RingOutdoor Camera Battery (Stick Up Cam) | HD wireless outdoor Security Camera 1080p Video, Two-Way Talk, Wifi, Works with Alexa | alternative to CCTV system | 30-day free trial of Ring Home

Update: Heavy Use at Front of HouseRunning this in battery mode at the front of my house, I get about 2–3 weeks per charge with plenty of activity. Rabbits in the garden constantly triggering motion alerts don’t help! Even so, it’s been reliable — no connection drops or false alarms. For peace of mind it’s been excellent. Hope this helps if you’re weighing up the battery side of things.Fit and forget — installed Nov 2023 and still dependable.I bought the Ring Outdoor Battery Stick Up Cam in November 2023, and it’s been mounted on my garage ever since. It’s now over a year in use, and overall I’m impressed with how reliable it’s been.Setup & Wi-Fi RangeSetup was straightforward using the Ring app. My Wi-Fi signal isn’t the strongest in the garage, but even at around 10m from the router inside the house the camera still connects reliably. Streaming can take a second or two to load, but once connected it’s stable.PerformanceThe camera captures a clear image, day and night, and the motion detection is sensitive enough to pick up even small movements — including rabbits passing through the garden and the occasional spider crawling across the lens. That sensitivity means you get plenty of alerts, which can be a positive or a nuisance depending on your settings.Battery LifeOn average, I get about 4 weeks on a full charge. This shortens if there’s a lot of activity — more traffic, wildlife, or busy days when the motion sensor is triggered often. Charging is easy with the removable battery, but I’d recommend buying a spare so you can always swap and keep the camera running.DurabilityAfter a year outdoors, it’s held up well against the weather. No issues with water ingress, and the casing still looks solid.Pros• Easy to set up and connect via Ring app• Reliable Wi-Fi at ~10m range• Clear picture, day and night• Motion detection even picks up rabbits and spiders• Battery easy to swapCons• Battery life can drop quickly with lots of movement• Takes several hours to recharge• Stream takes a moment to connect if Wi-Fi is weakA year on, this Ring camera has proved dependable and easy to live with. If you found this update useful, that’s great — it only took me a year to write it!.(Photo 1: camera mounted on garage wall — after a year outdoors, still in good condition)(Photo 2: screengrab from video footage — motion detection picking up rabbits in the garden)

Battery lasts a long time. Camera has good picture and is easy to use and set up.

If you’re after a no frills easy to install basic child monitor then this is for you!Been using for 6 months now and still going strong. Only downfall is that the ‘talk to the baby’ function doesn’t always work, but the sound works really well. We have a 20m garden and our son is on the third floor of our house - can hear and see him on the monitor when enjoying a glass of wine in the garden on a nighttime. It works well for us and was super simple to set up. Only knocked off a star for the talk to baby function sometimes not working.

Although not designed by the Amazon team this camera shares the same intensity of design. It works well and has a mounting bracket that can be fitted in one of two locations allowing mounting to horizontal or vertical surfaces. There is a connector to accept power from a wired DC power supply. The battery packs have an internal charge controller. They can be charged from any micro usb plug. Concept works well in practice. Effective within the constraints of finite battery capacity.Update: the exchangeable battery pack is a great boon.the camera is very significantly more than in battery mode. As a backup, the battery are two isolated sets of firmware and possibly even two different processors for the two modes. The battery back feature is still useful but not as flexible as one might niavely expect.Above review for Outdoor Camera Battery.Following review for Outdoor Camera PluginThis actually has the same camera unit as the above Battery model, the difference being this is supplied with a flexible mains adaptor and lead rather than a rather good portable battery pack and USB charging cable. The user can switch power mode within the Ring App. An undocumented feature is that you can add a portable battery pack to the plugin model to allow it to operate for around 20 hours in the event of mains failure (whilst in 'plugin' mode). The battery will be charged when the mains feed is available. Also the option to take snapshots every minute is the default because there is not the concern about wasting valuable battery power. So far so good. However there is a major installation problem that will defeat many users. The connector to provide DC power to the Camera unit is an angled barrel plug so that it does not get in the way of adjusting the viewing angle of the camera, fair enough, but if you need to route the cable through a wall to reach a mains socket you need to drill a hole of about 23 mm in diameter. In wood this is within the scope of a DIY enthusiast but in concrete or brick this is a major problem requiring a very large and often long masonry bit (£15?) and possibly the hire of a low speed, high torque, large chuck hammer drill. A lot of folks will need to hire a handyman. This represents a major goof and a rethink of the DC supply cable is required so that it will pass through say a 4mm hole.Anyone hitting this installation brick wall (literally) can get round the problem by buying a Ring portable battery pack and recharging it about once a month.I respect the millions of dollars that go into the development of Amazon/Ring products, it shows, I wish I was part of the design team, but this time, sorry, you overlooked a significant practical issue on the plugin model. A technically excellent product that many will struggle to use as designed.Update on the plug-in plus battery standby mode: in wired mode the power consumption of the camera is many times that if battery mode. In the evebt of a power failure the backup battery pack only lasts 24 hours. The obvious solutionvis to change over to battery mode until such time power is restored. However you need to be next to the camera and go through a full network configuration process again to change mode. It seems there are two sets of firmware and possibly even two processors. Nevertheless the battery backup mode is useful for anyone that experiences frequent power outages where the camera is mounted.You can also run the camera in battery mode and use the plugin power system to change the battery when mains is available. You loose some performance but gain long term integrity.to provide continuous use in the event of a power failure and will charge it in-situ. However there is a problem, in wired mode the power consumption of

Perfect item as described. Seller was very quick dispatch and very happy with purchase

Easy to install and setupHad no issues since having it upA great way to keep your home secure

Spare 2nd battery for my ring camera , now one and front and back , and spare too great security and fab picture quality , peace of mind now

The battery failed and the camera wasn't even 12 months old. Amazon directed me to the Ring website but it was impossible to speak to anyone as the helpline number didn't work and the automatic messaging just kept going round in circles. Terrible customer service from Ring so will now have to pay out for a replacement battery which should have been covered under warranty.