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To ask for help with ring doorbells?

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arthar · 03/10/2024 00:17

I'm looking to buy not while they are on sale, but how do I work out what I need? I'm definitely leaning towards the one with a mount, but then I need to add a chime as it won't be hardwired?

What have you got? any suggestions welcome

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FawnFrenchieMum · 03/10/2024 07:00

We have the none wired one but it’s pretty old now, it’s the one that the battery doesn’t remove so have to bring it in to charge. We have to re charge it every three months or so.

We bought a chime originally but unplugged it after a month or so as it drove the dog nuts and we all had it on our phone or could hear it anyway from the doorbell.

We pay for the subscription so that it keeps the recordings. The subscription has increased a lot over the last few years so we are going to start looking at other brands soon.

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Bgfe · 03/10/2024 06:54

Eufy Eufy Eufy. No subscription. You just have to buy a micro SD card. I don’t want to pay a monthly charge after I’ve bought the thing.
We have the wireless one and it needs charging about every 6 weeks via USB. Happy with it. About £100.

meditated · 03/10/2024 06:49

All my neighbours have one. Does it mean I need to be mindful of what I'm wearing when taking the bins out? What is the range?

unsync · 03/10/2024 06:49

I have a eufy which is better than ring. You keep your own data and there is no subscription cost.

halfthesun · 03/10/2024 06:41

We have ours charged by solar panel. Connected to phones via Ring subscription.

Autumnalfun · 03/10/2024 06:21

We have ours paired with Alexa. And we have it chime on that and our phones, plus a chime on the top floor. Needs charging every couple of months, I just take it off and charge it when it gets to about half, no biggie. We don’t screw ours to the door frame, you’d not know to look at it and makes it easier to just lift off,

Tezza1 · 03/10/2024 06:08

Mine isn't hardwired and chimes at the front door, as well as on my phone. Never bothered pairing it with the Alexa.The camera part is rechargeable, and then lasts for several months. I have had it for several years.

I don't know what brand it is now, but it was the basic el cheapo available during an Amazon sale.

ForLovingAquaSheep · 03/10/2024 05:58

I've got ring but better going for a eufy. Ring cost £50 a year, which has seen substantial price rises over the last few years.

Eufy provides largely the same service subscription free

gerispringer · 03/10/2024 05:58

We had ours wired in as got fed up with charging up the battery every few months. We pay a subscription so we can record who’s at the door. We also have a chime near the door.

sashh · 03/10/2024 05:52

Not taken re the battery I will get on to that today.

@VeryStressedMum I paid for the subscription because that way it records rather than it just being live.

VeryStressedMum · 03/10/2024 05:37

Ours is unwired, the battery does not last 2 years in the slightest. Buy a spare battery charge it and swap it when the other one runs out we get app notifications when the battery is running down
We also bought the chime because otherwise you have to be near your phone if someone rings the bell, we didn't need it because the dogs let us know if someone is at the door anyway.

We also have the subscription, I can't remember what it does but there's a reason we decided to pay for it!

Glittertwins · 03/10/2024 05:11

Ring batteries don't last 2 years without charge. We have a spare one that is permanently charged up and swap out every month or so, just depends on how I have set the motion settings on it. We never bothered with the chimes, we can either hear it from the door itself or see the notification on phone / watch.

sashh · 03/10/2024 04:49

Mines on a battery, it said it should last 2 years.

Twinkletwinklelil · 03/10/2024 04:36

You need the doorbell (wired vs unwired) unwired means having to change the battery every couple months.
a chime OR Alexa OR just use your phone.

Blink1982 · 03/10/2024 00:48

It will ring on your phone app or on the alexa.