12 Days of Christmas Gifts and Day 7 is Ring Video Doorbell

A video doorbell has become a must-have this year. Not only does it keep you on the alert to whomever is at your front door when you’re in the house, it tracks people who approach when you’re not home. It’s one of the most useful smart home devices you can bring home, and that’s why the Ring Video Doorbell Pro takes a place of honor on Day 7 of the 12 Days of Christmas Gifts.

The Ring Video Doorbell Pro is a full HD Camera with 1080p resolution. You get a crisp, clear, wide-angle view of your home’s front door area, and with infrared LED night vision, you’ll have eyes in the dark too. You don’t need an existing doorbell to use Ring Video Doorbell either; it can run off of a battery so you can put it anywhere.

Here’s why you’ll want to give the gift of a Ring Video Doorbell this Christmas.

Ring Video Doorbell lets you keep track of packages

Tis the season for package deliveries, friends coming by, and the odd door to door salesman. But out of all of those visits, packages and deliveries can be the most difficult to manage. You don’t want to have someone deliver something and just leave it on your porch, because if you live near a busy road that package could easily disappear before you get home.

With the Ring Video Doorbell, you’ll get motion alerts whenever someone knocks at or approaches your door. You can even set it up so you can customize your zone of motion, creating your own custom shape within the app, so you don’t have false alerts. The Ring Doorbell also has body heat sensors, so it won’t be triggered by a tree branch moving in the wind.

You can talk to your visitors from anywhere you are

Whether you’re sitting on the couch and you don’t want to answer the door, or you’re halfway around the world and someone is knocking, Ring Video Doorbell will let you answer your door and interact with whomever is there via built-in two-way communication.

You can relay your voice and it will be crisp and clear thanks to the microphone with echo cancellation, and there are two configurable speakers within the doorbell. You can tell someone you’re not able to come to the door, instruct a delivery person where to tuck a package for safe keeping, or avoid door to door sales people.

Ring Doorbell lets you save clips or view a live stream

When you open the Ring App you can view a live stream of your front door or watch any saved clips that are stored in the Ring Cloud. You’ll receive motion alerts on your phone when someone is out there, and even if you don’t log in immediately, you can still view the clip whenever you want to.

Ring Video Doorbell is easy to install

Smart home devices have become so easy to install, they literally take minutes to set up. That’s the case with Ring Video Doorbell, and you’ll be up and monitoring your home in less than ten minutes.

If you have a few smart home devices, you know that not every one can run on the 5GHz band, but Ring Doorbell can. That means you can connect to and run it on your 5G, freeing up space on your 2.4GHz band for other smart home devices.

The Ring Doorbell is also certified for outdoor use, and its weather-resistant design will stand up to Canadian winters in a chilly temperature range up to -21C.

Add Ring Chime for sound alerts

The most recommended accessory for Ring Doorbell is Ring Chime. It’s sold separately, but you’re going to want to wrap it and put it under the tree too.

Ring Chime lets you customize sounds that play via your Ring Doorbell. Ring will release ring tones that are appropriate for the current season, and if you want to customize your sounds, you can easily do so via the Ring app.

Martin, the Editor in Chief here on the blog, has customized his Ring Doorbell via Ring Chime to scare off raccoons. When someone shows up at the door the Ring Doorbell will play Sleigh Bells, but when raccoons are on his porch he plays dogs barking to scare them off.

Ring Doorbell is one device that will give you or someone you love the gift of peace of mind, all year long. You can pick up your own Ring Video Doorbell on Best Buy right now.

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