Gutter Mount for Solar Panels and Cameras - White

Gutter Mount for Solar Panels and Cameras - Gutter Mount for Solar Panels and Cams

Gutter Mount for Solar Panels and Cameras

Name: Gutter Mount for Solar Panels and Cameras
Brand: Ring
SKU: B097VZY4C7
Price: 24.99 USD
Availability: InStock

3.4

2,180

$24.99

Take up to 18 months to pay with as low as 0% APR on some term lengths and no late fees. Prequalify now.

Mount your compatible Ring Solar Panel and Camera together onto your home's gutter for an elevated viewing position with Gutter Mount. This no-drill mount clamps onto your gutter and can be easily moved or adjusted to achieve your ideal vantage point to see what’s happening around your home. You can also use Gutter Mount to position your solar panel up higher for more direct sunlight.

Tech Specs

Supported Devices

Cameras: Stick Up Cam Battery, Stick Up Cam Solar, Outdoor Cam Plus Battery, Outdoor Cam Plus Solar, Stick Up Cam Pro Battery, Stick Up Cam Pro Solar, Spotlight Cam Battery, Spotlight Cam Solar, Spotlight Cam Plus Battery, Spotlight Cam Plus Solar, Spotlight Cam Pro Battery, Spotlight Cam Pro Solar.

Solar Panels: Solar Panel (1st Generation), Solar Panel (2nd Generation), Small Solar Panel, Super Solar Panel.

*Cameras and Solar Panels sold separately.

Size and Color

Product Dimensions

5.1x1.2x8.3 inches (13x5x21 cm)

Available Colors

White

Power and Connectivity

Power Input

Installation

Operating Conditions

Weather Resistant

Setup Requirements

Gutter Mount is specifically designed to work with K-Style, Half Round, Box, and Fascia gutters.

General

Box Includes

Pole Mount, Spotlight Cam Adapter, Stick Up Cam Adapter, Pole Cap, Wall Adapter, Super Solar Panel Adapter, Cable Management Strap, User Manual, Security Sticker

Warranty

One-year limited warranty

Amazon Customer Reviews

3.4 out of 5

2,180 global ratings

5 star

43%

4 star

12%

3 star

12%

2 star

10%

1 star

23%

About Amazon ratings

Reviews with images

See all images

Customer reviews

Sort by

Filter by

Amazon Customer

Verified Purchase

A Ring camera in the car

Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2023

This product is officially discontinued.

THE PRODUCT: The name says it all - "Ring Car Cam - More ways to help protect your car." It doesn't say it’s a high-end dash cam designed to compete in the overcrowded market. Instead, like a Ring camera, it is a security device intended to monitor... the surroundings and inside of the car while in motion or parked and to alert you of any suspicious activity such as break-ins or vandalism. The question is whether the Cam does a good job of what it's meant to do.

PARKING PROTECTION: The biggest selling point of the Ring Car Cam is the ability to monitor your car when it's parked, such as in a hotel or in the driveway at night, and receive instant notifications of any suspicious activity. Ring states that it has a low-power mode to provide continuous monitoring and will shut down when it detects a low battery level to ensure that you can start your car. Unfortunately, the function fails miserably. Regardless of the age of your car, battery, or app settings, the Cam will shut itself off shortly after the engine is turned off. Depending on the battery level and settings, the Cam may stay on for only for a few minutes to a few hours; it won't last all night. When it shuts down, it won't wake up upon impact, so it won't be able to detect or notify you of vandalism or break-ins. Nor can you check your car through live view. Additionally, because most drive clips are stored locally due to their size, when the Cam is offline, you can't view them from your phone or the web. Fortunately, this can be easily fixed with a firmware update. Note that Ring does not recommend using the Cam if your battery is past its service life or after four years. (That’s an additional $200 on top of the $60 annual fee.)

LIVE VIEW & LTE: We love being able to see what's going on inside and outside of the car at any time, checking how your kid is driving and chatting with the technicians when your car is at a service station. However, you can actually run out the 2GB LTE in one week, and when that happens, you lose all cloud functions and notifications. Practically speaking, LTE doesn't have much to offer at this point. Due to poor power management, the Cam shuts down shortly after the car is turned off, so you can't use live view and won't receive notifications for theft or break-ins. Cloud storage is only for highlights and very limited live view. The clips are a few minutes long and the cloud never stores the full-length motion video for the entire trip. By the way, live view is not supported by Echo Show, so you can't just tell Alexa to show you your spouse's whereabouts when you're cooking! There is fine print that says "extra data charges may apply." Ring indicates that no additional fee beyond $60 would be imposed. Ring also states that they are working on the LTE plan to better deliver the cloud functions. It is possible to use a personal hotspot so that you can continue to use live view without LTE, and for the travel videos to show up in the app before you get back to your home WiFi.

EVIDENTIARY VALUE: In good weather conditions, the dual cameras deliver clear 1080p videos day and night (no IR for front cam). The field of view (119.5 degrees front, 153 degrees rear) is comparable to other dash cams. A common complaint is the inability to read license plates even when they are in close proximity (beyond a car's length) or in motion. Ring indicates that future firmware, likely to be released in two months, will improve video quality. Ring didn't elaborate much on technical details, but it is possible to improve video quality through software, to some extent. Techniques such as digital image stabilization, increased frame rate, and improved high bitrate numbers can be used to enhance video quality. However, there are physical limitations. For example, most dash cams shoot at 30FPS, and vehicle speed variance is usually more than 10mph on highways, the result is bound to be blurred. Thus, if standard video quality works for you, this Cam will serve you well, not to mention the cam’s unique remote features. However, if license plate readability or other recording details are critical to you, you may want to opt for a dedicated high-end dash cam.

DATA ACCESS: To download the video, you need to have a subscription and the video is limited to 20 seconds each time. Yes, only 20 seconds, and it takes a couple of minutes to process. It can take an hour to download the entire drive video. To avoid excessive LTE playback and download limitations, I use screen recording on my phone to capture the drive videos. Given the current low resolution of the video, there is no difference whether the video was downloaded natively (supposedly 1080p) or screen recorded (540p). As the storage is non-removable and the device can't be powered up by a regular USB-C, access to the files can be a serious issue after an accident.

INSTALLATION: The device is pretty compact, and the build quality is good. The installation is easy. A common complaint is that the USB-port is on the right side of the Cam. Ring explained that it is a safety decision – the excessive cable should be tucked down to the passenger side. Be very careful when you place the Cam between the windshield and dashboard. Do not use any force, as it WILL crack the window. Avoid blocking vehicle light sensor ¬– the little dome thing on the dash. Also, as it is attached to the windshield and partially blocks the view, it is illegal in some states. Check the law before you buy. Sitting at the front of the windshield with blue light on makes it an obvious target for theft and may defeat its purpose. The built-in light is pretty dim. You won’t get the colorful image the ad shows.

As for the OBD-II power source, it is safe to use. The good thing about OBD-II is that it provides a non-stop power supply without having to get into the car’s electrical system to hardwire the device. If you already have a device attached to your OBD-II, you can get an OBD-II splitter. Ring indicates they do not collect data from OBD-II.

DRIVING EXPERIENCE: After you start your car, the Cam will turn itself on in a few minutes and start to record when you drive, capturing both inside and outside of the car simultaneously; you cannot disable it. Specifically, there is a prompt that says: To start a drive recording, you must accelerate to at least 10 MPH.
Once you stop, the drive recording will end once the vehicle sits idle for six minutes. Still many reviews indicate that the Cam sometimes randomly stops recording and GPS location is inaccurate. The inconsistency in performance will be fixed in the upcoming firmware update according to Ring.

FINAL THOUGHTS: In its current status, this Cam is good enough to do what a dash cam can do. The video quality is sufficient to capture common accidents, such as hit-and-run, sideswipes, failure to yield, rear-end collisions, or prevent insurance fraud like catching “staged accidents” and disproving fake witnesses. But does it warrant $250 when any $100 dash cam has better recording capability? It will depend on your specific needs and how you like the Ring ecosystem.

Like Apple products, Ring offers simple and elegant solutions. Ring’s not-so-unique but integrated and comprehensive features, such as 24/7 parking protection, live view that works like an electronic chaperone, Traffic Stop designed to document an incident even when the car is off, and rich notifications are great remote functions and offer real-time protection. If the upcoming firmware works as promised, the Cam and subscription will be a worthwhile investment as the cost will be far less than your insurance claim and give you peace of mind when you can check in at any time. Read more

Amazon Customer

Verified Purchase

Just doesn't live up to what I'd hoped

Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2023

I bought this thinking I'd have an always-recording high quality video dash cam that would be easy to view and/or download any segment of video after the fact. I liked the added benefit of it being a security camera. Unfortunately, it seems as if it's more meant to be a security camera with the ma...in draw of a dashcam being secondary, but it does neither especially well.

I was trying to go back and look at something that happened yesterday, and first I ran into a problem using any desktop web browser whatsoever to view the content through ring.com. No matter which browser -- Firefox, Chrome, or Edge -- it reports that none of them can play HEVC and that I'd better go switch the car's recordings to "legacy" for the future. Well, a lot of good that does for what's already recorded. So I tried downloading the video. It spins for a long time and then stops spinning but never gives me a download. I can't get the video at all from a computer. OK, let's try the Ring app on my phone. I can view it there, but that's hard to see, awkward to use, and zooming at all is very pixelated. There is a download button here as well, but it tells me it can only download 30 seconds at a time, starting at wherever I've paused. Good luck pausing where you really want to start on that phone interface. Throughout trying to do this, it kept telling me "connection failed". I'm sitting right next to the car and both devices are on the same WiFi 6 network. That 30 second segment option tells me that it's about to get the video ready and it'll let me know when it's ready to download and then it never does. I just cannot get that video to something that I can see. Had I been in an accident, that would have been a real problem. This device isn't dependable.

Now for security ... that would work fine, except that either my car's battery is just not good enough or this thing doesn't know how to manage power. I have a less than one year old battery in my Honda CR-V (it's a fairly high amperage battery) and it tells me it's turned off the battery to conserve power anywhere from 20 minutes after leaving the car to maybe 4 hours if I'm very lucky. It seems to average about 2, though. So if you want to break into my car, just wait a couple of hours and you're good to go.

Unfortunately I'm sure I'm well past whatever satisfaction period existed for this and I'm stuck with it. At least I got it for the preorder price which was $50 less. I see myself replacing it with something else, though and taking my loss. And by the way, the problems I'm having? Not because I'm not paying up for the premium plan. I have paid a full year for that.

Update after some months of use: I had gotten a call from a friendly lady from the Ring support group after writing my above review. She seemed to believe at the time that some of the deficiencies were on the radar to hopefully be corrected, like the inability to view recordings using the web interface (it tells you your video codec isn't sufficient even if it is) and the ability to download better than 20 second clips at a time. As of now, some time later, neither of these features are available, and I'm doubtful that they ever will be. She had mentioned that if I was still dissatisfied with the Car Cam after using it for a little while longer I could call her back and get some kind of concession (not necessarily refund, but perhaps credit to apply to my home security system's plan), but since then I've lost both her name and the contact number so I'm basically SOL. I'm going to buy a competing wireless-connected dashcam because this one is just not usable if you actually want to download video at all -- you can't easily position it to the right time segment on the phone app (it gets the wrong clip most of the time) and the 20 second limit is a non-starter. Not being able to get this working in any of the modern web browsers is inexcusable. Even if they have to transcode via their server on-the-fly, I don't care ... make it work. It's not rocket science. Or update the firmware to use a CODEC that browsers can decode. This was originally the solution ("turn on the legacy mode to downgrade it to H.264") but that directive wasn't helpful as there is no such option available. So as it is, I have a useless/worthless $250 item which doesn't do anything for me and I'm still paying subscription fees to store video that I can't ever download unless I'm happy with getting the wrong 20 second clips at a time. I wish I hadn't lost the contact info for the nice lady because I'd gladly take the credit on my Ring account and toss this thing in the garbage or mail it back. So, if you're the one I spoke with and you're reading this, please contact me :)

Further update: Not a single one of the deficiencies that I was told were being addressed have yet been addressed, now long after the product launch and after I was told these were understood to be important. Either Ring has designed this so that its software cannot be made to work adequately or has just decided not to do any of that. You still can't use a desktop computer at all to access anything (no web browser support), can't download more than 30 second clips, etc. It doesn't have any internal battery capability whatsoever so it depends on the car, so it shuts down after a relatively short time making it useless as a security device. Even if all of this weren't true, the video quality is just terrible and I doubt software could fix that. You can't make out license plate numbers and a lot of things are so grainy as to not be useful. Roadside signs often can't be read. As it is, this product is next to useless. I'm just accepting my financial loss on having bought an expensive piece of junk and I'm buying a competing 4K webcam that does everything this one doesn't do including full connectivity with its own ample battery and ability to download full video remotely, and as a kicker that one is actually less expensive than this!! Look elsewhere. Read more

Amazon Customer

Verified Purchase

9 month update. It is better than the negative reviews suggest.

Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2023

9 month update. I still love this Dashcam and everything I said about it in my initial review still stands with one exception. Ring needs to figure out how to optomize it's battery usage because even with a 6 month old car it will turn off after about a day and a half of no driving. One of high poin...ts was when I took my last car in for new tires. I was able to see how long it sat before they pulled it into the shop and when the tech got in it to do that I got a notification and I could watch a live feed even as it was up on the lift. One afternoon I was at the Mall and thought I heard rain while shopping and since I was going to leave shortly and my car was parked a couple hundred yards away I jumped on the Ring app so I could see how hard it was raining. The sound of the rain hitting my car along with the inability to see out of the windshield let me know I could shop a little while longer. I never let anyone borrow my car, but if I did I could open the app to see how they were driving and verbally reprimand them if they were having too much fun.
I would love to know why it's no longer for sale, but if I had to guess it's due to the battery drain on the cars battery. Hopefully an OTA update can correct this.

Initial review Feb 2023
I have had mine in use for 2 days and so far I am pretty impressed. The installation in my 2023 Audi S3 was the easiest of any dash cam I have ever installed and I have installed several. It captured my entire drive to work this morning in the dark which was only 20 minutes and the video quality is on par with other dash cams I have had priced between $150 - $200, but at $250 the quality should be a little better.
Hopefully future updates can improve this. After arriving to work I walked past and around my car several times on and off over a 2 hour period and it captured every event.

My only other negative comment is I don't understand why they installed the USB C plug on the right side of the camera mount. Every vehicle I have ever had has the OBD2 port on the far left under the dash so when you run the wire up the left side of your dash and along the bottom of the windshield hidden away you have to bend the cable 180 degrees to plug it in to the base. This make no sense at all and I would love to hear from someone at ring as to why they did this. It would be ideal for right hand drive cars, but we don't have these in the states. The installation is still the cleanest looking of any dash cam I have ever installed and the only place you see the cord is where it turns up to plug it in. Had the plug been on the left side it would be hidden. Back to the negative reviews about the video quality or lack thereof, I wonder how many of these people forgot to take the protective film off of the lens. 🤔

On the main screen Motion Detection and Motion Alerts are turned on
My setting under Vehicle Battery Usage is set to high.
Snooze Motion is set to 2 hours, but you can go all the way to 12 hours.
Motion Sensitivity was set to 75%, but it was picking up cars driving by my office 50 feet away so I lowered it to about 60%.
Advanced Settings: Interior Motion is set to off for now because my car is parked in my garage at night and it sits right outside of my office door at work. It says in the app if this is turned to on that you will not get alerts for motion outside you vehicle which doesn't make sense if you want both.
Motion Frequency: Set to Frequently

I am not employed by Ring nor was I asked to give the camera a good review. I will update my review later in the week.

Update 2.26.23 I have upgraded this from 4 to 5 stars after a week of use. It has worked flawlessly all week and one day last week it was sunny and 81° and my camera handleed the heat with no problems after baking in the sun all day. The camera facing inside has a very wide field of view and I can clearly see through all of the front & rear door windows. The view through the back window isn't great, but it's better than no view and it's pretty cool to be able to open the Ring app and check on my car. I was at the mall the other day and got a Ring alert so I opened it up and determined heavy rain created the alert and I could hear the rain hitting my car from the very sensitive mic on the camera. It's also pretty entertaining to watch & listen to myself drive in traffic.

The build quality of this dash cam is far better than anything else I have seen all the way down to the little spring loaded flap that can cover the inside facing camera. It's very sturdy and even has a rubber gasket that wraps around the camera lens to soften the snap of it closing. Regardless of where I have parked I have always been able to open the app and see inside and outside my car.
I couldn't be happier with this camera and I am dumbfounded by the negative reviews. If you take the time to get to know this camera and set it up properly you will love it. Read more

Amazon Customer

Verified Purchase

Amazon deleted my first review in March 2023 for unknown reasons...

Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2023

I pre-ordered 2 Ring car cams in January 2023. I wrote a review with an update in March/April 2023. I recently was going to provide a 6-month update and learned the review was deleted from Amazon...not sure why.
I initially wrote how the car cam's main issue/problem is the battery usage to main...tain the video coverage and keep the device active. As with most reviews, the Ring Car Cam does turn off either immediately after you turn off your ignition or soon thereafter. At times, it will stay active for an hour or two but the majority of the time it just deactivates. I put one device in my sedan and another in my truck. Both devices are set in the lowest (default) 'video battery usage' setting yet both devices 'deactivate' quickly after turning off the ignitions. The batteries are less than 2 years old in both vehicles.

To combat the 20 second video clip download limitations, I had written I decided to use my cell phone to screen record the Ring video as I played it in its entirety. This resolved the issue of downloading a multitude of 20 second video clips which the Ring Car Cam is limited too.

6 month update: After 6 months, both devices are behaving in the same manner. When I check the 'Device Health', the RSSI signal strength has gone from an average value of 40-45 to a weaker signal of 70-75 for unknown reasons. The higher the RSSI signal, the worse the connection. This, along with the poor power management of the system, causes the devices to become almost obsolete unless you are actively driving your vehicle.

I recently purchased a new battery with AGM (absorbent glass mat) which is used for today's 'power hungry' vehicles that have a multitude of electronics running and or for vehicles that switch from gas to battery power. I will update later if the Ring Car Cam stays activated for a longer period of time or continues to turn off when the vehicle is turned off.

LAST UPDATE: THE NEW/EXPENSIVE AGM BATTERY WAS DRAINED DEAD AND TO BE REPLACED THIS PAST APRIL 2024...IT LASTED 6 MONTHS. THE ALTERNATOR AND STARTER WERE TESTED AND HAD NO ISSUES. THE BATTERY WHICH WAS TESTED AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE AS FULLY CHARGED AND SPANKING NEW. THE ONLY CONNECTION I HAD IN MY VEHICLE WAS FOR THE 'RING CAR CAM'. IT SOMEHOW DRAINED THE BATTERY DEAD ON IT'S LOWEST DEFAULT SETTING.

MY TRUCK ALSO HAS A RING CAR CAM. THE BATTERY IS GOING TO NEED TO BE REPLACED IN THE NEXT MONTH. AGAIN, THE RING CAR CAM IS THE ONLY OUTSIDE DEVICE CONNECTED TO MY BATTERY. THE ONLY TIME THIS CAR CAM WORKS IS IF I UPDATE WITH A 'PREVIEW' WHEN THE TRUCK IS RUNNING OTHERWISE AS SOON AS THE TRUCK PARKS, THE CAMERA TURNS OFF AND DOESN'T ACTIVATE UNTIL ITS RUNNING AGAIN. THE RING CAR CAM HAS BEEN RESET SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO DIFFERENCE. THE CAR CAM DOESN'T EVEN WORK WHEN PARKED AT HOME CONNECTED TO A 'STRONG' WI-FI SIGNAL. THE ONLY TIME IT ACTIVATES IS WHEN THE TRUCK IS RUNNING.

I contacted the Ring Car Cam department and although they state they have stopped selling Ring Car Cams altogether because of 'supply shortages', my educated guess is the many issues with connectivity and power consumption on car batteries have made this device more of a liability with the numerous customer complaints. My hope is Ring will someday solve these two issues and put it back on the market. The device definitely needs a built in power source but the trick will then be to develop an LTE connection that will work through the new power source without connected power through the vehicle battery. Maybe a combination of the 2 power sources will be the answer so customers don't need to spend money on new car batteries every 6 months. Read more

Amazon Customer

Verified Purchase

UPDATED REVIEW: Friction & Sticker Fail

Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2023

29 July Update: Relying on friction and a sticker, especially when the sticker cannot survive a Maine summer day (82-85 degrees) is ridiculous. It was a daily occurrence to have to reattach the unit after it detached and skittered across the dash. I have had replacement stickers sent with no luck an...d tried everything short of expoxy direct to the windshield. Shame as the form of this design is very appealing - the execution makes me think about this every damn drive where I never had to think about the previous camera. This is going in the bin and the old camera is going back in.

30 May Update: The replacement unit installed as expected and has worked reasonably well during our cross-country trek to our summer home in Maine. A relatively recent firmware update helped with some of the video quality issues. There is still a couple of opportunities with the product that we hope can be addressed;

MAJOR: There is no date/time stamping on the videos. At a minimum dash cam video output should include date/time stamps. Desirable would also have MPH and GPS coordinates listed. The product does not currently have this and this missing data might cause issues if the videos needed to be used in court proceedings.

MINOR: The adhesive pads that are included will fail in warm/humid climates. We spent a week in NE Arkansas during our journey and every one of the pads failed in that climate causing the unit to get dislodged and skittering across the dashboard after a right hand turn. I’m out and had to replace with the same adhesive pads that we use on our EZ-Pass. So far, so good.

Was excited to get preordered Ring Car Cam today and I hit the “Setup Device” button in the Ring App. I felt pretty confident as I have setup dozens of their products in our home - in fact, the lack of printed instructions didn’t bother me as I was comforted by the familiar in-app prompts to walk me through the steps. We got stuck at getting the thing into setup mode. “No problem” I thought, knowing that these things sometimes happen.

I said screw it after eight cycles of troubleshooting; the (bleeping) car cam STILL refused to enter setup mode. After wasting 1/2 of my life energy, I called Ring.

One hour and three people later, still no go. I now have to wait for a replacement.

I loved the thought of this, the execution seems haphazard and rushed. If you can’t make something that plugs into an OBDII port work on a 2022 Pathfinder, I shudder to think about how craptastic it is in an older car.

If the replacement works, I will change the review. Otherwise, save your money and just buy a VAVA dash cam. Installed in 15 minutes and it works. Thank God I didn’t rip it out first.

23 March Update: Changed the review to three stars thanks to Ring Customer Service. The replacement camera arrived today and was installed without incident. Video quality is adequate and could use some improvement but, will depict what may have happened in an incident. Critical information is missing from the video (date/time and MPH) output.

The potential is in the convenience of the app and the form function of the hardware itself. Ring as a decent history of iterative development and I hope they will do so with CarCam as well. The potential is there for something better.

If you are just stepping into a dash am, this is worth a look for the ease of installation and the app interface. If you want something with HD video, then come back for an iteration where they provide that. Read more

Back