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jailbird wrote: ↑Mon Oct 07, 2019 8:34 am Keep in mind that if you go with a Ring Pro and you use hardwired chimes, there is an issue where the Texas heat will kill the LiPo battery in them after 18 months or so. The doorbell itself will keep working, but your hardwired chimes will suddenly stop working. No alert or anything from the app.

There is a lot of information out there (especially Reddit) about this issue and hardware modifications to fix it. Personally I just replaced mine with a Nest Hello which actually includes the wedge in the package. So far it works pretty well, my only gripe is that the “chime” on the phone app is pretty quiet. However it does have new features like face detection, package dropped off/picked up detection, etc.

DXer wrote: ↑Sun Oct 06, 2019 8:02 pm My wife is on me to get a Ring or similar doorbell camera. She gets no argument from me except the space available is extremely narrow and won't permit a flush mount. Talked to my BIL this weekend and he was aware of one that pivoted out so it could be mounted at an angle and still see who is coming up the walk. I've looked at the Ring web page and fail to see anything like this, but he insists it is made by Ring. Anyone with experience with these things? I'd like to avoid a battery deal and use the 24 volt bell wiring if possible.