Ring spotlight cam wired 2 pack black installation and review

When anyone steps on your property and triggers your motion sensors, you’ll get an instant alert on your phone, tablet and PC. Even you can answer the alert, and you can see, hear and speak to people on your property from anywhere. How much to buy Ring spotlight cam wired (review) 2 pack black? Ring spotlight cam wired 2 pack black camera system offers non-stop security and non-stop power to its user. It has a motion-activated security camera with two-way audio, LED spotlights and a siren alarm. It adds smart security to every corner of your home with Armed with 1080HD video, custom motion zones and simple plug-and-play installation. Find more in Ring spotlight cam wired 2 pack black installation and review.

Ring spotlight cam wired 2 pack black specs

Ring spotlight cam wired 2 pack black (review) comparison

Key features of Ring spotlight cam wired 2 pack black

• Get motion-activated alerts on your phone, tablet or PC
• Watch over your home in 1080HD video with Live View
• Hear and speak to people on your property with two-way talk
• Easy installation: plugs into standard power outlets
• Protect your home – day or night – with built-in night vision and LED spotlights
• Get on-demand video and audio with Live View
• 30 day trial of Ring protect plus plan included with option to purchase recording and 60 day storage plans on Ring’s website
• Sound the 110dB alarm on suspicious activity
• Never worry about charging a battery

What is good in Ring spotlight cam wired 2 pack black?

Any condition home protection

Get alerts when motion is detected. See, hear and speak to people on your property. And protect your home with lights and sirens. All from your phone, tablet and PC. Day or night, rain or shine, Spotlight Cam Wired has you covered.

Hear and speak to people on your property from your mobile device with the built-in microphone and speakers.

Get alerts in no-time for your detected zone

Create and customize your own motion zones, so you can focus on the most important areas of your yard. When motion is detected, you’ll get an instant alert to let you know someone’s at your home (Ring spotlight cam wired 2 pack black review).

• Advanced motion detection
• Customizable motion zones and scheduling
• Instant motion-activated alerts

Activate siren from your device

Activate the siren from your phone, tablet and PC to scare away any suspicious people caught on camera.

With built-in spotlights and night vision, you’ll get crisp video 24/7, with or without the lights on. And if you catch a suspicious stranger at your home, use the 110-decibel alarm to scare them away.

• Spotlights are motion-activated or controlled with the app
• Infrared night vision sensors
• 110-decibel siren alarm

Ring spotlight cam wired 2 pack black installation Easy Installation

Customize your motion zones to focus on the most important areas of your yard.

Custom Motion Sensors

Adjust the sensitivity of your motion sensors to find the ideal setting for your home.

Power backup with solar panel

Add a second battery pack for backup power or an optional Solar Panel for a continuous charge.

How much to buy Ring spotlight cam wired subscription fee?

Get even more out of all your Ring devices with Ring Protect. A comprehensive service that lets you review what you missed. See, save, and share videos and photos when you activate Ring Protect for $3/month per device or $10/month per household.

Basic

• Activate video recording
  for one device.
• $3/month or $30/year
• Save $6 with annual purchase

Plus

• Activate video recording and 24/7 professional monitoring for all devices at your home.
• $10/month or $100/year
• Save $20 with annual purchase

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Compatible with Alexa enabled devices

Link your Ring account to Alexa for hands-free home monitoring so you’ll always know when someone’s there. Enable announcements in the Alexa app to hear alerts on compatible Echo devices when anyone presses your doorbell or triggers Ring’s built-in motion sensors. Then talk to visitors through compatible Echo devices, like Echo Dot or Echo Show, by simply saying “Alexa, talk to the front door.”

Ring spotlight cam wired 2 pack black review

Now let’s get started with our Ring Spotlight Cam Wired review.

Build

Available in black or white, the Ring Spotlight Cam Wired has a well-built, sturdy construction, which is what you’d expect from a device that’ll be exposed to the elements. An IPX5 rating ensures that the camera has suitable protection from rain, and even a light dousing from a hose.

Design

No-one’s going to be swooning over its form, but its upright, rectangular shape and curved corners differentiate it from traditional cameras, giving the Spotlight Cam a clean, modern look. At five by 2.72 by three inches, this model’s proportions are similar to the body of the Ring Floodlight Cam. But with no need for large, overhanging lamps, the Spotlight Cam is far more compact overall and competes well with Nest and Arlo on dimensions, considering the additional kit crammed inside.

How to mount the camera?

Mounting the camera itself isn’t difficult, but you’ll need to know one end of a drill from the other. Finding the right position may be awkward, depending on your home. You’ll obviously want to mount the camera in a location where you can monitor access to your property, but the camera also needs to be within reach of a power outlet and within range of your wireless router.

Fortunately, the long cable (which can be painted to match the exterior of your home) helps greatly, but you could also take advantage of the Ring Chime Pro Wi-Fi Extender (or set up a mesh network using Google Wi-Fi, Netgear Orbi and others) if your wireless signal needs a boost.

Ring’s installation kit includes a mounting bracket (with integrated spirit level) that screws into the supplied wall anchors. The camera hangs securely on this bracket with a locking screw to prevent removal. Position the camera as required, tighten everything up, and then tidy up your cables. Again, clips are supplied that screw into the exterior face of your home for a neat finish. If you’re uncomfortable with basic home improvement tasks, you may want to ask a friend or neighbor to help you. But for most people, installing the Ring Spotlight Cam shouldn’t be a problem.

How long is connecting cable?

The camera arrives already connected to its 20-foot power cable, which plugs into a regular power socket. Thankfully, it can be unhooked for installation, courtesy of a robust, twist-to-lock rear connector. Also included in the box is a reasonably comprehensive product manual (a rare luxury in 2017) and an installation kit, including a mounting bracket, screwdriver, drill bit, screws, anchors and cable clips – everything you need to get up and running.

How to connect and configure the camera?

As with most smart home devices, you set up the Spotlight Cam using the Ring app, which is available for iOS, Android and Windows mobile devices. It guides you through the basics of creating an account and then gets on with the business of configuring the camera. You power on and set up the camera indoors before heading out to install it. As installation experiences go, it’s up there with the best.

Configuration is super-slick. Not only do you benefit from a step-by-step tutorial with video clips through the app, the camera itself offers supporting commentary through its speaker. It’s a simple addition that certainly makes life easier. The camera politely lets you know when it’s connected to your Wi-Fi network, when it needs to update its firmware and more.

Connect the camera to your Wi-Fi network and you’re ready to install. The app includes videos covering exterior installation of the device, and you can even have instructions emailed to you. As installation experiences go, it’s up there with the best.

How to use apps and enable live feed?

With the camera hooked up, you can get hands on with the Ring app, which allows you to view a live feed or recorded clips, review motion alerts, and use the camera’s integrated microphone and speaker to communicate with the outside world.

Upon enabling the live feed, we were a little concerned to see some condensation misting up the camera lens, but this cleared within a couple of minutes to unveil a crisp, high-definition (1080p) view of the premises. A 140-degree field of view ensures you can survey all but the largest driveways and gardens – while there’s a definite fish-eye effect in-play, distortion isn’t too distracting.

Simple, smartphone-style icons allow you to easily activate the camera’s speaker to talk to (or warn-off) anyone in-sight of the camera. The speaker itself isn’t overly loud, but is sufficiently audible and clear for short conversations.

The app also includes manual controls of camera lights and activation of the 110-decibel alarm, which is certainly loud enough to scare intruders and wake up your neighbors in case of an emergency. The camera’s integrated LED spotlights are bright enough to illuminate a medium-sized garden or driveway when activated at full brightness, but you can dim the output if required.

How to control camera motion?

Another useful tweak is the ability to adjust the camera motion zones for the lights. You can disable areas to the left and right, or directly in front if required, with a slider reducing detection distance and a dropdown menu dictating how long the lights remain illuminated post-activation. It’s all very simple.

If you want the ability to record, you’ll need to subscribe to one of Ring’s monthly service plans

The camera’s motion settings are also configurable. Multiple motion zones can be created within the camera view, while sensitivity can be adjusted to alert you only to people crossing into a zone rather than all movement. Handily, you can activate motion alerts on a user-defined schedule, disabling them at certain hours, on certain days, or both.

The Ring Spotlight Cam supports live video streaming but has no local storage for on-board recording. If you want the ability to record, you’ll need to subscribe to one of Ring’s monthly service plans, which include cloud storage and playback.

How good is camera performance?

Daytime output from the camera was crisp and clear. Night vision, less so, as you’d expect, but even without support from the integrated spotlight, you can clearly detect potential intruders crossing the line of vision. Ring recently color night vision for all its wired devices, allowing for clearer, better visibility for both live view and recorded motion. This feature works well, providing crisper images.

The camera’s motion detection was very good indeed.

The camera’s motion detection was very good indeed, firing the spotlight up immediately as soon as we entered the detection zone. However, we did notice that the Ring app was very slow to respond when attempting to change the Motion Zone, with a delay of almost a minute when accessing the menu.

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