Ring Protect Basic is increasing to £49.99 per device. It was currently £34.99 after prices increased from £29.99 18 months ago.
Lots of upset people on X etc… Looks like emails started going out today.
I didn’t know they had a breach. Going to have a lil research on that later
My plan is due for renewal 5 days after the price increase 
Might look at something else like the Eufy doorbells that come with their own storage
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Thanks I’ll give them a look
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Safer bet. Your videos won’t be sat on Amazon Servers for half a year 
. Sometimes free is better.
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I use blink, local storage and works well enough for me. Not into the advanced features though, so not suitable for all
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As soon as I got the email, I went and cancelled my subscription. Incredibly audacious of them to hike it up a second time. I’ll pass.
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According to Money Saving Expert if you cancel your plan now you’ll get a pro-rata refund.
Sign up again and the old price is locked in for a year.
You might lose saved recordings.
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You can use a UniFi Cloud Key Gen2 Plus for UniFi Protect. You are limited to 5TB HDD (if you upgrade the 1TB HDD) but I used it for 3 years before finally buying a Dream Machine SE.
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5 minutes of my life and done. This is a saving anyway too since the annual price is the equivalent of two months free.
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I have this and can’t fault it
Bought a plug for power, easy as that. Works with HomeKit.
The only issue is it still seems to be US only but I just bought it from Amazon.com and they shipped it. No extra import fees or anything.
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Love Logitech stuff. Can’t go wrong (my living room audio setup is still a 2006 Logitech computer 5.1 surround rig which beats all current domestic Sonos/Bose/JBL systems I’ve listened to)
That Logitech website is a carbon-copy rip of the Nest cam site. Fair play to 'em though - if you’re HomeKit, it’ll be ace.
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If my budget was limitless I’d definitely go with a Unifi setup, downside is the places where I would want the cameras would need some significant cabling work to get ethernet to the appropriate spots.
I’ve been using EUFY cameras + doorbell for a few years now and they work well enough. I know Eufy had some security issues a year or so back so not sure if they should be recommended, but in terms of a budget option they’re good, no subscription etc
I started using Ring back in 2018. At the time the primary reason I went with them was because each person in the house could have their own account and therefore their own alert settings in their instance of the Ring app. The other options I considered (both subscription based and on site storage based) all required everyone in the house to share a single account and therefore same notification settings.
Are there other options now which support multi user accounts/settings within a single household and also lower ongoing cost than Ring?
I cancelled, look at alternatives
I’m sticking with Ring. It’s an increase I’m prepared to put up with because it’s the best doorbell that I’ve had in terms of battery life, detection and false positives.
I’m sticking with Ring too although I have the wired doorbell - full alarm system with external siren - 3 internal cameras - window and door sensors - drive floodlight cam and for £8 a month all fully covered for alerts via text and email with Alexa comparability seems good vfm for me at least
This is the most relevant thread I could find! I live in a block of flats and our neighbours have had an incident of a break in! Now this has happened I want to get a door bell as well as a camera in my patio. Unfortunately I can’t run wires through to either one (the door nor the patio). There is only one light outside in the patio
I am torn between going with Ring or Google products. Any advice would be appreciated? I know the ring subscriptions have been going up in price constantly
Eufy or blink with local storage.
I have blink and it does the job well.
I have Ring cameras and Ring alarm system and pay for the £80/year “standard” subscription. Don’t have any experience with any other system. The alarm system has battery backup and also (when combined with the subscription) cellular backup so will continue to work and notify me of a brake in even during a power or WiFi cut. For me this makes the subscription worthwhile; I’m not sure there is another alarm system on the market with these features for a lower price. I also like having cameras and alarm integrated into a single app.
But if I was starting from scratch today and only getting cameras I’d be inclined to look into systems that process and store and data in a local hub rather than cloud. I’m not too bothered about privacy aspect of cloud storage, but Ring’s cloud dependence for video processing can be limiting at times (sometimes takes a few seconds to initiate video feed from app, and have had occasions where motion notification is delayed). I’d be inclined to take a look at Reolink, Eufy, and Tapo, which I believe all work locally