RingVideo Doorbell Wired | Doorbell Security Camera with 1080p HD Video, Advanced Motion Detection, hardwired (existing doorbell wiring required) | 30-day free trial of Ring Home

Great value - works really well even in the dark - bought with a Ring chime door bell .Had professionally wired in to existing electric doorbell and then easy to set up with phone and Alexa .

Purchased this wired ring doorbell to give it a try.since installing it I would now not be comfortable living without one.they are easy to set up just follow instructions.good WiFi is a must I had to purchase WiFi extender to get best results as my doorbell was a good distance from my router.apart from that it's fantastic.picture quality night and day is excellent.sound quality is excellent I can pic up birds chirping it's so good.it is a really well built piece of kit.it connects to all my Alexa devices no problem so I get alerts to whoever or whatever is prowling about around my home.i get 100%ease of mind knowing no matter where I am this device lets me know on my mobile phone who is at my door.i must state that since swapping my phone to 5g the system works perfectly on my mobile phone.its that good as it also connects to my other ring cameras around my home and outside I have installed one front and one back of the house.iam also using them wherever I want survalance as I can plug in wherever I want as it is 100% weather proof.my advice is to purchase on Amazon sales as I have paid as little as £23 for these just make sure you get plug in adaptor also in sales for as little as £9.99 .I looked around for different products with subscriptions and the ring one is really excellent value for money as many cameras and alarm system plus spotlights for £8 a month and you can feel safe with your home fully protected.or just £3 for one month for one doorbell cam video alarm because that's what this is.I can view listen record talk on all my screens in the house.also it allows you to share with family friends or even your trusted neighbours whats going on.I can't tell you what piece of mind this ring doorbell has given me.I give this 100% would highly recommend this doorbell.awsome.

It made sense for me to buy a wired Ring doorbell as my house already had an old wired doorbell, and as a family we have an Echo Show plus a couple of Echo Dots set up. For me we already had a set up that this device just slots right in with. This especially made sense with the fact that my old traditional doorbell chime didn’t work that well. I located my 1960s/70s Friedland bell transformer and after some internet searches found that it supposedly outputs 8v which is at the very lower end of what the Ring doorbell needs. I then located my equally old doorbell chime which was separate to the transformer.I ordered a used example from Amazon Warehouse but what turned up appeared to be a brand new one to me as the box was still sealed, this made it even better value for money!Installation is straight forward enough providing you know where your doorbell transformer and chime are located and that you have already done some basic wiring before (plug sockets etc.). The biggest hurdle for me was working out which wires in my doorbell chime related to the chime itself. These are the ones I had to find and short circuit using the provided link cable. For me trial and error worked and on my third attempt I found the right combination. Once the power was back on the doorbell sprung into life and set up was completed soon after that.In use the camera is nice and detailed and quickly identifies motion on my driveway. The microphone function is good but I doubt we’ll really use it. Being able to view the camera from our Echo Show, smartphone or internet explorer is a great feature and having it wired in means I don’t ever have to worry about battery life. The Ring app reports that my transformer voltage is at 11v so is in the ‘Good’ bracket. Not bad for a transformer / chime set up that is 50+ years old.In conclusion brilliant if you already have the right set up. I’ll report back if anything changes.

I purchased two of these video door bells for our new house. I got the wired one as it was a lot cheaper than the wireless one, and you don't need to remember to change the batteries. It came with a lot of components which I'm fairly sure you don't actually need - at least, I didn't use them and the doorbell works fine. I think they are for conversions in other countries with different power etc..The doorbell came in a bundle with the Ring power adaptor and an Amazon Echo Show 5. The power adaptor is pretty crucial. It's simple to assemble - you need to have a power socket close to the door on the inside of the house and you want to route the 6 metres of cable (bell wire cable) through a hole in your door frame or wall to the doorbell. Ideally you would drill through directly behind the doorbell so there is no wire showing (make sure you drill with a slight downward slope to the outside to prevent water building up!).The wire then screws to the rear of the doorbel in two places and the adaptor is plugged in. The real difficulty is in the routing of the cable and clipping it in place so it looks tidy or out of the way, but that's the same for any permanent cable installations.Once plugged in the Ring doorbell will start setup mode and you'll need to install the app on your phone to put in any details. There is a QR code inside the doorbell cover - don't put it back on until you've scanned this with your phone during setup. Alternatively there is the same QR code on the box.It was straightforward to setup, with the app and doorbell leading the way. Wifi is needed. You can choose to receive announcements on the app and on the Alexa Echo devices (the Echo Show 5 was included in our bundle). On either your phone or the Echo Show you can view the camera and talk to the person outside. The video quality is great. The sound is not so great. It may be because we have a lot of traffic noise, or the wifi signal, but either way it's difficult to talk to each other. Announcements are either movement detected, person detected, or doorbell pressed.With the free trial of the Ring Protect plan you can look back in the history and see who visited your house. When this runs out you will need to decide if you want to pay for it or not.