Ring Smart Lighting – Low Voltage Lighting Transformer (12-15V, 200W), black (Bridge required)

Work great. Excellent quality.
For $99 these are fantastic transformers. When you add in the wireless functionality they’re a steal.I was previously using a Kichler transformer with a Smartthings outdoor plug. This mean that RING would send a “motion sensed” command to Smartthings which would then turn on the switch. Now it’s all integrated within the Ring ecosystem making it faster and more reliable.Overall build quality is fantastic. They have a smaller form factor than the big box brand versions. They’re also matte black instead of shiny metal which helps them blend in.You DO NOT need a bridge if you have the newest Amazon Echo device. I have one connected to the RING lighting bridge (backyard) and one connected to our living room echo (front yard).Very easy to wire in and the connections have stayed solid.

Great Wi-Fi Transformer
After an exhaustive search I settled on this Ring. Easy to setup and use. Convert your old transformer path lights to modern wireless controller. Great Ring Product. One caveat you also need a Ring Bridge to communicate with transformer. Not too expensive. Highly recommend if you want to change old transformer to wireless transformer.

Easy Install with basic overall smart functionality, but still has room for growth.
First the pros: Though it was probably overkill, I purchased two boxes to ensure that I could run all of my lights. Due to our large yard, I had to bury over 200 feet of low voltage cable but I am sure purchasing just one of these boxes would have worked for all 200 feet. The mounting instructions and template were spot on. You have 3 wire inputs on the transformer itself: one for a common wire and two separate inputs for a 12 v and 15 v. All lights powered on and the linking both boxes to the Ring bridge and Alexa was very easy and straightforward. Now the cons: 1. Creating the light timing schedules is pretty simple, once you figure out where to go on the Ring app to do it. However, I was surprised to see that there was no sunrise/sunset timing option available in the app. Within the app itself, there is also no option to just turn the lights on for any longer than 1 minute, 5 minute, 15 minute and 30 minute options. At one point, there was a 4 hour option, but that has since disappeared and was only an option for one of the boxes anyway. On top of that, two separate devices for each box show up in Alexa discovery: one as a switch and one as a light. Using Alexa to turn on the light still follows the 4 option window, though this is not always the case. My best theory as to why this happens is that Ring does not want you to have these lights on during the day, but even at night, there are no additional options available and I am therefore still working to confirm this theory. When I tell Alexa to turn the landscape lights group on, sometimes the lights stay on for more than a few minutes, sometimes they don’t. It is a tad bit frustrating and the instructions do not address this or how to do anything after the installation of the boxes themselves. I understand, however, that the product is still very new and I am sure these issues will be addressed over the coming months as more people start to use it. Once the light power on options and the sunrise/sunset issues are addressed, this will easily be a five star item and offer a smooth transition into your smart home automation.

Good functionality through Ring / Echo ecosystem
This unit performs well so far. Been through a couple rain storms as well.The functionality being integrated with Ring / Echo is pretty good. At first I thought it was impossible to get it to stay on but once dig through all configurations you’ll see there is an option leave it on indefinitely.