Ring Solar Charger for Video Doorbell (2nd Generation – 2020 Release)

Works perfectly if you have the right location
I read the negative reviews before buying and decided that there were enough counterpoints to decide that the people having problems were having issues with what they have done, not with the charger.Like all solar panels, this is a trickle charger. It will generally only trickle power in slowly. However, having direct sun access is crucial because… well, its a solar panel. The sun tops the houses across the street from me early in the morning and climbs up above the edge of my roof above the door about four hours later. With that limited amount of direct sun, my Battery Doorbell Pro’s battery will add about 20% charge per day thanks to this panel.Some Ring doorbells use ‘optimized charging’ where the cell is supposed to only charge up to a max of 80%. This 80% limit can be difficult to trigger for reasons beyond the scope of this review, but I found that on the BD Pro, if the cell is already fully charged prior to the solar charger’s installation, the solar panel will do absolutely nothing until the battery gets down to about 70%. Only then will the solar charger start charging. When it does, it charges up to only 80% (stopping at 81%, actually). From there, with the sun I get, the solar charger will maintain between 70 and 80% battery charge indefinitely. I have the DBPro set to take snapshots every three minutes and do everything else that eats extra battery power. The direct sun access I get lets me do that. If your direct sun is less, you will have to adjust your settings to eat less power, or get used to the solar panel just extending battery life rather than making it never-ending.The exception to the above is the initial charge of the battery. When I installed my solar charger, I only had about a 38% charge on the battery. The solar charger added 20% per day until I was up to 100%… and then it seemingly did nothing for days until the battery slowly dipped down to 70%. Then it magically started up again into the cycle I describe above. Here again if you have limited sun access, you might not see this kind of clear result and it may look like the charger isn’t doing anything.

SEE UPDATED REVIEW BELOW – Don’t waste your money, charger doesn’t charge
UPDATE: Since my initial review below, Ring Support has actually reached out to help resolve some of my issues. The rep was very nice and knowledgeable about the Ring doorbell, Ring settings, and the solar charger. It turns out that the solar charger is intended/designed to provide what is called a “trickle charge” to the doorbell. This means it doesn’t fully charge the doorbell battery, but helps extend the time between charging instances. Mine wasn’t doing that because my motion frequency was set to Frequently and my motion sensitivity was really high. I had it set that way for a particular reason. With the settings so high, it was draining the battery faster than the solar charger could charge. The rep helped me set up more reasonable settings and will check back with me in a week or two.I was very impressed that Ring took the time to reach out. I told the rep that the information he provided about the “trickle charge” was very helpful and good to know and that information should probably be included in the product description. When I saw that the solar panel was a charger, I thought that meant it would always keep the battery charged and that I would never have to manually charge it, but it really only extends the battery life.I’m updating my star rating from 1 to 4, not because I’m completely satisfied with the product, but because I am impressed Ring Support contacted me to help resolve the issue.Original Review:I switched to a Ring doorbell for a couple of reasons.1) I was tired of having to replace the AA batteries every 45 days in my Blink doorbell2) I wanted a doorbell that picked up motion better3) I wanted a doorbell that had night vision.I went with the Ring doorbell because in my search I saw the option for the solar panel charger. I thought that would be perfect. I would never have to charge the doorbell manually. WRONG! Even though the solar panel gets at least 6 hours of sunlight a day, it does not actually keep the doorbell charged. I have changed motion settings, notification settings and anything else I can think of and it never matters. Also, the Ring doorbell picks up more UNWANTED motion than it does WANTED motion. And I have yet to receive a notification for package delivery detection. It has been a little frustrating to say the least.

Always 100% charged
I bought several of these for my outside doors a few months ago and they are one of the best investments for my home security. Batteries are always 100% charged. And I no longer have to worry about recharging. They just work. Almost worry free.

Bought this as a bundle – extremely pleased and glad I did
I bought this as an “add on”. I’m female – it was extremely easy to install/setup by myself w/a drill and screwdriver. I have yet to need to charge my ring door bell and it’s been months. I changed my settings to longer recording time, it’s winter time, and we’ve had TONS of very rainy/overcast days. I made sure it gets about a half-day’s sun/light w/out shadows. It stays at 100% charged even though I go in and out quite frequently throughout the day.I’d say it was a “best buy”. I plan to buy one more camera, and I’ll make sure to get a solar charger with it. It’s set it and forget it!

I was worried the solar charger wouldn’t work on our covered porch where never gets direct sunlight. It works perfectly fine! We only really see significant battery depletion when the temperature is in the minus 10’s Celsius, but the Ring device itself works very finicky in those temperatures in general. It’s been about a month since I last charged the device and it’s currently at 83% while we’ve had lower than 10°C the entire time. I’m more than satisfied with this solar charger.

Das Zubehör passt sehr genau und lässt sich einwandfrei mit der dazu gehörenden Ring Akku-Videotürklingel verbinden und auch nutzen. Auch bei bewölktem Himmel leistet dieses Gerät immer 100%. Ich bin sehr zufrieden.

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