So last Christmas I was given a Ring doorbell which is a doorbell that has a camera and speaker on it. If someone walks up to the door I get a notification on my phone before they even ring the doorbell because it has a motion sensor. I can "answer the door" from my phone anywhere and talk to the person. I wasn't sure about it before installing it, but I've grown to love it.
The biggest benefit so far has been seeing who is at the door when I'm in my basement and telling the sales person that they're ignoring the no soliciting signs and to please go away. That's better than walking upstairs just to find out I've wasted my time.
So this week I also bought the Ring floodlight camera to replace the floodlights on the corner of my house. The view from the doorbell is nice but it only sees a small sliver of my driveway. The floodlight will let me see the entire driveway (hopefully), will turn on the floodlights at night when it detects something moving, record the driveway whenever it detects something moving, and will also let me talk to someone in the driveway if I need to. "Hey! You're being recorded on camera, leave my car alone!" I almost always park in my garage but every once in a while I need to park overnight outside.
But I haven't installed it yet and I'm wondering if anyone has used this floodlight camera before and what you think of it? Also, any tips on installing it so that I don't mess up? It's going to replace an existing floodlight under the overhang on the corner of my house at the garage, so it will be powered continuously (I also have to remove the floodlight switch from the kitchen and leave the power on always).
The biggest benefit so far has been seeing who is at the door when I'm in my basement and telling the sales person that they're ignoring the no soliciting signs and to please go away. That's better than walking upstairs just to find out I've wasted my time.
So this week I also bought the Ring floodlight camera to replace the floodlights on the corner of my house. The view from the doorbell is nice but it only sees a small sliver of my driveway. The floodlight will let me see the entire driveway (hopefully), will turn on the floodlights at night when it detects something moving, record the driveway whenever it detects something moving, and will also let me talk to someone in the driveway if I need to. "Hey! You're being recorded on camera, leave my car alone!" I almost always park in my garage but every once in a while I need to park overnight outside.
But I haven't installed it yet and I'm wondering if anyone has used this floodlight camera before and what you think of it? Also, any tips on installing it so that I don't mess up? It's going to replace an existing floodlight under the overhang on the corner of my house at the garage, so it will be powered continuously (I also have to remove the floodlight switch from the kitchen and leave the power on always).