Chime Pro

Amazong, works flawlessly easy to install with one screwdriver and no hardware gotnot installed on my brick house and its wifi connection has been completely solid the whole time battery life is awesome and I have loterally no complaints the field of view is amazing and you can zoom in and out move side to some for a full birds eye view its only a question of why didnt I get this b4 now.

I first bought a Ring doorbell cam 4 and hard wire installed it. RSSI signal strength was around -65 which was ok but not good. Because RSSI is a negative number, the lower number the better. For example, the best RSSI is -59 to -1. I then bought the Ring Chime Pro and installed it in a wall outlet between the router and the doorbell. The app said, no good, find a different location. I tried three more locations, including a wall outlet inside the house located only about 8 feet from the outside doorbell. Signal strength still not good. Finally, I used an extension cord and located the Ring Chime pro on top of a dresser that is literally one foot from the doorbell, with only the house's outer wall between the doorbell cam and the Ring Chime Pro. At first, still no good! I felt defeated. But wait, there is more! I checked on it a couple of hours later and all of a sudden, the RSSI was great, it was -44. My conclusion is that do not be thrown off by an initial bad reading. Apparently it takes awhile either to establish the good connection and/or the Ring cam device only updates the signal strength report every so often. So now I conclude that it is possible that some of the other locations I tried may also work. To adequately test each location, I believe you need to install it and let it sit there for awhile. In the Ring app, go to the Ring doorbell cam settings, click on "Device Health" to see the current RSSI value, but also scroll down and to see the date and time of the last "Device Health Check." If that time is a couple of hours ago, do something to the doorbell cam to trigger it, like ring the doorbell, and then check device health again. I did this and the RSSI value changed for the better. It has now been over a week, and I am consistently getting an RSSI from the router to the Ring Chime Pro, and from the Ring Chime Pro to the Ring cam, of about RSSI-45, which is great. Other things: As other reviewers have noted, you truly can easily turn off the nightlight, the chime alerts, and even the little blue status light. In other words, you can easily make the Ring Chime Pro a completely dark and silent device whose only purpose is the signal strength boost. This is all I wanted because my doorbell cam is hard wired to my mechanical doorbell chimes and I don't need any part of it except the signal boost. Thus I give five starts to the Ring Chime Pro. I have not yet reviewed the Ring doorbell cam itself, but my comment on that is that if you have a brick house, like mine, and your doorbell is in a corner far away from your router, you will probably need to also pay $49 for the Ring Chime Pro, unless you already have a system of mesh wifi boosters. Also, the Ring Chime Pro is super easy to install. Assuming you have already installed the Ring app on your phone, you just plug the Ring Chime Pro into a wall outlet. Then you do have to wait a few minutes while the app sends a firmware update to the device. After that, the app will start giving you prompts that the location is no good. But if you feel the location is pretty good, I would wait, as described above, and see if the signal strength improves over time.

Works as it should. Easy install. I bought the plug-in chime unit. It’s nice and loud. Motion alerts are kind of annoying TBH. I shut them off.

Works great for signal booster! My RSSI has significantly gone up since I got this little guy therefore my picture clarity as well! I had my WiFi mesh extender as close as possible to the ring doorbell before but i was getting health alerts as it was too close to my router. And even then it was hovering around -65 ish which isn’t great. Problem solved once I plugged in this guy and moved my mesh extender to a better part of the house. RSSI is now in the low -40s. Also kind of enjoy the built in light that notifies you of a doorbell press if you decide to not use any chime sounds. Only reason not five stars is you can’t even see the chime pro in the ring app if you are a shared user, have to be main account holder, but still not the end of the world. Definitely worth it.

I want to retract my previous review. The unit does work. The issue was my ignorance of how to change a setting in my eero6+ router. I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. Chime does not work as advertised. It will not stay connected to the WiFi network.

I bought the Ring Chime Pro because I have a Ring Doorbell and a Ring Floodlight that are on opposite ends of my house and are outside so they are far from my internet modem. I wanted to get this to potentially prevent any issues with internet connectivity. After 2 years of use, this is my honest opinion about it. The device itself is reasonably priced, although it cost as much as the doorbell camera itself which doesn't make sense to me. It is super easy to install, it literally just plugs into any outlet and you can connect it to internet easily with the Ring app (instructions are step-by-step and easy to follow). It is located in my hallway, which is a halfway point between my 2 cameras. I love the little nightlight that turns on when it senses a dark room because this improves visibility in my otherwise dark hallway at night. The Chime is SUPER customizable in the Ring app and you can set different tones/volumes for different events (doorbell ring, motion detection, person detection). This has never randomly disconnected from my internet over the years so it has good connectivity. It is sleek and looks good in my home. It is also somewhat flush against the wall making it difficult for my baby to play with or remove from the outlet which is a HUGE plus (she tries to play with it but has never been able to pull it out of the wall so she loses interest quickly). As far as improving the signal to my Ring devices, I will say that my doorbell camera has never lost connection HOWEVER my floodlight camera rarely but occasionally still loses internet access if there is bad weather. My garage is pretty far away though, and there is no other outlet that I could put this in that makes sense and it only happens very rarely so it isn't really a huge deal when it happens. I have owned signal boosters in the past that were a bit strong than this one, but it does the job and it acts well as a doorbell chime if you don't have an Alexa hub that can chime for you. Overall, if you are looking for a doorbell Chime to link to you Ring devices with the added bonus of boosting internet signal, I would recommend getting this Chime device. It has worked well enough for me over the years and I do not regret my purchase. Hope this helps!