Google Nest Cam Indoor - 1st Generation - Wired Indoor Camera - Control with Your Phone and Get Mobile Alerts - Surveillance Camera with 24/7 Live Video and Night Vision

The good: The camara and software work VERY good. Quality is 1080p and the camara rarely, if ever, gives me a problem. The bad: After your initial trial month you lose the ability to view video and are only provided with snaps which honestly arent that useful. Especially if you REALLY need to record something for security purposes. The ugly: In order to get video even if its just 10 days you have to pay 100$ PER YEAR/ PER CAMARA. This seems EXTREMELY expensive. Additional commentary: Other products allow you to place a micro sd card to record and allow playback of video without using their servers providing an alternative and cheaper way to view videos. BUT the quality of video and the app isnt as good as nest. Please nest, consider adding the microsd option or at least offer video clips of events for the last 24 hrs.

I purchased a drop cam a few years ago and I love it. However, since Nest took over, not so much. I recently took the plunge and purchased a second camera, this time a Nest indoor camera (to go with my older Drop cam). I always viewed my drop cam through the Drop Cam app and have rarely had any problems. However, now with the Nest Cam, I can only view both cameras through the Nest Website and App. Over the course of the last 5 days, Ive called Nest support 3 times by phone and have been on hold for a total of 3 hours and never got through. I contacted them on Twitter but they told me I had to call by phone. Their support department does not have an email address - or if they do, they dont advertise it - that is ludicrous! Therefore, I have no choice but to return my nest cam. Its a shame because it is a nice camera and has everything that I want and transmits beautiful video. But it doesnt do any good if you cannot view the cameras while you are away from home. It has been this way ever since NEST purchased Drop Cam. I would never buy any of the Nest integrated systems. They are very expensive and it is IMPOSSIBLE to get support. Guess Ill have to find a new security camera product. For all the money their products cost, shame on Nest for not being there for its customers!!!

The hardware seems well made and I suspect it is sound. The web service can get hung up for long periods of time, so if you need highly reliable instant surveillance, skip the Nest product. Another problem: they recently had a problem with their billing system and auto-renews did not go through. This happened to me and they deleted my history on cameras in two locations, with no way to get data back and no offer of a refund. This is basically a toy that can be used (sort of) for home security. They still do not have their act together. ***Update December 12, 2015: Nest Billing Department overcharged me for my renewal two months ago and they have yet to issue a refund. I have called three times and emailed twice, to no avail. Last time I was transferred to a manager (Milan) who promised to fix the error. He even gave me his direct phone number. Well Milan has disappeared into the interweb and now I have to start the whole process over. Absolutely pitiful customer support on the billing end of things.

Got to say these cameras are great I have 5 dlinks that dont work half the time they keep going off line and a night mare to install the nest cameras were a snap to install they are no more than the other top of the line cameras Im going to throw them away o if you go to dlink support you get someone that cant speak English and I know more about there cameras than they did.

We use these are baby monitors and theyve been way more reliable and better quality that the old foscams I used to use. I dont pay for the service, and dont really feel I need it. Great image quality and looks nicer in the kids rooms. Its a nice feeling to be at dinner or a hokey game and be able to check in on your sleeping baby. And on the plus side you can scare the snot out of the cleaning ladies when you are at work and they are putting things away in the kids room. Im pretty sure that the only good use for being able to talk to the people on the camera.

Very pleased. Easy to check from my Phone. You can adjust what alerts you want - i only show person or motion; otherwise you get every little noise. I was aware I’d pay a minimal amount for recording after my trial period but it’s worth it to us and still far less expensive than a commitment to a security service.

After researching everything to death in search of a baby monitor I ended up purchasing three different models, 2 Motorolas and a Samsung and ended up returning all of them and purchasing a Nest Cam. Best decision for several reasons. First of all I found that the video quality was the absolute best. Even night vision looks superb. Secondly, my wife and I like that we dont have to carry around a separate monitor. We dont have to worry about horror stories of neighbors being able to hear or spy using radio frequency. The nest runs off of your Wi-Fi and is on all the time. The app is very user-friendly, and gets up and running immediately. Also with the other monitors we found that we would sit in bed and simply watch our baby. When baby sleeps parents should sleep! We slept great with the nest having peace of mind because every time our little one would move we would get a notification that prompted us to view the video. And trust me it is very accurate. Hey third feature that is really great is the fact that you can subscribe to a service that keeps your video feed history. For purposes of a baby monitor, this is good because you can go back and see how well he or she slept. And as any new parent will experience, your brain and memory goes to crap with a newborn and you have to remember times specifically for feeding and sleeping and everything else so you forget sometimes when the baby started a nap. The history feed makes it easy to go back and review exactly when naptime started (for example). The last part is the investment. Yes this camera is not cheap but when compared to other video baby monitors this one is definitely comparable and well worth it especially because you can use it as a security camera once you dont need the baby monitor. That said, most parents with kids that dont use their baby monitor anymore have it thrown into a box and never use it again. I like knowing that my investment will be used forever. I will note that this camera is in a fixed position and cannot rotate like some others. That said, it has a very wide viewing angle and a zoom feature controlled from the app on your phone. It also does not do some of the fancy things like report temperature in the room. While I think that is a cool feature, I dont think its necessary. It does have a two-way talk feature, but we have not had much use for it.

I am very much in the NEST eco-system and this is by far their worst device. It quite frequently disconnects from the wifi and spontaneously reboots itself. This is problematic because then the app on the phone shows no activity and goes to sleep. Given we use this as a baby monitor it makes it useless to us. The frequent nagging to get their subscription service is also really frustrating. If I opt out of it stop asking me to sign up! I was initially concerned that the wifi disconnection was on my end but Ive placed an Arlo camera in the room to see if it disconnected from my wifi too. After 3 weeks weve seen no disconnects from the Arlo and the NEST disconnects at least once a day. Needless to say the NEST is getting taken down now especially since it doesnt work with the new Echo Show and the competing Arlo does. Love the thermostat and protect but this camera is overpriced and unreliable.

We have a second home, and we often wonder if everything is OK there. Have we had any unauthorized visits to the property? Has a tree fallen on the roof? The Nest Cam works well to alert us by text message whenever there is any movement. We have positioned it so it captures movement outside in the entry courtyard area as well as in the interior of the house. Great peace of mind!! Two recommendations to Nest: (1) offer a choice of black cord vs white and (2) give instructions on how to pop the cam out of its metal frame (so it can be used in one of the many after-market products available online).

I just moved into an apartment building that doesnt have any cameras, so I figured Id get one for myself. This camera is great. The app is very easy to use. You can notifications when the camera detects sound or motion. And it distinguishes the difference between sound vs. talking and movement vs. a person. It have a voice option where you can speak through the camera nd you can hear whats happening in the camera location. Overall I love it. It was definitely a good buy. (PS. I went to Target and got my mother one too.)