Back to the sheet Home & Living Doorbell · B6
Ring Battery Doorbell
B6 · Hall of smart-shame Oh no, you didn’t?

Ring Battery Doorbell

By Ring.

$45
Amazon US, October 2026. Prices change.

A camera by the door that records everyone who walks past and keeps the clips on Amazon’s servers for a monthly fee. Very good at catching parcel thieves and the postman.

Online
Wi-Fi, Ethernet or cellular. An attacker can be anywhere, and it can collect data.
Cloud-dependent
Needs the maker's servers or app to work, so the maker can switch it off.

Buy the dumb one instead

We do not link to the smart one. You can find it.

Survival checklist

What it survives, next to the dumb one.
1
=SURVIVES(threat)Survives…
ThisRing Battery Doorbell
The dumb oneDumb oneBaldwin Colonial door knocker
2
Power cut
FALSE
TRUE
3
Wi-Fi goes down
FALSE
TRUE
4
The company switches off its servers
FALSE
TRUE
5
Someone tries to hack it
FALSE
TRUE
6
A firmware update goes wrong
FALSE
TRUE
7
Twenty years from now
FALSE
TRUE
8
=COUNTIF(TRUE)Total
0 of 60/6
6 of 66/6

The dumb one is the Baldwin Colonial door knocker.

You are here

Films the neighbours. Uploads them.

Ring Battery Doorbell

$45
Online · Cloud-dependent The whole street, on camera.
#N/A

We looked. Sorry.

Doorbells with chips always want friends. Knock instead.