Re: Ring Door Bell
Hello everyone,
Thank you so much to Cristoble, Holly, and robin for offering their
knowledge regarding the ring doorbell and how it works. I really
appreciate it. I have
read all the responses from others who had some questions as well. I
didn't respond right away, because my boyfriend and I were getting
settled in to our
new place. It's certainly been an adventure.
We talked with our landlord and he doesn't have an issue at all with us
getting a ring. I was concerned about this, due to us renting. But he
even said
he would be glad to install it for us. So I am very grateful.
I plan to purchase the ring 2, sense I can get the rechargeable battery.
Also, while I will use the ring with my iPhone, I am very happy to know
that I
can use it with my echo dot as well. I was willing to purchase an echo
show if I needed to do so. But glad this isn't the case.
Thanks again for all the help, and thoughts. It's very appreciated.
Terri
On 2/25/2020 7:53 PM, Cristóbal Muñoz wrote:
block quote
It's gotten better and is pretty much completely accessible at this
point. It's connected to your home WIFI. This is where having a good
solid connection
matters.
The Ring doorbell Pro I got I bought back in 2017. It started to give me
problems after a year. Buffering, dropping etc. I just chalked it up to
the Ring
being a crappy product. I have an Eero mesh system and am on a 200 MB
plan so I knew it couldn’t be my WIFI.
It finally ended up dying on me last year (beyond the warranty).
TO my surprise, when I reached out to Ring, they replaced it after
confirming that the device died. I guess I must have gotten a new model
internals wise
because with this replacement, live streaming and everything else has
worked perfectly fine.
You can talk to whoever is at your door via the app and review your
history of alerts.
Something you may want to consider and if I had to do it over again, I'd
probably opt for the Nest Doorbell is that with the Nest, I believe
there's facial
recognition. I know there's a big uproar with privacy issues and big
brother and all, but being blind, being able to tag people I think would
be super
useful. Right now with the ring, it's just the motion sensor alert. In
my case, my wife is sighted so it's not really an issue, but if you're
by yourself
or don't have a pare of working eyeballs always available, this might be
something to give serious consideration to.
Cristóbal
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Subject: Ring Door Bell
Hello everyone,
Who here uses the ring door bell App?
How accessible is it with an iPhone?
What are some things you like about it?
And what are some things you dislike about it?
Are you able to speak to the person at your door, without having to
actually open the door?
Also, is this system wired in to your home?
I am possibly considering getting this. But I want to learn more about
it first.
Thank you,
Terri
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On 2/25/2020 7:53 PM, Cristóbal Muñoz wrote:
It's gotten better and is pretty much completely accessible at this point. It's
connected to your home WIFI. This is where having a good solid connection
matters.
The Ring doorbell Pro I got I bought back in 2017. It started to give me
problems after a year. Buffering, dropping etc. I just chalked it up to the
Ring being a crappy product. I have an Eero mesh system and am on a 200 MB plan
so I knew it couldn’t be my WIFI.
It finally ended up dying on me last year (beyond the warranty).
TO my surprise, when I reached out to Ring, they replaced it after confirming
that the device died. I guess I must have gotten a new model internals wise
because with this replacement, live streaming and everything else has worked
perfectly fine.
You can talk to whoever is at your door via the app and review your history of
alerts.
Something you may want to consider and if I had to do it over again, I'd
probably opt for the Nest Doorbell is that with the Nest, I believe there's
facial recognition. I know there's a big uproar with privacy issues and big
brother and all, but being blind, being able to tag people I think would be
super useful. Right now with the ring, it's just the motion sensor alert. In my
case, my wife is sighted so it's not really an issue, but if you're by yourself
or don't have a pare of working eyeballs always available, this might be
something to give serious consideration to.
Cristóbal
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Stimmel
Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 4:54 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Ring Door Bell
Hello everyone,
Who here uses the ring door bell App?
How accessible is it with an iPhone?
What are some things you like about it?
And what are some things you dislike about it?
Are you able to speak to the person at your door, without having to actually
open the door?
Also, is this system wired in to your home?
I am possibly considering getting this. But I want to learn more about it first.
Thank you,
Terri
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