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Customer Review
Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2015
I just got mine from Bestbuy today and I ordered the second one from Amazon. If you read this review until the end, you will know why I get it from Amazon...
WHAT I LIKE
The design:
Impressive build quality and design.
The design sleek and minimal compare to its predecessor. Looking at it's appearance, and it's weight, you can tell it built with quality material.
It doesn't gives you the plastic feel and a typical 'IP Cam' look and it can easily blend in to your home environment.
You don't want to place an ugly IP Cam in front of your baby's cradle or your modern living room.
The easiness to setup:
This is one of the simplest and easiest setup I have ever gone through. You only need to download app, and key in you network pass code. Right after that, you will be able to access the video feed.
There are a lot of similar product out there which require you to change the port forwarding on the router but hey, as a normal home user we don't really care how the technical setup, we just need something that easy to maintain.
Nest Cam is the 'Apple product' in IP Cam world.
The video quality:
The video quality is great with the options to go from 720 to 1080 resolution within get the app.
We used to treat IP Cam a tool for surveillance and security purpose but with the 1080 resolution makes you feel you are really presence in that location.
Technology no longer serve the basic needs but it's connecting you with your loves one too. (You can even talk and listen - hear the baby or tell your dog to get off the couch!)
WHAT I DISLIKE
The price tag:
It will be really beneficial if Nest willing to lower down the price. I would really willing to purchase a couple more unit for different purpose but the price tag stopping me for doing that.
For it to be of any use you need to pay the subscription, and it is a per camera subscription, which can get expensive fast. Come on Nest, is this the best you can offer us?
The mobile apps:
The mobile app has limited functionality when it comes to history or alerts.
So far I have not received any alerts and I think it takes time for the Nest cloud computing algorithm to analyze.
Ps. Side notes
I do read a reviewer here stating that he got a display unit and it was paired.
I am lucky to get a complete new unit from Bestbuy therefore I decide to get my second unit from Amazon although the shipping takes longer. I just want to avoid the problem he is facing.
I will constantly update this review as I still need more time to explore and test on it. Thanks.
WHAT I LIKE
The design:
Impressive build quality and design.
The design sleek and minimal compare to its predecessor. Looking at it's appearance, and it's weight, you can tell it built with quality material.
It doesn't gives you the plastic feel and a typical 'IP Cam' look and it can easily blend in to your home environment.
You don't want to place an ugly IP Cam in front of your baby's cradle or your modern living room.
The easiness to setup:
This is one of the simplest and easiest setup I have ever gone through. You only need to download app, and key in you network pass code. Right after that, you will be able to access the video feed.
There are a lot of similar product out there which require you to change the port forwarding on the router but hey, as a normal home user we don't really care how the technical setup, we just need something that easy to maintain.
Nest Cam is the 'Apple product' in IP Cam world.
The video quality:
The video quality is great with the options to go from 720 to 1080 resolution within get the app.
We used to treat IP Cam a tool for surveillance and security purpose but with the 1080 resolution makes you feel you are really presence in that location.
Technology no longer serve the basic needs but it's connecting you with your loves one too. (You can even talk and listen - hear the baby or tell your dog to get off the couch!)
WHAT I DISLIKE
The price tag:
It will be really beneficial if Nest willing to lower down the price. I would really willing to purchase a couple more unit for different purpose but the price tag stopping me for doing that.
For it to be of any use you need to pay the subscription, and it is a per camera subscription, which can get expensive fast. Come on Nest, is this the best you can offer us?
The mobile apps:
The mobile app has limited functionality when it comes to history or alerts.
So far I have not received any alerts and I think it takes time for the Nest cloud computing algorithm to analyze.
Ps. Side notes
I do read a reviewer here stating that he got a display unit and it was paired.
I am lucky to get a complete new unit from Bestbuy therefore I decide to get my second unit from Amazon although the shipping takes longer. I just want to avoid the problem he is facing.
I will constantly update this review as I still need more time to explore and test on it. Thanks.
