Ring Alarm 14-Piece Kit – Wireless Smart Home Security System | Expandable | Easy Setup | Mobile App Control | 24/7 Professional Monitoring | Alexa Compatible

This alarm system is easy to install and operate, and provides tremendous peace of mind. I love the app, customization options, and ability to monitor everything from anywhere. Professional monitoring is also pretty cheap when compared to traditional alarm services and modern competitors. All together, I would give this Ring system more than 5 stars and have recommended it to friends, family, and neighbors.A few weeks after I installed the system, a guy tried to come into my house when I was home. He tried multiple doors in the span of about 30 seconds while I happened to be working from home upstairs. While my doors were locked and he didn’t force entry after finding the door locked, it was still highly reassuring and helpful to have Ring provide instant camera alerts of his presence, be able to download and share videos of his attempted entry with the police, and be able to monitor my house real-time afterward with the app.Every day I tell myself how much I love this alarm system and feel better having it. Wish I had gotten it sooner!

I was hesitant at first, it seems like a pretty involved task to set up all the sensors. There is a slight learning curve but by the time you have set up a couple of the sensors you realize it only takes a minute or two for each one. Probably ended up being really easy and quick. The system is intuitive, and each device can be given any name you want, and the settings are simple to go through. I realized early on that RING gave a lot of thought and smart engineering into their systems. The quality is top notch, and you don’t have to go hunting for batteries. Also, when you buy a system from RING all the sensors shipped with the base station are “pre-registered” with that base station making install really fast.Update: 1 week later: absolutely love the system. Accidentally set off our smoke detector (burned a pizza). The Ring listener responded within seconds, and Ring alarmed immediately. The Ring Monitoring Center literally called within 19 seconds and I was able to cancel the alarm immediately. Resetting was the simple step of pressing Disarm on my iPhone. This system is everything it says.

It’s been two years since I purchased this, great system, sensors are sensitive and accurate, the app works really well, you can program schedules for automatic arming and disarming, vacation modes, etc. Pairs with ring cameras for added security and insights, Amazon thermostats, dorrbella and chimes. The Alexa functionality could be better, you can turn it on and off but sometimes Alexa doesn’t understand the commands.

It's cheaper than alternatives, and offers compatibility with non-ring smoke detectors. This alarm is very fast to alert me, basically instantaneously. This is in contrast to my Nest doorbell camera, which takes a very long time to alert me, or to connect thru its app (the doorbell ringer is often gone by the time I accomplish it). The Ring system so far is very quick and easy. I would say, if installing around a prior setup, look out for old/hidden sensor magnets as these gave me a bit of inconsistent difficulty when installing the Ring sensors on windows. Also, I do wish I could buy replacement sub-parts because sensor placement is a learning process and adhesive-backed things sometimes could be moved or straightened better. They do offer a screw-type mounting option (don't remember if they included screws but those are cheap/easy to source if need be). A learning process but the system was easy to install, and I also appreciated that the components in this kit were pre-registered to the system which meant no need to pair manually. A bit of confusion when I added smoke/CO alarms, as they showed up as double devices and I'm not sure if that's correct or if it's just registering the smoke and CO alarm functions as separate sensors. Pretty slick and works much, much better than the ADT system it replaced. And much, much, much cheaper than that.The ring system also has an inexpensive optional monitoring plan, which I use and which has worked fine. That Ring monitoring plan does not play games with contracts, and this is a refreshing change from ADT. I bought far more sensors that I needed mainly to replicate functionality I had with my old wired system. In retrospect I would have been OK with a smaller kit, and a couple additional motion and/or glass break sensors - moving from wired to wireless solves a lot. Range of the sensors is adequate, but I also have an Eero 6 pro 3-pack blanketing my residence with Ring-compatible z-wave...but the included extender is probably a great addition for most homes that lack Eero). I did not find value in the Ring starter bundle with the Eero as I already owned Eero!

Easy to install, works great. Took about 2 hours. I didn’t realize it doesn’t come with a camera so there is no way to check the things it reports. Overall effective.

So we got this because we wanted to know when doors were opened by our 3 year old daughter. It’s super simple to set up. The sensors are basically command hooked on (very secure). The app tells you when the door is opened or closed, when the alarm is set or turned off, etc.When my free trial went away it takes away features on the app. We are self monitoring and didn’t want to pay a fee. I can no longer turn on/off my system from the app. We were having it turn itself off each morning right when we woke up so we wouldn’t have to do it. I mean that feature no longer works. I can see if the alarm is activated by looking at history but going into the app. It is not a parent if it’s activated or not. The keypad doesn’t distinguish if it’s activated or not.The motion sensors are OK. They aren’t the greatest. We don’t really use them since they don’t really function as good as we hoped.The keypads are rechargeable and the sensors have batteries in it that are replaceable. We have had a system since December and have not had to charge the keypads at all. We’ll have to probably throw it on to the charger in the next 30 days but it’s not inconvenient at all.Overall happy with our purchase.