{"id":458425,"date":"2022-08-30T12:02:28","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T10:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=458425"},"modified":"2022-08-30T12:03:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T10:03:48","slug":"we-tested-the-ring-alarm-and-it-exceeded-our-expectations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/reviews\/458425-we-tested-the-ring-alarm-and-it-exceeded-our-expectations.html","title":{"rendered":"We tested the Ring Alarm \u2014 And it exceeded our expectations"},"content":{"rendered":"

South African ICT product distributor MiRO recently sent us the Ring Alarm wireless home security starter kit to try out.<\/p>\n

We set it up at one of our journalist’s homes to see how it works and documented our experience.<\/p>\n

Ring advertises this starter kit as a simple and affordable way to set up your own alarm system, and while this sort of marketing is often a stretch \u2014 we found it accurate here.<\/p>\n

The Ring Alarm system was straightforward to set up, taking us 20 minutes before it was ready for action.<\/p>\n

This time was mostly spent setting up the sensors, keypad, and central module.<\/p>\n

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The sensors we tested included Ring’s motion and door sensor, both of which attached to a wall with double-sided tape the company provides with the devices.<\/p>\n

Once we had set up the sensors where we wanted them, we plugged in the central module and keypad, and downloaded the Ring app on our smartphone.<\/p>\n

The app walked us through completing the setup, and once we had paired the app to the central module, keypad, and sensors, we were all set.<\/p>\n

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We could manage everything about our sensors from our smartphone \u2014 including receiving notifications when there was movement within the detection zones.<\/p>\n

This makes the Ring Alarm system particularly useful if you’re going away, as you will know immediately if someone is in your home or office.<\/p>\n

Importantly, we found that the Ring sensors were extremely accurate. When we moved into the detection zone, we immediately received notifications on our smartphone every time.<\/p>\n

We also did not encounter any issues in terms of false detections \u2014 every time we received a notification, it was because there had genuinely been someone in the room.<\/p>\n

This efficiency impressed us, particularly for an affordable system we had set up ourselves with minimal fuss.<\/p>\n

One of the system’s key features is its three sensor modes \u2014 Disarmed, Home, and Away. They work as follows:<\/p>\n