Recently moved from the Ring doorbell to the Nest Hello. Massive improvement, so much quicker and efficient. Fantastic bit of kit for anyone who is into smarthome tech
I’m stuck between a potential switch to nest security cameras, or holding out for some half decent HomeKit secure video alternative. Ring cameras are often great for the price, when they work. The thing that lets them down is the dreadful WiFi these have on board. I have an AP literally on the inside of the wall adjacent to where one of my ring camera’s is positioned. A Ubiquiti nano HD. And the ring camera still reports poor or very poor connection, which can sometimes result in the inability to start recording an event.
For me the biggest thing was that Ring took about a minute to process a video, that is not good enough for security infastructure in my opinion. Nest Hello uses a GeForce Replay kind of recording system in that it always records, but when there is motion detected or a press of the doorbell it just clips the last 30 seconds and makes that available to you instantly.
Completely agree with your opinion here, though I would go a step further and suggest anything relying on any form of WiFi connection is not adequate enough.
But I don’t really use these for security (there’s no real security risk or crime within my community, so no need), They’re more for observation and to keep an eye on the comings and goings of my pets, and to be notified when a parcel has been dropped off. They were cheap and work well enough for my use case, just wish the WiFi worked better to eliminate connectivity issues.
I’m interested in one of these and already have other Nest gear. The thing that puts me off is that Google don’t offer a replacement program here if they’re stolen, like they do in the states.
Good mounting of the kit and hard wiring it up and it becomes pretty tricky to steal, but yeah it most certainly is a problem especially when they are not the cheapest piece of kit.
I read recently that your chances of being robbed or thieved from is decreased by a third if you do have a security system present and I also checked my area on https://www.crime-statistics.co.uk/postcode to realise there is not much robbery round my area. So, all things considered, I rate my chances of having to replace it pretty low. It is worth the fork out in my opinion!
Yeah I can’t say I have used mine for security purposes yet but the peace of mind is certainly helpful, I use mine mostly for seeing who is coming and going.
I am pretty sure a mate of mine doesn’t even use Wifi for his Ring cameras so that is one of the benefits of those I guess. Don’t nessecarily quote me on that though. He has worked from home for about 18 months now and so remote access to security systems isn’t too much of a fuss for him, he just has a storage tower block and stores it all there and deletes it daily. He uses his a lot more for security as he lives in an area where thieving and house intrusion is a little more rife so it must be a pretty effective system he operates.
If you carry your iPhone in your pocket, your body heat will be sufficient to keep it working. You’ll also be able to take it out for 5-10 minutes to take photos, before that heat dissipates and it switches itself off.
I took mine skiing in temperatures of -15 degrees c last year, and was able to take many perfectly good pictures - and it only switched itself off once.
Some, but not all, of their devices can be connected via Ethernet.
In relation to their doorbells, only their top of the range £349 doorbell can.
I’ve been playing about with this for a few days now and I’m really impressed with it!
The cameras are a big step up from what was already a really solid snapper. The 50x zoom is insane. Granted it’s not something you’d use in day to day life, but you can be safe in the knowledge that photos taken at more standard zoom lengths like 5x or 10x will look great. I need to have a play about with the 108MP mode too.
Both of these images were taken stood in exactly the same spot
And as for 5G, wow this is a complete game changer! I wasn’t expecting to get these speeds at home. In my mind 5G is still something you only get in the centre of London, but this is enough for me to ditch BT Broadband when our contract ends.
That zoom is incredible!
I just had a Nest Hello fitted yesterday. So far so good. Not sure if it’s an iPhone thing but it’s not super quick to connect when I open the app but if I ask my Google Display to show me the front door it’s instant. Weird.
Great speeds! Which network are you on?
I’m on Three.
I know they were having lots of issues with network congestion in busy areas, hopefully this puts them all to bed now.
A bit out of the ordinary but I’ve just bought the iPhone SE after receiving the Note20 Ultra and not liking it, and I’m replacing my iPhone 11 Pro with the SE.
It’s a very good phone for the price and you don’t realise how big and unnecessarily complicated some phones can get until you go back to a phone like this.
I’ve ordered Nest products for our new house, you can use Hoobs to plug it in to HomeKit and have most of the functionality!
Really simple to set up apparently, I’ll update on how easy once/if our purchase actually goes through any time soon
I’m personally a big fan of homebridge! Hoobs seems really interesting though!
I look forward to your update on it!
Speaking of Nest, does anyone use there thermostat? Kinda tempted but not sure it’s worth it
That’s one of the things ive ordered and will plug into HOOBS for HomeKit, Again, i’ll update if and when the purchase actually goes through
I have the thermostat and it works well. Really easy to self install as well.
Best feature is turning your heating off when there’s no one in the house, for that alone it’s saved me. Better than a basic timer or routine.