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Ring Indoor Camera as Baby Monitor

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TreacheryPepper · 04/05/2022 21:12

I recently purchased a refurbished BT video baby monitor on ebay - it came with a 12 month warranty.

Within a few weeks, the parent unit ceased to work, and after going through all the troubleshooting, I contacted the ebay seller and returned the item for a replacement. The replacement I received has once again stopped working, this time with a different fault.

I paid £90 for this faulty item. I'm considering asking for a refund and spending the money on a Ring internal camera instead. Would this work?

We already have a Ring doorbell and the app installed on all phones in the house. DS is a toddler so we wouldn't need features such as lullabyes and a temperature sensor.

Is there something I am missing? A brand new Ring camera seems to cost half the amount the second hand monitor did.

Do Ring cameras have sensors that are sound /motion activated?

I'm reluctant to get yet another reconditioned monitor when clearly the company aren't doing a terribly good job of reconditioning them!

Any advice would be appreciated! Thanks!

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TheGlitterati · 04/05/2022 21:16

BT are shit. Get Motorola.

Bawoon · 04/05/2022 21:29

We have a Motorola and haven't bothered to connect it to the WiFi so it's 100% unhackable ... ring doorbell is 1000% hackable and likely dodge. I'm sure I've read some scare stories about them.

mindutopia · 04/05/2022 21:44

Could you just get a normal (working) monitor? We had a Hello Baby video monitor and also a Tomy one and both lasted years. We used the Hello Baby one to watch the pets when we no longer needed it for dc.

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TreacheryPepper · 04/05/2022 21:52

I should have said: we have a working sound monitor. The beauty of this video one was that I was able to view when I wasn't present. I work 12hr hospital shifts so there are days I don't see him - seeing him take his nap, as pathetic as it sounds, really helps with my anxiety and mum guilt.

I'm not slightly concerned about hacking - I don't understand what someone would do with the image of a child sleeping. Sorry if that sounds flippant.

Does anyone have a Ring camera they use for other purposes?

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ShirleyPhallus · 04/05/2022 21:55

We had an old fashioned radio waves baby monitor which I’m pretty sure was a BT one and it broke pretty quickly

Not using a ring camera now but a pretty similar one, it’s great as I can connect on the go too so when my husband and I were away for a weekend we could still check in and see our baby sleeping on occasion (without being too intrusive to grandparents who were babysitting)

Works just fine for us. Wont do if you travel somewhere without the weef though

Mizydoscape · 04/05/2022 21:58

We bought a netvue indoor camera and a cheap tablet to use as a baby monitor. Cheaper than the alternative and better quality too. Would recommend.

BurnDownTheDiscoHangTheDJ · 04/05/2022 22:23

I did this with another brand of camera when mine were that age. Worked like a dream. I also liked that I could watch it from elsewhere when I was out without DC/at work.

bloodywhitecat · 04/05/2022 22:26

I use a Tapo indoor camera and my phone as a monitor, I know someone who uses a Ring indoor camera and the app as their monitor, both work well.

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