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amazon Ring Smart Lighting System reviews
The Ring smart lighting system allows you to create a network of motion-based security lights for the outside of your home.
The Ring smart lighting system joins the company’s impressive list of security devices and is designed to help keep your home safe and well-lit. It’s a DIY outdoor smart lighting setup that you can expand as needed by adding components including floodlights, spotlights, spotlights, and step lights, and they interact with security cameras. The Ring, as well as Amazon Alexa voice commands. Components range in price from $24.99 to $69.99, and since most of them are battery-powered, you need only a quick install.
Design and Features
The idea behind the systemic Ring smart lighting appears to be a network of motion-activated lights that brighten outdoor areas surrounding the home, such as the backyard, driveway, stairs, and aisle. One side of each light is a motion-activated light by itself; however, connecting it with the Ring Bridge ($49.99) renders it smart. You can group the lights such that when a light in the group detects motion and turns on, all the others in that group will turn on. With Bridge, you can also use the Ring app or Alexa to control your lights and link them to Ring cameras like Ring Doorbell Pro, Ring Floodlight Cam, and Ring Stickup Cam. After linking the cameras, you can instruct them to record videos when the lights detect motion.
The Bridge is small and is intended for indoor use only. It measures 2.3 x 2.4 x 0.7 inches (HWD) and features a 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi radio to connect to your home network and a Wi-Fi-enabled Ring camera. It also has an RF radio to communicate with the lights. There are two signal strength LEDs on the front and a mini USB power port on the bottom. You can only install one Bridge per household, but it will connect up to 50 smart lights and motion sensors.
There are currently four different types of battery-powered lighting components available for the Ring Smart Lighting System, including Floodlight Batteries ($49.99), Pathlight Batteries ($29.99), Steplight Batteries ($24.99), and Steplight Batteries ($24.99), and Spotlight Pin ($34.99). The Floodlight Wired ($69.99) requires an electrical cord, the Transformer ($99.99), which connects non-Ring lighting fixtures to the Ring system. The Battery-powered Motion Sensor ( $24.99) will activate the Ring light and other Ring devices it is linked to. Each lighting element also has a motion sensor that activates its light and activates other Ring lights and devices.
Unlike the Ring Spotlight Cam Battery, which comes with a rechargeable battery pack, you’ll have to provide your battery for all of these devices. According to Ring, you can expect one year of battery life per device.
Lamp
The Spotlight battery is available in black or white, uses four D-cell batteries, and measures 6.4 x 3.8 x 4.6 inches. It uses a dimmable 400 lumen LED bulb with a 3,500K white color temperature, and its motion sensor has a 120-degree field of view and a 30-foot range. Spotlight comes with a screwdriver, mounting hardware, user manual, and security sticker.
Pathlight batteries are ideal for lighting walkways and driveways. An 80 lumen dimmable LED bulb with 3,500K white color sits inside a 4.1 x 4.1-inch fixture and is attached to a pole that holds the four D-cell batteries needed to power the lights. The Pathlight has a motion sensor with a 140-degree field of view and a 15-foot range and has a dusk-to-dawn glow setting that keeps the light on at reduced brightness at night. When motion is detected, it automatically adjusts to full brightness. Pathlight comes with an instruction manual, a spike, and a security sticker.
The Floodlight Battery is 5.5 x 10.4 x 4.6 inches (HWD) and comes in white or black. It packs two dimmable LEDs that output a total of 600 lumens of dimmable 3,500K white light and an adjustable motion sensor with 180-degree FOV and 45 feet of range. The battery-powered Floodlight uses four D-cell batteries and comes along with a screwdriver, mounting screw, user manual, and security sticker. The Floodlight Wired is available in white or black and measures 7.0 x 8.3 x 7.2 inches (HWD). With its two LED bulbs, it emits 2,000 lumens of 3,500K white light, and its motion sensor offers a 180-degree field of view with a 70-foot range. This light also has the installation tools and screws, an instruction manual, and a security sticker.
This miniature Steplight battery is mostly meant for lighting staircases, paths, and floors whenever motion is detected. The tiny device-measuring 3.5 x 3.5 x 1.8 inches-is available in white and black with 35 lumens along with a white temperature of 3,500K. The motion sensor has a 120-degree field of view and a motion range of 15 feet. Three C-cell batteries provide dusk-to-dawn glow just like the Pathlight. In the box: installation tools and screws, user manual, and a security sticker.
The Motion Sensor doesn’t illuminate anything, but it does provide an early trigger for smart lights and other Ring devices. It measures 2.8 x 2.4 x 2.3 inches, comes in black or white, and has a 120-degree field of view and a 15-foot range. The sensor is powered by three AAA batteries and comes with mounting tools and screws, a user manual, and a security sticker.
The smart lighting system uses the same mobile apps for Android and iOS as other Ring devices. With the app open, you can access the lights by tapping the Lights tab near the top of the screen. You can turn all lights on or off and turn motion alerts on or off. Here you can also use General to create a motion alert schedule and add devices to the group, enable motion detection for the group, set Snooze Alerts (15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour), 2 hours) and configure the Automatic Interrupt Timer determines how long the light will stay on after motion is detected (30 seconds, 1 minute, 3 minutes, 5 minutes). Tapping on any light name allows you to configure these settings for that particular light, check battery health, turn lights on and off, adjust brightness and motion sensitivity.
While you can control smart lights with Alexa, you can’t use Google Assistant or Siri voice commands, and you can’t add them to your HomeKit system. Furthermore, unlike other Ring devices, smart lights do not support IFTTT apps allowing them to work with other IFTTT devices.
where can you get a Ring Smart Lighting System online
Ring Smart Lighting – Spotlight, Battery-Powered, Outdoor Motion-Sensor Security Light, White (Bridge required): Buy it now
Ring Smart Lighting – Bridge, White: Buy it now
Ring Smart Lighting – Low Voltage Lighting Transformer (12-15V, 200W), black (Starter Kit): Buy it now
Settings and Performance
Ring sent me Bridge, Motion Sensor, Pathlight, and Spotlight for this review. As is the case with other Ring devices I’ve reviewed, they’re all very easy to set up. I already have the Ring app on my phone, but you’ll have to download the mobile app and create an account if this is your first Ring device.
I open the app, tap the three bars in the upper left corner, and tap Device setup. I selected the Smart Lighting Bridge from the list, verified my location, and scanned the QR code on the back of the Bridge with my phone’s camera. I plugged in the Bridge and waited a few seconds for the LED to flash blue, then selected my home Wi-Fi SSID when prompted. I hit Next and waited a few more seconds for the Bridge to connect to my network, then a few minutes for the Bridge to calibrate.
Next, I clicked Setup a Device again and selected Smart Lighting from the list. I verified my location and used my phone’s camera to scan the QR code on the included card. I inserted four D-cell batteries (not included), pressed continue, and waited about 30 seconds for Spotlight to calibrate. The light flashed twice, and I was prompted to choose a name for the lighting group and for Spotlight, which was now added to the Ring app and automatically added to my list of Alexa devices. Alexa verified this by telling me that Spotlight was ready to turn on and off with my voice. I was then prompted to link Spotlight to other Ring devices, which I did.
I attached the Spotlight to the side of my house using the included mounting screws and repeated the setup process for the Pathlight and motion sensor. I placed the Pathlight next to an entrance in the backyard and placed the Motion Sensor near my front door.
The Ring smart lighting system worked flawlessly in my tests. Each light responded instantly to my on and off commands using the mobile app and Alexa voice commands. I also had no trouble adjusting the brightness level with Alexa commands. Motion detection works perfectly — Pathlight and Spotlight are enabled each time their respective motion sensors are activated, as well as when independent motion sensors are activated. Push alerts also arrived quickly.
I linked the Motion Sensor, Pathlight, and Spotlight to the Ring Stick Up Cam and Ring Floodlight Cam, and they work together perfectly. Turning on the Floodlight Cam’s lights whenever motion is detected on the smart light and enable recording on both the Floodlight Cam and the Stick Up Cam.
Conclusion
With the Ring Smart Lighting System, you can easily enhance your home’s outdoor security with motion-based lighting. Whether you want to illuminate your driveway, stairs, or patio area, there’s an option designed to light your way, and with most of these DIY devices, you don’t have to run any wires. When paired with Ring Bridge, you can link smart lights together to control them as a group, and one light activates another, and you can use Alexa voice commands to turn lights on and off and adjust the brightness level. You can also link these lights to your Ring doorbell and camera to trigger video recording when motion is detected. It would be nice if Ring added support for IFTTT apps so you can do things like turn on the lights when unlocking or when the alarm goes off.
Advantages
Easy to install.
Reasonable parts prices.
Works with Alexa voice commands.
Integration with other Ring devices.
Defect
No rechargeable battery pack.
Request a bridge for smart features.
Does not support HomeKit or IFTTT.
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Định Bia has spent over 10 years testing consumer electronics with a focus on smart technology. He work as a product advisor at Biareview where he helped customers find the right devices for their needs. He personally tests every product featured on this site using a consistent evaluation framework covering quality, durability, and value. All reviews are based on experience, not influenced by the manufacturer.
