My understanding is that the power cable comes out to the front like it does to stop water flowing into the camera. As the majority of people point the camera down, if the cable was the other way then water could flow down the cable and into the power port. By facing the cable the other way, the cable has to loop back on itself causing the water to stay on the cable. When electricians run cables outdoors, they do a similar thing by creating a U shape before going into a wall, this stops water flowing into the building. I would have much preferred them to use a barrel jack, as to power the camera 24/7 I need to drill a 15mm hole to get the end of the cable through, whereas the thickness of the cable is only around 6mm.
I have both the new and old versions of these cameras. A few things to be aware of: 1. Google doesn't support the new one with the old Nest Software 2. The old Nest software is still better for the security cameras than the new Google Home software is. Many features are not supported. 3. Google Home still doesn't support the old camera. So you are locked into using two different apps if you have a system with mixed old and new cameras. 4. Yes, you can get 24/7 recording service for both new and old cameras, but the Google Home software only allows triggered events to be downloaded. I couldn't believe this. Selling 24/7 camera service that doesn't allow the content to be downloaded borders on fraud. But that was the way it was the last time I checked. 5. When I went to buy another camera I actually had to pay more for the old model than the new model. Presumably because I'm not the only one to realize what I've said above. Caveat: all of the above was true, I have no information as of today that it is still not true. Opinion: I would not buy a Google Security system as of today. It is not clear what Google's intents are, but they have treated old customers poorly and whether they have long term goals for this product line is not clear to me. They love to brag about new features, but they have done nothing to fix long standing problems.
I used to love the Nest ecosystem. Can't believe how badly Google is messing this up. Once my smoke alarms "expire" I'm moving on. I cancelled my NestAware waiting for Nest/Google to sort this while Nest App/Google Home mixed system. They still haven't done anything and have doubled down if anything on their stupidity.
@@UrcurseInCanada It is a strange situation and it is hard to see what the motivation for this is. Maybe: 1. NIH, Google programmers are so great we don't need that NEST stuff. 2. Google sees the future as integrated house controllers and NEST wasn't that so they're putting all their resources into getting Google Home working and they just don't care about security camera part of that right now. 3. Google is such a giant corporation that top level management sometimes doesn't notice when a little element of the organization goes off the rails . 4. Internal politics. Somebody with power at Google, has decided that the failure of Google Home and the Google Nest stuff is in their interest and they're working to make that happen. I don't know and all of the above seems unlikely, but why would Google do this?
@@davefoc I don’t know but Google also has a habit of acquire stuff or starting stuff and then driving it into the ground for no reason. Like how do you not look at the Nest app and think, wow this is nice/clean/user friendly and overhaul Google Home to mimic it now that your own it? The Home app is god awful. It’s like being in a developer mode UI.
@@UrcurseInCanadaagreed.. Google is the godfather of killing its own babies.. The amount of awesome apps they've had that just spontaneously got axed blows me away
The power cable actually makes sense. My camera is against the wall and points down into my yard, if the cord pointed back then the wall would be in the way and I wouldn't be able to point the camera down. If you saw my camera on the wall it looks right and you'd completely understand why it's pointed forward. The big issue I have is with the home app. It sucks! I have the nest doorbell that works on the nest app and that's why I bought the nest camera. Except the camera doesn't work on the nest app. I find notifications don't catch things very well, they miss alot. But having 24/7 recording and how well the nest app can scrub the timeline makes it easy to see if anything came into view. The home app doesn't allow for scrubbing the timeline. It takes 3 to 5 seconds to load every time you move to a different point on the timeline. So if something happen over night the camera zones didn't catch it (which it so often doesn't) you will have to review a whole 6 to 8 hours of footage in real time because there is no way to fast forward or rewind like the nest app. Not using the nest app is a HUGE downgrade for this camera.
Man, I'm glad I read this! I already have 5 cameras all running through the Nest app, so adding one that I had to access in a different app would be terrible. I hope they fix this!
Google was pretty dumb to not utilize nest app. The home app does suck and I never use that. I use nest app and never miss any camera notifications and works flawlessly
I just bought this and was so impressed I immediately ordered a second. Even in 2022, this holds its own. My only complaint is that it does not work with the nest app. I know they are killing Nest as we know it, but the app will still be around for a while and is way better than the Home app
I agree 100 percent. Nest App showing all live cams at 1 time is sooooo much better than Google Home. Very disappointed like most. Why not add that to the new app? SMH
@@jimbob6951 the Google home app shows all the live cams at once too......you have to click the cameras circle button at the top of the screen just below your home name and it will pull up a page that shows all the cameras live
@@jamess7841 I see. Thanks sooo much. That is a game changer for me, although I do still much prefer nest if it would also show the battery camera I have on my driveway.
@@jamess7841 Is there a way to view the battery camera on Nest Hub Max? I tell it to stream my doorbell camera a lot and can see if someone is near my door. But I bought this camera to view my driveway. I don't keep my phone attached to me like most do I guess and have a nest hub in near every room.
@@jimbob6951 yes you just say ok Google show (camera name) and it will show the video on your hub. I just tried it on my nest hub 2nd gen ( the smaller ones) with my Google battery cameras and my indoor ones and they work great. I don't have a max but I'm sure it's the same
I think the “backwards” cable is to make an enforced “drip loop” in the cable to reduce moisture movement into your house if you have it permanently connected. Also once mounted it is easier to attach and leave in place from the front (so you don’t have to move what the camera is pointing at)
I didn't even think about that, but makes sense. I feel like with this being the biggest complaint from many reviews Google should at least write a blog post about it. Also if there was no obvious reason a third part could probably make a connector that faces the other way (probably wouldn't be supported by Google). There was definitely intent. I first though it was just in case you angle it at a hard down angle.
So i saw a picture on the google site that showed the camera face down on a table charging. In that position the cable angle made sense. Link below, scroll to middle of page. store.google.com/product/nest_cam_battery_setup?hl=en-US
Would be really slick if they could have had the power cable connect directly to a wireless charging camera mount so there a essentially no wires at all.
@@jschiegner That would be the best in terms of it being completely sealed and waterproof and also to hide any cables for a seamless look. Google should hire you for that 😅
You are the first-and possibly only-reviewer to mention the threaded mount option! Even Google’s product description omits this encouraging feature. Instead, Google recommends the Wasserstein security cable if you mount the camera higher than one story…in the event that the camera falls!
Great review! I have four of the original Nest Outdoor Cams (not the IQ) and I've been very pleased with them. Was considering making the jump to the IQs and then they discontinued them. I love the fact that Nest finally released a battery cam, but I was a bit unsure about the specs, until I saw your video. Now I may seriously consider getting one! Thanks for the great review!
I rather use any surveillance camera with hard wire for 24/7 recording. Have a battery powered Arlo and its a pain in the butt to have it charged every week. Just more items to charge as if earbuds, smartwatcges, phones, tablets etc. are not enough 🤣
@@samjam6989 the battery operated Nest cams last anywhere from a month to about 7 depending on the settings you choose. There are also hardwire kits and if running a power cable to them is too much hassle, there are POE adapters to power them as well.
@@samjam6989 as long as it's the Nest Cam Battery type you can. Not the IQ or outdoor specific one. I chose to run POE for mine since my whole house is already "smart" wired with ethernet in every room and a closet with a dedicated wall box and outlets to run everything. Still, POE in my opinion is probably the easier and potentially cheaper option instead of having to tap in to existing power lines or running new ones from a punch out on the breaker box. I hear romex isn't too cheap anymore where ethernet cable still is. For 6 a month, the Nest Cam really takes the cake for what I need. I believe it also allows for you to access the camera on your Google home devices and use them to call 911 in an emergency as well.
The side by side was great ! The new camera was much nicer. Only negative is that it doesn’t pick up colors at night time. Speaking from the law enforcement experience it would be nice that it had color to pickup clothing if someone breaks in or does anything suspicious around your house.
I think the cable goes front because they do not want the water sliding from the cable to the connector. If it is going at the back it will be difficult to lineup the cable upside-down.
I like the features and quality. One thing you are stuck on is it doesn't have a built in light. With a battery, that would increase the power use and shorten time between charges. If you need to light an area, usually you have floodlights around your house. Change them to motion sensor floods. The video quality is fantastic for a 2MP cam and not an issue. Great review. Thanks. I ordered the Nest Battery Doorbell and waiting for that. I'm switching from Ring.
Yea, i really like those built in floodlights. Eufy and Reolink have me spoiled. haha My favorite setup is a battery camera with a floodlight and solar panel. :)
@@SteveDOES I have two Eufy Pro 2 cams 4K and they’re great too. But they don’t have lights either. Solar panels would be the ticket. My Eufy cams have been up for 11 months and still have about 20% charge left in both. I also have six Blink outdoor cams and two mini indoor Blink. They’re holding up great too. I just wish Blink would have geofencing. That’s one feature I really like with Nest. Thanks for the great reviews. Can’t wait to get my Google Doorbell now.
Good video. I have the new Nest camera. The power cord is not a problem, despite what the video says. I have to charge mine about every 3 months, with it set on "people" and fairly low people traffic. It takes 5 hours to fully charge. I like the camera. Note, however, it occasionally (but rarely) fails to record a person even in full sunlight, and I can't explain that, but it's happened about once every 2 months. Also, one time when my internet provider crashed and then resumed service, it was a little difficult to get the Nest camera connected again.
We got a single (thus far--about 1 month in use) 'false positive' 'person detected' on our indoor Nest cam battery--probably due to shifting light entering the room from a transom window. No problems with any of our 2 outdoor Nest Cam battery cameras. Our outdoor cameras are also set to 'people'--too many feral cats, raccoons, coyotes, etc. to have 'animal' set for our backyard camera.
the cable points outward so you can angle the camera however you want on the magnetic base. You can have it angled straight down if you want to and that way the chord won't get in the way.
Yep. You can actually buy an aftermarket cable where the connector is pointed perpendicular/90 degrees to the camera body. However, aftermarket cables are only a few dollars cheaper than the google-branded ones.
I didn't see any info about recharging. If you install it outdoors, 9 ft. up like in your video... do you have to take it down every few weeks to recharge it or replace batteries?!?1
So the position of the cable makes sense now, if you tilt the camera down a lot, the cable wouldn’t fit. I just setup my camera and I initially agreed the cable should have faced the other way, until I basically pushed my camera all the way down.
I installed 3 of these cameras to cover all areas of my home,so far,so good. The less activity the camera picks up the longer it will last before recharging. The 2 more active cameras I recharge once a month. I also installed a nest generation 2 wired doorbell camera,it also works great.
@@embee6153 not a response yet and also have not decided yet myself. I like the fact that the Eufy is homekit compatible and has local storage. But wondering which camera has the best video quality and night vision quality.
@@franklust1856 I can't decide either. I am looking at the eufy 2c pro and nest. It seems to me the 2c pro is the way to go. 2k, spotlight, no fees. Idk.
I’m on the fence between the two, too. I’ve had the old iq and loved it. There’s some about this one I have concerns with. I hate that we can’t use the nest app for it
@@dougspry6278 I went for the 2c pro. It’s free (no subscriptions) and you get 2 cameras plus the home base for a bit more than the cost of 1 nest. Very happy with it so far.
I haven't used a whole battery yet but, according to CNET a battery can last between 1-7 months. It's all going to depend on the features you have turned on and how active the area is that you're monitoring.
I'd love to see a follow up on this maybe with battery life info on the doorbell add well from real world use. Maybe also app info to make it a long enough video since by then they would have fix really gripes about the nest app vs googled home app not having things.
I'm using one now on our front door. On average (for us) with default settings it is using about 2.75% a day pretty consistently. I installed it on 8/26 and it is 9/7 today so right now its at around 65%. At this rate, I expect it to last about 36 days total (without changing any settings/battery saving mode).
@@MusicMonkey5555 I'm using one now on our front door. On average (for us) with default settings it is using about 2.75% a day pretty consistently. I installed it on 8/26 and it is 9/7 today so right now its at around 65%. At this rate, I expect it to last about 36 days total (without changing any settings/battery saving mode).
@@MusicMonkey5555 I got the doorbell also but uninstalled it. Looked like it was getting just over a month. I uninstalled it though because even though it was near the wifi, it still sometimes took a couple of presses before it notified us on the nest/Google homes. Might just be the one I had was a dud, but I opted to just keep the camera instead and send back the doorbell.
Great video. Got a question, 3 hours of free video means you literallly have 3 hrs to catch an event before its auto deleted forever? Might be hard to catch an incident within 3 hrs.
Thank you for the video as I just got mine and am about to install them but wanted to know if you can get the 24/7 recording option if you have them plugged into solar panels?
I'll wait until they come out with an updated app and website so you can view this new version with the rest of the Nest cams. Otherwise what's the point? FYI - reviewers of the anti-theft mount complain of the design causing a washed out view due to the upper fin causing a reflection of light.
I bought mine without watching any reviews and was disappointed it didn’t show up on my nest app with my other cameras. I read that Google doesn’t plan on adding these to the nest app. Honestly, the biggest disappointment is the power cable facing outward. I fixed the IR reflection with flat black on the inside of the Wasserstein anti-theft case.
Just ordered this cam 😎 I wanted a camera on the front yard for a long time. This morning i noticed that my door mat was moved like half a meter. Normally it stays put even during heavy storms. So i feel the suspicion that burglars moved the door mat to see if anyone is home before attempting a break-in attempt .. So time to put more camera's up 🙁 Also stupid that they switched from the Nest app to the Google Home app. Now i have to use 2 different apps to use all my camera's.
If the wire were not angled forward, users would not be able to aim the camera downward. It's really not that mysterious. It would have been nice to have the connector for the power wire be reversible...but not that big a deal.
I've been thinking about going to these cameras upgrading from an old CCTV wired system. Lot of maintenance to the DVR with drive replacements after about 3 years or so, from recycling video plus I've replaced multiple cameras from the irises going out or what not. I'm kind of a google product user so thought these would complement some of the hardware and software I already use. Good video, like the comparisons and nice seeing the actual footage, blows away 1000-1500 TVL cctv cameras. Keep sharing, very informative. 👍
@@marshfield01 I have google nest door bell, I pay $5/month or $50 per year and have 24/7 surveillance, no 10 second recordings. Plus works better than any CCTV as I get instant notification on my galaxy watch when am out and someone rings the bell. So I will gladly pay $5 per month when starbucks is charging $6 for a coffee and gas is $2.5/liter...whats additional $5/month?😅
These are bad. No timestamp. Saving the videos is a horrible chore and must be done on phone. You have to screen record if the motion sensing doesn't catch things. Eats a ton of time. This is a high end nanny cam sold as a security device.
Great review but I dont think I heard anything regarding the life of the battery - How long does it last - Every system of this kind ( battery powered) have limited life duration. What is the estimated life duration of the battery for this unit? thanks
How long does the integrated battery last? Dose it give a warning when the battery is low? Charge time? Can you help please put a link to the anti-theft cable device you featured they don't seem to offer that in the UK. 👍🏻
According to CNET, the battery can last between 1-7 months. Yea, pretty crazy time frame. But there are features in the app for battery saving mode. Also it depends on how active the area is that your monitoring. As for the anti-theft mount, there is a link in the description of the video.
@@SteveDOES More importantly, what about the Battery Life Cycle itself? Meaning, is the battery when it eventually loses capacity, is it replaceable? Or is the camera junk? That's a big deal on the overall value proposition here. While I have experience with the Arlo Ultra 2 (that was returned), the good thing there is, when the battery fails, it's easily replaceable. I'm not seeing the same here, and I think this is something that might be getting glossed over in a lot of reviews. In an outdoor environment, this battery might only last a 18 to 24 months. Then is it a throwaway? That's a big deal. I haven't been able to get a straight answer on this.
4k or 2K even would the drain battery super fast that's why it's 1080P and i don't think you are understanding the 3 hour recording. It's 3 hours of events. And you can customize it's filters so it doesn't record animals or other motions. So if someone is walking around and breaks in it'll record it as an event because it will detect a person. The spot light version is coming out soon. I agree with you on that,. I think it's a must have, so I'm waiting for that version.
Are you talking about a new camera that has a spotlight? Or are you taking about floodlight that has the spotlight? That is two different things if that's the case I'd wait too, but I have heard of another camera.
Thank you for this review. I agree with the camera quality BUT the battery life is horrible. I live in the mountains of Colorado. The current night temperatures have been 40-50degrees F. I have 2 cameras and both will lose charge to 20% within 3 days. I have the settings to optimize battery life BUT don't like that I have to do that! What will happen when nights are regularly 10 degrees F?? I already caved and bought the $35 weatherproof cable for both cameras. Any suggestions for increasing battery life? Is this just happening to me? Also, I prefer the old Nest AP over using Google Home. The history feature on the Nest Ap was so easier & quicker to use than Google Home.
I'm in Denver and my camera has been up for a month and has only gone down to 26% (started at 85%). I think maybe you should check to see if your camera is turning on constantly due to motion (animals?).
I'm security guard at night so this is perfect for me since I get the notifications from my Google Home and I can quickly call the police or my family of what happen in those few seconds. I put it above my outside door about 7 feet. I might get the anti theft but my neighborhood is very quite but you never know. I wish it was black instead of white to blend in with the environment.
Debating on getting 2 cameras, I need one for front and back yard. North side front, south side of the house with back sun exposure. Ideally leave them inside and plugged in. Suggestions on a brand or brands that would work for my concerns. No lag between movements, leaves blowing creating false alerts, sunlight making the camera unable to see.
I have 2 NEST IQ cameras on my home now. I need to add a third. Not sure to go with the older NEST or new Battery NEST?? One question, can you keep it plugged in?
Depends on the number of incidents the camera records. Review did not cover the optional accessory of either a 16 or 32 foot long charge cable so can be permanently connected.
Thank you for the great video. Can you confirm that Google do not have an offocial wired outdoor version of this new cam. Is it ok to leave this 'battery' one wired all the time?
I have three Outdoor IQ cameras and I need another one. Of course they are discontinued and going for ludicrous amounts on eBay. Even coreded, these battery cams with magnetic mounts seem like a HUGE step back. I'm not at all happy with what Google is doing with their cams and doorbells. I live in a place with extreme winters. You want to kill a battery quickly? Expose it to extreme colds.
Thanks for the review. The side-by-side comparison shows that more isn't always that much better if any. I want the battery version but I have limited data in my RV hotspot.
I am building a new home and planned to install cat5 to outdoor camera locations which would allow me to buy POE cameras. I’ve watched all of your camera reviews but have not seen any that support Poe. Can you recommend any? Solar and or 110v just doesn’t meet my needs
The cable is like that as you are likely to have the camera on the wall pointing down. It it were perpendicular then it would point into the wall and stop you positioning the camera near vertical.
Better quality than I expected, what a pitty need to be wired to have 24/7 and the wire is in the most terrible position as possible, if they start to make it with the power cable in the "correct" orientation, I'll buy one because after see your video, I guess the quality is good enough.
battery powered camera doesnt make sense for 24/7 unless you want to charge the camera every 5 hours. Actually hard wired surveillence camera makes more sense than battery powered. I have battery powered Arlo and its complete trash to have to charge it every 5 days and sometimes if you forget to charge, you wont have recording. Its completely dumb for surveillence camera. Only positove thing is initial installation is easy
These Nest cams do seem good, but I just can't get around the fact that Google seems to have designed these outdoor cams for ease of theft, even promoting that they should be mounted just 6ft high. I guess this boosts sales with all the replacements that will be needed. They should have come standard with a more secure anti-theft mounting. Unfortunately a bit too expensive for me to just put out there for someone to walk off with. :(
I've had mine for a couple of days now and so far it is pretty ordinairy and very hit & miss on how long it takes for the event recording to start. I'm expecting that this is because of the onboard image processing and should improve over time with updates.
What a disappointment these cameras are. I purchased the doorbell and two cameras. The doorbell does work. With the two cameras, they went through the setup correctly and I saw live video through them but when I finished setting them up I went to view the live feed and they were turned off. I tried to go to "more" to turn them on and the option was ghosted. I could turn the doorbell on and off just fine but the cameras were permanently off. They are both about 12-15 feet from my from my Netgear router and I also tried 5G and even different routers but to no avail. I went through the same process as setting up the doorbell so I don't think I did anything wrong. I just think the cameras wifi circuitry is subpar. Reading other comments on different nest cam (battery) cameras I'm seeing a striking commonality of the cameras inability to connect to wifi. My advice, wait or find something better, or you're taking your chances...
I don't feel the two cameras were adequately compared. The IQ does indeed have a 4k sensor, but it's only outputting 1080. The point of the higher resolution(and this was mentioned on the google product page) was that you could zoom in, set it with the IQ and it would have a higher resolution. I suspect the difference would become apparent if you zoomed in both cameras and compared the images.
Ok I know this is a stupid question, but I'm old and 10 years behind on tech. Will this work on my wifi only, or must I have good cell coverage? My cell reception sucks. Also, IF I can use it without cell coverage, would I be able to view the camera video on my tv using a Google Chrome 4k TV Streaming Box? Appreciate any help..
Great video Steve! I currently have Arlo cams outside, and I'm looking at a replacement. I'm on the fence with Ring since I've got a lot of Nest devices. These cams look to be a suitable replacement. Even though they're battery powered, at least you don't have to BUY BATTERIES for them...Thanks!
Debating on getting 2 cameras I need one for the front and back yard. North side front, south side gets back sun exposure. Ideally leave them inside and plugged in. Suggestions on a brand or brands that would work for my concerns. No lag between movements, leaves blowing creating false alerts, sunlight making the camera unable to see.
I purchased two of these cameras. One of them the battery dies 20-30% per day. Surprisingly all the reviews I watched so far conveniently are leaving out the worst part is that the nest aware events DOES NOT work. At best it is 2/10. If a car pulls up and it happens to catch it then I see the last few seconds of vehicle driving away. I had two bicycles out front removed right in front of camera and it showed nothing in the events. I could go on with many examples. Spent hours and days with Google and they offered to credit one month subscription of nest aware 😂
I’ve had one of these cameras up for four weeks. The camera battery lasted just shy of 3.5 weeks. Really depends how many motion events the camera is registering
Had this camera mounted in an outside hallway where there is an LED light. It was there to monitor a utility closet that kept getting broken into. It was useless. The picture had these bars going across it that prevented a clear view of the perpetrator who did show up, but was only recorded walking away with stuff in his hands. What did show was extremely dim. It turned out that although the hallway appeared bright to us, it shown as dark and blurry by this camera. So I exchanged the camera with a cheaper one in another room. Under normal light it behaved great. The cheaper camera also had no problem in that hallway. This one cost me near $200 where the other one was a tad under $50. Not only that, but the cheaper one can be aimed remotely where this one is fixed.
I have one of these but I also have the older wired Nest cams. I will say, the wired cams seem to pick up everything. This battery cam has like a 1-2 second delay before picking things up. I like the flexibility of being able to mount it anywhere and the picture is very clear but I don't know about that delay. I was thinking about getting another one since I am in the Google/Nest ecospehere but still trying to decide.
Costco (sometimes?) has the Nest cam battery on sale (the 3-camera multipack was on sale in September 2022). When on sale, it's much cheaper than either Google online or Amazon.
I'm on the fence about that one. I think it has to be wired up like the Ring and Eufy cameras and i don't have a good place to do that yet. I'll see when they release more information about it.
Yeah that was the one I was thinking about because you would get wired without have to run a plugged in long cable somehow. I like having a higher up camera to see the entire back yard though for keeping an eye on kids playing back there.
I purchased it and returned it the next day. Not compatible with the nest app only functions on google home. If you have other nest products you have to run both apps. So you loose the features of the Nest app such as: Spaces and scrubbing through video footage.
you COULD keep it on 24/7 if you get the solar panels....which is what I would do....but I feel like the IQ is much better minus the fact that it needs hardwired and is almost triple price.
Google desperately needs to make a wired hub for those of us that don't want to rely on wireless. Still sucks you can't use the new Nest cam with the older Nest app.
That is because that App will be going away with it's functionality in the Google Home App, much of which is there now, which includes the older cameras.
@@taffyone1 The Nest App is not going anywhere as older Nest equipment doesn't work properly nor is even remotely integrated with the Google Home App. The Google Home App is a cluster f**k when it comes to home security products.
@@jamesm568 Google is not going to maintain two apps. There is a reason the new camera is not on the Nest App and likely never will be. I have 6 cameras plus the new one. I use the Home App so have all in one place. No complaints.
@@taffyone1 I don't like using the Google home app as it's too cluttered and it takes too long finding your home security products when they don't need to be with other general Google products.
@@jamesm568 I click on the Home App, then click on Cameras near the top. That brings me to my list of my cameras the same as the Nest App does. Pretty sure the Nest App will disappear the same way the Google Wifi App did. Plus it forces Users into the Google world versus using Nest products independently. No doubt there will be improvements go forward to the Home App.
I feel like the 4K camera thing is FOMO. 1080 looks great. I have a Nanit baby cam and for what I need it’s perfectly fine in 1080. Ppl think they need all that when they really don’t. Files are smaller, saves space more efficient. But I agree, the power cord seems like a design mistake or QC miss.
The camera is not vandal-proof. Anybody with a long tree branch could knock the camera off because it's only holding on magnetically, and also the white wire should be hidden inside the product and not exposed where anybody could cut the wire or damage the wire. And add 4K, 12MP, 180-degree view, crystal clear picture quality day or night, and able to read fonts 100+ feet away. Or just copy what Eufy did for their "Eufy Floodlight Cam 2 Pro!"
Is there a way to have a chime for the Google cameras when they detect motion just like how ring does it when motion is detected the chime in the home goes off is that possible with Google?
Your Nest IQ wasn't at the highest quality setting. Might want to redo the comparison, but the IQ maxes out at 1080p. It only fully uses the 4k sensor when you change the zoom setting (not pinch to zoom).
I am concerned about nest support, i have the IQ and the other nest camera and its has a blank coverage. then it shuts off by themself/ can you give me a direct support number or page to get answers
The power cord…. It juts out away from the wall to reduce water from running into the power port. The design attempts to carry water away from the port instead of towards it.
I would be interested to find out how well the magnets stand up to 50-60 mph gusts. Where I live, we get usually one or two big monsoon storms called haboobs (like a dust storm on steroids) and inside the haboob can be gusting up to 60 mph. I'm asking if it would survive one of those storms or if the outside camera should be taken down, so the wind won't knock it down off the magnetic mount.
Does anyone know if the cable included in the box is weatherproof? I’m planning to drill a hole and run the cable from the inside of the garage where the outlet is located.
i dont know that much about cameras but an operating temperature of -4 to 104 degrees F seems kind of bad for something meant to be used outdoors 24/7... isn't it going to be more than 104 degrees pretty regularly in warm climates in direct sunlight?... same for climates where it snows
This is something to consider for sure. My phone likes to warn me and shut off if it's in direct sun for a few minutes, so I would hope these cameras can handle a bit more heat than that.
Amazon has a selection of hoods/shields to protect outdoor cameras from the elements. I imagine, even on a hot day, that the cam’s internal temp won’t reach 104 if shaded.
I love your reviews, especially for the side by side video tests. about the cable direction, I think the choice of that direction is based on simply the temporary connection from the front of the camera, without move the camera. that's my conclusion. go head like you did so far.👍 cheers from Italy😊
I just purchased the new nest outdoor battery it's fine except while watching the history it has event details,full history, and time line guides on the screen while the recording plays and it blocks you from seeing the parts of the recording how do I remove this from showing on the screen while trying to veiw a recording
My understanding is that the power cable comes out to the front like it does to stop water flowing into the camera. As the majority of people point the camera down, if the cable was the other way then water could flow down the cable and into the power port. By facing the cable the other way, the cable has to loop back on itself causing the water to stay on the cable. When electricians run cables outdoors, they do a similar thing by creating a U shape before going into a wall, this stops water flowing into the building. I would have much preferred them to use a barrel jack, as to power the camera 24/7 I need to drill a 15mm hole to get the end of the cable through, whereas the thickness of the cable is only around 6mm.
Exactly 💯
Great comment thanks for the info
Hadn't thought of this. Makes perfect sense.
Makes sense.
I came to say the same thing....not in such an intricate manner, but nonetheless you did great explaining 👏 👍 👌
This camera already comes with anti theft cable that screws into the camera and the loop gets screwed to behind the mount. Works great. Nice review
Mine didn’t. I bought them a year ago but my mother in law just bought hers and they came with the cable
I have both the new and old versions of these cameras. A few things to be aware of:
1. Google doesn't support the new one with the old Nest Software
2. The old Nest software is still better for the security cameras than the new Google Home software is. Many features are not supported.
3. Google Home still doesn't support the old camera. So you are locked into using two different apps if you have a system with mixed old and new cameras.
4. Yes, you can get 24/7 recording service for both new and old cameras, but the Google Home software only allows triggered events to be downloaded. I couldn't believe this. Selling 24/7 camera service that doesn't allow the content to be downloaded borders on fraud. But that was the way it was the last time I checked.
5. When I went to buy another camera I actually had to pay more for the old model than the new model. Presumably because I'm not the only one to realize what I've said above.
Caveat: all of the above was true, I have no information as of today that it is still not true.
Opinion: I would not buy a Google Security system as of today. It is not clear what Google's intents are, but they have treated old customers poorly and whether they have long term goals for this product line is not clear to me. They love to brag about new features, but they have done nothing to fix long standing problems.
I used to love the Nest ecosystem. Can't believe how badly Google is messing this up. Once my smoke alarms "expire" I'm moving on. I cancelled my NestAware waiting for Nest/Google to sort this while Nest App/Google Home mixed system. They still haven't done anything and have doubled down if anything on their stupidity.
@@UrcurseInCanada It is a strange situation and it is hard to see what the motivation for this is. Maybe:
1. NIH, Google programmers are so great we don't need that NEST stuff.
2. Google sees the future as integrated house controllers and NEST wasn't that so they're putting all their resources into getting Google Home working and they just don't care about security camera part of that right now.
3. Google is such a giant corporation that top level management sometimes doesn't notice when a little element of the organization goes off the rails .
4. Internal politics. Somebody with power at Google, has decided that the failure of Google Home and the Google Nest stuff is in their interest and they're working to make that happen.
I don't know and all of the above seems unlikely, but why would Google do this?
@@davefoc I don’t know but Google also has a habit of acquire stuff or starting stuff and then driving it into the ground for no reason.
Like how do you not look at the Nest app and think, wow this is nice/clean/user friendly and overhaul Google Home to mimic it now that your own it? The Home app is god awful. It’s like being in a developer mode UI.
@@UrcurseInCanadaagreed.. Google is the godfather of killing its own babies.. The amount of awesome apps they've had that just spontaneously got axed blows me away
The power cable actually makes sense. My camera is against the wall and points down into my yard, if the cord pointed back then the wall would be in the way and I wouldn't be able to point the camera down. If you saw my camera on the wall it looks right and you'd completely understand why it's pointed forward. The big issue I have is with the home app. It sucks! I have the nest doorbell that works on the nest app and that's why I bought the nest camera. Except the camera doesn't work on the nest app. I find notifications don't catch things very well, they miss alot. But having 24/7 recording and how well the nest app can scrub the timeline makes it easy to see if anything came into view. The home app doesn't allow for scrubbing the timeline. It takes 3 to 5 seconds to load every time you move to a different point on the timeline. So if something happen over night the camera zones didn't catch it (which it so often doesn't) you will have to review a whole 6 to 8 hours of footage in real time because there is no way to fast forward or rewind like the nest app. Not using the nest app is a HUGE downgrade for this camera.
Man, I'm glad I read this! I already have 5 cameras all running through the Nest app, so adding one that I had to access in a different app would be terrible. I hope they fix this!
Google was pretty dumb to not utilize nest app. The home app does suck and I never use that. I use nest app and never miss any camera notifications and works flawlessly
@@GingersKing yeah dont change to home app, nest app is way better
I just bought this and was so impressed I immediately ordered a second. Even in 2022, this holds its own. My only complaint is that it does not work with the nest app. I know they are killing Nest as we know it, but the app will still be around for a while and is way better than the Home app
I agree 100 percent. Nest App showing all live cams at 1 time is sooooo much better than Google Home. Very disappointed like most. Why not add that to the new app? SMH
@@jimbob6951 the Google home app shows all the live cams at once too......you have to click the cameras circle button at the top of the screen just below your home name and it will pull up a page that shows all the cameras live
@@jamess7841 I see. Thanks sooo much. That is a game changer for me, although I do still much prefer nest if it would also show the battery camera I have on my driveway.
@@jamess7841 Is there a way to view the battery camera on Nest Hub Max? I tell it to stream my doorbell camera a lot and can see if someone is near my door. But I bought this camera to view my driveway. I don't keep my phone attached to me like most do I guess and have a nest hub in near every room.
@@jimbob6951 yes you just say ok Google show (camera name) and it will show the video on your hub. I just tried it on my nest hub 2nd gen ( the smaller ones) with my Google battery cameras and my indoor ones and they work great. I don't have a max but I'm sure it's the same
I think the “backwards” cable is to make an enforced “drip loop” in the cable to reduce moisture movement into your house if you have it permanently connected. Also once mounted it is easier to attach and leave in place from the front (so you don’t have to move what the camera is pointing at)
I didn't even think about that, but makes sense. I feel like with this being the biggest complaint from many reviews Google should at least write a blog post about it. Also if there was no obvious reason a third part could probably make a connector that faces the other way (probably wouldn't be supported by Google). There was definitely intent. I first though it was just in case you angle it at a hard down angle.
So i saw a picture on the google site that showed the camera face down on a table charging. In that position the cable angle made sense. Link below, scroll to middle of page.
store.google.com/product/nest_cam_battery_setup?hl=en-US
Besides the water issue, it also ensures that the camera can have a downward angle without the wire creating an unnecessary limiting angle.
Would be really slick if they could have had the power cable connect directly to a wireless charging camera mount so there a essentially no wires at all.
@@jschiegner That would be the best in terms of it being completely sealed and waterproof and also to hide any cables for a seamless look. Google should hire you for that 😅
You are the first-and possibly only-reviewer to mention the threaded mount option! Even Google’s product description omits this encouraging feature. Instead, Google recommends the Wasserstein security cable if you mount the camera higher than one story…in the event that the camera falls!
Great review! I have four of the original Nest Outdoor Cams (not the IQ) and I've been very pleased with them. Was considering making the jump to the IQs and then they discontinued them. I love the fact that Nest finally released a battery cam, but I was a bit unsure about the specs, until I saw your video. Now I may seriously consider getting one! Thanks for the great review!
I rather use any surveillance camera with hard wire for 24/7 recording. Have a battery powered Arlo and its a pain in the butt to have it charged every week. Just more items to charge as if earbuds, smartwatcges, phones, tablets etc. are not enough 🤣
@@samjam6989 the battery operated Nest cams last anywhere from a month to about 7 depending on the settings you choose. There are also hardwire kits and if running a power cable to them is too much hassle, there are POE adapters to power them as well.
@@AltruisticWarrior you can run POE?
@@samjam6989 as long as it's the Nest Cam Battery type you can. Not the IQ or outdoor specific one. I chose to run POE for mine since my whole house is already "smart" wired with ethernet in every room and a closet with a dedicated wall box and outlets to run everything. Still, POE in my opinion is probably the easier and potentially cheaper option instead of having to tap in to existing power lines or running new ones from a punch out on the breaker box. I hear romex isn't too cheap anymore where ethernet cable still is. For 6 a month, the Nest Cam really takes the cake for what I need. I believe it also allows for you to access the camera on your Google home devices and use them to call 911 in an emergency as well.
@@samjam6989 Yes, with the adapter
Please test how well you can see licence plates.
I bet you still can't just like the last version
@@randomhobbies5796 Likely still trash lol
The side by side was great ! The new camera was much nicer. Only negative is that it doesn’t pick up colors at night time. Speaking from the law enforcement experience it would be nice that it had color to pickup clothing if someone breaks in or does anything suspicious around your house.
Yea, if Wyze can do it on their $35, i wanted to see this camera do that too. :)
I think the cable goes front because they do not want the water sliding from the cable to the connector. If it is going at the back it will be difficult to lineup the cable upside-down.
I like the features and quality. One thing you are stuck on is it doesn't have a built in light. With a battery, that would increase the power use and shorten time between charges. If you need to light an area, usually you have floodlights around your house. Change them to motion sensor floods. The video quality is fantastic for a 2MP cam and not an issue. Great review. Thanks. I ordered the Nest Battery Doorbell and waiting for that. I'm switching from Ring.
Yea, i really like those built in floodlights. Eufy and Reolink have me spoiled. haha My favorite setup is a battery camera with a floodlight and solar panel. :)
@@SteveDOES I have two Eufy Pro 2 cams 4K and they’re great too. But they don’t have lights either. Solar panels would be the ticket. My Eufy cams have been up for 11 months and still have about 20% charge left in both. I also have six Blink outdoor cams and two mini indoor Blink. They’re holding up great too. I just wish Blink would have geofencing. That’s one feature I really like with Nest. Thanks for the great reviews. Can’t wait to get my Google Doorbell now.
@@PGD39able that’s a pretty good setup you have there. :)
Good video. I have the new Nest camera. The power cord is not a problem, despite what the video says. I have to charge mine about every 3 months, with it set on "people" and fairly low people traffic. It takes 5 hours to fully charge. I like the camera. Note, however, it occasionally (but rarely) fails to record a person even in full sunlight, and I can't explain that, but it's happened about once every 2 months. Also, one time when my internet provider crashed and then resumed service, it was a little difficult to get the Nest camera connected again.
We got a single (thus far--about 1 month in use) 'false positive' 'person detected' on our indoor Nest cam battery--probably due to shifting light entering the room from a transom window. No problems with any of our 2 outdoor Nest Cam battery cameras. Our outdoor cameras are also set to 'people'--too many feral cats, raccoons, coyotes, etc. to have 'animal' set for our backyard camera.
Hey Steve! Could you do a comparison with the original nest cam outdoor camera? just curious how it stacks up against the battery.
the cable points outward so you can angle the camera however you want on the magnetic base. You can have it angled straight down if you want to and that way the chord won't get in the way.
Yep. You can actually buy an aftermarket cable where the connector is pointed perpendicular/90 degrees to the camera body. However, aftermarket cables are only a few dollars cheaper than the google-branded ones.
I didn't see any info about recharging. If you install it outdoors, 9 ft. up like in your video... do you have to take it down every few weeks to recharge it or replace batteries?!?1
1080p is absolutely fine. Its battery powered, if it was 1440p or 4K the battery life would suck.
As long as you don't need to read license plates and other various details on clothing.
So the position of the cable makes sense now, if you tilt the camera down a lot, the cable wouldn’t fit. I just setup my camera and I initially agreed the cable should have faced the other way, until I basically pushed my camera all the way down.
I installed 3 of these cameras to cover all areas of my home,so far,so good. The less activity the camera picks up the longer it will last before recharging. The 2 more active cameras I recharge once a month. I also installed a nest generation 2 wired doorbell camera,it also works great.
Steve, but the way, I LOVE the way you do your reviews. Keep up the good work.
If you had to choose, would you take the Eufy 2c pro or the Nest?
Thanks for the review, very helpful!
You get a response or make a decision on this? This is basically what I’m deciding between.
@@embee6153 not a response yet and also have not decided yet myself. I like the fact that the Eufy is homekit compatible and has local storage. But wondering which camera has the best video quality and night vision quality.
@@franklust1856 I can't decide either. I am looking at the eufy 2c pro and nest. It seems to me the 2c pro is the way to go. 2k, spotlight, no fees. Idk.
I’m on the fence between the two, too. I’ve had the old iq and loved it. There’s some about this one I have concerns with. I hate that we can’t use the nest app for it
@@dougspry6278 I went for the 2c pro. It’s free (no subscriptions) and you get 2 cameras plus the home base for a bit more than the cost of 1 nest. Very happy with it so far.
How long does the charge last before needing to recharge? Also, how long does it take to recharge? Otherwise great info!
I haven't used a whole battery yet but, according to CNET a battery can last between 1-7 months. It's all going to depend on the features you have turned on and how active the area is that you're monitoring.
I'd love to see a follow up on this maybe with battery life info on the doorbell add well from real world use. Maybe also app info to make it a long enough video since by then they would have fix really gripes about the nest app vs googled home app not having things.
I'm using one now on our front door. On average (for us) with default settings it is using about 2.75% a day pretty consistently. I installed it on 8/26 and it is 9/7 today so right now its at around 65%. At this rate, I expect it to last about 36 days total (without changing any settings/battery saving mode).
@@MusicMonkey5555 I'm using one now on our front door. On average (for us) with default settings it is using about 2.75% a day pretty consistently. I installed it on 8/26 and it is 9/7 today so right now its at around 65%. At this rate, I expect it to last about 36 days total (without changing any settings/battery saving mode).
@@MusicMonkey5555 I got the doorbell also but uninstalled it. Looked like it was getting just over a month. I uninstalled it though because even though it was near the wifi, it still sometimes took a couple of presses before it notified us on the nest/Google homes. Might just be the one I had was a dud, but I opted to just keep the camera instead and send back the doorbell.
Looks great for a battery operated camera. Definitely adding these to the housing list
For battery power, how often you need to charge the camera? You need to go up on ladder each time I assume? Please advise.thanks
Great video. Got a question, 3 hours of free video means you literallly have 3 hrs to catch an event before its auto deleted forever? Might be hard to catch an incident within 3 hrs.
Thank you for the video as I just got mine and am about to install them but wanted to know if you can get the 24/7 recording option if you have them plugged into solar panels?
Is the a POE cable you would recommend? Thank you for this review.
I'll wait until they come out with an updated app and website so you can view this new version with the rest of the Nest cams. Otherwise what's the point? FYI - reviewers of the anti-theft mount complain of the design causing a washed out view due to the upper fin causing a reflection of light.
I bought mine without watching any reviews and was disappointed it didn’t show up on my nest app with my other cameras. I read that Google doesn’t plan on adding these to the nest app.
Honestly, the biggest disappointment is the power cable facing outward. I fixed the IR reflection with flat black on the inside of the Wasserstein anti-theft case.
Just ordered this cam 😎 I wanted a camera on the front yard for a long time. This morning i noticed that my door mat was moved like half a meter. Normally it stays put even during heavy storms. So i feel the suspicion that burglars moved the door mat to see if anyone is home before attempting a break-in attempt .. So time to put more camera's up 🙁 Also stupid that they switched from the Nest app to the Google Home app. Now i have to use 2 different apps to use all my camera's.
If the wire were not angled forward, users would not be able to aim the camera downward.
It's really not that mysterious.
It would have been nice to have the connector for the power wire be reversible...but not that big a deal.
And if you use it on the indoor mount for fulltime power, the cord would be interfering with the indoor mount if it pointed to the back of the camera.
I've been thinking about going to these cameras upgrading from an old CCTV wired system. Lot of maintenance to the DVR with drive replacements after about 3 years or so, from recycling video plus I've replaced multiple cameras from the irises going out or what not. I'm kind of a google product user so thought these would complement some of the hardware and software I already use. Good video, like the comparisons and nice seeing the actual footage, blows away 1000-1500 TVL cctv cameras. Keep sharing, very informative. 👍
they are great if you like subscriptions and 10 second recording
@@marshfield01 I have google nest door bell, I pay $5/month or $50 per year and have 24/7 surveillance, no 10 second recordings. Plus works better than any CCTV as I get instant notification on my galaxy watch when am out and someone rings the bell. So I will gladly pay $5 per month when starbucks is charging $6 for a coffee and gas is $2.5/liter...whats additional $5/month?😅
These are bad. No timestamp. Saving the videos is a horrible chore and must be done on phone. You have to screen record if the motion sensing doesn't catch things. Eats a ton of time. This is a high end nanny cam sold as a security device.
when you do the walk back you should hold up a collection of numbers similar to a license plate...
Yea I need to take a page from LifeHackster and get a custom plate for these tests. :)
Great review but I dont think I heard anything regarding the life of the battery - How long does it last - Every system of this kind ( battery powered) have limited life duration. What is the estimated life duration of the battery for this unit? thanks
How long does the integrated battery last? Dose it give a warning when the battery is low? Charge time?
Can you help please put a link to the anti-theft cable device you featured they don't seem to offer that in the UK.
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According to CNET, the battery can last between 1-7 months. Yea, pretty crazy time frame. But there are features in the app for battery saving mode. Also it depends on how active the area is that your monitoring. As for the anti-theft mount, there is a link in the description of the video.
@@SteveDOES Thanks Steve👍🏻
@@SteveDOES More importantly, what about the Battery Life Cycle itself? Meaning, is the battery when it eventually loses capacity, is it replaceable? Or is the camera junk? That's a big deal on the overall value proposition here. While I have experience with the Arlo Ultra 2 (that was returned), the good thing there is, when the battery fails, it's easily replaceable. I'm not seeing the same here, and I think this is something that might be getting glossed over in a lot of reviews. In an outdoor environment, this battery might only last a 18 to 24 months. Then is it a throwaway? That's a big deal. I haven't been able to get a straight answer on this.
Hi thank you for you review! I wonder the nest subscription is for all cameras or just for one camera. Thank you
8:31 Mislabeled as "Nest CamIQ" when it is the Nest Cam Outdoor footage. The Nest CamIQ footage starts at 8:36.
4k or 2K even would the drain battery super fast that's why it's 1080P and i don't think you are understanding the 3 hour recording. It's 3 hours of events. And you can customize it's filters so it doesn't record animals or other motions. So if someone is walking around and breaks in it'll record it as an event because it will detect a person. The spot light version is coming out soon. I agree with you on that,. I think it's a must have, so I'm waiting for that version.
Are you talking about a new camera that has a spotlight? Or are you taking about floodlight that has the spotlight? That is two different things if that's the case I'd wait too, but I have heard of another camera.
Thank you for this review. I agree with the camera quality BUT the battery life is horrible. I live in the mountains of Colorado. The current night temperatures have been 40-50degrees F. I have 2 cameras and both will lose charge to 20% within 3 days. I have the settings to optimize battery life BUT don't like that I have to do that! What will happen when nights are regularly 10 degrees F?? I already caved and bought the $35 weatherproof cable for both cameras. Any suggestions for increasing battery life? Is this just happening to me? Also, I prefer the old Nest AP over using Google Home. The history feature on the Nest Ap was so easier & quicker to use than Google Home.
I'm in Denver and my camera has been up for a month and has only gone down to 26% (started at 85%). I think maybe you should check to see if your camera is turning on constantly due to motion (animals?).
Thats the nature of battery powered surveillance camera. I always have mine wired and dont have the hassle of charging it.
Does this require a hub? Not a fan of hubs and am looking for a solution that is direct to app. Do you recommend anything for what I am looking for?
I'm security guard at night so this is perfect for me since I get the notifications from my Google Home and I can quickly call the police or my family of what happen in those few seconds. I put it above my outside door about 7 feet. I might get the anti theft but my neighborhood is very quite but you never know. I wish it was black instead of white to blend in with the environment.
Plasti dip it. Easily removable when you no longer want it back. Just tape off lense and ports
Did you talk about battery life?
Debating on getting 2 cameras, I need one for front and back yard. North side front, south side of the house with back sun exposure. Ideally leave them inside and plugged in. Suggestions on a brand or brands that would work for my concerns. No lag between movements, leaves blowing creating false alerts, sunlight making the camera unable to see.
I have 2 NEST IQ cameras on my home now. I need to add a third. Not sure to go with the older NEST or new Battery NEST?? One question, can you keep it plugged in?
Hey, great review. How long does the battery go on full charge?
Depends on the number of incidents the camera records. Review did not cover the optional accessory of either a 16 or 32 foot long charge cable so can be permanently connected.
Mine has been hooked up for about a month and a half and is at 20% left. I have about 5-10 alerts a day on it.
@@CrimJim Hooked up as in it's battery powered? And you don't use that 24/hour coverage, right?
Thank you for the great video. Can you confirm that Google do not have an offocial wired outdoor version of this new cam. Is it ok to leave this 'battery' one wired all the time?
yes, in fact for 24/7 sub, you need to have the wire in at all times
Does it cover with a sleeve to cover the white for additional weather coverage? thanks for sharing
?? Can 2 people be on the app to view the cameras at the same time ? Can you answer this for the Arlo also ?? Thanks
I have three Outdoor IQ cameras and I need another one. Of course they are discontinued and going for ludicrous amounts on eBay. Even coreded, these battery cams with magnetic mounts seem like a HUGE step back. I'm not at all happy with what Google is doing with their cams and doorbells. I live in a place with extreme winters. You want to kill a battery quickly? Expose it to extreme colds.
Thanks for the review. The side-by-side comparison shows that more isn't always that much better if any. I want the battery version but I have limited data in my RV hotspot.
I am building a new home and planned to install cat5 to outdoor camera locations which would allow me to buy POE cameras. I’ve watched all of your camera reviews but have not seen any that support Poe. Can you recommend any? Solar and or 110v just doesn’t meet my needs
Thanks for the great review. Just ordered a set of these after my car was broken into last night.
The cable is like that as you are likely to have the camera on the wall pointing down. It it were perpendicular then it would point into the wall and stop you positioning the camera near vertical.
How far the Nest camera detect people for notifications in zones ?
Better quality than I expected, what a pitty need to be wired to have 24/7 and the wire is in the most terrible position as possible, if they start to make it with the power cable in the "correct" orientation, I'll buy one because after see your video, I guess the quality is good enough.
battery powered camera doesnt make sense for 24/7 unless you want to charge the camera every 5 hours. Actually hard wired surveillence camera makes more sense than battery powered. I have battery powered Arlo and its complete trash to have to charge it every 5 days and sometimes if you forget to charge, you wont have recording. Its completely dumb for surveillence camera. Only positove thing is initial installation is easy
These Nest cams do seem good, but I just can't get around the fact that Google seems to have designed these outdoor cams for ease of theft, even promoting that they should be mounted just 6ft high. I guess this boosts sales with all the replacements that will be needed. They should have come standard with a more secure anti-theft mounting. Unfortunately a bit too expensive for me to just put out there for someone to walk off with. :(
maybe you can buy a theft proof case that encloses the camera and hides the cable.
How’s the delay before it starts recording? I have Arlo right now and it is about a 2 or 3 second delay to start recording.
I've had mine for a couple of days now and so far it is pretty ordinairy and very hit & miss on how long it takes for the event recording to start. I'm expecting that this is because of the onboard image processing and should improve over time with updates.
What a disappointment these cameras are. I purchased the doorbell and two cameras. The doorbell does work. With the two cameras, they went through the setup correctly and I saw live video through them but when I finished setting them up I went to view the live feed and they were turned off. I tried to go to "more" to turn them on and the option was ghosted. I could turn the doorbell on and off just fine but the cameras were permanently off. They are both about 12-15 feet from my from my Netgear router and I also tried 5G and even different routers but to no avail. I went through the same process as setting up the doorbell so I don't think I did anything wrong. I just think the cameras wifi circuitry is subpar. Reading other comments on different nest cam (battery) cameras I'm seeing a striking commonality of the cameras inability to connect to wifi. My advice, wait or find something better, or you're taking your chances...
I don't feel the two cameras were adequately compared. The IQ does indeed have a 4k sensor, but it's only outputting 1080. The point of the higher resolution(and this was mentioned on the google product page) was that you could zoom in, set it with the IQ and it would have a higher resolution. I suspect the difference would become apparent if you zoomed in both cameras and compared the images.
I have four of these cameras and love them. Two of mine are outside, two inside. They work great.
Does the Eufy doorbell also automatically pops up on the hub, when the doorbell is pressed?
Ok I know this is a stupid question, but I'm old and 10 years behind on tech. Will this work on my wifi only, or must I have good cell coverage? My cell reception sucks. Also, IF I can use it without cell coverage, would I be able to view the camera video on my tv using a Google Chrome 4k TV Streaming Box? Appreciate any help..
Great video Steve! I currently have Arlo cams outside, and I'm looking at a replacement. I'm on the fence with Ring since I've got a lot of Nest devices. These cams look to be a suitable replacement. Even though they're battery powered, at least you don't have to BUY BATTERIES for them...Thanks!
Debating on getting 2 cameras I need one for the front and back yard. North side front, south side gets back sun exposure. Ideally leave them inside and plugged in. Suggestions on a brand or brands that would work for my concerns. No lag between movements, leaves blowing creating false alerts, sunlight making the camera unable to see.
Power cable angle may be like that for ease of charging.
I purchased two of these cameras. One of them the battery dies 20-30% per day.
Surprisingly all the reviews I watched so far conveniently are leaving out the worst part is that the nest aware events DOES NOT work. At best it is 2/10. If a car pulls up and it happens to catch it then I see the last few seconds of vehicle driving away.
I had two bicycles out front removed right in front of camera and it showed nothing in the events. I could go on with many examples.
Spent hours and days with Google and they offered to credit one month subscription of nest aware 😂
I’ve had one of these cameras up for four weeks. The camera battery lasted just shy of 3.5 weeks. Really depends how many motion events the camera is registering
Had this camera mounted in an outside hallway where there is an LED light. It was there to monitor a utility closet that kept getting broken into. It was useless. The picture had these bars going across it that prevented a clear view of the perpetrator who did show up, but was only recorded walking away with stuff in his hands. What did show was extremely dim. It turned out that although the hallway appeared bright to us, it shown as dark and blurry by this camera. So I exchanged the camera with a cheaper one in another room. Under normal light it behaved great. The cheaper camera also had no problem in that hallway. This one cost me near $200 where the other one was a tad under $50. Not only that, but the cheaper one can be aimed remotely where this one is fixed.
If you are using it outdoors without the power cord, do you need to protect the connection port on the camera?
What kind of cable would one need to purchase to extend plugin for 24 hour service?? Thanks
Do you think they’re going to release a new “IQ” version of these new cameras?
These are IQ cameras. They recognise faces, animals and movements
@@gswhite where is the zoom and tracking ?
@@Jayjayjimbo64 our fave tracks automatically and you zoom with your fingers using pinch
I have one of these but I also have the older wired Nest cams. I will say, the wired cams seem to pick up everything. This battery cam has like a 1-2 second delay before picking things up. I like the flexibility of being able to mount it anywhere and the picture is very clear but I don't know about that delay. I was thinking about getting another one since I am in the Google/Nest ecospehere but still trying to decide.
Costco (sometimes?) has the Nest cam battery on sale (the 3-camera multipack was on sale in September 2022). When on sale, it's much cheaper than either Google online or Amazon.
I think the cable goes forward so as not to impede the angle it can be mounted at?
Will you be doing a review of the new flood camera when it comes out ?
I'm on the fence about that one. I think it has to be wired up like the Ring and Eufy cameras and i don't have a good place to do that yet. I'll see when they release more information about it.
Yeah that was the one I was thinking about because you would get wired without have to run a plugged in long cable somehow. I like having a higher up camera to see the entire back yard though for keeping an eye on kids playing back there.
Does it do color at night if it has floodlight?
I purchased it and returned it the next day. Not compatible with the nest app only functions on google home. If you have other nest products you have to run both apps. So you loose the features of the Nest app such as: Spaces and scrubbing through video footage.
I read online that the battery version-even if plugged in, doesn't have 24/7 recording. Is this true?
you COULD keep it on 24/7 if you get the solar panels....which is what I would do....but I feel like the IQ is much better minus the fact that it needs hardwired and is almost triple price.
Google desperately needs to make a wired hub for those of us that don't want to rely on wireless. Still sucks you can't use the new Nest cam with the older Nest app.
That is because that App will be going away with it's functionality in the Google Home App, much of which is there now, which includes the older cameras.
@@taffyone1 The Nest App is not going anywhere as older Nest equipment doesn't work properly nor is even remotely integrated with the Google Home App. The Google Home App is a cluster f**k when it comes to home security products.
@@jamesm568 Google is not going to maintain two apps. There is a reason the new camera is not on the Nest App and likely never will be. I have 6 cameras plus the new one. I use the Home App so have all in one place. No complaints.
@@taffyone1 I don't like using the Google home app as it's too cluttered and it takes too long finding your home security products when they don't need to be with other general Google products.
@@jamesm568 I click on the Home App, then click on Cameras near the top. That brings me to my list of my cameras the same as the Nest App does. Pretty sure the Nest App will disappear the same way the Google Wifi App did. Plus it forces Users into the Google world versus using Nest products independently. No doubt there will be improvements go forward to the Home App.
I feel like the 4K camera thing is FOMO. 1080 looks great. I have a Nanit baby cam and for what I need it’s perfectly fine in 1080. Ppl think they need all that when they really don’t. Files are smaller, saves space more efficient. But I agree, the power cord seems like a design mistake or QC miss.
Any updates on battery life in your backyard with birds, kids, dogs, wind?
The camera is not vandal-proof. Anybody with a long tree branch could knock the camera off because it's only holding on magnetically, and also the white wire should be hidden inside the product and not exposed where anybody could cut the wire or damage the wire. And add 4K, 12MP, 180-degree view, crystal clear picture quality day or night, and able to read fonts 100+ feet away. Or just copy what Eufy did for their "Eufy Floodlight Cam 2 Pro!"
Is there a way to have a chime for the Google cameras when they detect motion just like how ring does it when motion is detected the chime in the home goes off is that possible with Google?
Your Nest IQ wasn't at the highest quality setting. Might want to redo the comparison, but the IQ maxes out at 1080p. It only fully uses the 4k sensor when you change the zoom setting (not pinch to zoom).
you never mentioned. does it do color night vision?
I am concerned about nest support, i have the IQ and the other nest camera and its has a blank coverage. then it shuts off by themself/ can you give me a direct support number or page to get answers
how do you have this (battery unit) be plugged in to be eligible for 24/7 recording ?
The power cord…. It juts out away from the wall to reduce water from running into the power port. The design attempts to carry water away from the port instead of towards it.
Did you say the battery lasts only for 5 hours? Maybe I misunderstood?
I would be interested to find out how well the magnets stand up to 50-60 mph gusts. Where I live, we get usually one or two big monsoon storms called haboobs (like a dust storm on steroids) and inside the haboob can be gusting up to 60 mph. I'm asking if it would survive one of those storms or if the outside camera should be taken down, so the wind won't knock it down off the magnetic mount.
Magnet is pretty powerful, but you can simply pull the camera off the base.
I live on the ocean like aka ocean blvd in the south and I have a nest cam outdoor and it went through two hurricanes
I bought the 2 pac and I can't set up my 2nd camera did all the prompts nothing,bout ready to take it back,any advice?
Does anyone know if the cable included in the box is weatherproof? I’m planning to drill a hole and run the cable from the inside of the garage where the outlet is located.
i dont know that much about cameras but an operating temperature of -4 to 104 degrees F seems kind of bad for something meant to be used outdoors 24/7... isn't it going to be more than 104 degrees pretty regularly in warm climates in direct sunlight?... same for climates where it snows
This is something to consider for sure. My phone likes to warn me and shut off if it's in direct sun for a few minutes, so I would hope these cameras can handle a bit more heat than that.
Amazon has a selection of hoods/shields to protect outdoor cameras from the elements. I imagine, even on a hot day, that the cam’s internal temp won’t reach 104 if shaded.
How can you add the timestamp embedded into the clips after you download them to your cellphone ?
Nice quality. A bit conflicted though as I use Eufy Flood cams outdoor
Eufy is a solid choice!
I love your reviews, especially for the side by side video tests.
about the cable direction, I think the choice of that direction is based on simply the temporary connection from the front of the camera, without move the camera. that's my conclusion.
go head like you did so far.👍
cheers from Italy😊
Maybe the power cord staying in view means that any attempt to cut the power will be recorded?
I just purchased the new nest outdoor battery it's fine except while watching the history it has event details,full history, and time line guides on the screen while the recording plays and it blocks you from seeing the parts of the recording how do I remove this from showing on the screen while trying to veiw a recording
I like the new camera but you are basically forced to buy the cable for it because if you don't you won't have live stream
How often do you have to charge it?
So the camera has to be plug in to power in order to get the 24/7 subscription?
Can I use the nest app with this camera?
Is this the best battery powered cam on the market? I'm new in this topic
It's probably the best quality 1080p camera out there.