Do Ring Contact Sensors Need To Be Flush?

A Ring Contact Sensor installed on my front door

The Ring contact sensor might be the key to smart home security, but what good is it if you can’t mount it? There’s a lot of concern about mounting these contact sensors on door sensor and windows. If their alignment isn’t good enough, they’re not going to be able to provide the security coverage you’re … Read more

Why Your Ring Sensor Keeps Going Offline (& How To Fix It)

One Ring Motion Sensor showing as offline in the Ring app

Ring’s security sensors are a great way to get some extra piece of mind when it comes to home security. These sensors take old school home security systems and add a smart technology twist that keeps you up-to-date on everything from a window opening to your basement flooding. However, this technology is only as good … Read more

When Your Ring Alarm Sensor Keeps Saying Tampered

Getting various tampered errors for my Ring Alarm contact sensor

Ring security sensors are a great choice for adding some extra protection to your home security plan. However, what do you do when those sensors start sending you false alerts? The tamper alert is designed to let users know when someone has tried to physically damage the sensor. There are also glitches that can cause … Read more

How Do You Unstick Or Remove a Ring Sensor (Contact or Motion Sensors)?

Me holding one of my Ring Contact Sensors

We tend to forget about the placement of our bring sensors and once they’ve been up for a while, but there’s actually plenty of good reasons why you’d want to move a Ring sensor after you’ve installed it. You might want to move your Ring sensors in order to improve the plan for your home … Read more

Ring Sensor Guide for Garage Doors

Example placement of Ring Contact Sensor on a garage door

The Ring Alarm is a great tool for ensuring the security of your home. It helps protect most aspects of your home, most notably entryways – but what about your garage? After all, this is another way thieves can enter your home. One component of the Ring Alarm System, the Contact Sensors are advertised for … Read more

Ring Chime Won’t Enter Setup Mode: What To Do

Me holding my Ring Chime which has just bricked itself

Last month I setup a new Wi-Fi mesh system to improve my home’s Wi-Fi reach, but instead of keeping the same network name and password, I decided to move all my devices over to the new Wi-Fi details one-by-one. Overall this worked fairly well: I updated 2-3 devices a day, and after a few weeks, … Read more

Help! Someone Put Tape (or Gum) on my Ring Doorbell Camera

Someone putting brown tape over a Ring Doorbell

Picture it – you’re sitting at work and wondering why your Ring Doorbell alerts haven’t gone off so much as once. You know the mailman always comes around 10 am, and you’ve got at least one delivery coming, and that one dog runs across your lawn at the exact time each morning – so what … Read more

Is the Ring Alarm Range Extender Needed?

A Ring Alarm Range Extender plugged in

The Ring Alarm System has become an indispensable tool in many smart homes. I mean, what’s not to love about the fact that you can set up your alarm system according to your own preferences, all while keeping your home safe? Now, when either purchasing one of the Ring Alarm kits, or each item separately … Read more

Ring Disconnected From Wi-Fi (And Might Not Easily Reconnect)

Ring doorbell wifi error on app

Wi-Fi issues are some of the most common problems to have with Ring devices. It seems like they flicker out every now and then and it’s hard to tell why. However, there are some tips and tricks we can do to figure out why the Ring devices are disconnecting and make sure that they have … Read more