Caporegime
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I have the POE version. Hasn’t failed me!!! It’s amazing!!!
Frankly obscene Ring 42.8% subscription increase
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I almost fell off my chair when I had the renewal price come through 
Cancelled my subscription yesterday.
Reolink sounds like a decent package, I'll have to look into it.
My plan is to get away from all Amazon subs by this time next year.
Cancelled my subscription yesterday.
Reolink sounds like a decent package, I'll have to look into it.
My plan is to get away from all Amazon subs by this time next year.
You’d need the app to set anything up, but you don’t actually need a Reolink cloud account. You create a local account to sign into your doorbell which is how I have it currently.
To clarify what @SexyGreyFox is saying, the Reolink has a very standard option to send still images via email. If you want to setup Pushover to leverage that and end up with rich notifications- you can. Or you can just receive the emails. Personally because at the moment I only have the sd card storing video right (until I setup my FTP), I have the emails turned on, and setup a rule to send them straight to my gmail trash. So they stay there for 30days and at least I’ll have something in case someone does nick the doorbell.
But once I’ve got my office sorted I’ll build a little NAS and use that as an FTP server as well. Easy.
Edit: The only thing you can’t do DIY with Reolink is the native rich notifications. You have to sub to their cloud service for that. But Pushover works fairly well, it was a little too slow for me but then again my front door is only 6ft odd from the pavement.
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Man of Honour
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I use an Aqara G4 doorbell through HomeKit. I quite like the setup. You have to have an iCloud subscription though.
If Reolink add in the option of resizing images or sending smaller images then Pushover would work quicker I reckon. It just wasn’t fast enough for me to be worthwhile.
With sub, it’s just a door bell with video intercom function.
I ran it without sub for years but then got 2 punctures the same tyre on our new car 3 days apart and wife found a nail sitting up under another tyre one morning so decided to regain the sub.
No more punctures but won’t be renewing sub as got alternative camera in the house pointing at the car now.
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My subscription doesn't end till December so I will see what happens with this, I like the functionality with Ring and I do have a doorbell, internal ringer and a second camera.
Will see how this all pans out and where people go with devices...
Will see how this all pans out and where people go with devices...
from the ring FAQ for this:
Are prices changing on March 11, 2024 for other Ring Protect subscriptions?
No. The March 11, 2024 price increase only applies to the Ring Protect Basic plan.
Thanks, no doubt it likely happen at some point
You have a choice not to pay but people were hooked in with cheap prices for the device and sub but without the sub it's just an expensive dumb doorbell.
Soldato
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Can the cameras be rooted / jailbroken and used as a normal cam with a local nvr?
in laws just replaced theirs was naff.
The subrsiption was the thing that made me try 2 other cameras first before giving up and getting the ring one.
Knew this was coming, have cancelled and renewed at £34.99 and will look to replace by next March. Will liekly compile a list of alternates from this thread.
Was it simple enough to do this, didn't throw up any errors? My renewal is due in May.
Just done it. I had a yearly payment. Logged into Ring, cancelled the basic package, got a refund for £22, and just renewed (all done within 30 seconds)
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