Originally Posted by Life as I know it (Post 2123666)

We have our whole house, garage and the whole yard with cameras. We use Blink camera’s (Amazon). These are battery operated (tells you when battery needs to be replaced) which record everything until you delete it. Even if they cut the electric to your house or steal the camera’s you will still have the video’s. They have both inside and outside camera’s. We also have the Ring doorbell.

Originally Posted by Bilyclub (Post 2123654)

I would guess most of the fancy doorbells are made in China.

Originally Posted by Miboater (Post 2123972)

How long do the batteries last in the cameras? I was thinking about installing them and was curious if would last 3 months while we are up north over the summer.

Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 2123845)

I think you will need a subscription. The lowest cost plan is $30 per year. When there is motion near the Ring device, it will create a short, 15 second video and save it as a "motion event", and you can review it later. But, without a subscription, it will not save any motion events. The only thing you can do without a subscription is to view the camera in a live view.

I got tired of sitting in front of my computer all day watching the front door, so I broke down and bought the $30 subscription.

Originally Posted by Bilyclub (Post 2123386)

Eufy does not have a monthly fee.

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Originally Posted by CosmicTrucker (Post 2123667)

I currently use a Ring and Blink door bell cameras. My recommendation is for the Blink which is now owned by Amazon. With the Blink system you can install a memory stick into the hub for all of the video storage. You then control the video storage and it's not held in some unknown cloud under some unknown control.

Originally Posted by villagetinker (Post 2125647)

Has anyone had success with the rind video doorbell switch operating an EXISTING doorbell as well as the wifi connected devices? The reason I ask is that the rind was purchased so that we could know when someone was at the front door when we were not near the existing doorbell. I will be contacting Ring Technical support, but thought this might be faster.

Originally Posted by retiredguy123 (Post 2125666)

I connected a Ring doorbell to my existing doorbell button with two wires, and it operates the existing doorbell when the Ring button is pressed. The low voltage current from the existing doorbell button also keeps the Ring doorbell battery charged, so you never need to remove and recharge the Ring battery. All of the other Ring functions seem to work as designed.