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For those of you with outdoor cameras, anybody have any luck keeping spiders from building their webs right in front of them? Apparently they or the insects like the IR light.
For those of you with outdoor cameras, anybody have any luck keeping spiders from building their webs right in front of them? Apparently they or the insects like the IR light.
No, I just get out every other weekend with the broom...
...Also got a Nest Hello on sale, I thought about the Ring but some people have complained about cold weather performance plus I have Google Home and thought Nest would integrate better...
I've read the opposite that Ring had better cold weather handling than Nest. Can anyone confirm either? I'm seriously considering getting one, but the ability to handle cold weather is important in Calgary's climate.
I have the Nest doorbell and would suggest that it makes the most sense if you are already heavily invested in the Nest ecosystem. I love it so far, although paying $5 per month for storage sort of sucks.
I would think that the only thing the cold would affect is a battery. Arlo really suffered from this. The Nest is hardwired and Ring makes both battery and hard-wired models.
Just chiming in that my nest hello absolutely had zero issues in March when it was about 8 degrees out. The nest hello was registering a +23 as internal temperature so I am sure that because of the operating voltage and electronics that it’s able to keep the temp a good 20 degrees warmer then the ambient.
For example my nest Thermo is saying it’s 10 outside now and my nest hello is 28.
Now will it be ok when it’s -35 out? I don’t know but I imagine it will be fine.
Edit: I just read online that at -22 the hello was at +4 (RedFlagDeals) so I’m sure it will be fine.
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In my experience, 'operating temperature' on the lower end is the temperature it can be reasonably expected to turn on from being cold and powered off.
For example, the Reolink RLC-410 claims a working environment of down to -10°C, but have themselves admitted that the cameras once powered on and warmed up are fine to operate as low as -42°C. But they also advise against using battery-powered cameras in severe weather. Batteries and cold temperatures aren't friends.
I had an August Doorbell cam last year and it worked fine throughout the winter except during the week where it was continuously cold for a bunch of consecutive days. The doorbell could still be connected but the screen would just display a white screen at night. During the day when it warmed up a bit, the feed would come back.
I've got an older DSC system that has pooched itself. One of the keypads fried and it will be more pain to re-program than its worth. Despite being 20 years old, still allowed me to self-monitor over the phone.
Anyone have experience with integrating some of the new system panel options with pre-existing hardwired sensors?
I already had a SmartThings hub, so this let me use all my my existing wired sensors an siren and monitor it with my phone. Really easy to setup and it works really well. I had a bunch of zwave sensors before, so I just re-purposed those to other areas of the house.
SmartThings is great, the user community is huge so there is a lot of custom code that has been written.
I was looking into Konnected, but it requires you actually have sensors. My house has all the wiring, but blanking plates where the wires come out. No sensors to speak of. :\
aaronck, here's a review comparing the Ring Doorbell, Ring Doorbell 2, and the Ring Doorbell Pro:
Ring Doorbell: 2.4GHz Wi-Fi Only, Non-Removable Battery or Hardwired, 720p only, not fully supported for Alexa.
Ring Doorbell 2: 2.4GHz Wi-Fi Only, Removable Battery or Hardwired, 1080p, Alexa support.
Ring Doorbell Pro: 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi, Hardwired Only, 1080p, Alexa support.
At a minimum, I'd go with the Doorbell 2. If you already own an original Ring Doorbell, the Pro is a more worthwhile jump up than the 2 IMO.
I installed the Ring Doorbell Pro yesterday. I could not, for the life of me, find the damn breaker that our doorbell chime was on. Whoever did the labeling on our breaker panel was a lazy SOB. Luckily, the voltage is really low for doorbell chimes (12-16v generally), so I threw on a pair of gloves and went to work. The install was incredibly straightforward. The Ring Doorbell Pro has a tiny black sticker on the left side of the device opposite the program button. Remove it, and you'll find a micro-USB port, which you can use to pre-charge the onboard battery which is used for short periods of power loss. Some people who didn't do this report that sometimes the device can take a while to power-up after being connected if you don't.
The notifications are lightning fast and faster than the Nest Hello, which was another consideration. The two-way audio is clear, as is the picture quality. It integrates as a motion sensor with SmartThings so I can do things like have the outside front door light turn on if someone is approaching.
Echo Show/Spot integration is nice too. If we know we're having friends over or waiting for an Uber / SkipTheDishes, we can say "Alexa, show the front door" and our Echo Show in the kitchen will jump to a live view of the Ring so we can meet them at the door. Two features lacking in the Alexa skill for the Ring Video Doorbells is that they do not support two-way audio -- you can hear them, they can't hear you. There is also no way to have your Echo Show or Echo Spot automatically jump to the stream when the doorbell rings, you have to instruct Alexa to show the feed. There is also reduced support for the original Ring Video Doorbell and the original Ring Stick-up Cam.
Overall, really cool product, very happy with the purchase.
BUT... if you've got an NVR and want your video doorbell to record video to it, the Ring family of devices won't integrate with them at all as they only support Ring's cloud recording service. Sadtrombone.mp3. However, Uniden makes a video doorbell called the Uniden U-Bell DB-1 which is ONVIF compatible (Blue Iris, Reolink NVRs, etc.). It's also a lot cheaper than the Ring, but it's also less known. But of the few reviews I've seen, it doesn't look too bad.
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I recently bought two Ring wired cams, but the place where I want to place one of them has no outlet near.
Can you guys a recommend an electrician, for what would probably be a quick (less than an hour job) for the install?
edit. Bought them as we got a Ring doorbell-pro during prime days, and the thing is just fantastic.
I recently bought two Ring wired cams, but the place where I want to place one of them has no outlet near.
Can you guys a recommend an electrician, for what would probably be a quick (less than an hour job) for the install?
edit. Bought them as we got a Ring doorbell-pro during prime days, and the thing is just fantastic.