Video Doorbell 2

I'm curious about this as well. I have had a ring doorbell 2 and echo show setup for my mom, but she still yells through the door asking who it is.

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.

New ones fish eye lens for visibility lower to ground to show packages. I like the older Ring 2 view better.

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.

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

So many thoughts on this, and a few folks here have hit some great points already. Here is my 2 cents. For video doorbells, I'd skip both Blink and Wyze and go with the Ring Video Doorbell (battery version) since it's more reliable for security purposes and has better motion detection zones. The free trial is 30 days, then it's about $4/month CAD for basic recording. Since she's ground level, I'd also throw in a door security bar or wedge alarm for inside - they're like $20-30 and give actual physical resistance plus a loud shriek if someone tries to force entry. A motion-activated light for that ground level entrance would be huge too, as most break-ins are crimes of opportunity and good lighting is a serious deterrent. - Hope this helps.

No, this is the price increase from April, 2025, OP just did not get renewed until now. Alarm monitoring is $199 a year, which is consistent with other paid alarm monitoring services. Ring single doorbell is still $50 a year and $100 for multiple doorbells/cameras but no security monitoring.

This change is from April 2025, you are just seeing it now since you have not hit your anniversary date. I have the single doorbell price of $50 a year, and then use my own DVR with private vpn remote access for security cameras but with no monitoring service. I have a separate alarm that alerts me if anything happens than I can check the security cameras myself. For my neighborhood, this is more than adequate. If I was looking for a professional alarm monitoring, I sure as hell would not use ring. I'd want something with its own battery backup, wired and cellular backup with a cut off alert (someone cuts cables and has a cell blocker it makes a police call, both fail otherwise you get false positives), as well as door/window open/break switches and interior motion detectors. Either you don't need professional monitoring or you need way more than ring offers. Now, if someone has a ring like doorbell that I can stream to my own cloud rather than paying their subscription, that I'd be interested in (not to hijack your thread but it seems answered and done).