Ring Alarm review: Amazon's smart security upgrade

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Ring Alarm review: Amazon's smart security upgrade

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5 stars

5 out of 5 stars.

DIY wireless home security system is a great alarm that's smart enough without trying to do too much

Amazon's new Ring Alarm smartens up the traditional home security system without radically changing how it works, combining the best of both worlds into a DIY-friendly wireless alarm arrangement that just works.

It's been a 16-month wait in the UK since the Ring Alarm line of products launched in the US in July 2018, but it has been worth it.

The Ring Alarm takes the "if it ain't broke" approach to a smart alarm system. Take a traditional alarm system, make it wireless and inject a bit of smart into it without trying to do too much and making it over-complicated.

The system comes in a kit with one contact sensor, one motion detector, a keypad, a range extender and the base station, which connects to your home wifi and contains a very loud siren. It's enough to get you started, but if you have more than one entry door or ground-floor windows, you will probably need at least one more contact sensor or motion detector.

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The Ring Alarm is a DIY, wireless solution, which makes it rental-friendly. You can screw everything in place if you want or, as I did, simply stick the various bits in place with foam fixers.

Installation was surprisingly straightforward and easy. You'll need a Ring account, and its app on your smartphone, which guides you through the whole process. Plug the base station into power and hook it up to your home network via ethernet or wifi.

Then it's simply a process of pulling the battery tabs out of the various bits o



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