Ring - Video Doorbell (2nd Generation)

I have a 2nd GEN in that bronze sorta colour. I do like the video doorbell however the bronze colour with the elements has gone to shit for lack of a batter word. I've been looking at replacing my ring with either a TAPO or Eufy. I want something that I don't need to pay a subscription for just to view past footage.

It is a noticeable improvement especially with the camera. I went from a 2nd gen to the battery doorbell plus and it’s much more of a broader picture of my front door than with the 2nd gen version

Nope, the Ring Pro and the cheapo 2020 Ring Video Doorbell had a setup similar to ecobee where there was a small onboard battery to allow the doorbell to allow the unit to ring the mechanical doorbell, but were otherwise straight power units.

I had the Ring doorbell cam 2020 version for a long time, luckily it picked up a Uhaul hitting my girlfriends car and ripping the entire front end off. They did not stop and kept on going but luckily my Ring picked it up and Iwas able to call the cops. Recently decided that I no longer wanted to pay a monthly fee and purchased a Eufy E340 doorbell cam. After 3 days I returned it. The app is not as user friendly, loads videos much slower as it has to encrypt every single video you open. I also noticed it missed a lot of motion, like the range isn't nearly as good as my Ring doorbell cam. It missed even more motion at night. I ended up buying the Ring Doorbell Pro after returning the Eufy. I maxed out all the settings on my Eufy and still it just was not as good as my Ring. Im ok with paying 120$ a year for the fluent app experience Ring offers. The slider where you can just endlessly scroll through video after video makes it extremely nice. If the Eufy sensed motion and I clicked the notification to open it, it would take forever to pull up the motion that is currently happening. My Ring takes like 2 seconds to open and I'm able to see pretty quickly what is happening. Now that I have the Pro version too, I am able to just swap batteries instead of removing and charging the entire doorbell. A knockoff replacement battery only cost 15$ on Amazon. I would have to say I'm pleased with my upgrade and probably wouldn't buy another Eufy product again after that experience.

Had the same issues with my Gen 1 - upgraded to the newer model and moved my router closer, now it's solid. The old ones were pretty trash tbh

Same here, and I can see my full driveway, yard, front porch with the old Gen 2 and I don't use a machanical bell and no need for head to toe as I already see pretty much everything with my Gen 2. I use my Amazon Echo devices for Ring notifications/speaker.

That's sort of my problem with the ring gen 2 I currently have. So mind numbingly slow to connect to a live event. But thank you for your input

Its the standard ring doorbell camera. the one that costs $99 on amazon. Its not the plus or pro version

How is your Nest doorbell camera in the cold weather? I'm stuck between getting the Nest/Google wireless doorbell and or the Ring.  We've had more cold days this winter and I mean brutal cold. My concern is one not working for a week or longer because it's so frigid outside. I did have a Ring doorbell before and the clarity as well as audio was amazing! I'm just really stuck between the Nest and another Ring wireless doorbell camera. Hoping you can maybe convince me on one or the other. Thanks  Nest doorbell camera is slimmer and therfore less noticeable to potential thief's from afar. Ring doorbell is chunkier, more noticeable but offers great video & audio quality. 

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.