Ring's new video doorbell is its cheapest yet — but there's a catch

Band's new video doorbell is its cheapest notwithstanding — simply at that place's a catch

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Ring is the market place leader when it comes to video doorbells, but it's facing increasing pressure as competitors release ever-cheaper models. Enter the Ring Video Doorbell Wired, a $59.99 video doorbell that volition be available on February 24. However, as its proper name suggests, this video doorbell will take to exist wired to a power source to piece of work.

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Band Video Doorbell Wired price and availability

The Ring Video Doorbell Wired costs $59.99, and can exist preordered on on Ring.com and amazon.com; it will first shipping on February 24. From February 24 through March 25, the Band Video Doorbell Wired will also be available at The Home Depot, and will be more widely available afterward.

The main divergence between the Band Video Doorbell Wired and the $100 Ring Video Doorbell, the visitor'due south adjacent-to the lowest degree expensive video doorbell, is that the latter can run on battery power. The Wired version needs to be, well, wired. That ways if you're non replacing a wired doorbell, the installation will be trickier, as you'll have to run electricity to your door.

Other features of the Band Video Doorbell Wired include everything you'll find on the Ring Video Doorbell: 1080p HD video, night vision, 2-way sound, customizable movement zones, and privacy zones.

If you subscribe to Band Protect (which starts at $3/month for a unmarried photographic camera), you lot can also salvage recordings, a People Only fashion and Rich Notifications, which displays a thumbnail image when you lot go a notification.

Additionally, the Ring Video Doorbell Wired will record color Pre-Roll; when enabled, this feature continually records six seconds of video, and when a person is detected, it adds this clip to the forepart of the video. That gives yous a better run a risk of seeing someone every bit they approach your door. Both Arlo and Nest video doorbells have a similar feature.

Currently, the majority of the all-time video doorbells cost anywhere from $100 to $200, so Ring'southward new wired model represents a pretty hefty price cut. Ring is probably counting on people to buy a Ring Protect plan, which is only $xxx per year and cheap for a unmarried camera, just not the best among security camera deject storage plans.

Ring'due south new video doorbell likewise looks to be a preemptive strike against the Wyze Video Doorbell, which is slated to launch in February for just $29.99. What this ways is that nosotros're going to be decorated testing video doorbells to allow you know which is the best.

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Michael A. Prospero is the deputy editor at Tom's Guide overseeing the home, smart home, drones, and fitness/wearables categories, also as all ownership guides and other evergreen content. When he'south not testing out the latest running lookout, skiing or training for a marathon, he's probably using the latest sous vide machine or another cooking gadget.