RingVideo Doorbell Wired | Doorbell Security Camera with 1080p HD Video, Advanced Motion Detection, hardwired (existing doorbell wiring required) | 30-day free trial of Ring Home

If you do some research as I did, there are many YouTube videos that compare Ring doorbells and The Ring Wired comes out as the best and most economical version.I did NOT have an existing bell, so I had to buy a adapter from Amazon as well, so i could plug bell into mains socket. The mains socket does not need to be near to the bell, mine is about 6 metres away and the adapter cable is so thin, you cant notice it, its not liking having an extension lead running around your house!You also dont need to by or already have an exsiting chime. It connects to your phone, so if you can hear your phone, you can hear the doorbell. It also connects to an Alexa if you really want to hear the Bell ring indoors.You also get PRE ROLL something that's not in the blurb but you get 3 seconds before action starts. VERY useful and only advertised on ring Pro versions.It uses a 'Fisheye' lens so, the field of view is much more than needed, i can see over the roof of house opposite as well as the ground by my front door. Its wide enough to cover neighbour's driveway either side of as well.Video quality is excellent, its 1080p which is HD so its going to be.Motion sensor works perfectlyNight vision is also very good.Two way talk works very well, no complaints there eitherinstalled in about 10-15 mins (And Im not a DIY person!) just 2 screws in wall.If fact i have no complaints at all, why would anyone spend 200 quid on a doorbell when this does almost as much for 50! After all, its just a doorbell!If anyone told you 10 years ago, one day you would spend 50 quid on a doorbell, you would have laughed at how ridiculous that sounded. And yet here you are.........Just buy, job done

Brilliant had it for my flat was getting fed up of cordless ones going flat all the time very satisfied

I bought this hard wired version as I didn’t want to have to worry about batteries draining just as an intruder was breaking in!It has given me lots of fun as well as a feeling of security. I live in a small circle of houses and it has taken “twitching at the nets” to a whole new level 🤣. I can see when my elderly neighbour has got home safely after dark (the doorbell has good night vision). I can see if the postman has a parcel for me, or if it’s for the people who never take parcels for the rest of us and he’s trying to palm it off. I can see when younger family members have arrived home when I’m out, without having to keep messaging them to check. You can share access with other people too, so family members can check you’re safely home also.In the age of parcel deliveries, it has been a godsend. I saw my EVRI lady deliver my parcel to someone else’s house, even though she’d marked it as being delivered to mine. Because she is lovely, she collected it for me because she’d mistakenly posted it to the aforementioned problem neighbour, who would have kept it for a month. I could go on…These are general points about this sort of doorbell, I suppose, but this RING doorbell is reliable and of good quality. The subscription needs to be borne in mind if you want to see the stored videos of activity recorded. This is £49.99 for a full year at the time of writing which works out at £4.10 a month.There have been occasions when the motion sensor keeps alerting me and there is nobody there; I think this may be due to wind, and I intend to reposition the plants by my door to stop any moving leaves setting it off. But, in general, this is a quality item and has been an unregrettable purchase.I had an electrician swap this for my old doorbell. It may be easy for you to do, but I know my limits. Having said that, he admitted to being clueless about software and this was easy for me to do myself. Set up is done through the app and you are talked through it.

I bought this and it is not clear if it needs a support for the doorbell if you are fixing it to a gate.I have twice asked support via email and sent photos. Twice I got what I believe is an automated response that says" they can't help and ring the support".The first question was how did I get the front cover off...a simple question!!Second was,does the hardwired doorbell need a backplate when fixing to a gate?The whole point of sending an email and attaching photos explains far better than on the phone.Never owned a Ring doorbell before but the packaging does not say what Gen the bell is and if looking for accessories I have no idea if they are suitable or not.The product is fine and was easy to set up but just getting a simple reply without hanging on the phone is frustrating.

Great value - works really well even in the dark - bought with a Ring chime door bell .Had professionally wired in to existing electric doorbell and then easy to set up with phone and Alexa .