Ring

Video Doorbell 4

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Sentiment score33% positive
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Last updated: Apr 20, 2026

Reddit Reviews

Reddit Iconvympel_0001
3 months ago

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

Reddit Iconne999
8 months ago

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.

8 months ago

Powered wifi cams for doorbells plus POE. This is Reolink. For Ring my doorbells were battery powered plus a bunch of wifi cams.

Reddit IconTek10027
3 months ago

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.

Reddit Iconjenthewen
3 months ago

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.

Reddit IconMore_Fault6792
10 months ago

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

Reddit Iconwalril
3 months ago

my old ring single lense camera + alexa had package detection. Im sure you can do the same with reolink

3 months ago

Mine only went off when it detected a package sitting on my porch

Reddit Iconaztecannie99
3 months ago

We are a Ring family as well. We have had our video doorbell (which wasn’t the most up to date version when we bough it) for 5+ years and we have not had my issues with it. The in house key pad has never worked correctly but we always just use our phones to turn on and off the alarm. The flood light was an easy install too so that was nice.

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