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★★★★☆
Great Camera for the price, if you want it mounted near an outlet
Pros: Cost Daylight video Easy Setup Cons: Hardware that comes with it will not mount into studs (screws too shallow). Power cord is a proprietary micro USB (plug recessed deep on the camera) so unable to use just any micro-usb plug. Night video has issues keeping everything in focus (blurry top of the screen) First 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. The 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. The 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. The 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. The 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.
September 2019 · Electronics · verified purchase
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