expireddoublehelixx | Staff posted Jul 28, 2024 03:25 PM
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expireddoublehelixx | Staff posted Jul 28, 2024 03:25 PM
Ring Stick Up Indoor/Outdoor 1080p Security Camera (Battery or Wired)
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I'm seriously considering other brands that actually offer longer recording times and/or SD card support. The 2-minute recording max for Ring is woefully INSUFFICIENT and pretty ridiculous if you ask me. You can miss out on VERY critical security footage with such a short recording limit.
And also higher resolution cameras should at least be offered. Low frame-rate 1080p is just not good enough in 2024 imo.
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I'm seriously considering other brands that actually offer longer recording times and/or SD card support. The 2-minute recording max for Ring is woefully INSUFFICIENT and pretty ridiculous if you ask me. You can miss out on VERY critical security footage with such a short recording limit.
And also higher resolution cameras should at least be offered. Low frame-rate 1080p is just not good enough in 2024 imo.
I had different brand years ago and the sd cards and app was a pain to use. Once I saw a friend with Ring and how easy it was to use I switched. I do wish the outdoor cameras were cheaper though.
I am currently looking for 2 or 3 cameras to have outside for better coverage of driveway and back yard.
Price isn't the issue to me ; it's ease of use, reliability, and POE. Ring however is still competitive in pricing too.
Wi-Fi is simply not secure or reliable. It's not an option if you actually want cameras that will record in an incident. Anyone can go to Amazon, buy a sub $10 WiFi jammer https://www.amazon.com/ESP-01S-Pr...B07V54DWXH and kill your WiFi cameras right then and there. I only really looked into this after a co-worker was robbed, and both his and his neighbor's cameras didn't record a thing thanks to the jammer above.
As far as I'm aware, Ring is the only 24/7 alarm response company with a competitive price, and simple UI that offers POE cameras. The POE cameras are not cheap, but thanks to being wired they always load instantly, and the picture quality never suffers. Yeah it sucks to run the cables, but once you buy a nice POE switch and run those cables, you can swap cameras easily and never have to think twice about their connection.
I will ditch Ring if another competitor comes along with POE cameras, a cheaper price, and Apple Home support, but I don't see any options at this time. I've had Ring since 2018 between two different houses and haven't had a single issue with any aspects of the system - it just works reliably. I haven't even had to do any Warranty replacements either. I currently push my Ring system into HomeKit with HomeAssistant and can control the Alarm that way too.
Oh, and to address another poster - POE cameras still record in 2 minute chunks, but do not typically cooldown between motions that I've noticed, so you don't miss anything beyond 2 minutes, it just starts another block of recording.
If you don't need an alarm system, I reccomend Reolink POE cameras with an NVR instead. Do not rely on WiFi for recording.
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I'm seriously considering other brands that actually offer longer recording times and/or SD card support. The 2-minute recording max for Ring is woefully INSUFFICIENT and pretty ridiculous if you ask me. You can miss out on VERY critical security footage with such a short recording limit.
And also higher resolution cameras should at least be offered. Low frame-rate 1080p is just not good enough in 2024 imo.
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