Ring Solar Charger for Video Doorbell (2nd Generation - 2020 Release)

Purchased Sept 2024. I only get 2 to 3 hours of direct sunlight but the charger was keeping the the battery at around 75%. I was happy with it. During January and February not as much sun, colder weather and battery got down to 50%. I decided to remove the doorbell and charge it. When putting it back the wire that plugs into the doorbell did not go back into the slot and became pinched between the doorbell charger. I did not notice it and It must have broke the wires inside as it does not charge now. Be careful when mounting and make sure the wire does not not get pinched. Even after I removed the doorbell and reinstalled without the wire pinched still not working. It could be designed a little better to prevent this.REVISED. Ring support contacted me and he ran test and determined the solar panel was not charging. SO, Ring Customer Service is great. Unfortunately I have an older doorbell unit and was unable work with the newest solar panel. They did offer me some credit towards an updated doorbell. I updated to 5 stars because of follow up with Ring

Works great. We have a large covered porch and I was worried because there is little direct sunlight on our covered porch. Only had to charge the camera once in the 6 months we have had it. It was winter when light was less and a very stormy week with mostly clouds. The camera usually doesn't get below 70% battery now.

I installed this June of 2023. I want to say I did not have to charge the doorbell for at least 18 months, ever. It was great. About that time though it started to drain, quickly. For the past 5 months I’ve have to repeatedly charge the doorbell. Maybe I was spoiled those first 18 months, as now I’m annoyed I have to charge it about once a month. However, it beats having to charge as often without the solar panel. All in all this was a great purchase. Just wish it held the charge a bit longer as it gets about 5-6 hours of afternoon sun. Side note, I’ve dropped the screws several times and lost one. Come to find out I was eligible for a free accessory kit which included new screws. Shipped free as well. So that was awesome.

Update: I initially wrote a 1 star review because I started having issues just after the return window closed. Soon after, the Ring company contacted me to help resolve my issue. They were professional, thorough and worked the issue until it was fixed. It's been a week and my issue (getting false messages about people ringing the doorbell) has completely stopped. I'm happy with the device and the excellent customer service from Brett of Ring.As for the solar charger itself. It works great. I have it in an area that is shaded a few hours a day and it still charges my device effectively preventing me from having to manually charge the battery. The install was easy, and it has a rubber gasket to prevent rain from getting between the solar charger and the ring doorbell cam. Great buy and well worth the money.

Had this for some time now and this has saved me! I used to constantly have to take out the battery, wait for hours to charge it, etc. And because I had no time I would go for stretches without the doorbell. Now I constantly see it around 99%. Haven't taken it the battery out in about 6 months. Amazing!

UPDATE:I actually removed the charger and re-added it and now it seems to be working great! Not sure why it wasn't the first time but now it keeps my doorbell charged 100%.Bought this because I didn’t realize that the battery on the new ring doorbell wasn’t removable and so I couldn’t use my extra batteries. The sun shines directly on the doorbell and thus the solar charger at least half of the day but it doesn’t seem to make any difference. The battery still steadily dies and never seems to really charge. Sometimes it shows that my doorbell is “hard wired (not sure why) and sometimes it shows not charging at all (see pic). Definitely not worth the money and in my opinion, Ring should never have stopped having a removable / replaceable battery for these.

It’s been a little over a year and a half and this doesn’t help at all. I am having to take off to charge since solar is so slow it dies first.

It lasted about a year here in Florida. For $45 and not having to recharge the battery or buy a second battery, it worked like a charm. Minus 1 star for only lasting a year, otherwise it worked well.