Every day you here about homes being broken into or strange people that ring door bells just to see if some one is home. Also today with more people doing a lot of shopping on line, there are an increasing number of packages being taken off of door steps.
Even though you may feel that your neighborhood is safe, you still may have a sense of uneasiness and may wonder if there is anything you can do to feel safer that won’t cost an arm an a leg. Well one thing you can take a look at is a door bell camera.
There are a few door bell cameras to choose from but most have some very useful features. Most are very easy to install. You can just attach it to your home and operate it as a stand alone device, or you can connect it to your existing doorbell wiring. If you connect to your existing wiring, the bell will ring throughout your home as normal and you won’t have to charge the device. If you decide to install as a stand alone device, you will need to detach it from your home every once in a while to charge it. This all depends on how much activity it is detecting in front of your home.
Every time someone rings your doorbell a recording of them is made and stored in the cloud. Recordings are stored indefinitely right now, but Ring is expected to determine a fixed period of time for their deletion, it will likely be between 6 months and 1 year. You’ll also eventually need a subscription – pricing for that is also being determined, but it will likely run about $3 a month. The device is super useful and you’ll grow to enjoy having a video record of every visitor that comes to your home. It is also attached to your smartphone, so you can see who’s at your door from anywhere.
This information is based on the device manufactured by “Ring” which cost around $200. Although this is the “Ring” model, most are basically the same.