Extremely Easy to Install! Complete Peace of Mind for the Entire Home

I purchased this 14-piece Ring Alarm kit to protect my home, and I couldn't be happier with the decision. It is extremely easy to install—the entire setup process was smooth, intuitive, and required no professional help!Why I’m giving this Ring Alarm Kit 5 stars:Extremely Easy & Fast DIY Installation: Setting up all 14 components was completely stress-free. The contact sensors and motion detectors stick on easily with the pre-applied adhesive, and the Ring app guides you step-by-step through pairing each device. No drilling or complicated wiring required!Comprehensive 14-Piece Coverage: This 14-piece package is perfect for mid-to-large size homes. With eight contact sensors and two motion detectors, I was able to secure every main door, ground-floor window, and high-traffic hallway in one go.Seamless Mobile App & Ecosystem Integration: The Ring app gives you total control right from your smartphone. Getting instant mobile alerts whenever a door opens or motion is detected brings incredible peace of mind whether I'm home or away.Expandable & Alexa Compatible: I love how customizable the system is. Adding extra sensors or cameras down the road is effortless, and arming/disarming via voice commands with Alexa works like a charm.Verdict: An outstanding, highly reliable, and exceptionally easy-to-install home security system. It offers top-tier protection without the hefty installation fees of traditional security companies. Highly recommended!Ver más

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Friday Bridge

14 de febrero de 2023

Very good, but not a no-brainer [updated after 24 months]

Replacing an existing obsolete wired-in alarm system with a RING wireless alarm. Ring is very good, but it's Terms & conditions are terrible. The RING system itself does meet my needs, but there are lots of things you should know.AFTER I started to install, I was required to read Terms & Conditions to set up an account. Upon reading them, HOLY SMOKES, that is the MOST one-sided agreement I've ever read. It is so bad, by agreeing, you are at fault for anything you ultimately don't like about RING. [Not that much of an exaggeration]. Blame their lawyers.Why do I continue? After lots of research, it is otherwise a very good real world solution in this wireless age. All the sensors you will install ARE wireless. I am replacing a wired system, and it has wires everywhere. Not fun. Also my OLD system could have the phone line cut. Not with RING. If it generates an alert, it will sound at the house's base station alarm AND connect to your cellphone even if the house's internet/TV/Phone cable were cut, it would bypass the cable and go wirelessly through a cell phone tower. If it's a fire alarm and you sign up for the 24/7 monitoring, it will try to contact you, and/or dispatch the fire department. A false alarm might get you a bill for the nuisance of a false alarm. Not your biggest worry, I'm sure.[ JAN 2024: Just had a prolonged power outage with severe cold. So cold, we drained water and left for warmer circumstance. It reported for 20+ hours by connecting thru cell tower, since house's router was down, and told us when the power came back on! Not Bad! ] [update - you can get more battery backup for longer outages]Compared to my old system, if I forgot to set it before I left, I was out of luck. Now, with RING, I could quickly set it from my cellphone.You can even create a regular schedule for nitetime on and off and/or for working hours away. THIS IS VERY HANDY. This solves the problem of constantly having to remember. Great for peace of mind!Your power goes out? PHONES go out? Unless your cellphone is dead or unavailable, you will be notified. So would the fire dept if need be.Some say a RING doorbell might need a new transformer. All the big box stores stock the transformers. If so, some of you may want an electrician. Alternatively, bribe a friend or family member with a six pack. I'll do mine myself.Motion sensors work well. [update - there are several available ring-tones to use, and after 2 years, they have never bothered us, in fact, they help us locate each other, a real time saver.]Door/Window contacts also work well. On my sliding glass doors, they are well enough hidden. On Entry doors such as the Front door, they stick out big time. I will eventually have to carve out 'pockets' in both the door and the door sill for the contacts. Do-able, but not fun.Two ways to handle FIRE/CO [carbon monoxide]. FIRST, IF your existing alarms are new enuogh, RING sells a 'listener' sensor to stick up next to each fire alarm. That 'listener' will notify the base station of the type and location of any activated alarm in the house. SECOND option, replace the existing fire detectors with battery operated FIRST ALERT fire and CO sensors with Z-WAVE which will talk to the RING base station perfectly. update - these have worked very well] Before you choose, consider this: Most if not all fire sensors have to be replaced with new ones every 7 - 10 years. You might not think that's a big deal, but your insurance company might disagree especially if they are giving you an alarm rebate. Don't know for sure. Check with your insurance about a rebate on your premium. It should be worth it. [update - you might be surprised by the savings.]Kitchen, garages, unfinished basements normally need HEAT sensors. There are heat sensors by others, and hopefully the RING listeners will respond. In my case, [update - haven't bothered to try this yet] I will see if the RING 'listeners' can hear them, and if so, leave my old heat sensors in place. In any event, RING needs to come up with a wireless, battery operated HEAT sensor - my opinion.The basic setup of a new system is easy enough, but takes a few minutes for you to install/activate each device.As far as installing the new devices, it should go easy enough, but it isn't something you can do during the halftime of a football game without pre-planning. My system is the 14 piece system. I needed to use contact cement on several sensors because the self-adhesive strip wasn't where I needed it. Double sticky foam tape might work as well. Also, several door frames needed shims.My windows are crank-out [casement] window, so they aren't getting contact sensors. My motion sensors work well enough - the dogs set the alarm off 50+ times when we left the house and set the alarm for 'away'. We later found emails for each time the dogs moved through a sensor. My phone was off during a wedding, or I would have quickly reset the alarm to 'home' which would have been just fine. Ring central was annoyed with me, but I explained and they laughed even after having called the police. It ended well.My basement windows need sensors, but my guess is today's burglar is going to come in through the garage door anyways by hooking the manual release handle with coat hanger wire. I suggest cutting the cord right at the handle-end and leave it dangle but take the handle itself off. that way the cord can't be snagged from outside. Motion sensors will hopefully catch anyone who gets in anyways. [update - I updated my garage door opener, and it has a wireless notification system also, and it is now integrated into the RING system . Cool!]Congratulations if you have read this far. Their product seems very good to me. Their Lawyers? Not so much. Read their agreement.We use the PRO level protection plan [the highest]is $20/month or $200/year, and that will do the job for me for half the cost of the old professionally installed system. We get a rebate on our home insurance that almost pays the monitoring expense.There is a $3/mo and a $10/mo plan also, but they don't provide the professional monitoring or any possible insurance rate reduction. Ring has a comparison chart you should read.If you want to save video for 30 days from your doorbell the $3/mo plan does that. Other cameras as well? that's the 10/mo plan with RING. Check it out. I do want the automatic fire dept notification though. That's 20/month.The RING system has worked well out of the box so far without needing fancy adjustments. However, you CAN tailor each device separately to work how you want. alarm/no alarm set a different ring tone, LOTS of possibilities and VERY useful.It is much MUCH more flexible than my old wired system. You can set a delay just before you leave the house. We use it and it gives us time to re-enter and find what we forgot. Also Cool!While the RING system comes with very useful good keypad[s], you WILL NEED your cellphone for the install process, and daily use plus any system changes you'd want. Use the keypad while at home for setting/unsetting the system, or use your cellphone if you have already left but forgot to set it. I LOVE that feature.For your safety, make sure you have strong passwords on RING [and also on AMAZON if you use an ALEXA service such as an echo camera].I did have to upgrade my cellphone to a current model because I had an old version of GOOGLE ANDROID that couldn't be upgraded. If Android, the phone needs AT LEAST Version 10. I recommend a 5G phone but it will work on 4G phones as well. Also, you will need SMS messaging which also means you'll need a low usage data plan. Yes, I know, 99% of the cellphone world already does that, but in my profession, I can't have my customers messaging me all the time. Again, that's MY problem. Most likely you will be fine.Update - This might be the world's longest review, but the Ring system is that important. It is becoming more and more useful every day. We never used the old wired system, and that could have landed us in trouble with our insurance people, but now, we ALWAYSuse the Ring system. It is about the best thing I've added to our house. My Wife absolutely LOVES it.

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Rich Gold

5 de febrero de 2026

Best Security System

Love this system, I've had it for over 4 years and awesome. The best part is the routines - I have it arm and disarm on a regular schedule which means I don't have to remember to do that manually unless I'm leaving the house in the middle of the night. Setup is incredibly easy - All the devices come pre-synced (amazing).I love that it does not require you to purchase monitoring, but if you want it, it's there for a VERY reasonable price.My only complaint is that it would be nice to adjust the volume for certain situations and not others. I have it arm and disarm on a schedule and it's startling to hear it say "Armed/disarmed" when you're at home alone at night. So I turned the volume down. BUT, when I happen to come in very late after it's armed, the "entry delay" sound/voice is that same volume, which can sometimes be hard to hear. I've had the alarm trigger this way because I didn't realize it was armed and didn't hear it.Ver más

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Yardape

It just worked from the start.

I purchased this item back in late March and finally installed it yesterday, August 2026. I was dreading the installation because I had huge problems with a ring doorbell camera that I never was able to link to my ring system successfully. The installation of the camera went flawlessly. It is connected to my 2.4 ghz network that has to pass through a brick wall and a floor. It does so without issue. I'm kind of shocked given my experience with the doorbell. Perhaps "wired" is the way to go. Ring has redeemed itself on this one.Ver más

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1 de agosto de 2026

Ring

Easy set up.

BHJ

15 de mayo de 2022

Ring all the way

About 2 years ago we got a Ring doorbell for Christmas. It’s worked out great!2 months ago we got the 3 outdoor Ring camera set from Costco, and we’re really pleased with them also. We’ve had an ADT security system for over 18 years. The monitoring cost keeps group, and now it’s $74 a month!We saw the Ring alarm system, and with our good experience with Ring previously, and seeing it’s only $20/month for professional monitoring, with much more high tech controls, customization, and integration with other Ring devices it was a no-brained to consider it. The 14 piece kit was a perfect fit to replace the ADT system. After reading many reviews we ordered it, and received it in just 2 or 3 days without Prime ordering. We installed it that weekend. It was really simple to install! Just make sure not to install the big part of the window sensor right against the window sill, or you won’t be able to slide off the battery cover. During install 2 window sensors showed up on the smart phone app as “tampered”. We still used the ADT System for the past month, since we had just paid the monthly $74 fee.A couple days ago I noticed the Ring camera history no longer worked, because the trial period ended. It was time to switch from ADT to Ring.We’ve been paying $30 a year for Ring doorbell monitoring. The Ring camera subscription was bugging us to start a subscription. Ring said it’s $20/month to monitor all Ring equipment. I wasn’t sure if that $20 would cover the 3 different types of Ring system, but to me it would have been worth it even if I had more than 1 subscription. I signed up for Ring alarm professional monitoring, and immediately found out from the website that my doorbell and cameras were included!!!I called Ring customer support to find out how to transfer my ADT initiated local alarm monitoring permit to Ring and to resolve the “tampered” window sensor issue. They spent a good half hour or more on the phone fixing the tampered issue. Then they showed me how to find the monitoring permit entry screen (Sandwich menu -> Settings-> Monitoring-> Permits). Amazon can’t ship the Ring Smoke and CO “Listener” here to California, but in the reviews I saw several mentions of the First Alert Z-Wave smoke detector and CO detector being Ring alarm compatible. I ordered that 2 days ago, and it’s arriving Thursday! That will pretty much complete the full system, unless I get another for the first floor. It’s been a bit of an investment overall, but it’s going to be so much better at much less maintenance costs!Oh, by the way, I changed one low Ring camera battery a couple weeks ago and the other 2 today, so they last close to 2 months disconnected from power and alerting and recording video several times a day from us getting into the view of the cameras.That pretty much sums up my experience with Ring. I’m happy to answer questions, and I may add more later after any actual monitoring notifications.