Ring Pro doorbell in Ireland

Homer · 02-09-2017 7:41pm

I could live with having to charge every 2-3 months I guess if it avoids a complicated hard wired install. Each to their own.

copacetic · 02-09-2017 8:12pm

Homer wrote: »

Am curious why people are not just going with the rechargeable battery as an option? I had mains available at the location where I installed my Ring II but the battery will last up to a year (manufacturer claim) but I reckon I will get months at least between charges and when I need to charge it I will take it out and charge it overnight and re install the next morning? Made for a super easy self install and is working perfectly! I added the stick up camera at the rear of the property and both are working flawlessly.

There is no battery in the ring pro, so there isn’t any option but to use mains.

ethernet · 02-09-2017 8:49pm

Ring have advertised a new Ring Elite in recent days. It's meant to be powered by PoE instead. The product page won't load for me.

Homer · 02-09-2017 9:07pm

copacetic wrote: »

There is no battery in the ring pro, so there isn’t any option but to use mains.

Ah my apologies the sales guy told me that it had a battery and the main difference was the size of the actual unit and the advanced motion detection so I went with the Ring II

copacetic · 02-09-2017 9:07pm

ethernet wrote: »

Ring have advertised a new Ring Elite in recent days. It's meant to be powered by PoE instead. The product page won't load for me.

Been on sale for a while in US. Double the price for Poe with basically same specs as ring pro except more difficult install, as it’s designed to be flush mounted with large cavity required in wall for the electronics. Would likely have gone for it if available at the time I was getting wiring done though.

ethernet · 02-09-2017 9:12pm

copacetic wrote: »

Been on sale for a while in US. Double the price for Poe with basically same specs as ring pro except more difficult install, as it’s designed to be flush mounted with large cavity required in wall for the electronics. Would likely have gone for it if available at the time I was getting wiring done though.

Good to know. Was in Best Buy a few weeks ago and didn't see any. At that price point though, probably nowhere near as popular.

Del2005 · 03-09-2017 9:59am

Homer wrote: »

I could live with having to charge every 2-3 months I guess if it avoids a complicated hard wired install. Each to their own.

Not a major headache. I bought a 2nd battery so that I can swap instead of leaving the door bell off overnight.

Deliberator · 03-09-2017 12:09pm

copacetic wrote: »

Having terrible trouble with my ring pro still, fitted as part of a house rewire, all worked perfectly for 6 weeks or so then just died. Spent an hour on chat with ring checking everything out and then they sent me a new one. New one doesn't work either, just totally dead, won't power on.

Only issue myself or electrician could find was that both the ring transformers seemed to be sending too high a voltage. At least 28V.

Has anyone else had similar issues with dead doorbells?

I'm in a very similar position. The first one only worked for one afternoon, then stopped working. When trying to set it up again, it just won't broadcast the 'Ring-XXXXXX' wifi network, so you cannot progress any further. I have had three further doorbells sent out to me, and every one of them was DOA. (The original one still powers on...)

I wondered about the transformer, myself. Mine puts out nearly 30V.

sharkman · 03-09-2017 12:30pm

Deliberator wrote: »

I'm in a very similar position. The first one only worked for one afternoon, then stopped working. When trying to set it up again, it just won't broadcast the 'Ring-XXXXXX' wifi network, so you cannot progress any further. I have had three further doorbells sent out to me, and every one of them was DOA. (The original one still powers on...)

I wondered about the transformer, myself. Mine puts out nearly 30V.

Just wondering are you measuring that direct from traffo? From the app in Device health mine is delivering 4253mV . I've had no problems with mine , bar initial setup woes . Resolved by installing a ChimePro which they sent FOC.

Leroy42 · 05-09-2017 1:52pm

Where is the best place to get ring products to Ireland. I hope to get the doorbell, 2 HD cameras and the floodlight.

Is it amazon or bricks and mortar (I know Currys and Maplin both have some stock, although Maplins seem more expensive).

Do I need to consider country specific version or will an electrician be able to sort it regardless?

Thanks

ethernet · 05-09-2017 1:59pm

Leroy42 wrote: »

Where is the best place to get ring products to Ireland. I hope to get the doorbell, 2 HD cameras and the floodlight.

Is it amazon or bricks and mortar (I know Currys and Maplin both have some stock, although Maplins seem more expensive).

Do I need to consider country specific version or will an electrician be able to sort it regardless?

Thanks

Maybe online. Haven't seen any Pros in stores here.

With regard to the floodlight, the manual says it's compatible with 230V. LEDs are non-replaceable.

Deliberator · 13-09-2017 9:09am

Yes, I'm measuring direct from the transformer. As the device will not set up, I'm not able to see what the app says...

Has anyone with a Doorbell Pro (working without issues), measured the output either at the transformer, or at the wires going into the doorbell?

I'd be interested to know if the issues that myself and one or two others are having is down to bad transformers giving out the wrong voltage. Thanks

copacetic · 13-09-2017 9:27am

Deliberator wrote: »

Yes, I'm measuring direct from the transformer. As the device will not set up, I'm not able to see what the app says...

Has anyone with a Doorbell Pro (working without issues), measured the output either at the transformer, or at the wires going into the doorbell?

I'd be interested to know if the issues that myself and one or two others are having is down to bad transformers giving out the wrong voltage. Thanks

That's were I was getting the 28 to 36 with two different transformers. I have a high quality unit on the way to see if it gives 24v more reliably and if it does if whether it makes a difference or not.

Deliberator · 25-09-2017 12:39pm

Deliberator wrote: »

Yes, I'm measuring direct from the transformer. As the device will not set up, I'm not able to see what the app says...

Has anyone with a Doorbell Pro (working without issues), measured the output either at the transformer, or at the wires going into the doorbell?

I'd be interested to know if the issues that myself and one or two others are having is down to bad transformers giving out the wrong voltage. Thanks

Can anyone else out there, with a working configuration, confirm for us, what voltage your transformer is putting out? I'm about to engage with Ring again, and I'm looking at the prospect of a fifth unit being sent out to me!

Thanks

atgate · 25-09-2017 4:29pm

Deliberator wrote: »

Can anyone else out there, with a working configuration, confirm for us, what voltage your transformer is putting out? I'm about to engage with Ring again, and I'm looking at the prospect of a fifth unit being sent out to me!

Thanks

From the app: 4313mV. I don’t have a meter to get a direct read from the transformer.

sharkman · 25-09-2017 7:55pm

From the app: 4245mV , Also don’t have a meter .

Cyrus · 25-09-2017 8:12pm

4092 on mine (app)

Fluctuates a little normally higher

noel100 · 25-09-2017 11:59pm

I'm so glad I didn't buy the ring. Bought the arlo Netgear camera system 3 cameras wirelessly set up. Absolutely delightedi notification when some one comes in range.

sharkman · 26-09-2017 8:12pm

noel100 wrote: »

I'm so glad I didn't buy the ring. Bought the arlo Netgear camera system 3 cameras wirelessly set up. Absolutely delightedi notification when some one comes in range.

Its not really a doorbell though is it ? After some initial problems with setup on my ring I'm chuffed with it . Never drops off network and works perfectly for everyone in the household.

Homer · 27-09-2017 8:37am

noel100 wrote: »

I'm so glad I didn't buy the ring. Bought the arlo Netgear camera system 3 cameras wirelessly set up. Absolutely delightedi notification when some one comes in range.

Im so glad I bought the Ring 2 and additional stick up camera also. Absolutely delighted! Notification when someone comes in range front and rear and works perfectly!

The high horse brigade · 27-09-2017 8:47am

noel100 wrote: »

I'm so glad I didn't buy the ring. Bought the arlo Netgear camera system 3 cameras wirelessly set up. Absolutely delightedi notification when some one comes in range.

I have a ring and have zero issues, working perfect and passes the missus test

I did have an issue early on but a chat with support came up with a suggesting to fix it. The ring doesn't cope well with multiple access points with the same ssid so I have a virtual access point just for IOT devices

beanian · 01-10-2017 6:43pm

just a word of caution with Ring. They have pulled 2 dick moves recently which would make me reconsider a purchase if I didnt already have one.

They reduced the cloud storage from 6 months video to 2 with zero communication AFTER i had paid upfront for the entire year
They have significantly reduced the bitrate/quality of the video. The night vision is particularly bad now when it was crystal clear before. This is to presumably reduce their AWS storage fees

If I wasn't already invested in this system I'd be holding off the the Nest doorbell or looking elsewhere.

notahappycamper · 02-10-2017 7:04am

beanian wrote: »

just a word of caution with Ring. They have pulled 2 dick moves recently which would make me reconsider a purchase if I didnt already have one.
They reduced the cloud storage from 6 months video to 2 with zero communication AFTER i had paid upfront for the entire year

They have significantly reduced the bitrate/quality of the video. The night vision is particularly bad now when it was crystal clear before. This is to presumably reduce their AWS storage fees

If I wasn't already invested in this system I'd be holding off the the Nest doorbell or looking elsewhere.

Yeah, I’ve the Pro since July and notice that the night vision was bad but fixed in a recent firmware update 1.9.2. What firmware version do you have?

Would you need to have the past 6 months videos though? Nest doesn’t offer the past 6 months, I think only 1 month?

Get on to them to change the video quality settings from “auto” to “1080” to see if it makes a difference.

Also, I’ve seen the spec for the Nest “Hello” and it does look good. It will be expensive I imagine. Their cloud storage is expensive.

RonanC · 02-10-2017 2:59pm

Ring have announced a home security system too:

https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/10/2/16384436/ring-protect-home-security-system-announced

noel100 · 06-10-2017 1:47am

I bought the arlo 3 wireless camera system.
I find this excellent no fees free storage on web can download any image. Can use USB for backup on hub. Instant notification of any thing or person coming in front of the camera.
If you upgrade to PRO version you can talk to people on the camera side.

LG1234 · 06-10-2017 9:38pm

noel100 wrote: »

I bought the arlo 3 wireless camera system.
I find this excellent no fees free storage on web can download any image. Can use USB for backup on hub. Instant notification of any thing or person coming in front of the camera.
If you upgrade to PRO version you can talk to people on the camera side.

How much did that set you back though?

noel100 · 06-10-2017 9:47pm

Amazon it is 359 Sterling
I bought mine Amazon prime day special 240sterling
2 days ago on flash sale 279sterling a friend of mine bought the set at this price.
Argos Ireland 500e
Littlewoods over 700e
I was going to buy the ring pro but there has been to many problems with it. People complaining.
Id say Black Friday sale should be discounted again on Amazon.

Nolimits · 11-10-2017 1:02pm

Interested in getting a ring pro, problem is I'd have to move the doorbell for it to work. We have our doorbell beside the actual door, but 2 years ago we installed a porch so I'd need to move the bell to get use out of it.

Has anyone else had this done? What's the kind of charge I could be expected to pay, I literally have no idea of the kind of price I'd be expected to pay.

kennM · 11-10-2017 4:59pm

I know people have posted difficulties they've had but thought I'd add a bit of balance...

Just had Ring Pro installed (Friend of mine is a sparks). Install was very straight forward, no difficulties, everything worked perfect first time... app, setup, etc. Working perfectly in about 30 minutes. Replaced existing bell transformer with ring one (even though original one would have been fine, comes in packaging so might aswell use official one). Quality of video is very good.

Overall first impressions have been very positive. I can see my electrician getting one too, very impressed with it

Third_Echelon · 12-10-2017 8:41pm

My apartment was burgled last week. I had the Canary home camera inside my apartment that caught them on video, so hopefully the cops can ID them from that.

As added security, I installed the Ring 2 video doorbell a few days ago. Pretty good so far. Install was easy enough. Just drilled a couple of holes as I was using the angled bracket and attached the Ring to it. I'm using the battery-only option as the existing doorbell was too low. Video quality is decent, but still playing around with the settings to get them optimal.

It's a good deterrent I think. I also like the feature where your neighbours can share their videos to the community. Nice idea!

Stoner · 13-10-2017 12:16am

Third_Echelon wrote:

My apartment was burgled last week. I had the Canary home camera inside my apartment that caught them on video, so hopefully the cops can ID them from that.

I caught the guys breaking into cars with my ring camera. The police looked at it but nothing happened as of yet.

Del2005 · 14-10-2017 7:58pm

Stoner wrote: »

I caught the guys breaking into cars with my ring camera. The police looked at it but nothing happened as of yet.

I had some one caught breaking into my car, after 2 court cases nothing happened.

Irish Gunner · 20-10-2017 11:45am

Looking at getting something like ring pro for parents as getting very security conscious and some burglaries around their area.

Not sure if their current doorbell is hardwired but think the wifi extends to outside the door as virgin router in the front room.

Have not really shopped around just looked on Amazon for ring pro

Are there other options that wont break the bank

Cheers

kennM · 20-10-2017 12:55pm

Irish Gunner wrote: »

Looking at getting something like ring pro for parents as getting very security conscious and some burglaries around their area.

Not sure if their current doorbell is hardwired but think the wifi extends to outside the door as virgin router in the front room.

Have not really shopped around just looked on Amazon for ring pro

Are there other options that wont break the bank

Cheers

I got mine from Amazon... Maplin webdeals through Amazon to be exact. It worked out at €270 euro landed. Then electrician installation. If it's for your folks I assume they are reasonably tech proficient? Smart phones, etc.

Irish Gunner · 23-10-2017 9:48am

Cheers
Sister over from UK and they have Ring on their house so we could see front of their house. They do not have the pro and bro in law said that no wires run by battery which he has to charge. So just screwed it onto the wall and can view it via the app.
So is there wifi required?
Parents use smart phones but just need to be shown write it down and I can show them the app so hopefully no issues there. Will check on amazon for prices and see what options there are

kennM · 23-10-2017 10:29am

Irish Gunner wrote: »

Cheers
Sister over from UK and they have Ring on their house so we could see front of their house. They do not have the pro and bro in law said that no wires run by battery which he has to charge. So just screwed it onto the wall and can view it via the app.
So is there wifi required?
Parents use smart phones but just need to be shown write it down and I can show them the app so hopefully no issues there. Will check on amazon for prices and see what options there are

Pro needs to use existing wires... you'll need an electrician to install. You need a transformer in the fuse box to supply 24volts to bell. The kit comes with a transformer. There may already be a transformer in the fuse box for the doorbell, in my case there was but my home is a relatively new build.

It uses & communicates (all Ring bells do) with your wifi so you need a reasonable signal at your front door also. You lose your existing bell ringer but the kit comes with a ring plugin chime that can be plugged in anywhere, also communicates via wifi. You can configure different ring tones on it. Interestingly you can also configure your chime to play a tone when it detects motion.... like dogs barking, which I thought is quite a novel idea. It also has a few novel ones that could do the trick for halloween... like a witches cackle, so if it detect motion you could play a witches cackle from inside and scare the giblets out of the kids

You can also buy another chime or two if you want more coverage in the house etc. Connects easily too.

Hope it helps

bk · 23-10-2017 10:46am

The Video Doorbell (original) and Video Doorbell 2 can either be wired (for power) or just use battery.

Only the Pro has to be wired for power.

They all use wifi for the actual video.

kennM · 23-10-2017 11:49am

bk wrote: »

...

They all use wifi for the actual video.

+ notifications from bell to ringer(s)

Stoner · 23-10-2017 4:06pm

kennM wrote:

+ notifications from bell to ringer(s)

Yep if you've a ring chime.

Apartments are ideal for this but most houses in Ireland have a door bell and won't need the additional cost of a chime.

The temptation here is to not try to get the old bell working and just use a chime.

The old fashioned door bell is very fast and even if the ring goes off line it's a perfectly functioning door bell button.

Leroy42 · 23-10-2017 4:10pm

Why not keep the current doorbell and get a Ring HD Camera. Wireless and basically does the same thing without the doorbell component.

Simple to install and notifications etc.

kennM · 23-10-2017 4:22pm

Stoner wrote: »

Yep if you've a ring chime.

Apartments are ideal for this but most houses in Ireland have a door bell and won't need the additional cost of a chime.

The temptation here is to not try to get the old bell working and just use a chime.

The old fashioned door bell is very fast and even if the ring goes off line it's a perfectly functioning door bell button.

I'm not sure if you can leverage your existing bell with Ring... I'm open to correction here but I didn't. The chime also comes with the ring Pro so there is no additional cost. You can buy additional if you wish. Not sure about offline situation yet to be honest, if I'm offline I've bigger problems than who's at my front door

Stoner · 23-10-2017 8:34pm

kennM wrote:

I'm not sure if you can leverage your existing bell with Ring... I'm open to correction here but I didn't. The chime also comes with the ring Pro so there is no additional cost. You can buy additional if you wish. Not sure about offline situation yet to be honest, if I'm offline I've bigger problems than who's at my front door

That's fine I don't have the pro.

Mine was a like for like exchange for the bell push. Rings my old doorbell no problem

Offline or broken the ring unit is a regular bell push too

Bacchus · 27-10-2017 10:38am

Hey, I'm thinking about getting one of these... mostly to avoid sales people coming to the door but also to manage the doorbell/notification (sleeping baby + doorbell = tears). I've two concerns though.

With the Ring Video Doorbell 2, that has the quick release battery... what's to stop someone slipping the battery out to power it off? Whether that be someone looking to break into your house or just kids mucking about. Also, are these things not a nice target ($200) to swipe off the front of your house?

Stoner · 27-10-2017 10:44am

Bacchus wrote:

With the Ring Video Doorbell 2, that has the quick release battery... what's to stop someone slipping the battery out to power it off? Whether that be someone looking to break into your house or just kids mucking about. Also, are these things not a nice target ($200) to swipe off the front of your house?

There's a special tool for removing the unit.

Also if have an existing doorbell you will need to disconnect you old ringer and complete the circuit to maintain power to the unit .

You can't control if the bell push on a ring doorbell will ring the regular bell or not. It's s standalone doorbell with added functionally.

It would be possible to control ring chimes, I'm not sure if it's an option though, someone else will have to answer that. if it's not an option already I'm sure it will be soon.

Bacchus · 27-10-2017 11:14am

Stoner wrote: »

There's a special tool for removing the unit.

Cool, so there is some barrier to simply popping it open and swiping the battery. That's good to know, cheers.

Stoner wrote: »

Also if have an existing doorbell you will need to disconnect you old ringer and complete the circuit to maintain power to the unit .

Is this the case even with the battery? Why do I need to connect the Ring to the power if I've a battery?

Stoner wrote: »

You can't control if the bell push on a ring doorbell will ring the regular bell or not. It's s standalone doorbell with added functionally.

It would be possible to control ring chimes, I'm not sure if it's an option though, someone else will have to answer that. if it's not an option already I'm sure it will be soon.

Ah, that's a tad disappointing. I guess one could just NOT connect up the regular bell to the Ring. Is there a smart bell that pairs with it as an alternative? Is this the "ring chime" you're mentioning?

Stoner · 27-10-2017 11:25am

Bacchus wrote:

Ah, that's a tad disappointing. I guess one could just NOT connect up the regular bell to the Ring. Is there a smart bell that pairs with it as an alternative? Is this the "ring chime" you're mentioning?

Yes its the ring chime. Some units come with one

kennM · 27-10-2017 1:16pm

Bacchus wrote: »

Hey, I'm thinking about getting one of these... mostly to avoid sales people coming to the door but also to manage the doorbell/notification (sleeping baby + doorbell = tears). I've two concerns though.

With the Ring Video Doorbell 2, that has the quick release battery... what's to stop someone slipping the battery out to power it off? Whether that be someone looking to break into your house or just kids mucking about. Also, are these things not a nice target ($200) to swipe off the front of your house?

As mentioned already, special tool to take it off.... it also comes with a guaranteee, they'll basically replace it if its stolen.

You can choose where to plugin chime, you can also configure what the chime tone is and the volume.... you can also choose to disable chime and just notify on phone etc. Gives you a lot of flexibility. Have the Pro myself.... hope it helps

lowbatt07 · 29-10-2017 10:56pm

Leroy42 wrote: »

Why not keep the current doorbell and get a Ring HD Camera. Wireless and basically does the same thing without the doorbell component.

Simple to install and notifications etc.

In this instance you would be better off with arlo cameras

dc99 · 30-10-2017 10:25pm

Hi,
I just had a bad experience with the Vuebell (Its going back - basicly useless to me).
I got it to connect straight away - no problem, but in the short time i have it installed I have never been sent video. and it won't even answer in audio only.
So thats being returned.

I am looking for some experienced guys to maybe tell me how reliable is this product - the RING doorbell/video or the Ring Doorbell 2 (is the only differanct that the 2 has 1080 video and the original is 720?

I have installed a wifi extender and the door bell is about 30m from the unit to the front wall of the house - the wifi signal has to pass through the cavity wall and also a block wall it the gate.

What signal strenght should I be truing to get for the unit to send me (Is the 720 better thsn the 1080 for ME?

Any help or a pointer to a FAQ would be great help?

Liam

notahappycamper · 08-11-2017 6:33pm

I have the Ring Doorbell Pro. It doesn’t come without issues but the company is trying to resolve them with firmware updates.

I’m not sure the doorbell would even connect to your router given its 30 metres away from it.

Ring Pro doorbell in Ireland

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