Thank you for sharing your frustrations. I thought I was the only one! I spent 20 minutes looking for install instructions because I thought maybe I accidentally threw them out or something. ALL this hardware and ZERO instruction. Which ones go in the wedge adaptor? Which ones attach the wedge to the unit?? Etc Etc Etc ???
I'm glad (not glad) to hear you say that. Sometimes I shoot these videos and wonder if I'm just an idiot or if there is something that could be better done from the manufacturer. Sorry to hear you had frustrations, too. In general though, I like the product.
Great review thanks. I have original 720p Ring doorbell 2014 gen. 1 model, 2.4ghz and it has been very reliable. They had detailed instructions on how to attach the holding bracket to the wall, which is very helpful, The Ring detect motion alert is super loud on mobile and inside the home on the Ring chime. The worst part is the ancient slow battery charging on Ring models, which on mine takes almost 4 hours to charge. Also, battery life is not great, with continual traffic in and out through our front door. An average of 15-person motion detections a day and the battery will require to be recharged around every 4 to to 6 weeks.
Thank you Kenneth. I'm getting similar results with the battery at the moment. First charge hasn't drained yet, but looking like it might just make it to a 7th week. I feel like I've had more that 20-25 motions a day though. But charge was super slow. Overnighter first charge. Haven't had a problem with the volume of the ringing though. If anything it needs to be louder for me, lol. And no idea why the bracket was left off the instructions. I went through step-by-step. Strange that they had it... then took it away. Maybe I missed it somehow.
@@PapillonMx Correct. Handy if your house is already built or your renting. There is the powered version, but obviously going to need an electrician and potentially some destructive work on the house to get it live.
Hi, thanks for the nice video! I bought the new pro version with 2.4 and 5 Ghz wifi network, I still have to install it. Do motion notifications and doorbell rings arrive quickly enough on your phone?
Cheers! They are quick enough on my phone. if I walk past the door, I get the tingle on my phone within a few steps. So many a 2 or 3 second delay max. Doorbell seems to be within a second.
Great question. There wasn't any adhesive strips in the box, but the back of the device is flat. So I could imagine some double-sided tape would work. It would also make it easy to steal though if someone was so inclined. That would be the risk.
Hi Chris, you mention that the motion detection alert isn't very loud. There are many alert sounds you can choose through the app and some a VERY loud. Great review by the way, thanks. By the way, you can also choose to have alerts sent to your phone ONLY, and set it not to make alert sound on the Ring device itself. Cheers Eddy
Thanks Eddy, and I appreciate the tip. I'm away on holidays at the moment, so can't check to answer your question, but there were a few modes to cycle between I recall that changed how it made the alerts. My Ring doesn't make a sound when there is motion, only my phone. So there must be a way, just can't experiment from here to find out. Will try and look when I return.
You would of needed 4 short screws when connecting the doorbell to the corner wedge. Not 2 long screws and 2 short screws I had the same problem but some screws are bad as rings instructions the short screws are in bag c and if they don't work try other short screws. Never long screws.
I've put my new battery doorbell pro to the same bracket my old doorbell 3 plus was on. I'm still wondering if it needs anchors as I have aac/Hebel and it's like put anchors in masonry but it feels pretty secure without having to put two anchors in..
8:27 so at this point, the video you have an issue with turning on location access. Do you not realize how Amazon Alexa/Ring/Nest/google/Apple/android devices work?
I was questioning why a doorbell needs to know your location to function. I'm not a huge fan of being a data slave to corporations just so they can make money out of me. But each to their own.
The one thing I don't like on the new ring doorbell compared to my old one is the fish eye view it displays, it's ridiculous! I understand they do that for a wider view, but that's BS because my 2nd gen basic has a very big full range with absolutely no distortion. Not just that, but the pro version displays everything too far away, making it very hard to make out someone face. Overall, I think the Plus version is the best, but like I stated, the fish eye distorts everything which defeats the purpose of identifying someone who might be standing to the side of the camera. It's for this reason why I don't buy the new version. Sorry, but it's a hard pass!
Agree that Fish Eye isn't ideal - ever my opinion, I hate it with GoPros, too - but my Ring Pro doesn't have a fish eye effect. Or at least I'm not noticing it ( have it in vertical positioning). Can see faces fine. Is it a setting, perhaps?
@@motivatedtravel Can't imagine the problem would be in the settings. All I know is, every single TH-cam video I've seen so far has shown a fish eye affect. It's a total turn off for me, and probably the only thing that's preventing me from buying it.
@@radsan3006 Fair enough. All I can see is I don't like fish eye, but haven't had a problem with the RIng in use. But my tolerance might be higher than yours.
I'm assuming battery is ok? Otherwise maybe check you haven't got your app set to only working when the app is open. When it's set to only work when all open, you don't get notifications
I don't hate Amazon Alexa devices. And two-step verification is something that goes across all devices. What I don't like is multiple barriers to entry.
Hi good review but dont mean to be rude, alot of this installation with the bracket is common sense. If you have trouble with installation maybe others shouldnt be installing themselves ( not saying you but others that have no common sense )
Thank you. As for common sense, what is obvious to you and I may not be to everyone. I get your point, but from an ease of use standpoint, it seems unnecessary to ostracise a certain part of your potential audience where a guide is so easy to include. Even if you can skip it by choice . As you say though, I wanted to make it clear to anyone who is anti DIY that they need to be prepared to work it out or find help, lol.
Thank you for sharing your frustrations. I thought I was the only one! I spent 20 minutes looking for install instructions because I thought maybe I accidentally threw them out or something. ALL this hardware and ZERO instruction. Which ones go in the wedge adaptor? Which ones attach the wedge to the unit?? Etc Etc Etc ???
I'm glad (not glad) to hear you say that. Sometimes I shoot these videos and wonder if I'm just an idiot or if there is something that could be better done from the manufacturer. Sorry to hear you had frustrations, too. In general though, I like the product.
Great review thanks. I have original 720p Ring doorbell 2014 gen. 1 model, 2.4ghz and it has been very reliable. They had detailed instructions on how to attach the holding bracket to the wall, which is very helpful, The Ring detect motion alert is super loud on mobile and inside the home on the Ring chime. The worst part is the ancient slow battery charging on Ring models, which on mine takes almost 4 hours to charge. Also, battery life is not great, with continual traffic in and out through our front door. An average of 15-person motion detections a day and the battery will require to be recharged around every 4 to to 6 weeks.
Thank you Kenneth. I'm getting similar results with the battery at the moment. First charge hasn't drained yet, but looking like it might just make it to a 7th week. I feel like I've had more that 20-25 motions a day though. But charge was super slow. Overnighter first charge.
Haven't had a problem with the volume of the ringing though. If anything it needs to be louder for me, lol. And no idea why the bracket was left off the instructions. I went through step-by-step. Strange that they had it... then took it away. Maybe I missed it somehow.
Hi Kenneth. Hey, I suppose you have to charge the battery because you don't have it conected to electicity, right?
@@PapillonMx Correct. Handy if your house is already built or your renting. There is the powered version, but obviously going to need an electrician and potentially some destructive work on the house to get it live.
Hi, thanks for the nice video! I bought the new pro version with 2.4 and 5 Ghz wifi network, I still have to install it. Do motion notifications and doorbell rings arrive quickly enough on your phone?
Cheers! They are quick enough on my phone. if I walk past the door, I get the tingle on my phone within a few steps. So many a 2 or 3 second delay max. Doorbell seems to be within a second.
The faster your wifi at home is the quicker the responses.
I live in an apartment. Does it come with an adhesive Mount option? I can't screw anything into the wall by my door.
Great question. There wasn't any adhesive strips in the box, but the back of the device is flat. So I could imagine some double-sided tape would work. It would also make it easy to steal though if someone was so inclined. That would be the risk.
@@motivatedtravel I figured as much. Thanks!
It doesn’t but you can purchase a no drill mount
Hi Chris, you mention that the motion detection alert isn't very loud. There are many alert sounds you can choose through the app and some a VERY loud.
Great review by the way, thanks. By the way, you can also choose to have alerts sent to your phone ONLY, and set it not to make alert sound on the Ring device itself.
Cheers Eddy
Thanks Eddy, and I appreciate the tip. I'm away on holidays at the moment, so can't check to answer your question, but there were a few modes to cycle between I recall that changed how it made the alerts.
My Ring doesn't make a sound when there is motion, only my phone. So there must be a way, just can't experiment from here to find out. Will try and look when I return.
Just bought yesterday, felt the same as you. Very frustrating, very invasive, minimum instructions.
Glad to hear I'm not the only one.
You would of needed 4 short screws when connecting the doorbell to the corner wedge. Not 2 long screws and 2 short screws I had the same problem but some screws are bad as rings instructions the short screws are in bag c and if they don't work try other short screws. Never long screws.
Yeah it feels like a part of the process they could have done better.
I've put my new battery doorbell pro to the same bracket my old doorbell 3 plus was on. I'm still wondering if it needs anchors as I have aac/Hebel and it's like put anchors in masonry but it feels pretty secure without having to put two anchors in..
@@amip5185 If it's not moving when you push it, should be right. As long as you don't have kids (or trick-or-treaters) that are going to hang on it.
@@motivatedtravelcool I'll just leave it, was dreading taking it apart again
I live about 50 feet from my house. If some walkers go by or cars the ring rings all day
You should be able to set motion detection zones in the app, so it only looks for motion in a certain part of the area it can see.
8:27 so at this point, the video you have an issue with turning on location access. Do you not realize how Amazon Alexa/Ring/Nest/google/Apple/android devices work?
I was questioning why a doorbell needs to know your location to function. I'm not a huge fan of being a data slave to corporations just so they can make money out of me. But each to their own.
The one thing I don't like on the new ring doorbell compared to my old one is the fish eye view it displays, it's ridiculous! I understand they do that for a wider view, but that's BS because my 2nd gen basic has a very big full range with absolutely no distortion. Not just that, but the pro version displays everything too far away, making it very hard to make out someone face. Overall, I think the Plus version is the best, but like I stated, the fish eye distorts everything which defeats the purpose of identifying someone who might be standing to the side of the camera. It's for this reason why I don't buy the new version. Sorry, but it's a hard pass!
Agree that Fish Eye isn't ideal - ever my opinion, I hate it with GoPros, too - but my Ring Pro doesn't have a fish eye effect. Or at least I'm not noticing it ( have it in vertical positioning). Can see faces fine. Is it a setting, perhaps?
@@motivatedtravel Can't imagine the problem would be in the settings. All I know is, every single TH-cam video I've seen so far has shown a fish eye affect. It's a total turn off for me, and probably the only thing that's preventing me from buying it.
@@radsan3006 Fair enough. All I can see is I don't like fish eye, but haven't had a problem with the RIng in use. But my tolerance might be higher than yours.
My doorbell camera stop picking up my package and when people walk up to my door
I'm assuming battery is ok? Otherwise maybe check you haven't got your app set to only working when the app is open. When it's set to only work when all open, you don't get notifications
did anyone ever figure out how long the battery lasts
About 6 weeks for me. Depends on how many visitors you get. Mine goes off around 20 times a day, and I got about 6 weeks give or take.
A good honest video. If you live in Adelaide, would you mind popping round and doing mine ?........lol
Hahahah, sorry mate, bit of a drive for that one. Cheers for watching.
I don’t have wedge
As in, it didn't come in the box? Mine came in the box.
So you hate two-step verification. You hate Amazon Alexa devices. Why did you get a ring pro device?
I don't hate Amazon Alexa devices. And two-step verification is something that goes across all devices.
What I don't like is multiple barriers to entry.
Hi good review but dont mean to be rude, alot of this installation with the bracket is common sense. If you have trouble with installation maybe others shouldnt be installing themselves ( not saying you but others that have no common sense )
Thank you. As for common sense, what is obvious to you and I may not be to everyone. I get your point, but from an ease of use standpoint, it seems unnecessary to ostracise a certain part of your potential audience where a guide is so easy to include. Even if you can skip it by choice .
As you say though, I wanted to make it clear to anyone who is anti DIY that they need to be prepared to work it out or find help, lol.