Question

I’m need of a battery powered (maybe with solar) camera to add to my ring system that can record continuously. Any suggestions?  

Answer 1

Solar charging will not replenish a battery powered camera that records 24/7/365. You will need to go wired for sure. …….  

Comments

@bonus - I’m happy to change a battery every day if required.  

Answer 2

At this time ring does not have any continuous recording cameras.  

Answer 3

You can do snapshot every 5 minutes on battery devices, that’s the best you’re getting. If you do that with two batteries and a solar panel you’ll still kill the batteries in a couple days depending on how much motion you see.  

Comments

@pentosan53231 - Im currently running snapshots every 3 min but it is unfortunately not catching the issues I need to record

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@toowoomba lowest option I have on my two battery devices is the 5 mins, be glad you’re getting 3. If you need more, you’ll need a wired device as they can do snapshot every 30 seconds.  

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@commie I'm running a solar device, still only shows 5 min option. guess it's another "selective rollout" option. Funny part is that I had the 3 min option before, but it's gone now.  

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Wierd! Are you in the U. S.?  

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@commie yes sir.  

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@pentosan53231 really weird, I have it and you don't you see they greyed out my 5 minutes and I now have 3. Wish they would just make it 24/7 already. The snapshot skips a lot of activity. I'd rather cut the stored records in half from 6 months to three months, even 2 months in order to have 24/7 recording. We would just have to save, email, or upload the alert or timeframe we want before it is erased. That should be done within a day of a real event anyway.  

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@commie I'd like the 24/7 option as well. still holding out hope that it eventually comes out.  

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@pentosan53231 me too bro!  

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I have too much invested in Ring.  

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@commie same here. only reason I kept all with them is the promise of 24/7. If it doesn’t come by the time I move then I’ll go with something local that I can manage myself.  

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@pentosan53231 yeah, I love Ring prices and simplicity, but I'd prefer the 24/7 that Nest has. BUT I don't like Nest price points with so many cameras I'd have to replace.  

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@commie yeah, I’m in the same boat. have 13 cams total and not paying that much for each one. The reality is I’ll pay out 2-3K for a good DVR or NVR system and just do the Cat6 runs myself in the attic.  

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@pentosan53231 yeah, that sounds like a plan. Already have a network panel running now.  

Answer 4

The only device that I'm aware of that does continuous recording is Nest. Ring does not support continuous recording.  

Comments

@holocaine4698 - I’ll check them out. Thanks!