Motion Sensor — Battery-powered outdoor sensor for Ring smart lights, works with Amazon Sidewalk, White

Purchased this sensor to activate outdoor lighting using Alexa but was hesitant that it wouldn't work the way I was hoping. Man was I wrong. This was the ONLY outdoor motion sensor I could find that works with Alexa and has seamless integration with other smart devices (through Alexa). Connected outdoor lights to outdoor smart plug, installed Ring bridge (req'd even with Alexa) and Ring motion sensor, and added all those smart devices to Alexa and made a routine to power the smart plug when motion is detected. Even added a condition in Alexa to only perform the routine during nighttime hours and added a second routine to power off the smart plug after 1min of no motion detected. So not only will the motion sensor trigger the lights, but I can have Alexa turn them on and off via voice command.Gotta love these smart devices! Next up is to trigger a siren when someone walks up on my deck at night!

I purchased this to work in conjunction with a battery powered Ring solar floodlight, both of which are mounted to trees halfway down my driveway.I was worried that the sensor would not be able to serve my needs due to the distance of its placement from the bridge and also its being powered by only 3 AAA batteries.After more than a month of daily heavy use with all settings on the most power demanding option, I can report that the batteries (rechargeables) are reading 54%, the connection strength to the Ring bridge is "fair", and that the floodlight activates very quickly after motion is detected.Additionally, the senor detects motion of the type and distance that I would expect without giving me too many unnecessary alerts. Vehicles and people are detected at approximately 15 yards but it is not triggered by leaves falling etc. This product is highly recommended and may resolve any detection issues you may be having with another Ring product.I have included a screenshot from the satellite view of my property which is in a rural and heavily wooded area. The "o" denotes the location of the bridge with each "x" being the floodlight and sensor, the latter of which is farthest from the bridge.

Failed, POS—-Update 15ARR25. Ring assistance contacted me and help me work through some updates and changes. The mailbox sensor is functional again. Let’s give it four stars this time.

My Ring Doorbell 2 wouldn't detect someone coming up my front sidewalk until they were almost at the door, so I got the Ring Outdoor Motion Sensor to place farther down the sidewalk to turn on the doorbell camera earlier. The detector constantly sends motion-detected alerts when no one is there and, even if someone *is* there, it doesn't start the doorbell recording for up to 40 seconds. For example, the other day (2/16/2020) my Echo Dot said, "Motion detected by the Frontwalk Motion Detector," and I walked over to the front door to look out the window to see if there was anything that would have set it off. As it turned out, three kids were getting out of their car at the end of my sidewalk. Two got out on the passenger side facing the house, and the driver got out on the other side and walked around the front of the car. They stood a little bit, one checking her phone, and then all three walked moderately slowly to the neighbor's house. It probably took me a few seconds to get to the door; I probably stood there watching 15 to 20 seconds; I imagine it took them another 5 to 10 seconds or more to get out of camera range on the right. I checked my computer to see whether the doorbell had been triggered, and it had. When I looked at the video, I was amazed that no one was there at all! That means that it must have been up to 40 seconds between when the motion detector "saw" the motion and when the triggering of the Front Doorbell camera started recording!!! What good is that?!?Also, at least sometimes, if the motion detector has set the doorbell camera to recording and someone presses the doorbell, it rings on their side, but no ring alert is sent. And, since sometimes Ring products get stuck on alerting every 15 minutes or every 30 minutes or every 5 minutes, etc., I stop checking why — meaning I don't see them ringing the bell. And the 40-second delay means the doorbell isn't triggered to record any sooner than it recorded without the additional motion detector.I have spent 20, 30, maybe 40 hours trying to get the Ring products to work as they should, with dozens of calls to Ring about it. A Ring support agent asked by e-mail to let her know if her reset solved my issues, and I sent four detailed replies about tests and which videos to see; then I discovered they didn't go to her, just to a general help address, and I have had no response at all.

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Sensor works just fine, but removing the lid in order to install or replace batteries is quite a chore! (Unless you have three hands!).As far as I'm concerned this is simply a horrible design. I usually don't want to mess with screws when I have to replace batteries in a device, but in this case I would have preferred screws! This is just insane!

This sensor works good. It truly took care my blind spots, Battery life is really good, and looks good also. This is a 5 out of 5 for me. I highly recommend to other customers. Good stable product.👍🏽.

The item does what it is supposed to, the key is taking having a Ring Bridge and some planning.I have this item tied into my Ring Low Voltage Transformer. I have it positioned around the side of my house so that when guests come around the corner to the back of my house where I have built a deck for the neighbors to hang out after dark, it lights the deck stairs. I played with the location of the sensor several times so that the step lights come on just as they round the corner usually unless they are running. I moved it around a couple of times due to the slight lag between motion and the lights coming on. So far it has been great, and at a casual stroll the timing is perfect, gotten lots of compliments on my setup.