Ring Security System 1 Year later 

I agree

He did. This is why he doesn’t shows us a honest review. It’s all BS.

I agree !! He answered every question I needed to have answered

@@victorbaez8188 very true

It did for me.

Hey after you buy all the initial stuff. The only thing you have to pay is the monthly membership?

@@saucyx4 yes!!

@@ImaITman yea I’ve had my system for almost 2 years and no complaints. I haven’t had to replace equipment or anything.

@@AForeignObject9 only in the beginning when I would forget to disarm the alarm before opening a door. I’ve never had my alarm going off without a trigger. That’s never happened. If it went off it’s always because someone opened a door without disarming it first. Overall it’s been a good system.

@@AForeignObject9 😂 I should lol

Is the glass break sensor a software update? I bought the 1st gen. system and have yet to install it. I'm wondering if the glass break sensor is only available on the latest edition. Thanks.

Thanks for the comment. Shout out to Chitown!

Be careful these budget cheap ass companies end up “breaking the bank “

FYI Nest has discontinued it's security system

What do I need to do my cameras are off line

5 Years Ago? The system was only released in 2018. Lol

@@Blind-Guy-Bakes lol okay. I wasn’t sure exactly when I bought my first Ring system but it’s been flawless.

@@Ozzie4Para lol

Yea not knowing who monitors my whole property as a company … is also unbeatabe at a price of wow $10 bucks a month, These cut rate bozo companies are teaching consumers to not care about real security anymore . Spending even $80 a month is manageable for big enough home or business to ensure your actually secured . That’s a few less coffees a week .

@@jord_2421 -ADT burner account

Thanks for watching and the helpful comment. The water sensors are awesome. Saved me from freezing pipes more than once!

Yes! Exactly. Thank you for mentioning, I was going to mention it. Only AC powered zwave devices repeat zwave signals.

Great tip on connecting Alexa to announce when the door is opened. Thanks for watching!

How do you get it to connect to Alexa

@@keandrepickens7029 using the Alexa app, you have to connect each device individually and set it up to do what you want it to.

All of those devices and you only have to pay $100 a year?

@@devildog1534 yes

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what about when your doors and windows have crown molding?

That's a great point thanks for sharing!

Glad you enjoyed it

its 200 now yearly or 20 per month.

Thanks for the comment it's appreciated, and thank you for watching.

You also fail to mention that Ring has "smash and grab" protection and SimpliSafe does not. Finally SimpliSafe is easily jammed with a $40 Chinese handheld radio and Ring uses a more secure and not easily thwarted Z-Wave technology which is a much better solution. Just moved from SimpliSafe to Ring because of those two major flaws in SimpliSafe design.

Thank you!

Thanks for watching, great point!

When you pay $100 a year how many devices is that for?

@@devildog1534 for unlimited number of devices

Thanks for watching, Ring Alarm: amzn.to/3dKNlPa does have a huge diversity of cameras and doorbells which is an advantage for many people. the $10/month alarm monitoring that includes camera footage storage from an unlimited # of cameras at one address also sweetens the deal.

@@OneHourSmartHome ad a fellow RU-vidr I will be sure and use your link to purchase my kit if I go that direction. I know it helps you put a little and I appreciate the work you put into this video. One question for you: I also would like to have at least three cameras on my system and I'm trying to decide between the ring indoor cameras or something like wyze cam. Do you have any experience between those platforms or is there something else you would recommend that works well with the ring ecosystem?

I've had a first gen Wyze cam: amzn.to/2OZkmMX for years that I used for monitoring my garage. I also have an Indoor Ring Cam: amzn.to/3qXCV2g that I will be doing a review on in the next month or two. As far as Wyze goes it works and will record video locally or you can pay for extra cloud storage. A feature I liked is that that you can insert a memory card so that it's recording even if you lose your wifi connection. The things that I noticed with it are that it sometimes is difficult to get connected to wifi networks the first time you set it up because they typically only want to connect to 2.4GHZ networks, so with my Eero network I had to temporarily disable the 5GHZ network to get it connect the first time. After that it ran pretty smoothly. The only other downside I've had is that sometimes the motion notifications or remote viewing was delayed or a little clunky, but it still worked and still recorded but sometimes it required me to do a refresh in the app or open and close the app again. However they are a really low cost option for video monitoring which is what can make them a good value. With the Indoor Ring Cam it was easier to connect and the app interface is cleaner on the Ring app for control especially with several cameras or other Ring products. The integrations with Alexa and Ring were also cleaner than the integrations with Wyze and Alexa. There is more functionality with Ring and other smart home devices than Wyze. The response with remote viewing Ring cameras was slightly more reliable and slightly faster. However the Ring Cameras are more expensive than the Wyze cameras and do require a monthly subscription for video storage even though the Ring monthly plan for multiple cameras is typically less expensive than most competitors. My personal opinion is that Ring is slightly more secure and less likely to be hacked than Wyze but that's just a personal opinion. Ring is owned by Amazon. Wyze is currently it's own company. Wyze works and it can be a good value depending on your use case. Ring works and it's more polished, has more integrations and has better support but comes in at a higher price point. Video quality is fairly similar when viewing on a phone from either camera, I think the Ring has slightly better night vision than the Wyze cam but now Wyze has a spotlight you can add on to the standard cam which improves night vision.

Did you purchase this? We also have Ismart alarm and are looking for it’s replacement as our system is also not functioning like it used to.

@@susannellis6896 yes I did purchase it. The system works very similar to iSmart but seems to be way more consistent without the bugs we experienced with iSmart. Also arming and disarming the ring system response almost immediately as soon as you hit the button. I never had the keypad with iSmart but the included keypad with ring is really nice to have. We are happy with the switch so far

Thank you !

My understanding is that it will listen and send an alert to your phone but won’t trigger the siren on your ring because it’s not part of the ring security system. Thus somewhat useless when you’re in bed sleeping and the the bad guy breaks the glass and steps in with non audible deterrent

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They do! Check Amazon

Following because I’m looking to switch from Vivint also.

@@mykalakippenhan4175 I’m actually torn between ring and vivint. How was giving for you if you don’t mind me askin?

@@mykalakippenhan4175 It should work if the devices are hardwired. If they are wireless, they will not. At worst case, change the devices i.e. motions, glassbreaks, window/door contacts, to universal devices and they will work.

They have glass break sensors now, video is somewhat dated.

No. Smart plugs and smart switches will not activate when the alarm is sounding. External sirens will however work. Now I have several light switches installed and they work great. Even a variable fan switch. But they only work intentionally. Meaning you have to toggle them individually through the app. But Ring does not have a “scene” option for these switches and plugs. An example is: When my wife comes home from work she has to turn on the garage light and the kitchen light. Then come inside. There is NOT an option for “I am home” and a list of lights are turned on.

Yes, most of the sensors are battery powered

Welcome!

Mine have lasted I think almost 2 years so far.

If you’re handy, there are ways to modify a ring door sensor and turn it into a glass break sensor. You have to open it up and cut out the magnetic switch, then solder on two wires from a separate glass break sensor. I made one of those and it works great on my ring alarm. The biggest issue I have with ring right now is 1) I realized that ring won’t tell you which sensor was triggered either when the alarm is disarmed or when it is armed. If someone breaks in in the middle of the night, personally I want to know where they broke in immediately so that I can react accordingly.

They have glass break sensors now.

I'm in the same boat. ADT is charging me $83/month and is ridiculous!. So I'm saying goodbye to ADT and hello Ring.

yes with the ring retrofit hub you can use existing door, window and motion sensors.