connected to power to charge the battery. The battery often was drained and I needed to remove it and recharge outside the doorbell. Use the powered model without the battery to feed from the old 24vac feed.
I've a bettery powered ring door bell, it's dead handy
Ring has battery powered doorbells. So, you could mount to the brick without wiring. And if you want a chime inside your house in addition to the app notifications, they have that too. Chime plugs into a wall outlet inside and chimes when doorbell rings.
Ring do battery powered ones. No wiring needed. Just charge it occasionally while you're at home. I think they even do little solar panel accessory so you really shouldn't need to charge it often
my old ring single lense camera + alexa had package detection. Im sure you can do the same with reolink
Mine only went off when it detected a package sitting on my porch
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