10 piece kit is available for $129 at costco
https://www.costco.com/ring-10-pi...77650.html
expiredgzhen posted Nov 20, 2020 08:22 AM
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14-Piece Ring Security Alarm Kit (2nd Gen) w/ Bonus Echo Dot (3rd Gen)
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got this last time and so far so good.
something to watch out for during shipping is that they will send you the 10 piece kit and separate additional pieces. well, with those additional pieces you might get charged for faster shipping even if you have prime. I had to chat and put my foot down to get that additional shipping back.
i did have 2 different motion sensors trigger a tamper alarm in the middle of the night. a simple open and close of the sensor fixed that. so, at pairing when you pull the first time plastic battery tabs you might want to open and close the sensor.
ebay has good prices on additional pieces like 2 contacts for ~$25, motion for $20-25, and others.
you do not have to buy the gen2 first alert smoke alarm with the scanable QR code. you can use the gen1 without the QR code. ~$30 ebay
The Ecolink garage door tilt sensor can be had for $16-30 ebay.
when it comes to the dome sensor, it definitely is NOT worth $40. battery operated and not loud at all. they can sometimes be found on ebay for $20-30. i plan to hack a couple with a relay to trigger a siren horn.
if you get the ring cam, there is a known bricking issue where when you set them up and they immediately update the firmware they can brick. I did have to exchange one.
if you get the Lighting hub, there is a known issue where the hub will not communicate with older android cells during setup when it links to your cell to get your router ssid and password. if you have that happen just use a newer cell or tablet.
if you have keypads chime in addition to the hub they will be slightly out of sync (if even tells you this). sounds like an echoing effect.
if the keypad red wifi light comes on then you need to use the plugin range extender between the hub and keypad. rule of thumb if you have a good sized house you want to use one repeater in each room or so. additional can be had for $20-25 ebay.
i use the new ring keypad 2nd gen for both ring and smartthings. to differentiate between i put a transparent colored dot on the ones for smartthings.
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Do you have a source quoted such limitation?
Also looks like the retro kit can reuse existing prewired sensors and you can add on multiple retro kits for 8+ 8 zones. How is the battery life on these keypads and sensors etc? Can the base station be mounted in my basement ?
For the cellular back other than subscribing to the Ring Protect Plus subscription is any additional hardware needed?
If this is all true this rocks, I am not sure what I'd do if I went from $39 a month to $100 year for monitoring, shesh!
The retro fit works great. I purchased that separately for many of the sensors in my house. There were several that didn't work for some reason (I'll check them out later, as I would prefer the hard wire), so just used a wireless sensor instead. But the retrofit did save me from having to use dozen or more wireless sensors.
Battery life for keypads is around 6-months. You have plenty of heads up warning in the app for charging it back up.
You can put the base station wherever you'd like.
Cellular is already there and ready to go. Nothing else needed other than to subscribe to the plan, and it will be activated.
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The retro fit works great. I purchased that separately for many of the sensors in my house. There were several that didn't work for some reason (I'll check them out later, as I would prefer the hard wire), so just used a wireless sensor instead. But the retrofit did save me from having to use dozen or more wireless sensors.
Battery life for keypads is around 6-months. You have plenty of heads up warning in the app for charging it back up.
You can put the base station wherever you'd like.
Cellular is already there and ready to go. Nothing else needed other than to subscribe to the plan, and it will be activated.
Thanks for the response. If I put the base station in my basement do the key pads make the chime noise so we can hear when doors/windows are opened when upstairs?
I'd like to hardware the base station but that would require me to place it in the basement with the network and existing security system/cabling.
100% you can't hook up two base stations together - they are separate.
I see they'll ship in 4 different orders - what happens if you cancel / return each order individually ?
I'd like to hardware the base station but that would require me to place it in the basement with the network and existing security system/cabling.
There is also a Dome siren you can purchase to have additional speakers/alarm presence in or outside the space.
https://ring.com/products/dome-si...0c21&_ss=r
a. if you live alone you can have one at front entrance and the other one in the bedroom. arm the whole house with motion sensors (better protection than just window door), and disarm without having to run all the way to the front entrance.
b. have one in the garage and one inside the house, that way you can arm/disarm from garage.
i am sure that in both cases the app can probably do both, but for old folks it's simple to push real large buttons.
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Do you have a source quoted such limitation?
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