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6 smart gifts for holiday travelers

Leaving the porch light on isn’t enough. Whether you’re gifting someone else or yourself, Ring will keep you connected.
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The holiday travel season is coming up, which means loads of empty homes and packages sitting on porches, ripe for the plucking. All the more reason to gift the people on your list, and yourself, a Ring security device that will shine a spotlight on dark places around the house, alert them to when someone’s lurking, and let them know when packages arrive, all in real time. 

Check out these top Ring picks that’ll keep tabs on their space while they’re at grandma’s — and they can uplevel their device’s capabilities with a Ring Home plan.

Ring Connected Basic Kit

For your favorite techie

If you really want to cover their — or your — bases, this kit is it. It includes Battery Doorbell with Head-To-Toe Video plus the wireless and weather-resistant Stick Up Cam, which works indoors and out. They’ll love keeping tabs on all the haps back home and from multiple points of view.

Ring Floodlight Cam Wired Plus

For mom and pop’s big yard

This motion-activated HD camera with floodlights will keep an eye on a large outdoor space, which is ideal if they — or you — want to monitor a car in the driveway or a backyard while away. They can see, hear, and Two-Way Talk via the mobile app, and even blast an alarm if the camera spots shady activity.

Ring Indoor Cam

For the pet-obsessed

This smart camera will let them watch their fur babies nap, eat, and repeat all day long. They can even tell Fido to get off the bed via the Ring app, thanks to Two-Way Talk. The HD video is clear enough to see any poopies on the carpet and the camera plugs in anywhere so they can move it around.

Ring 5-Piece Alarm Security Kit

For your apartment-dweller pal

This kit requires zero tools for installation and will secure one door or window and detect motion in one room, making it ideal for anyone who calls an apartment home. If someone enters when the alarm is set, the device will chirp, plus they’ll get a real-time alert in the Ring app.

Ring Battery Doorbell

For people who buy everything online

Whether it’s another package or a pizza delivery — this small and easy-to-install device sends alerts and lets them talk to the people ringing their bell, via the Ring app and from anywhere. This device even features Head-To-Toe Video, a perk if they want to see the packages sitting on their porch.

Ring Spotlight Cam Plus

For anyone who works late

This camera not only secures a large outdoor area with Color Night Vision, HD video, Two-Way Talk, and two blinding LED lights that trigger with movement — but the lights also come in handy when they come home in the dark and have a hard time seeing the steps or finding the key hole.

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