Ring doorbell vs. Google Home

[HBCraig]

RDP folks,
I am looking into a Ring doorbell type option for the house.

Do you guys have any opinions on either one or both? Or why I should or shouldnt go with the Google Home option?

thanks in advance

 

[ArizonaKevin]

are you looking into this for security purposes? @Wmc to the courtesy phone

 

[rvrrun]

I did the SkyBell HD, and no complaints yet. Before I bought it there was a great website that reviewed them and this one was the best for us. There is no monthly fee for hosting the recorded video and that was the biggie for us. The ring will allow you to customize the viewing/trigger area of theirs which SkyBell won’t. Our doorbell faces a wall so that was no problem.

Google ring SkyBell comparison or review and you should find some good info on the doorbells.

 

[HBCraig]

are you looking into this for security purposes? @Wmc to the courtesy phone

Yes. Not full blown but as a tool to monitor the house when I am not there or possible with my teenagers are there alone. Its in HB if it makes any difference.

 

[Wmc]

Yes. Not full blown but as a tool to monitor the house when I am not there or possible with my teenagers are there alone. Its in HB if it makes any difference.

Sky bell.

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[Inland Air Balance]

I recently bought a Kuna porch light that has the camera in it. it report directly to my cell phone. Bought it at Costco.https://getkuna.com/

 

[bradscott48]

I use a ring wireless spotlight camera over my front door. Completely wireless battery lasts a couple months before you need to charge it. Amazon has them for $139 today


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[pronstar]

It depends.

Do you want Amazon spying on you (they own Ring), or do you prefer google?

We chose Ring [emoji4]


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[DC-88]

Yes. Not full blown but as a tool to monitor the house when I am not there or possible with my teenagers are there alone.

I had to laugh, as it was an in your face joke, but my 19 year old and his college baseball team buddies stopped by with some girls to hot tub right after I put our RING in. We were at the river, and after I initially got the alert and called him to see what was up no more alerts came in all weekend. I came home to a piece of Blue masking tape over it lmao

 

[Bobby V]

I use a ring wireless spotlight camera over my front door. Completely wireless battery lasts a couple months before you need to charge it. Amazon has them for $139 today


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Is there a monthly fee for memory?

 

[Go-Fly]

I put up a "Go Away" sign. Seems to work.

 

[Wmc]

Is there a monthly fee for memory?

Yes. that's why I said sky Bell. Sky Bell has no fee

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[Activated]

Ring x’s 2 here. Doorbell camera, and a camera 20 feet from the side gate, with a solar panel attached to it.

Have not had any issues in 3 or 4 years since adding them.

 

[jailbird141]

I went with ARLO and it has been great. Good picture, good reliability. For me its been a great do it yourself system for monitoring the house when I am not home.

 

[Outdrive1]

I have Ring and it’s pretty easy to set up and use. It has a live feed now that it didn’t used to have so you can access it anytime.


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[Sunset]

I went with ARLO and it has been great. Good picture, good reliability. For me its been a great do it yourself system for monitoring the house when I am not home.

I had two ring doorbells and it worked for 6mo and goes black and same with 3 friends. Went with arlo works great.

 

[gqchris]

I use a ring wireless spotlight camera over my front door. Completely wireless battery lasts a couple months before you need to charge it. Amazon has them for $139 today


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Thanks for the heads up, thats a great deal. Picked up one last night.

 

[RitcheyRch]

We went with the Arlo Pro Wireless camera at our house. We installed 2 cameras with one at our front door looking down the courtyard that leads to our front door and the other at the entrance gate to our courtyard.

We get about 4-5 months out of the rechargeable batteries. The cameras were simple to install and the hardest part was mounting them and getting the proper angles and views set up.

 

[Bobby V]

We went with the Arlo Pro Wireless camera at our house. We installed 2 cameras with one at our front door looking down the courtyard that leads to our front door and the other at the entrance gate to our courtyard.

We get about 4-5 months out of the rechargeable batteries. The cameras were simple to install and the hardest part was mounting them and getting the proper angles and views set up.

Des the Arlo have speakers so you can talk to someone that is at the camera or a alert alarm.

 

[RitcheyRch]

Yes our cameras have both and you can turn them on or off to save battery usage.

Des the Arlo have speakers so you can talk to someone that is at the camera or a alert alarm.

 

[River Lynchmob]

These seem to work well...lol

 

[DrunkenSailor]

I'm not a fan of the Ring video. I see crappy shots that people post on nextdoor all the time of someone stealing their package off of their porch. Can't see their face really or the car that they came in. Not sure I am on board with a camera on every house that anyone can tap into. It's a little big brotherish for me. That said I would have a couple of high quality cameras. One at the front door, one on the driveway and one on the street. The fastest way to catch someone is by getting license plates.

 

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[Bobby V]

Yes our cameras have both and you can turn them on or off to save battery usage.

Thanks. Went to Best Buy and bought the 2 camera ARLO Pro 2 pack.