Ring Outdoor Cam vs TP-Link Kasa EC70

The Ring Outdoor Cam wins overall with weather sealing, battery power, color night vision, privacy zones, a siren and better ratings. The TP-Link Kasa EC70 is cheaper, records 24/7 to microSD for free and pans and tilts indoors.

Indoor versus outdoor, and how video is stored. The Ring is weather sealed for outside but cloud dependent, while the Kasa is an indoor pan-and-tilt camera that records free to a card.

The Ring Outdoor Cam. The TP-Link Kasa EC70 uses black and white infrared after dark, which is adequate indoors but gives less detail than colour footage outdoors.

The TP-Link Kasa EC70, which stores 24/7 and event history on a microSD card, although person alerts need a plan. The Ring Outdoor Cam has no local storage at all.

Buy the Ring Outdoor Cam if you want weather-sealed coverage outside with no wiring, using its rechargeable battery, with color night vision, a siren, privacy and motion zones and Ring's app.

Buy the TP-Link Kasa EC70 if you want cheap indoor coverage that pans and tilts across a room, with free 24/7 microSD recording, motion zones, Google Home and Alexa support and a 2-year warranty.