I recently installed the Ring Alarm 8-piece kit (2nd Gen), a home security system from Ring that includes optional 24/7 professional monitoring and works seamlessly with Alexa. At $474.98, this security system arrived at my Houston home ready to address what I’d been putting off for too long. As a Marine veteran and entrepreneur, I know the value of solid perimeter control and redundancy. In business and in personal security, you can’t afford gaps.

The Ring Alarm 8-piece kit (2nd Gen) comes with two contact sensors, one motion detector, a keypad, a range extender, and the base station hub. Setup took me about thirty minutes, which is faster than I expected for something this involved. The app w