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

WHY would one give this product anything BUT a ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ review! The Nest Cam Indoor Security camera is easily the best product that I have ever purchased on Amazon. Paired with my ADT system it completes surveillance playback and live, color, wide angle viewing 24/7. Easy installation, simple syncing, quick registration to your iPhone, and quick access from your computer. I had heard a lot from my neighborhood Block Watch members that Nest was the system to buy -- it is!! Endorsement!!

I am so happy I bought these. I have PTSD and got kind of thrusted into living on my own and had to find a place quick - said place ended up being sketchy as heck and I have been followed and chased by a drugged out lady who proceeded to try to break in. The door isnt exactly the best, but with these cameras set up you could see someone was trying to break in and I was in distress if there was proof needed. I can watch my dog who is going blind while Im at work so I can make sure she is safe and okay! I cannot stress enough how much safer these cameras make me feel; I have four and bought the ring version for later. The only complaint I have is the sound quality isnt great.

The Nest app does not send email alerts. The dropcam did. This is geared around mobile - but sometimes i dont have my phone - that means my nest cam is useless without a mobile phone unless I have the website up and running. I found out that there are MANY features that Nest removed when they made their app that were originally in the dropcam app. Its like Ford buying Volvo and then releasing a new Volvo with 1/2 the features that were once on Volvo. Doesnt make sense. The code was already written in the dropcam app - all you had to do was change the word NEST!! 2. The camera has a magnetic base. Did anyone test this around kids? If i mount something up high and someone accidentally pulls the cord or a child pulls it then im worried the whole camera will come tumbling down. With the dropcam, it was mounted. 3. Wifi - it will drop wifi connection (although this happens time to time as well with my dropcam to be honest), 4., why cant I have multiple wifi connections? Sometimes i want a camera at one wifi - and sometimes at another? I guess this is to get us to buy more cameras!

i mean.... everything was fine for a while. both of them worked great. but then shortly after a month, all of a sudden now only one works? and the code says its my internet causing the issue. so i lowered the security, reset my router, got a new router/modem. nothing works. i guess by reading up on it they say there is a reset button on them? well i sure as heck dont see one where the hole is at. im pretty much fed up with it, and im just going to switch over to a different security system.

Bought to monitor our baby while he is at home with the nanny. absolutely loved it. its quite expensive but completely worth every cent. the ease of installation is one of our key favorite features. works very well with the app. we can see and even hear our little one from our offices. we bought a set of three cameras but once we installed we realised that the scope covered by the camera is so wide that we could have just bought one for the entire living/dining room area.

Its ok. The pros: Great to be able to see my home entryway and other areas when away, and get notifications when something is happening. Its a neat service in that regard. The cons: 1) 4 out of 5 times (or more) the motion detector notices motion it is a false alarm, usually a fly or moth buzzing past. Its so annoying that it becomes a cry wolf situation and you have the option to either a) turn off the notifications (which defeats the entire purpose) b) keep checking the phone every time and just waste a bunch of time c) ignore it. Its a great shame this thing cannot tell the difference between a person walking up my steps and a moth, but I suppose in a few years time they will have figured it out. In the meantime, its quite frustrating. 2) Vast mountains of packaging. 1) Amazon box. 2) Shrink wrap 3) cardboard box. 4) another cardboard box 5) plastic shell. Five layers of single use packaging! This is total insanity. Its horrible. Please stop doing this. Thank you.

Extremely unhappy with this product. Biggest problems are: 1) Camera has disappeared from my apps which necessitates reinstalling the camera from scratch. Unfortunately, when you go through Nests recommended process you are notified that your camera is already associated with an account (most likely from the first time you set it up) and that you must plug it into your computer to attempt a burdensome debug process. A quick google search for Nestcam disappears returns ample links showing that Nest has known about this issue for some time and has done absolutely nothing to resolve it. Ive now been waiting for a Nest customer service representative to pick up the phone for over 20 minutes with no help in sight. 2) Occasional lag in picking up the camera feed initially. Basically, you cannot count on this camera to be available when you need it which somewhat defeats the purpose of having a security camera (or in my case, baby monitor) in the first place. These issues are completely UNACCEPTABLE for a camera at this price point and not what I expect from a Google subsidiary! Anybody looking for camera/security products should seriously consider competitors like Canary, Get Piper, SimpliSafe, Samsung and others. Get your act together Nest, or dissatisfied customers like myself are going to inflict some serious brand damage on social media and applicable review sites.

Labor day weekend, just got my Nest cam, went to connect, NEST server is down. Verified this via [...] called NEST support,after 1/2 hour wait, phone support verified server was down, with no estimated time for when it would be back up. Camera will not work without access to NEST servers. If they cant keep thir servers running on a holiday weekend ( which is when Im most likely to be gone and when I would most likely want to use the camera) then whats the use ? I know there are many frustrated users ! .... Kody Belt · 6 mins ago · · Chrome 44.0 on Windows have had 2 dropcams for a year and little to no issue, these are used as a baby monitor so very important they work. Then 3 days after im forced to update to the Nest app they arent working, for what i paid for these you think they would work on my internal network at a minimum instead of the upload/download crap they do. Anthony Takai · 8 mins ago · · Chrome 45.0 on Android Still down. Should I recommend Nest to my friends, probably not! Ian Cheung · 17 mins ago · · Safari 8.0 on iPhone Very unreliable. Cant be trusted as a baby monitor... Thomas R Gohring · 17 mins ago · · Chrome 45.0 on Windows down down down down 9-07-2015 ... if I get broken into will nest pay? BUT interesting enough my public links to the video feeds still work. Charles Hoover · 17 mins ago · · Safari 9.0 on iPad I still do not have a connection even though it says it is up. Rita T. Darlington · 26 mins ago · · Safari 8.0 on iPhone Using it as a baby monitor and its down! This is terrible! Tzu Chieh Lin · 26 mins ago · · Chrome 45.0 on Windows They better issue credit for paid nest aware users Tiffiny DeLitizia · 31 mins ago · · Safari 600.1.4 on iPhone Come on now....seriously?? Susan Lunsford · 31 mins ago · · Safari 600.1.4 on iPad Still down! Theyre owned by Google? Vikas Goel · 32 mins ago · · Safari 8.0 on iPhone Still down. I know its Labor Day but someone should be monitoring your server..... Tony Manson · 32 mins ago · · Chrome 45.0 on Windows Cmon nest....a 500 server error? Brad Bushman · 32 mins ago · · Chrome 45.0 on Windows Nest.com has been down for me all day and most of yesterday... just installed the Nest thermostat yesterday in a seasonal home. Never considered that the monitoring site would be an issue. Glad I only bought the one device. Was getting ready to add several other devices. I agree... complete BS John Cohen · 33 mins ago · · Internet Explorer 11.0 on Windows While we wait for service restore, did you all know Nest is a Google-owned company? Food for thought. Max Lion · 39 mins ago · · Chrome 45.0 on Windows Nest needs to get their act together. They want to take over your home but they cant keep their damn site up to monitor anything. Complete BS Chris Halliwell · 44 mins ago · · Safari 8.0.6 on Mac OK, this is bulls***. Lisa Poseley · 48 mins ago · · Safari 8.0 on iPad Ever since Nest took over the app is often useless and it cannot keep a connection. In over a year Ive never had it fail like it has been lately. Unacceptable for home and nursery use and this price. Courtney Getkin Giles · 53 mins ago · · Safari 8.0 on iPhone This is very frustrating!!! It is constantly going down. Amy Faller Crafton · 56 mins ago · · Safari 8.0 on iPhone Ugh. This has become a fee Quentin issue and its ALWAYS at night. Thats a big problem for me since I use my 2 dropcams as baby monitors. ▼ LAST 12 HOURS ... Shelly Ramos Steeber · 1 hour 6 mins ago · · Internet Explorer 11.0 on Windows Not rare. Happened three times this past week!!!! Seriously what are we paying for!!!!! So frustrating!!!! Alan Dodds · 1 hour 6 mins ago · · Safari 8.0.8 on Mac Down here. Updated app. Cant access from local network or remotely. : ( Shelly Ramos Steeber · 1 hour 14 mins ago · · Internet Explorer 11.0 on Windows Seriously, God forbid someome broke into home couldnt even see it!!!! Derek Schaffer · 1 hour 16 mins ago · · Chrome 45.0 on Android Still down Jim Kingman · 1 hour 20 mins ago · · Safari 8.0 on iPad Down here. Remote acces to 2nd home not available. Matthew Bowden · 1 hour 28 mins ago · · Firefox 40.0 on Mac Down for me too. Tiffiny DeLitizia · 1 hour 33 mins ago · · Safari 600.1.4 on iPhone This problem was so rare when it was dropcam. Sigh. I also use it as a baby monitor, and its getting more and more frustrating. Jacqueline Fowler · 1 hour 34 mins ago · · Chrome 45.0 on Windows It is down for me. Also saying my password and email dont match. I have been on serveral times today to check dropcam and it worked. Rudolph Jamrock · 1 hour 35 mins ago · · Firefox 40.0 on Windows One would think that instead of connecting to the nest through the internet that connecting to it direct through the home network would be an option. WTH Andrew Rotariu · 1 hour 36 mins ago · · Chrome 45.0 on Windows Overpriced, unreliable crap. Ill be looking forward to replacing this with a Z-Wave thermostat as soon as possible. Shelly Ramos Steeber · 1 hour 37 mins ago · · Internet Explorer 11.0 on Windows really, this has been happening more and more lately!!!! arghhhh Albert Babakhanian · 1 hour 39 mins ago · · Chrome 45.0 on Android We do have same problem. 200.00 products pure service Andy McKillip · 1 hour 39 mins ago · · Chrome 46.0 on Android Down for me... Rekha Tiwari-Mehrotra · 1 hour 41 mins ago · · Safari 8.0.4 on Mac down for me, been down for at least 30 mins Kenneth Franklin · 1 hour 54 mins ago · · Safari 8.0 on iPhone Site is down for me too. Chad Froomkin · 1 hour 55 mins ago · · Chrome 45.0 on Windows App Down, Login on website is down and when you try to recover password the message is Nest service is unavailable. Dropcam is on too. Chad Eldridge · 2 hours 1 min ago · · Chrome 45.0 on Android Down for me, both app and website Nathan Henry · 2 hours 4 mins ago · · Safari 8.0 on iPhone Down again... Laura Defortuna Sherman · 2 hours 6 mins ago 0 · · Safari 8.0 on iPhone How long do outages usually last?? Also using as baby monitor Jason Dark · 2 hours 10 mins ago · · Firefox 38.0 on Windows site is down for me. The motion detector went off. i went to check and the button to see the camera is gone. i went online and it just gives me a 504 error. wtf.... Todd Auerbach · 2 hours 15 mins ago · · Chrome 44.0 on Windows Great, site is down. Not a good baby monitor if I cant connect to it Sean Gum · 2 hours 41 mins ago · · Chrome 45.0 on Windows What am I paying for again? Site is down and cant access a thing. Thanks, Nest!

I have been a Nest Thermostat user for a few years. When we bought our new house in Kentucky, I added two Nest thermostats, to the upstairs and downstairs. Since we are in transition, I added the Nest Cam to keep an eye on things when were not there. Initially there was come connectivity issues, and it would be offline, but this may have been my network and not the cam. Its been rock steady for the past couple of weeks now. The video quality is great and I like the playback feature in History.

My wife and I plan to use this camera as a baby monitor. We’ve tried other traditional baby monitors (Motorola), but the video quality was always sub-par. The phone stream was around 240p, and the monitor was maybe 720, but I doubt it. There was a significant lag as well, and motion wasn’t smooth. This nest cam works exactly how you would expect a 1080p stream to, and it is extremely detailed and reliable. Motion is smooth, albeit a few seconds delayed, and I can see everything with clarity. This is important, as I know my wife and I will want to use this to ensure the baby is ok and breathing normally when he takes an extra long nap. The 2 things that prevent me from giving this a 5 star review are the lack of a dedicated monitor to view the feed with, and the fact that the video service requires a $10/month subscription to unlock certain features. Even if the video monitor was a standalone product that could connect to your nest cameras, that would be preferred to leaving my phone on to the app all night with he sound turned up.