Ring Wi-Fi Smart Video Doorbell: Find out who's at your door, even when you're away from home. Just connect the doorbell via Wi-Fi and use the Ring app on your iOS or Android device to interact with visitors, receive alerts and review footage.
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Installation: very easy. I had to mount mine to a brick wall. This came with a masonry bit to drill the holes and attach the plate. It was very straight forward. I disconnected my two wires from the old doorbell and connected them to my Ring without any issues.
Use: Hit or miss. There is a very noticeable delay from the time the doorbell is rang and the time that I'm notified. There is also a delay in answering the ring as well. It takes a while to initiate the "talk." Most of the time the person has already rang two or three times before I'm even able to talk with them.
Camera resolution could be better. I do like the fisheye lens though. The field of vision is good.
Overall: It's a great concept, it just doesn't work 100% of the time. It was good having color choices (I got bronze). It's still an upgrade to the old fashioned doorbell and yes, the ring from the doorbell still works in case you're wondering.
I didn't pay the $30 for cloud storage, but maybe that's why I have a lag?
Chamberlain MyQ MYQ-G0201 Garage Door Controller: Open and close your garage door, even when you aren't at home. Plus, get alerts on your smartphone whenever someone opens or closes the garage door, or simply check to see whether you left it open.
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Works just as it's supposed to. After accidentally leaving the garage door open more than a few times, I decided to look into a remote solution. I found Chamberlain had their own MyQ solution for a remote garage door opener.
I was about to purchase a numerical keypad to put on the outside of the garage door but with this, I didn't have to.
It took less than 30 minutes for the installation. Very easy to use. App works great! Highly recommended.
Meet the Nest Cam Outdoor security camera. It stands watch 24/7, rain or shine. Plugs into power so you never have to worry about dead batteries. And sends an alert to your phone when it detects activity. It even lets you talk back through the Nest app. This is what an outdoor security camera should be.
If you can view the video in real time on a computer, why can't you save it to your hard drive or even burn a CD or DVD (rewriteables)? IOW, why do you ever have to send it to their cloud? The monthly accessing fee is just another expense forever!
With their new updated app, you can make clips straight from the app. You no longer need to do it on a desktop or laptop.
They've also included 3 hours with their Nest Aware without a subscription.
Meet the Nest Cam Outdoor security camera. It stands watch 24/7, rain or shine. Plugs into power so you never have to worry about dead batteries. And sends an alert to your phone when it detects activity. It even lets you talk back through the Nest app. This is what an outdoor security camera should be.
can you hook up ONLY to a wifi router or does it also need a computer to link to? We plan to be away for a week and want to take our only computer laptop with us so we need something that will connect to the router only
You do not need to have a computer to set this up, nor do you need a computer to be at the location of the Nest Cam.