Question

Alright guys, My wife just ordered me 2 stick up cameras. Besides my Doorbell 2, these will be the first Ring cameras I have. Any tips on these ahead of time? Thanks!  

Answer 1

Buy the wired ones if your locations allow for it.  

Answer 2

I just checked, they were the battery ones. These can use the solar panel right?  

Answer 3

Buy 2nd Gen Wired or 3rd Gen Elite.  

Answer 4

Upgrade to ring protect plus. If you only have a doorbell then you likely just have protect basic, which will not work with additional devices.  

Comments

@clown good call. Yeah I have ring protect now for $3 a month for my doorbell. I’ll definitely upgrade to the $10

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Technically, if you only have 3 cameras you could do the $3/mo for each and it would be $1 cheaper, but it's worth the extra $1 to get the extended warranty for all the devices.  

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That is assuming your other 2 cameras are still within the warranty period. If they are out of warranty before you subscribe to protect plus, they will not be covered by the extended warranty.  

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@clown when my wife ordered them she got the Ring Assist Plus as well. The 3 year warranty

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Also, if you would have signed up for protect plus prior to ordering the 2 new cameras, you could have got a 10% discount on them. I think that only applies at ring. com though and you can often find better discounts at retailers.  

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@clown my wife got them off QVC, one of their big deals

Answer 5

I like my Wired floodlight camera!  

Comments

I bet, I wish my apt complex would let me install mine. They are "too scary and invasive" for all the yuppy senior citizens here. *shrugs* The lighting on them are pretty good?  

Answer 6

Get some floodlights

Comments

@emeryemesis7693 I was going to, but they are all hardwired. I don’t have a fixture for them to replace with.  

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@xylia that sucks. They are awesome.  

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@emeryemesis7693 I was gonna get one, but then realized they aren’t battery powered or can not use a solar panel. I have a fixture for flood lights but it’s at the tip of my roof, and the camera would be useless at that height