Ring Indoor Cam, Compact Plug-In HD security camera with two-way talk, Works with Alexa - White
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': ' I am really impressed with this camera, and also own the Echo Show 5. The wide angle lens covers a lot of my living room. So happy I can monitor the activities of my 3 cats from the bedroom. Setup is a breeze if you have owned a Ring device. I also have the doorbell. ***** Highly Recommend this item as well as a great price.\n\nOne thing that is a bit troubling is the volume on the cam does not appear to be adjustable and is rather loud and distorted. I have a support ticket in with Ring. Working smoothly with Windows 10 PC and also Android phone.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-2 review-rating', 'review_body': "I am very disappointed in the functionality of this product.\nHaving indoor security is a great thing but I do not wanna have to give up all of my privacy to get it. There are plenty of reasons why a person may not want to be recorded inside their home. Currently, you have no options for turning off the cameras from the app.\nAfter more than half an hour on the phone with customer support, they made it clear that there was no option for privacy except for physically unplugging the cameras. This is extremely impractical. My cameras, for instants, are mounted up at the ceiling and need a ladder to access. I'm sure that I do not need to give you examples of all the reasons that this would be problematic, since I can think of a half dozen off the top of my head.\nAnother possible partial solution would be restricting what information shared users can see. Currently there don't seem to be any options at all about how much someone can see if you share your account with them. If they were option settings for sharing, I could decide how much they see. But there aren't.\nI am still deciding if I will be keeping these new cameras or not."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-4 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Pros:\nCost\nDaylight video\nEasy Setup\n\nCons:\nHardware that comes with it will not mount into studs (screws too shallow).\nPower cord is a proprietary micro USB (plug recessed deep on the camera) so unable to use just any micro-usb plug.\nNight video has issues keeping everything in focus (blurry top of the screen)\n\nFirst and foremost, its a 60 dollar camera. The least expensive camera Ring has produced. I have the Doorbell Pro, and the floodlight camera watching the front and back of my house, so was excited to see a cheaper option to put one in my garage.\n\nThe camera itself is incredibly small, almost the size of the ring doorbell itself. Setting it up was a breeze if you already have a Ring device. Took me 15 minutes to get the camera up and running and added to my existing Ring app.\n\nThe video quality is on par with the other devices in the daylight. No complaints about that. The night vision however, seems like it has some issues. I\'ve noticed that anything on the top of the screen comes off blurry and out of focus in night vision. I haven\'t experienced that with other ring cameras, and may be due to mounting the camera high on the wall and it having an issue keeping everything in focus. I know they increased the viewing angles on this model, so it may also have to do with that. Its purely speculation, but it is a 60 dollar camera, so not a deal breaker for me. Its not like Spiderman will be breaking into my garage.\n\nThe biggest negative on this device however (and why I took away a star) is the hardware. The mounting screws are far too shallow to get through drywall and into a stud. So they include the anchors for drywall, and you will need to mount this into the anchors. This seems like a huge miss considering most Ring devices account for this and always have included the appropriate hardware.\n\nThe other negative is the power cord. Six foot is hardly enough to work with. With the camera being powered with a micro-usb, if you\'re thinking "well just buy a longer usb cord", that won\'t work. The plug in on the back of the camera is far too recessed for anything other than the cord that it comes with. So unless you\'re looking to use a typical 120 extension cable, make sure you\'re planning on mounting this close to the outlet.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-4 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I needed a cam to see the inside of the house when we are out. Decided to give this one a try since it was meant to be indoors.\n\nPros:\n- smaller profile (I placed this cam next to the Ring Stickup Battery Cam, and an 8oz bottle of water for comparison)\n- easy setup (took a total of 2 minutes to get up and running)\n- two way audio had a delay, but still less than my Arlo cams.\n\nCons:\n- initial lag. At least on my device, there seems to be about 2 seconds worth of feed that is “fastforwarded” before the stream stabilizes. Not a deal breaker, but the other ring cams I have do not do this.\n\nOverall, great product that fulfills a niche purpose. Cheap alternative if you need specifically, an economical indoor cam.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-4 review-rating', 'review_body': "This ring indoor camera looks like a solid camera, and I can't wait to receive my order to test it. I am giving it a 4 star for now and will update later based on actual usage.\nBut based on the features that are described here, I think Wyze cam offers more value for rought 1/3 of the price. Wyze cam provides free on-camera A.I for person detection and free 14 days of cloud storage, which has great value."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'For a while I have been using Ring cameras for the the exterior and Wyze cams for the interior on my house. With the new indoor cam I can now access all my cams from one app. To me the picture quality is great overall and especially in total darkness. Live view connection is a lot more stable than my Wyze cams. Alexa integration is a big plus, no need for third party hacks to complete routines. Because I already have Ring cameras it’s worth it to pay a little more over a Wyze cam.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 17, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-4 review-rating', 'review_body': 'We were looking at getting another smart camera to monitor the entryway coming into the house. So far, I\'ve been impressed. I\'ve only used 2 smart cameras before. The first was a Yi camera that we bought from Amazon back in late 2017 for our baby\'s room. It was an "Amazon\'s Choice" item and it was about $80 so we bought it, but it was a piece of junk and constantly dropped off the network despite claiming to have a strong signal. We looked around and decided on a Nest camera for her bedroom. It has worked flawlessly, but it was $250! Even though we like it, I was not going to drop that much money on another indoor camera. Then, Ring came along with this new (and small) indoor camera that\'s right around $60, so I decided to give it a shot. Here is my review after using it for a few days.\n\nPros:\nThe video quality is great and does not seem to lag at all\nHas a built-in panic alarm, which I don\'t care about but others might (it\'s kind of weak though)\nIt\'s small\nSetup is pretty easy\n\nCons:\nIt has a rather short power cable, which is not modular. If you are going to put the camera on a table near an outlet, you shouldn\'t have an issue, but if you want to mount it on a wall several feet from an outlet, it\'s probably not going to reach. Also, the micro usb port is inset into the camera inside a tiny tunnel and the USB cable happens to have the same shape at the end of it to make it easy to insert. The cable length is an issue for me. As a test, I tried using a regular micro USB cable and an Apple 2.4 A power supply. It took a bit of jiggling, but I got the Micro USB end of the cable to seat inside the camera. The 2.4 A power supply worked fine with it (the includes power supply is 2A) so I will be ordering a longer micro USB cable and using that instead.\n\nAnother potential con is the "Activating" screen when you click on the thumbnail in the app to switch to the live view. Sometimes it may take 2-10 seconds before the feed actually comes up.\n\nOne other minor annoyance is the blue LED that turns on when the camera detects motion. There is no way to turn it off nor is there any way to tell when someone is actively viewing the feed. Our Nest camera provides the option to turn off the LED, but in normal operation, the LED is solid green, but when someone is watching the camera feed, it turns into a pulsing blue. Not a big deal, but if you really wanted to make this thing incognito, it\'s not really possible unless you put tape over the LED.\n\nConclusion: For $60, this camera is perfect aside from the included power supply, but I can deal with that.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-3 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I own 5 Ring indoor cams, along with a Ring Elite doorbell and a stick up elite POE cam. This is just my input regarding these cams as I have been testing them and using them for quite sometime. First thing is not every indoor cam works the same, some arrive with older firmware and need updating. Plug in close to your router and do the full set up and do your updates. Once you add the cam to the app and it’s working well, unplug it and move it to the area you want to monitor. Do your set up either by mounting it or setting it on a shelf. Get the angle of view your looking for and then set up your motion zone and sensitivity. Make sure you check the “health” box to see your signal sensitivity. If you are using a mesh router network, you should reconnect to the closest link for it, if not you may have to reconfigure to the nearest of it isn’t automatic. Make sure you turn on the snapshot option as well. If you don’t want to have the indoor cams record or send alerts while your home, you can turn that ability on and off with the new quick access buttons in the app. You will get 30 days of free recording for ALL your cams, with each cam you buy. So if you decide to buy one a month, till you cover all your angles in the home, you will literally get an additional 30 days for every cam on your network covering the 50 days of cloud storage for free. Why not use this option while it’s still available. After you cover your needs, opt for the yearly service. I have 5 indoors cams, covering almost 4000 sf. I love that I can drop in and watch over the home as well as hear and talk through the cams. Night vision in a room is great too. Makes a great baby cam as well. I have had 2 indoor cams give me problems in the past, either dropping off my network, or the snapshot option not working. If you have read my ring reviews before, I am well versed in networking and I have found that some ring reps want to always point the finger at every else but their devices. I can say I have found problems in a couple of their devices and once they were replaced, the problem was solved. Don’t allow them to drive you insane, the community forums are good but they only can go so far for help as well. Sometimes a quick swap of the unit with a new one solves the problem. Amazon has always backed me and they are truly behind their customers.\n\n4/2020: I wanted to be able to watch the main entrance and hallway in my home, have an eye level view, no wires at all showing, and nothing that stood out of place. So review the attached pics, maybe this install will gravitate people who are inclined to custom installs, know there is no limit to what you can do. Just plan out your work and never rush. I was able to recess an indoor cam into my wall, and still provide me with all the aforementioned needs. I used a double electrical box as it provided me the necessary room without modifying the box. I used an indoor/outdoor ring power supply and reused the indoor cam plug on the power supply as it fits perfect and locks in. I obtained 120v power from a nearby electrical outlet, and brought my wire into the box from behind the wall. I mounted the ring power supply on the back of the electrical box, and prepped the box to accept the camera. I created a clear acrylic template and was able to use that to cut out the blank wall plate. What’s really nice is I can still unscrew the wall plate and easily remove the cam if I need to do a reset or adjustment. This solved many issues for me and still provided an eye level video shot of persons entering the front door. Since the ceilings are 12’ high, mounting the cam at the ceiling with a downward angle wasn’t conducive in getting a good facial shot. This is just one example of several I have designed myself to combat issues most of us have dealing with wires, angles, placement, etc.\n\n11.21.20: After almost a year of Ring use, I have to say I am disappointed in the Ring community forum, their tech support, and products. Just recently, I had two of the ID cams drop offline. No matter what I did, no luck getting them back to work. I actually unplugged a back up ID can and went to move it, that one also dropped offline and never came back up. Tech support was of no help, and the community forum mod just tells you to call in.\n\nI would think using 10 ring cameras, I know a little about them. Based on my research, they connect to WiFi, but can’t get to the internet. It appears that there is a high probability that my ISP is blocking the camera for possible threats, even though I turned off my firewall, set up a DMZ zone, and just about created a WiFi bridge to push the Ring cameras too, they still won’t work. They don’t play nice since the last firmware update. So as they fail, I am replacing them with another company. Honestly, I don’t care what brand I use, as long as it works. Read the community forums, and see for yourself. Setting up cameras is not really that difficult, troubleshooting isn’t either as long as you have full control of all devices. Ring doesn’t allow for device control outside of normal settings. Also, Ring devices CAN NOT, be wiped clear of stored memory setting for your home network. It’s embedded in the device. Even if you remove it from your home network, and sell it. It still has your network mirrored in its memory. Found this by pure chance. At the very lease you should have the cams IP address to clear out stored info and reset it. Wow'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-2 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I love Ring products. They are a great idea and work well.\n\nI just received a two pack indoor cameras which arrived promptly but one of the two power supplies was defective.\n\nI decided to chat customer support. In my opening chat I gave my name, described the problem, explained what I did to troubleshoot the problem and how I confirmed a dead power supply. The agent didn’t even read it and wasted my time asking questions that were already answered.\n\nThe support chat took over 20 minutes with long delays between responses and the agent was still not able to confirm shipment of a replacement. It was as if the agent was working several calls and not focused on my chat.\n\nDefective product plus poor customer service is a recipe to loose loyal customers. I was an early adopter of Ring and have many of their products. This experience has given me pause when considering them in the future or recommending Ring to others.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'In February, I noticed my ADHD medication ran out early. I’m very careful about taking it exactly as prescribed so it was strange that I had run out 10 days early. For reasons I won’t get into for this review, I suspected the property manager of my building was stealing it. Obviously that sounded crazy, but I couldn’t think of another explanation. A friend suggested a Ring camera, so I bought one never expecting anything to actually come of it. I put some antihistamines in my now empty pill bottle thinking no one would ever take them, set up the camera when it arrived, and felt more secure knowing it was there. Set up was simple so I figured worst case scenario, I was out a bit of money and I spent maybe 10 minutes setting it up.\n\nFast forward a week later when I get a notification via the app that there was motion detected on my camera. I open up the recording and there she is, entering my apartment, going right for my decoy pills, taking them, and leaving. I immediately left work to get back home. I called the police who sent an officer. I showed him the video and he admitted that had I not had the video, he wouldn’t have believed me. I was able to quickly and easily send the video to the police and to the president of the company that owns my building. I also was able to download the video and get it uploaded so that I have copies of it as I go through the next few months as she (hopefully) gets brought to justice.\n\nI cannot emphasize how much this little camera has helped me. I would not have caught my burglar otherwise. Because of it, they were able to look up records of who used their electronic key to access my apartment and she had been in there 7 times over the month prior. This would have gone on for longer and who knows if it would have resulted in harm to myself or my cat had I not caught her. This camera has given some of the sense of security she stole from me back and stopped a nightmare situation from worsening. I will still be recovering from this for long time and I am hoping she is brought to justice, but I cannot thank Ring enough for helping me secure my home from an unexpected source of danger.'}]