Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

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. Pros: The video quality is great and does not seem to lag at all Has a built-in panic alarm, which I don't care about but others might (it's kind of weak though) It's small Setup is pretty easy Cons: It 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. Another 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. One 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. Conclusion: For $60, this camera is perfect aside from the included power supply, but I can deal with that.