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Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2024 | Rating: 3/5 | Best Sellers in Tools & Home Improvement
weve had the ring doorbell camera for just over a month now some things ive learneddo not expect this to pick up license plates  you cant even read the front plates of our cars parked 10 feet away there are other home camera packages sold on amazon that i plan on getting for better home surveillancethis is not a 24 hour recording device it only starts recording once it picks something up or if you go into live view and theres a slight lag to it meaning the deliver guy might be walking away by the time it started recordingyou may have to be creative in mounting it i have siding so it wouldnt be on a completely flat surface i cut a piece of pvc board to get full contactif you dont want to mess with recharging it wire it into your existing bell wires the terminal screws are right on the back i did not realize they were the terminals screws at first because of how they looked you dont need to remove any covers to get to them it will charge very slowly as designed but eventually it will get to 100you get a 30 day free subscription when you buy this ours just ran out and it was very telling of how this product is designed for you to need the subscription it is not just that you lose the recording of videos i could live with that all day ive been getting tons of motion alerts it seems to be picking up cars driving down the street that are 30 feet out from the front door when you are on the free subscription it has person identification meaning it isnt alerting you for cars driving by when you are off the subscription it alerts you for everything and just says motion alert for it all i kept adjusting the sensitivity down trying to get it to not pick up cars and it seems like that was doing nothing so we caved and paid for a subscription as of right now its 4999 if you pay for the whole year for one device its almost 10 more if you want to go month to monthit is nice having a camera at the front door and its nice to be at work and be able to see the front yard i know the moment a package is delivered  sometimes you dont know even when you are home i set up an automated message which starts talking after a few seconds of someone pushing the doorbell it tells them we arent home and that they can leave a message this has worked well for solicitors as they seem to leave as soon as they hear the message we no longer have to peak out the window to see whos at the door it just bothers me that they strip away all the features if you dont get on a subscription plan