The new Ring smart lighting line is a great compliment to my Ring Floodlight Cameras. In particular, I wanted to light up more of the front of the house when my driveway's floodlight camera detected motion. I purchased four of the new Ring pathlights and this hub. Now, when the driveway light detects motion, it turns on the pathlights.
The setup process went smoothly. You plug the hub in and scan a barcode and the app walks you through setup. Then, you do the same with the pathlights or other device... insert batteries into each and scan a barcode from each box. At the end, you can set up groups of lights with different names. Then you can use the app to decide what other devices can turn these lights on. For example, I set my driveway floodlight camera to light up these four pathlights, lighting the walkway to the front door. You can have the lights then turn off 30 seconds, 1 minute, 3 minutes, or 5 minutes. You can also set a timeframe that lights can be triggered between each day, and more advanced schedules during the week.
Response time is not immediate. When my floodlight camera detects motion and turns on its lights, it takes 3-5 seconds for these pathway lights to turn on. I have a very strong Wi-Fi signal in the house and I have the Ring hub close to the front of the house where the lights are. The Ring smart hub, required for any of the new smart lighting products, does not have a very good Wi-Fi radio on it and I found that it struggled to get a good signal despite my strong signal throughout the house to all other devices. Perhaps that is the reason for the delay?
Four stars for the hub itself because of the somewhat poor Wi-Fi signal range. It works for me, but I could imagine it being a problem for some.
Feature Product
- Pair with Ring Smart Lights to get notifications when motion is detected, customize settings, and connect to other Ring devices -- all from the Ring app.
- Installs indoors and receives power through the included Micro-USB power supply and cable.
- Connects Ring Smart Lighting with Ring doorbells and cameras to create a fully connected home security system.
- Allows Ring Smart Lights to work with Alexa to turn on lights and adjust settings with your voice.
- One Ring Bridge supported per household. Supports approximately 50 Ring Smart Lighting devices, including Motion Sensors.
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