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Google Nest Cam Indoor Smart Security Camera

Best price: £99.00
  • Quick, easy setup. Plug in Nest Cam and download the Nest app t..
  • 24/7 live video. The 130 degree view shows your home in 1080p H..
  • Alerts on your phone. Receive Activity Alerts so that you can s..
  • Clear as day. Even at night. Night Vision evenly illuminates th..
  • Talk and listen. See whos there and respond to get someones att..

Product Attributes

  • Width: 2.9 inches,
  • Height: 4.5 inches,
  • Weight: 0.5 pounds,
  • Length: 2.9 inches,
  • Size: 1 Count (Pack of 1)

Positives

Neutrals

Negatives

63.1% 9.4% 27.5%

Senti Score  [72.5%]

All-new Ring Stick Up Cam Battery | HD security camera with Two-Way ..

Best price: £87.91
  • See, hear and speak to people and pets from your phone, tablet ..
  • With Live View, you can check on your home any time through the..
  • Get notifications whenever motion is detected by adjusting your..
  • Place it anywhere: indoors or outdoors, on flat surfaces or mou..
  • Watch over your entire home by connecting one or multiple Stick..

Product Attributes

  • Width: 2.4 Inches,
  • Height: 3.8 Inches,
  • Weight: 0.4 Pounds,
  • Length: 2.4 Inches

Positives

Neutrals

Negatives

53.4% 14.3% 32.3%

Senti Score  [67.7%]

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Google Nest Cam Indoor Smart Security Camera

poor sleepers useless love cheap works perfect excellent brilliant piece poor alerting quality is great disappointed poor great brilliant expensive complete waste best

All-new Ring Stick Up Cam Battery | HD security camera with Two-Way ..

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Compare Cons

total waste in both products

"it has turned out to be a total waste of money without the ability to record!"
99.8%

very disappointed in both products

"not what i expected at all very disappointed"
99.0%

only gripe in both products

"my only gripe is for a camera it's quite expensive and i think personally the monthly charge is a bit high for the premium service"
74.9%

only issue in both products

"great piece of kit only issue is it does seem to switch it's self off now and again"
74.9%

more expensive in both products

"it’s also more expensive per month so please do not waste your money"
74.8%

does n't work in both products

"it works all the time not like the cheap ones that constantly needs a reset it's only expensive if it doesn't work"
74.8%

main issue in both products

"my main issue is that the home away assist function did not work correctly"
74.6%

just rubbish in both products

"this was just rubbish"
74.5%

pretty useless in both products

"i understand the features of the nest aware subscription but the camera is pretty useless without it so you're forced to take it if you want the camera to be usable"
74.5%

avoid these in both products

"please save yourself from wasting your time and money and avoid these"
74.3%

false alarms in both products

"i constantly get false alarms and alerts"
73.4%

free trial in both products

"there is a 30 day free trial of the cloud after which you need to pay either monthly or yearly for either 10 days or 30 days history to be accessible you pay one cost for the first subscription and each camera subscribed after this is half price the subscription can be cancelled at any time"
72.7%

same problem in both products

"we tried this at all streaming qualities and same problem"
72.4%

power cable in both products

"the power cable is long enough to connect the camera at ceiling heigh to a floor mounted power socket but only comes in white therefore it depends on the background wall colours whether it looks good or not "
69.6%

does not work in both products

"also alexa skill does not work i say alexa show living room it flickers but does not work"
69.1%

stopped working in both products

"unit started to get extremely hot before it stopped working"
67.8%

terrible product in both products

"so overall i think it's a terrible product and the worst customer service i have every had"
61.9%

avoid these cameras in both products

"my advice at the moment is to avoid these cameras"
61.3%

fairly useless in both products

"worse you pay a lot for the cameras and then they are still fairly useless without paying an annual subscription as well"
58.7%

trying to connect in both products

"you enter the name and press next expecting to be asked for a password or some additional settings but instead nest starts trying to connect"
56.2%

does n't always in both products

"i have just noticed that the app doesn't always show the activity though well today it didn't"
55.8%

very annoying in both products

"very quiet and constant static noise in the background which is very annoying"
55.7%

smoke alarms in both products

"i'm now going to buy some smoke alarms"
54.7%

smoke detectors in both products

"i have 3 nest smoke detectors and this should compliment them"
54.7%

complete waste

"if you have a break in and the camera misses the right moment faces or other particularities it was all a complete waste of money"
99.9%

poor alerting

"lack of thought with some features including poor alerting and no secure sharing option"
99.8%

poor sleepers

"expensive but it allowed me to check on my two young children when they slept as both are poor sleepers"
99.8%

quite disappointed

"quite disappointed considering all the other nest products i have that work fine"
99.4%

extremely frustrating

"extremely frustrating that tech support couldn't understand this and all they kept saying was "it was working as intended" and saying "we'll have to agree to disagree" when i was saying any security product giving off so many false positives was not good"
99.2%

quite ugly

"the only negative is that it looks quite ugly compared to my logicircle but i guess you can't have everything!"
99.2%

really annoying

"doesn't tell you when you move really annoying"
98.8%

quite sluggish

"the video is delayed by about 2second and the app is quite sluggish generally"
98.4%

pretty poor

"pretty poor "
94.6%

fairly redundant

"i don't believe it's possible to export clips when you aren't subscribed which makes the cameras fairly redundant"
94.6%

clear channel

"i sorted the problem by ringing virginia who altered the router remotely and allowed it to auto select a clear channel and since then for the last 2 months the system has been faultless"
90.9%

outrageously expensive

"and the nestaware is outrageously expensive $100 pa!"
89.9%

worst customer service

"so overall i think it's a terrible product and the worst customer service i have every had"
89.8%

waste of space

"i love google and by proxy nest but this device is a waste of space and does not do what it says on the tin reliably enough for us to keep it"
87.8%

falls short

"as a security camera it also falls short"
75.0%

slow internet

"i don't have slow wifi or slow internet and for comparison my previous camera would work at 720p resolution perfectly that was its maximum resolution and i can watch youtube and netflix in full 1080p hd with no issues on my connection"
74.9%

useless product

"and without it is a useless product as a security camera"
74.9%

connectivity issues

"the only reason for a 4 star rating and not a 5 star is the connectivity issues we experience with it recording while we are in the house when it should not!"
74.9%

fault them

"the quality and subscription services is amazing i've got two of these one inside and one outside using 3rd party cover and i can't fault them at all"
74.9%

issues and flaws

"i had tried other cheaper cameras all of which had issues and flaws in set up"
74.9%

prohibitively expensive

"i found the software a bit lacking and the cloud storage subscriptions are not suited to myself but i appreciate that right now q1 2016 storage of 24 7 1080p video is prohibitively expensive"
74.9%

ridiculous amount

"i’m not going pay ridiculous amount monthly for it"
74.9%

picture freezing

"furthermore it will frequently suffer from connection problems with the picture freezing or cutting out entirely"
74.8%

ridiculous number

"so let's say you want to schedule all of you cameras coming on for some event you've going to have to tap a ridiculous number of times to setup something that seems like it really should be trivial"
74.8%

very lacking

"it really is a shame as the actual hardware is great and works really well but software is very lacking and the service is inexcusable consider the upfront and ongoing cost"
74.8%

even worse

"update: after a few months of use the camera is even worse than i initially stated"
74.8%

returning them

"we got fed up returning them for replacements and got them all refunded and bought some nest cameras having had a positive experience with the nest outdoor camera we bought not long ago"
74.8%

there lazy

"they so much as lift there lazy fury bums up and i get a notification"
74.8%

spent money

"thieves could rob your house and you will have no evidence and the added frustration of having spent money on a cam"
74.8%

rather disparaging

"i notice meany rather disparaging comments about the cost of monitoring"
74.8%

totally incorrect

"a super quick estimation which could be totally incorrect sees an uncompressed video at a peak rate of 24mbit s yielding 8mb s so 8 * 3600 means 28gb per hour 696gb per day 20tb per month and a whopping 240tb per annum"
74.8%

constant false

"i subscribed to the nest aware subscription after my free month trial ran out but i was completely worn down by the constant false alerts"
74.7%

ridiculously high

"the only downside is of course the ridiculously high cost of the archive service which i've not bothered with i'm afraid"
74.7%

dismiss this

"only issue we have that sometimes it goes off when we are at home for no reason even though are settings dismiss this when we are at home"
74.7%

connection problems

"furthermore it will frequently suffer from connection problems with the picture freezing or cutting out entirely"
74.7%

days storage

"i would have thought 7 days storage foc would have been a good value add"
74.6%

storage subscriptions

"i found the software a bit lacking and the cloud storage subscriptions are not suited to myself but i appreciate that right now q1 2016 storage of 24 7 1080p video is prohibitively expensive"
74.6%

being useless

"the camera freezes the android software is poor to the point of being useless"
74.6%

freezes constantly

"edit camera feed lags and freezes constantly and is often down"
74.5%

very blurry

"image was very blurry returned"
74.5%

very limited

"great quality product but unfortunately very limited features"
74.4%

exactly as stated

"works exactly as stated"
74.3%

connection errors

"however i still gave it three stars because despite the connection errors the rest of the product is great"
74.3%

negative reviews

"i am now struggling to see how this device gets some of the negative reviews when it works brilliantly"
74.3%

cheap ones

"it works all the time not like the cheap ones that constantly needs a reset it's only expensive if it doesn't work"
74.3%

sacrificing 1080p

"however it is being used as a granny cam and it is really useful and crucially reliable even in a low wifi signal area as long as you dont mind sacrificing 1080p and can make do with 720p which i can"
74.2%

inferior product

"i understand that they have to make money but there are plenty of other cameras on the market that do offer longer timeframe storage so this makes the nest camera an inferior product sorry to say that"
74.2%

useless addition

"cons: nest back end frequently go off line making this a useless addition"
74.2%

pointless piece

"keeps on losing connection making it a pointless piece of kit"
74.1%

torturous process

"one of the cameras failed after a month and got replaced after a torturous process with customer services and frankly the camera is poor"
73.9%

utter lack

"there's an utter lack of basic features behind the scenes that really becomes apparent after the novelty wears off and then the dent in your wallet starts to really hurt"
73.8%

utterly useless

"the image the camera displays can be 20 30 seconds delayed from real time making it utterly useless in situations where real time monitoring is important"
73.7%

noticeably lower

"my samsung was noticeably lower in sound than my partners iphone so we have purchased a cheap entry level audio monitor which we use together with this camera for added peace of mind"
73.4%

false alerts

"that means you don't get the fancy algorithm processing for your video so i constantly get false alerts!"
73.4%

having problems

"i don't consider the nest camera price "disposable" and given that i am not alone in having problems i think nest needs to improve their qc"
73.3%

additional subscriptions

"£300pa £30pcm for 30 days recording on 1 camera additional camera subscriptions are discounted to half price for additional subscriptions a fast and reliable internet connection is required"
73.2%

additional cams

"buying subscriptions for additional cams is a nightmare"
73.2%

longer stem

"i'd have liked more fixing options and more ways to bend and a longer stem"
73.2%

needing the cable

"power cable connection is utterly **** have used cables that are working with other devices 100% but our camera is consistent in shutting off needing the cable to be reseated"
73.2%

main problem

"main problem is that if someone with a cell phone is in the room it often fails until they leave"
73.0%

distorted images

"disappointing ir quality too much reflection leading to distorted images from reflective service at night"
72.8%

notifies randomly

"sunrise outside and notifies randomly a lot"
72.6%

never materialised

"they even promised a free subscription which never materialised"
72.4%

broad daylight

"even at its highest resolution in broad daylight you wont make out any faces or even license plates on cars so i would not recommend this if that is what you want it for"
72.4%

only negative

"the only negative is that it looks quite ugly compared to my logicircle but i guess you can't have everything!"
72.3%

added frustration

"thieves could rob your house and you will have no evidence and the added frustration of having spent money on a cam"
72.1%

weak links

"my only gripes are even with a fast internet connection 120mbps down 10mbps up the stream can bog down a bit as it's my understanding the camera first uploads all footage to nest and then your devices computer are streaming the footage from nest's servers rather than the camera directly so any weak links in these connections can result in a jerky stream"
71.8%

notice meany

"i notice meany rather disparaging comments about the cost of monitoring"
71.6%

known issue

"i spent an hour on the phone with a google senior advisor and he told me 'this is a known issue and we are working on a fix please wait indefinitely until we may or may not be able to fix this""
71.6%

brick walls

"it does not like stone or brick walls"
71.5%

mildly irritating

"for my purposes and what i use my camera for these issues while mildly irritating are not deal breakers and i will tolerate them"
71.3%

disappointing part

"only disappointing part is that i cannot record anything!"
70.7%

gone forever

"1 person finally came back saying its gone forever and they can't do anything"
70.4%

design problem

"maybe there wasn't a defect but there was a huge design problem if this is how it is meant to work"
70.3%

marital issue

"first of all i had a major marital issue i needed recorded as proof for legal reasons"
70.0%

trial ends

"the nest is a nightmare after your free trial ends"
69.9%

just too high

"a regular ip camera with no cloud backup once the 30 day trial subscription ends and most regular ip cameras with 1080p displays and no cloud backup are 3 5x cheaper than the nest cam the subscription cost of 8 quid a month is just too high to justify when competitors like tplink kasa cam offer 3 days"
69.9%

problematic unit

"maybe i was unlucky to get a problematic unit but i think that there are deeper problems with nest's hardware and or servers so i will be getting a different brand"
69.8%

overly sensitive

"the sensors were a little overly sensitive the movement of shadows caused by clouds and sun could trigger an alert"
69.8%

disables recording video

"it has a function that disables recording video alerts if you are at home ideal for what i need and this function can be switched off"
69.3%

poorly executed

"great idea poorly executed and there are more effective cheaper ip cameras out there"
69.1%

cheap wifi

"previously we had been using a couple of cheap wifi ip cameras chinese bought here on amazon that were a nightmare trying to get them to connect to the network and used really clunky software"
69.0%

trial subscription

"less than 3 days in place the 3 month trial subscription just 'falls' off my account and loses the video history"
68.8%

constant static noise

"very quiet and constant static noise in the background which is very annoying"
68.7%

major flaw

"this is a major flaw with the app"
68.5%

nowhere near

"the mic is nowhere near as sensitive as the old dropcam mic was though"
68.4%

instead nest

"you enter the name and press next expecting to be asked for a password or some additional settings but instead nest starts trying to connect"
68.3%

waste your money

"don't waste your money"
68.1%

nothing worked

"i called nest support and followed their instructions when i eventually got through but nothing worked"
67.1%

does n't show anything

"sometimes i get a sporadic alert because of sound detected while she clean but then i go to the timeline and no event is recorded or the static picture sent to email doesn't show anything"
67.1%

waste of money

"waste of money"
66.7%

crazy money

"at almost £100 a year this is crazy money and not a recurrent cost i'm prepared to pay for"
66.5%

unless you subsribe

"it will not record unless you subsribe"
66.5%

really broken

"their whole accounts order system is really broken"
66.4%

useless at night

"i also purchased one to go outside and have tried external casings for it but all are useless at night so don't bother"
66.2%

down by attention

"this has the potential for a great product let down by attention to detail"
65.8%

gets stuck

"love the app but it gets stuck sometimes when scrolling backwards"
65.7%

return it for replacement

"another point maybe it's only relate to my device the new uk plug adapted stopp working after 2 days and i had to return it for replacement"
65.6%

owing to its auto

"sadly the show lets it down rather owing to its auto cut off every 30 minutes and by not allowing the nest cam to transmit sound from the baby’s room"
65.5%

lacks consistency

"you can look at them and see what's going on but everything else is either prohibitively expensive for an already expensive device or lacks consistency"
65.4%

falls ' off my account

"less than 3 days in place the 3 month trial subscription just 'falls' off my account and loses the video history"
65.4%

buying subscriptions

"buying subscriptions for additional cams is a nightmare"
65.0%

limited number

"however despite everything i looked at i didn't realise that this camera and it's storage subscription service only works in a limited number of countries"
64.9%

gradually worse

"started off so well but got gradually worse"
64.7%

gave up the ghost

"purchased 11 12 15 and it gave up the ghost completely by the 25 01 16"
64.7%

disappointed in these

"really disappointed in these and in nest"
64.7%

returned it to buy this

"i bought a cheap camera and it was so bad i returned it to buy this"
64.7%

frequent disconnects

"frequent disconnects"
64.3%

lost the feed

"originally had two of the motorolla cams but they didn't have the wide angle lens and then when hubble their platform was updated in june 2016 and we lost the feed for over 24 hours and their communication about it to everyone was so poor we went for two of these nest cams"
64.1%

failed means no pictures

"in some cases apparently the camera can still transmit pictures but in my case failed means no pictures"
64.1%

awkward configuration

"it removes a lot of the awkward configuration needed for ip cameras at the cost of tying you to nest for full functionality"
64.1%

broadban connectivity

"i have great internal wifi and broadban connectivity reverted back to foscam cameras which just work"
64.0%

cheap option

"it's not a cheap option"
63.7%

started to go wrong

"but as soon as i was forced to pay for the monthly subscription it started to go wrong could not recall past 'events' and then on occasion website would not pick up the webcams"
63.6%

renders this useless

"pain in the behind and renders this useless as it's so unreliable"
63.5%

single drop

"since using the nest we’ve had not a single drop out"
63.5%

keep failing

"both of mine keep failing"
63.2%

delay in live streaming

"delay in live streaming even with the fastest broadband speed 150 mbps "
63.1%

fire alarms

"i bought this camera to spy on my dogs but also to make sure that i could spot if there was a fire in case the fire alarms go off "
63.1%

poorly designed

"poorly designed"
62.9%

drops one star

"it drops one star however as the video quality is not great but usable"
62.7%

failed after a month

"one of the cameras failed after a month and got replaced after a torturous process with customer services and frankly the camera is poor"
62.1%

forced on the cameras

"everything worked well and out of nowhere a new feature is forced on the cameras"
61.9%

really clunky software

"previously we had been using a couple of cheap wifi ip cameras chinese bought here on amazon that were a nightmare trying to get them to connect to the network and used really clunky software"
61.7%

stops and closes

"when it disconnects if it can't reconnect immediately the app just stops and closes without giving an immediate alert that it has disconnected"
61.7%

slow to load

"downsides are the actual nest app is so slow to load"
61.6%

remove the camera

"tried turning on and off several times with no joy so decided to remove the camera from the account and re install"
61.6%

continually rejected

"i tried to subscribe but my post code was continually rejected"
61.6%

wasted over an hour

"i could not reinstall and wasted over an hour"
60.7%

delayed by 1 2 minutes

"they are on average delayed by 1 2 minutes"
60.6%

lots of false

"nest app very good cons: lots of false alerts due to its picking even lights in the hall etc"
60.5%

replaced it happens

"people lose get their cards damaged all the time need to have them replaced it happens !"
60.4%

worse to the point

"secondly the reason we got it was the movement and sound detection and notification system which worked well initially but gradually got worse to the point we would hear the baby crying out and the app was saying there was no issue"
60.4%

frustration with them

"i've given nest plenty of grief over the last several weeks regarding their products and my frustration with them but i think i need to be fair here and re write my review about the indoor cameras and their subscription fee"
60.4%

poor reviews

"ignore the poor reviews"
60.0%

cloud storage therefore

"the problem is i don't want 10 days cloud storage therefore i don't pay the £8 per month £80 per year subscription"
59.5%

disappointing ir quality

"disappointing ir quality too much reflection leading to distorted images from reflective service at night"
59.1%

apps and website

"the apps and website are up to date and the camera has the specs you want 1080p night vision microphone speaker "
59.0%

will be cancelled

"if you change country after the 30 day free trial has begun it will be cancelled and you will not get it back personal experience nest support is utterly useless and slow"
58.6%

number of outage

"however a number of outage to nest's servers means that there is no way to view the output from the camera"
58.6%

broken into

"neighbour got broken into and camera caught the whole thing great devce"
58.6%

software is rubbish

"the software is rubbish"
58.5%

pile of trouble

"so works well but if a payment does not go through expect a pile of trouble"
58.4%

good as useless

"this camera is as good as useless"
58.4%

cried wolf too often

"they drop offline from time to time for no apparent reason and trigger at the slightest movement which leads to a classic "cried wolf too often" problem"
58.2%

gets flagged

"at the moment all movement gets flagged and there is no algorithm for the software to learn what matters like the cleaner arriving and what doesn't her then working around the house"
58.2%

gets uploaded

"if you're on a connection with a data cap then look elsewhere because everything gets uploaded and there's no alternative"
58.2%

lies the problem

"you can't use them at all without using the supporting software and services and herein lies the problem"
58.1%

very choppy

"the picture and sound sent by the camera are by my estimation anywhere from four to six seconds delayed and the picture isn't smooth it's very choppy barely one or two frames a second at times"
57.9%

novelty wears

"there's an utter lack of basic features behind the scenes that really becomes apparent after the novelty wears off and then the dent in your wallet starts to really hurt"
57.8%

cheap camera

"i bought a cheap camera and it was so bad i returned it to buy this"
57.6%

n't have everything

"the only negative is that it looks quite ugly compared to my logicircle but i guess you can't have everything!"
57.6%

first sign of problems

"the setup process was the first sign of problems"
57.5%

killed the deal

"but what killed the deal for me was its advertised as 1080 resolution but i just cant see how it is"
57.3%

plenty of grief

"i've given nest plenty of grief over the last several weeks regarding their products and my frustration with them but i think i need to be fair here and re write my review about the indoor cameras and their subscription fee"
57.2%

misses the right moment

"if you have a break in and the camera misses the right moment faces or other particularities it was all a complete waste of money"
57.2%

constant streaming

"but it also gets very hot too possibly due to the constant streaming to the cloud service"
57.2%

software a bit lacking

"i found the software a bit lacking and the cloud storage subscriptions are not suited to myself but i appreciate that right now q1 2016 storage of 24 7 1080p video is prohibitively expensive"
56.9%

have a break

"if you have a break in and the camera misses the right moment faces or other particularities it was all a complete waste of money"
56.8%

rubbish with huge

"the netatmo welcome was absolutely rubbish with huge lag and no 2 way audio"
56.8%

completely useless

"i am now selling it and buying from another brand as completely useless"
56.7%

wait indefinitely

"i spent an hour on the phone with a google senior advisor and he told me 'this is a known issue and we are working on a fix please wait indefinitely until we may or may not be able to fix this""
56.5%

cancelled my subscription

"all worked great during the free trial but when i tried to subscribe to nest aware so many problems they cancelled my subscription without telling me so my home wasn't being protected"
56.5%

n't make me laugh

"don't make me laugh"
56.5%

not suited to myself

"i found the software a bit lacking and the cloud storage subscriptions are not suited to myself but i appreciate that right now q1 2016 storage of 24 7 1080p video is prohibitively expensive"
56.4%

bother me too much

"the need to have the nest aware package does not bother me too much"
56.4%

camera is faulty

"one camera is faulty"
56.4%

card had expired

"however i had an issue where a payment bounced because a card had expired"
56.4%

n't find them

"i do this when the dogs merge with the sofa and i can't find them"
56.4%

terrible experience

"my terrible experience with them is that i had the free trial and something went wrong their end and it was all deleted"
56.3%

much time wasted

"such a shame so much time wasted!"
56.2%

that was not right

"about 10 days ago i received notice that my payment for the monthly fee had not gone through well that was not right as funds are pretty plentiful and was only12 pounds i contacted cs right away it turns out it was my mums bank card that had just been lost and was being replaced so in other words nest taking payments off a card rather than straight from a bank account !"
56.2%

have had to return

"unfortunately nest cam doesn't work with my bt infinity router and nest support couldn't get it working so i have had to return it"
56.2%

would be a problem

"however for people looking to use the camera for monitoring pets children or the elderly as well as in many other use cases these same issues certainly would be a problem"
56.2%

hefty price

"as others have mentioned the camera is basically useless without a subscription which comes on a hefty price"
56.1%

it's so slow

"i have other non nest hd cameras that are much faster to load i just can't understand why it's so slow"
56.0%

comes to unit not working

"website not very useful for support when it comes to unit not working"
56.0%

works with me not

"because of that i no longer want this product i want one that works with me not me working around it"
55.9%

being lied

"i have literally 20 emails from 17 different people all saying different things and being lied to"
55.9%

flash is not supported

"i could not find an app that worked with the nest and your browser will not be able to run the website because nest are using flash to playback the nest picture and flash is not supported"
55.9%

it's not the cheapest

"it's not the cheapest but it's well build and good quality"
55.9%

router problems

"once i'd resolved the router problems set up was done in about 2 minutes"
55.8%

through expensive service

"as it is these cams are let down by a poorly thought through expensive service"
55.8%

hopefully there wo

"it's not yet alerted me to any security issues but that's because there haven't been any and hopefully there won't"
55.8%

just too annoying

"the first thing i noticed was the picture quality was great but that the fish eye distortion just too annoying due to the extreme wide angle"
55.7%

replace another

"original review below: i bought this camera to replace another far cheaper camera and considering the significant financial investment i expected a truly first rate product"
55.7%

which do nothing

"i've spoken email to about 30 people all of which do nothing"
55.5%

biggest problem

"my biggest problem with these cameras is that one and it was always the same one would lose internet connection for no obvious reason"
55.5%

right away it turns

"about 10 days ago i received notice that my payment for the monthly fee had not gone through well that was not right as funds are pretty plentiful and was only12 pounds i contacted cs right away it turns out it was my mums bank card that had just been lost and was being replaced so in other words nest taking payments off a card rather than straight from a bank account !"
55.5%

have n't done

"to store the recordings you do need to pay the subscription which i haven't done yet"
55.4%

device is rubbish

"this device is rubbish"
55.4%

should be trivial

"so let's say you want to schedule all of you cameras coming on for some event you've going to have to tap a ridiculous number of times to setup something that seems like it really should be trivial"
55.4%

stealing stuff

"this is after actually capturing a cleaner stealing stuff from our holiday home"
55.4%

that has its own problems

"there’s no power cuts and my ring camera is connecting perfectly although that has its own problems tbh so it’s not the internet"
55.4%

next to useless

"it's true that these are next to useless with nest aware currently £80 a year for the first cam then £40 per cam after that"
55.3%

nest website

"i have found that if you view the video feed through the nest website not the app then if it disconnects it seems to reconnect itself and you can carry on watching the video from the camera"
55.2%

nothing there

"daily i'm getting notifications saying something is happening just to make panic and see that there's nothing there"
55.2%

14 day storage plan

"i opted to take the 14 day storage plan for 2 cams at 12 pounds per month all worked fine and was able to capture and store copy of a section that showed mum having a fall and just how good the response was to the incident on the day"
55.2%

have no access to

"it's in a holiday home and i have no access to it easily otherwise it would go back"
55.2%

delivers as stated

"easy to add to current system and delivers as stated"
55.1%

way talking is rubbish

"two way talking is rubbish"
55.1%

they ca n't do anything

"1 person finally came back saying its gone forever and they can't do anything"
55.1%

there's no alternative

"if you're on a connection with a data cap then look elsewhere because everything gets uploaded and there's no alternative"
54.9%

little work

"software needs a little work"
54.9%

does n't work as

"i really wanted this camera to be good so i could buy a few for around the house and also in the garden using the waterproof cover but it just doesn't work as it should"
54.8%

flaw in the product

"i did return it but my decision was based on it just not really fitting with my requirements and not a flaw in the product"
54.7%

n't load constantly

"it stops recording randomly logs me out won’t load constantly"
54.7%

not deal breakers

"for my purposes and what i use my camera for these issues while mildly irritating are not deal breakers and i will tolerate them"
54.7%

n't think it through

"i didn't think it through and bought this as i trusted the nest brand name"
54.7%

n't like that

"i also didn't like that i could only access the camera from the nest app"
54.7%

not record anything

"only disappointing part is that i cannot record anything!"
54.7%

glare of the window

"i do not like this camera i have an indoor one that look through a window but there’s a glare of the window then there light which shows there’s a camera on show and at night reflects of the window making the camera useless "
54.7%

done nothing about

"they've done nothing about it"
54.7%

it's so unreliable

"pain in the behind and renders this useless as it's so unreliable"
54.6%

justify a lesser product

"not sure how nest google feel they can justify a lesser product for over twice the price?"
54.6%

dead and useless

"the main problem with these ip cameras is a robber only needs to cut the incoming telephone or cable feed and it's completely dead and useless"
54.6%

dent in your wallet

"there's an utter lack of basic features behind the scenes that really becomes apparent after the novelty wears off and then the dent in your wallet starts to really hurt"
54.6%

does n't work at

"yeah the camera looks nicer but you’ll regret you paid so much for something that just doesn’t work at all"
54.6%

n't know though

"i think the camera must get triggered my changes in light level entering the room don't know though"
54.6%

not buy this camera

"do not buy this camera"
54.6%

n't work reliably

"without subscription you get motion and sound alerts but they don't work reliably"
54.6%

not work with wifi

"setup did not work with wifi and was forced to connect the cam to a pic first"
54.6%

most definitely

"i cannot see a thing and it is most definitely not 1080p"
54.6%

there was no issue

"secondly the reason we got it was the movement and sound detection and notification system which worked well initially but gradually got worse to the point we would hear the baby crying out and the app was saying there was no issue"
54.5%

will not buy again

"expensive piece of kit that we will not buy again"
54.5%

interfere with bandwidth

"i"ve also created a dedicated wifi network in the house for the cameras as we found that they interfere with bandwidth if using the regular network"
54.4%

like no tomorrow

"but eats into your data allowance like no tomorrow not a problem if you are on a contract with your mobile phone company"
54.3%

nothing happened

"they worked fine so long as nothing happened but as soon as they detected movement they switched themselves off for up to 24 hours"
54.3%

wait for a few seconds

"you have to purchase cloud memory for this to really be useful so ur paying allot of money to buy it and then a monthly fee on top to use it in full the audio is the big problem here when you press and hold the audio button one way at a time only you cant hear the other person speaking once you let go of the button you have to wait for a few seconds before you can start hearing the other person"
54.3%

expensive peephole

"this is as others have stated a glorified expensive peephole"
54.1%

lond powere lead

"it comes with a lond powere lead which makes life easier for positioning"
54.0%

could n't ask for more

"couldn't ask for more"
53.9%

make panic

"daily i'm getting notifications saying something is happening just to make panic and see that there's nothing there"
53.9%

somewhat lacking

"after a few weeks of using the camera we did notice that the audio quality via our phones was somewhat lacking"
53.9%

register as logging

"as suggested i setup the unit with the ios app which was straightforward enough once i realised that i didn't register as logging in was actually registration"
53.9%

miss a step

"nest have thought of everything pull tabs for opening everything with ease instructions on tabs to guide you through the process so you don't miss a step"
53.8%

loses the video history

"less than 3 days in place the 3 month trial subscription just 'falls' off my account and loses the video history"
53.8%

blamed on poor signal

"i was only in my garden connected to the wifi so it can not be blamed on poor signal"
53.7%

lets the trio

"i would only recommend if you want to speak to your dog at home otherwise it's useless i own the whole nest range and the camera lets the trio down!"
53.7%

the blurry image

"its only a small living room so why the blurry image"
53.7%

uncompressed video

"a super quick estimation which could be totally incorrect sees an uncompressed video at a peak rate of 24mbit s yielding 8mb s so 8 * 3600 means 28gb per hour 696gb per day 20tb per month and a whopping 240tb per annum"
53.6%

does n't automatically

"also the nest apps home away feature isn't faultless sometimes it thinks i'm home when i'm not so cam doesn't automatically turn back on"
53.5%

camera is poor

"one of the cameras failed after a month and got replaced after a torturous process with customer services and frankly the camera is poor"
53.5%

wasting my money and

"i'm in trouble with my wife for wasting my money and i am tech savvy!"
53.4%

just wicked

"the nest software has gotten better and far more reliable too and its just wicked"
53.3%

higher initial cost

"disadvantages of using nest cameras over standard cctv are: higher initial cost per camera and optional monthly annual subscription fee"
53.3%

flat design

"i'm sure you enjoyed it the first time let's have you do it all over again so you can really appreciate the flat design and pretty fonts"
53.3%

stealing things

"we had some caught in the act of stealing things and no proof"
53.2%

not recover or return

"so i have a camera i cannot recover or return"
53.2%

it's not the internet

"there’s no power cuts and my ring camera is connecting perfectly although that has its own problems tbh so it’s not the internet"
53.0%

correct your errors

"then i tried to purchase again and the website says "correct your errors" when there were no errors on the page so i still can't subscribe"
52.7%

with no subscriptions

"great cameras but i don’t like the fact you have to pay a subscription service especially because amazon sell similar cameras for less with no subscriptions needed"
52.7%

faulty power socket

"the first one had a faulty power socket and kept switching itself on and off"
52.7%
...

total waste in both products

"total waste of money"
99.8%

very disappointed in both products

"very disappointed"
99.0%

only gripe in both products

"my only gripe is that the first battery charge only lasted about three weeks if that continues i will change my score"
74.9%

only issue in both products

"the only issue i will have is when there’s motion it takes a while for the video to process"
74.9%

more expensive in both products

"a camera more expensive than the basic model and ring have turned off the functionality to flip the video 180 degrees if you ceiling mount it"
74.8%

does n't work in both products

"i has settings to say is it facing a window but after speaking to the tech department it doesn't work"
74.8%

false alarm in both products

"initially wanted to use through window to prevent having outside but this does not work through the window and will pick up reflections indoors sending a false alarm"
74.8%

main issue in both products

"my main issue is that i can’t set the motion zone big enough"
74.6%

just rubbish in both products

"just rubbish"
74.5%

pretty useless in both products

"ring support have been pretty useless simply telling me it's my wifi"
74.5%

false alarms in both products

"i do get a couple of false alarms each day at the moment"
73.4%

free trial in both products

"another problem that i had was the 30 day free trial — it gave me just two days"
72.7%

same problem in both products

"having read loads of comments from other users with the same problem i have returned the cam"
72.4%

power cable in both products

"i note the hole for the power cable in this model so i would assume you just need to buy the cable and can do this at a later date"
69.6%

does not work in both products

"save your money mounted outside front of property nothing but constant problems from wi fi connection despite the router being less than 2m away unless you have the perfect environment in the evening the picture quality at night is awful if there is a wall light or any other object in slight view the night cam does not work"
69.1%

fairly useless in both products

"as a security device this makes it fairly useless"
69.0%

poor signal in both products

"while i can see that the app does indeed tell me the outdoor camera's have a poor signal i can only assume that must be down to subpar wifi transceivers in these things as i can use any other device i own stood riught next to the cameras without issue and wifi analysis shows my phone getting 50mbps+ right next to each camera ring claim they only need 1mbp s "
68.4%

terrible product in both products

"what can i say terrible product and in conclusion not fit for purpose"
61.9%

avoid these cameras in both products

"if you value your privacy and security and would prefer your personal data and camera feed information not to be sold to the highest bidder please avoid these cameras"
61.3%

trying to connect in both products

"the second my father's took me hours as his was doing a similar thing the app just hanging when trying to connect"
56.2%

does n't always in both products

"only down side is the motion detection doesn't always capture everything at the front as we've had letters in the door but nothing having registered on the system"
55.8%

very annoying in both products

"the only gripe i have with this camera is the privacy zone anything behind your set privacy zone s will still trigger the motion detection which is very annoying!"
55.7%

brick wall in both products

"the same happens if i take it the other side of a 100mm brick wall"
54.9%

smoke detectors in both products

"want ring smoke detectors next 👍 updated 22"
54.7%

smoke alarms in both products

"i have no problem with my nest smoke alarms or my nest thermostat so if the replacement is also unfit for purpose i shall be buying a nest camera!"
54.7%

absolute garbage

"absolute garbage"
99.7%

just appalling

"just appalling"
99.6%

extremely poor

"liking the cam however the battery life is extremely poor"
99.4%

completely pointless

"really irritating and rendering the camera completely pointless until a time where i can get a ladder"
99.3%

real disappointment

"these have been a real disappointment on reflection i’m 3 days into having them setup and spent each day either having to reset one or speaking to support who basically just accuse you of it being your home network"
99.2%

really awful

"in summary really awful support from ring limited to 20 minutes what's this about!"
98.9%

takes forever

"bear in mind that it takes forever to recharge hours "
98.8%

utterly pointless

"you can’t view recordings 24 7 and will only record if it detects motion or you click on a live view so utterly pointless"
98.3%

disgusting marketing

"disgusting marketing by ring!"
97.3%

absolutely terrible

"i don’t normally write reviews but had to for this as the are absolutely terrible"
96.7%

without monitoring

"i got the plug in ones because i don’t want to have the batteries die and be without monitoring in my home"
93.8%

poor weather

"mine is outside and good in poor weather"
93.8%

massive waste

"massive waste of time money and electricity"
93.1%

disappointed really

"bit disappointed really"
93.0%

choppy and pixelated

"the motion triggered video saved to the cloud is choppy and pixelated good luck identifying the criminal if a crime really happens"
91.1%

avoid my annoyance

"i will tell you the issues i had which i wish i hadn't done in the hope you will avoid my annoyance at myself"
90.4%

extremely complicated

"contacted ring support on line and although very helpful the advice was becoming extremely complicated needed two phones had to set up a hotspot on one etc etc "
89.0%

doesnt work

"this doesnt work more often then it does work"
75.0%

40days then crap

"it worked well for about 40days then crap"
74.9%

flawed system

"ran all of the tests in the app and signal strength was good so i can only assume it’s a flawed system"
74.9%

unfortunately it failed

"good camera but i wanted it to be used indoors facing out but unfortunately it failed"
74.9%

same issue

"many many others with exactly the same issue"
74.9%

returning mine

"so unfortunately i am returning mine for a refund"
74.9%

utter rubbish

"i cannot understand how other users gave this product good ratings it's utter rubbish"
74.9%

very cumbersome

"this is a very cumbersome awkward and not very user friendly way of recharging a battery"
74.9%

major issue

"a major issue which i hope ring will fix in newer models"
74.8%

happened useless

"and £179 for hd2 door bell + £30 chime one thing i really don’t like with ring is after 30 days is over they don’t even give you 1hr to review recording previous alerts when there are issues with video not loading at the time of motion alert pops up on your phone you wont be able able to find out what happened useless!"
74.8%

overly loud

"the siren mode isn’t overly loud but it’s loud enough to deter someone if needed"
74.7%

streaming error

"tried live view just comes up with either streaming error or an option to reconnect"
74.7%

would suffer

"audio and talk is clear but we have only used inside so cant comment on how well this works outside and i am sure other functions would suffer"
74.7%

neither battery

"neither battery will take a charge"
74.7%

drop outs still

"i also moved the camera to within four metres and tried two metres on both access points and drop outs still happen so it's not the signal"
74.7%

disgraceful marketing

"this is disgraceful marketing and product management"
74.6%

would fail

"the apps were rubbish and logging in to see the feed would fail"
74.6%

dont record

"but next day its stopped working again it dont record and cannot see tbe live view as well but on app its its online"
74.6%

worse connectivity

"50 per camera per month poor value and worse connectivity i have fibre 200mbps so it is not the broadband"
74.5%

been shocking

"unfortunately my experience with these has been shocking"
74.5%

only problem

"only problem seems to be if it is very foggy and damp then the lens can get misted and needs a clean before it senses movement!"
74.5%

critically low battery

"also when first setting up it said critically low battery and wouldn't work despite being fully charged"
74.5%

connection issue

"we had a few other issues during set up but i think this may be pilot error or a wifi connection issue"
74.4%

return this

"unfortunately i've had to return this"
74.4%

trouble shooting

"did the usual trouble shooting thought its my internet but all my other devices work fine and i consistently get around 30mbps download and around 20mbps upload"
74.4%

second clips

"30 second clips as opposed to 60 second clips field of view smaller although still good enough"
74.3%

glass windows

"read the reviews after i bought two ring new stickup battery cameras to find that all the issues i had experienced of very poor wifi connection despite being in the next room to the access point lack of motion detection and not working through glass windows were all known issues with this device"
74.2%

would n't work

"i had to return 1 straight away as after charging the battery i got the “battery is critically low” message and after charging again i repeatedly got this message and the camera wouldn’t work"
74.1%

drill two holes

"charge the battery setup drill two holes and fit the mount job done!"
74.1%

zero stars

"zero stars!"
74.0%

useless junk

"useless junk"
74.0%

disc fingbox

"despite being almost on top of my mesh disc fingbox reports it constantly dropping off the network which fits with its periodic inability to detect motion or allow live view"
74.0%

slightly delayed

"the sound on the camera is loud enough although sometimes the 2 way talk is slightly delayed"
73.8%

vulnerable people

"you can talk to the person at your door before opening it great for vulnerable people being isolated this time i shall install more of ring"
73.6%

more useless

"this proved to be even more useless than the device"
73.5%

useless item

"this ring device has never worked i can’t get it to connect to internet due to ill health i’ve had it too long to return it it’s been put on the wall at my front door not connected just an ornament don’t buy this useless item bitterly disappointed"
73.5%

replaced quickly

"this device was replaced quickly by amazon and now works ok but after about 5 6 weeks i was charging another one and got the battery message again so had to return this one"
73.4%

constant problems

"save your money mounted outside front of property nothing but constant problems from wi fi connection despite the router being less than 2m away unless you have the perfect environment in the evening the picture quality at night is awful if there is a wall light or any other object in slight view the night cam does not work"
73.3%

very strange

"there is nothing at all in the manual or app that tells you how to set up alexa in this very strange how on earth is a newbie suppose to work that out?"
73.2%

wasted my money

"mine will go on ebay shortly as i have ordered arlo instead having wasted my money on this one"
72.9%

poor or no connection

"would maybe connect 1 in 10 times i checked kept saying poor or no connection and we had it connected to our to internal mesh wifi"
72.9%

hidden cost

"dislike the hidden cost by ring to allow you to see any footage apart from live camera"
72.9%

drain rate

"i spoke with ring tech support a few days ago and they suggested a few setting changes but the drain rate doesn’t seem to have slowed"
72.7%

over priced

"over priced"
72.7%

cold weather

"it is used indoors not outdoors which would shorten the battery life even more in such cold weather"
72.3%

annoying fact

"another annoying fact is sometime it does not even notify when i come home"
72.2%

loses connection

"constantly loses connection"
72.2%

would be better

"i was thinking of buying the power cable to see if it being live all the time would be better but it is not cheap"
71.2%

connection issues

"so unfortunately we had to return it and replaced it with a blink xt2 which has had no connection issues"
71.1%

over 50 % battery

"easily installed outside and having been up for almost a month still has over 50% battery left"
70.9%

hard wired camera

"i will be sending back and buying a hard wired camera"
70.8%

little pricey

"maybe just a little pricey"
70.4%

ring 2 doorbell

"i bought this in addition to our ring 2 doorbell to further improve the security at the house & it dropped to £69!"
70.3%

another problem

"another problem that i had was the 30 day free trial — it gave me just two days"
70.2%

significant downgrade

"significant downgrade from the previous model"
69.6%

falls off below 40

"i have followed all the tips for extending the life including the consideration that the battery's performance falls off below 40 f"
69.5%

hang your head

"amazon please hang your head in shame"
69.4%

little camrea

"great for a little camrea just wish the battery would last longer on the high sensitivity settings"
69.1%

poor security

"several stories in the media about the poor security of ring devices"
68.9%

point less

"worked fine at first but now won’t detect motion looking out glass and point less having it if it doesn’t work indoors like advertised plus no night colour"
68.9%

faulty battery

"i'm guessing from other reviews it just has a faulty battery but no way to just request this is replaced"
68.9%

new stand is limited

"although you can mount it on a flat wall you would struggle if you wanted to fit it to the ceiling or at a significant angle as the new stand is limited"
68.4%

small hiccups delays

"i have ring doorbell and this is my second camera to cover rear of the house i like that it has good picture quality but there are small hiccups delays loading videos following motion detections every now and then it is not great for £90 product"
68.4%

ring software

"the ring software gives a lot of control over the camera and if you have an amazon alexa it integrates nicely with the camera"
68.4%

third ring

"this is my third ring cam and my first outdoor cam i have two other cheaper cams "
68.3%

terrible delay

"there is no longer the terrible delay in logging into view the feed when not at home"
67.6%

failed after 48 hours

"product failed after 48 hours and repeatedly after 5 resets"
67.1%

over ethernet

"if you can drill your walls and run power over ethernet or have wifi outside then maybe it's for you but not for me unfortunately"
67.1%

hesitate to buy another

"i won’t hesitate to buy another one when they go back down to £60"
67.0%

unless you watch live

"when it did give a motion alert you have to wait two minutes for it to process before you can see anything so a bit pointless unless you watch live but if the burglars have walked past and out of view they’ll have stolen all of your stuff before you can see them breaking in"
67.0%

failed to connect

"the initial software updates took the better part of 30 minutes rather than just several but even after that there was still no live view failed to connect "
66.9%

would not have bought

"if i had known you had to pay to see your recordings i would not have bought"
66.8%

replacement battery

"if amaxon can just send a new battery i'd be happy to try a new one but i am not paying out for a replacement battery as other people seem to have done after just over a month of use!"
66.7%

disappointed in this

"very disappointed in this"
66.7%

firmware problem

"i called support and they ran me through all of the checks and told me it was a firmware problem and they would fix it in the next couple of days"
66.5%

ring 3 doorbell

"not massively impressed as we bought 3 outdoor cameras 2 indoor and the ring 3 doorbell and the alarm system"
66.3%

rely on the community

"tried talking to the community help as this is what ring really on to sort out their problems if you have to hunt forums for answers or rely on the community to solve problems it will get zero marks in my opinion"
66.0%

return it back

"i will return it back!"
66.0%

sending it back

"sending it back"
66.0%

software updates

"the initial software updates took the better part of 30 minutes rather than just several but even after that there was still no live view failed to connect "
65.9%

takes too long

"the only downside is that it sometimes takes too long for the recorded videos to be viewed on my iphone"
65.8%

awful long

"e no literature on anything about actually using the product it's pretty much all trial and error or having to fone services when you can't find the answer on troubleshooting a bit more written info would go an awful long way to make every process easier"
65.7%

drops out all the time

"very slow and streaming drops out all the time"
65.5%

identifying the criminal

"the motion triggered video saved to the cloud is choppy and pixelated good luck identifying the criminal if a crime really happens"
65.5%

unable to comment on them

"i can’t rate any of the features as it only worked for around 2 hours so i am unable to comment on them"
65.4%

lounge cant disable

"dislike constant notification sounds lounge cant disable?"
65.4%

clearly rubbish pity

"according to the device health report everything's fine clearly rubbish pity its quite neat so i'm giving it another chance by assuming this one's duff and ordering a replacement"
65.3%

disappointed with this

"was really disappointed with this as was expecting great things as this was ring but constantly not connecting"
64.8%

cheap price

"the unit itself is a very cheap build hence the cheap price"
64.7%

waste of time

"waste of time"
64.5%

before buying

"wish i'd done this before buying"
64.4%

shame as this

"shame as this could be fantastic baby monitor if working properly"
64.3%

even more disappointing

"even more disappointing is that now looking through the reviews again others seem to have had the same issues with this product"
64.3%

very poor spec

"very poor spec and low value for money"
64.0%

no plug is supplied

"how are you supposed to charge the camera when no plug is supplied"
63.8%

obscured by raindrops

"same when it rains camera easily obscured by raindrops"
63.0%

clunky and unintuitive

"the app is clunky and unintuitive"
63.0%

been unlucky

"not sure if i’ve been unlucky or there’s a problem with some cameras batteries but they do the job well when working"
62.9%

advised to get `` ring

"after being broken into last summer we were advised to get "ring""
62.5%

through windows

"it states you can use it inside looking outside but the motion detectors dont work through windows"
62.2%

spoke to ring

"i spoke to ring and they exchanged the battery cam with the wired version and this is much better"
62.1%

change lack

"app settings are complicated to turn on off change lack of geolocation home away makes the app tedious to use "
61.9%

wrong and out dated

"however i have not been able to get it to work with alexa after going into the alexa app and setting it up it keeps saying the code that was sent me is wrong and out dated"
61.6%

remove the battery

"the device is battery powered but cannot be charged directly: you have to remove the battery and connect to a usb charger cable provided but no charger "
61.3%

returned unfortunately

"returned unfortunately"
61.3%

other issues

"we had a few other issues during set up but i think this may be pilot error or a wifi connection issue"
61.2%

faulty camera and 2nd

"its a 2nd camera we order first we thing a faulty camera and 2nd one doing same thing"
61.2%

returning to ring

"returning to ring"
61.2%

lasted about 3 months

"but lasted about 3 months before i had to charge it"
61.0%

huge issue

"but that’s only a short time and not a huge issue"
60.8%

very frustrated

"email very frustrated i would think twice about buying one"
60.6%

stopped working again

"but next day its stopped working again it dont record and cannot see tbe live view as well but on app its its online"
60.6%

rained on regularly

"i mounted it where it’ll be slightly protected from the elements as i wouldn’t really trust it to last very long if it was exposed to getting rained on regularly etc"
60.5%

also disappointing

"it’s also disappointing they have not supplied a 360 deg mount for the outside"
60.4%

useless without the other

"one is useless without the other!"
60.4%

point lack

"read the reviews after i bought two ring new stickup battery cameras to find that all the issues i had experienced of very poor wifi connection despite being in the next room to the access point lack of motion detection and not working through glass windows were all known issues with this device"
60.4%

highly unimpressive

"besides the issue the quality of the video was highly unimpressive during the day time"
60.3%

does n't reconnect

"only slight niggle is when wi fi is off it sometimes doesn’t reconnect"
60.3%

disable the camera

"do not select this option as it appears to disable the camera completely and you will have to reinstall it using the outdoor installation option wherever you intend to use it"
59.9%

mixed reviews

"i read mixed reviews on this and so i was a little apprehensive"
59.7%

zero marks

"tried talking to the community help as this is what ring really on to sort out their problems if you have to hunt forums for answers or rely on the community to solve problems it will get zero marks in my opinion"
59.6%

extremely weak

"the router is on the ground floor if i take the camera upstairs directly above the router then the signal is extremely weak and the video is grainy and freezes"
59.4%

absolutely disgraceful

"absolutely disgraceful"
59.2%

constant record function

"a constant record function wouldn't go amiss"
59.2%

particularly annoying

"this is particularly annoying when you are not even paying to record"
59.1%

actually ` dead

"it appeared as if it was actually 'dead'"
58.8%

major issues

"however experienced the following major issues: 1 battery only lasts less than 2 weeks"
58.7%

retract that offer

"i even contacted ring support regarding obtaining an external power supply unit who initially offered to exchange both cameras for the powered version only to retract that offer after they realised they didn’t supply the powered version from ring directly to the uk despite making them aware amazon uk were selling the item"
58.6%

very delayed

"motion detection is also very delayed and bear in mind thus does not depend on the speed of your internet connection as they will argue"
58.6%

only assume that

"while i can see that the app does indeed tell me the outdoor camera's have a poor signal i can only assume that must be down to subpar wifi transceivers in these things as i can use any other device i own stood riught next to the cameras without issue and wifi analysis shows my phone getting 50mbps+ right next to each camera ring claim they only need 1mbp s "
58.5%

lose connection

"what a load of rubbish lose connection all the time even though they are writhing 15ft of the wifi extender just about given up with these as a waste of money"
58.3%

hugely expensive

"the monitoring and data storage subscription is not in reality hugely expensive at £80 per year and covers all associated ring products"
58.2%

ring doorbell

"i have a ring doorbell so this was super easy to add on it took me about two minutes straight from the box in fact took longer to get the box open!"
58.2%

gets droplets

"the body offers absolutely no protection for the lens so when it rains the lens gets droplets on it and you can't see a thing anyway"
58.2%

great but not much

"product is great but not much range of movement once attached to the wall though"
58.1%

ring pro doorbell

"i have a ring pro doorbell that works no problem and it’s almost 10m from the router so not an issue with my wifi set up"
57.9%

lasted barely 2 weeks

"battery lasted barely 2 weeks and takes a long time to charge leaving you to need either a second battery or without protection for a time"
57.8%

drops off the network

"it works sometimes just long enough for you to think it's ok but then drops off the network"
57.7%

give them a miss

"shame as i wanted the ring doorbell next but now will give them a miss"
57.7%

time lapse

"plus you can't do time lapse like you can do on the older stick up cams"
57.7%

ring alarm system

"i already own a ring alarm system and 2 indoor cams and already have a subscription and was reasonably happy with it"
57.6%

could n't complete setup

"then the app connected but then said it couldn't complete setup"
57.5%

really not worth

"otherwise it’s really not worth it"
57.5%

these drop outs

"it appears these drop outs can happen anywhere between 4 30 hours after reseating the battery but dropping off the network is pretty much guaranteed"
57.5%

poor only 3 zones

"motion sensing options poor only 3 zones"
57.4%

prodect is not great

"prodect is not great and when we call ring support line they cannot answer our question why camera stop recording"
57.4%

still did n't work

"still didn't work"
56.9%

constant notification

"dislike constant notification sounds lounge cant disable?"
56.9%

very inconsistent

"negatives: very inconsistent i get impression once working they’ll be of value but to protect your home it’s something of concern to have so many issues straight off the bat"
56.9%

unfit for purpose

"i have no problem with my nest smoke alarms or my nest thermostat so if the replacement is also unfit for purpose i shall be buying a nest camera!"
56.6%

seal sticker

"received today previously opened box with seal sticker cut"
56.5%

flaky for instance

"even when it was on line motion detection was flaky for instance it completely missed the postman but when i opened the door two minutes later motion is captured?"
56.5%

extremely unhelpful

"update contacted ring about water inside the camera found them to be extremely unhelpful even after sending 3 pictures of a camera full of water"
56.5%

slight niggle

"only slight niggle is when wi fi is off it sometimes doesn’t reconnect"
56.5%

have problems

"i did also have problems with the live view feature it just would not load a live feed after having the camera for a couple of days"
56.4%

delay was so long

"the visitor or postman would have to be very patient and wait if this was to work because the delay was so long"
56.4%

irritating and rendering

"really irritating and rendering the camera completely pointless until a time where i can get a ladder"
56.2%

have ring doorbell

"i have ring doorbell and this is my second camera to cover rear of the house i like that it has good picture quality but there are small hiccups delays loading videos following motion detections every now and then it is not great for £90 product"
56.1%

they didnt

"disapointed because it will not work with my home hub contactd amazon and they were supposed to ring me back to get it working but they didnt"
56.1%

them wrong

"to try to prove them wrong i set up a dedicated ap just for them but i can't connect them to it because it's impossible to change the wifi settings"
56.1%

before giving

"this little stick up cam isn't really in the same league as the other ring products it stopped working after 5 months and ring support in the passed has been pretty good but this time i waited on the phone for an hour before giving up"
56.0%

a good sell

"item does not work very well does not connect to my alexa and computer after reading some of the reviews for this item its not a good sell sorry"
56.0%

trial and error

"e no literature on anything about actually using the product it's pretty much all trial and error or having to fone services when you can't find the answer on troubleshooting a bit more written info would go an awful long way to make every process easier"
56.0%

could n't rate it higher

"i couldn’t rate it higher"
56.0%

battery battery

"well after 3 months cam started switched off self and won't work until i will not take out and put back in battery battery is still charged on 90% and lowest i had 48% and still switched off self i tried reach ring support but not luck!"
55.9%

ring lineup

"the ring lineup has a good range of products for different needs and with the new ring stick up cam making your home more secure and never been easier"
55.9%

ring doorcam2

"update december 2019 camera is now working fine turns out every time it is on the same wifi stream as the ring doorcam2 it has a conflict and will not allow us to connect for live view or notify us of movement"
55.9%

that is unusable

"we do have other ring products that work fine just the stick up cam with power cable that is unusable"
55.6%

native deficiencies

"it is disappointing that alexa cant be used to make up for the native deficiencies in these cameras monitoring on off etc etc despite coming from the same amazon stable"
55.4%

ring support line

"prodect is not great and when we call ring support line they cannot answer our question why camera stop recording"
55.4%

will refuse

"for the same signal strength sometimes it will connect to a phone for viewing and sometimes it will refuse"
55.4%

find this ridiculous

"i find this ridiculous"
55.3%

however all was not good

"however all was not good"
55.2%

exactly the same issues

"a replacement from ring had exactly the same issues"
55.2%

video not allowed

"if keeping or sharing of video not allowed "
55.2%

there's no point

"otherwise there's no point"
55.2%

they do not work

"do not buy these cameras they do not work"
55.2%

looks out of my drive

"mine looks out of my drive across the end of a cul de sac so i get some alerts due to cars in the road but they are not enough to bother me"
55.1%

they do n't work

"they don’t work"
55.1%

limited to 20 minutes

"because of the delays with communications coming from the ring side i was informed by ring support that i was being "limited to 20 minutes""
55.1%

still is n't working

"i work in it so was expecting the next level of troubleshooting but i was told to phone back in 24 48 hours if it still isn't working?"
55.1%

that's not the case

"one of my concerns was that it would only work if i was connected to the local wi fi but that's not the case"
55.1%

fone services

"e no literature on anything about actually using the product it's pretty much all trial and error or having to fone services when you can't find the answer on troubleshooting a bit more written info would go an awful long way to make every process easier"
55.1%

these are not new units

"these are not new units"
55.0%

intermittently failing

"problems tring to get working and intermittently failing"
55.0%

wifi connection was poor

"the motion sensor isn’t great and while only 3m from the router the wifi connection was poor"
55.0%

power plug

"no weather shielding of power plug"
55.0%

surprisingly awful

"but it's surprisingly awful"
54.9%

with no wires

"with no wires this product is great for being able to put anywhere really on a high shelf for example is where i have mine"
54.9%

update the software

"only hitch was the length of time it takes to charge the battery and update the software but once that was done it works really well"
54.8%

useless outdoors

"but as you can see the camera is foggy and so useless outdoors in uks climate"
54.8%

look a bit amateurish

"although i'm now pleased with it there's still some issues making ring look a bit amateurish"
54.7%

would not buy again

"bit of a rip off really you have so long and then you have to pay a prescription each month rip off would not buy again"
54.7%

does n't need a feed

"two way talk i use it as a door bell no wires so it doesn't need a feed"
54.7%

n't coming down

"this camera isn’t coming down!"
54.7%

never worked

"this ring device has never worked i can’t get it to connect to internet due to ill health i’ve had it too long to return it it’s been put on the wall at my front door not connected just an ornament don’t buy this useless item bitterly disappointed"
54.7%

not been fully tested

"the ability to invite other people to view the feed so that they can pop round if they see anything untoward whilst you are away has not been fully tested and applied that is the only drawback for me"
54.7%

main faults

"these cameras have two main faults 1 you can not set the motion range further than 10 15 feet from the location of the camera these do not have the same motion technology as the ring doorbell with can be manually adjusted and extended all you get here is a "motion sensitive" bar that you slide and when on max only gives you around 10 15 feet or range very poor"
54.7%

not be charged directly

"the device is battery powered but cannot be charged directly: you have to remove the battery and connect to a usb charger cable provided but no charger "
54.7%

want a deterrent

"i would basically say that if you want a deterrent then it’s an expensive option"
54.7%

bought then

"many bought then returned or taken down due to poor image quality battery life or push notifications"
54.6%

load of rubbish

"what a load of rubbish lose connection all the time even though they are writhing 15ft of the wifi extender just about given up with these as a waste of money"
54.6%

n't prove my point

"amazon not allowing me to upload any image or video not sure what is happening so can't prove my point"
54.6%

only real fault

"product is fine the only real fault is the lack of information received i"
54.6%

just get the notification

"not just get the notification"
54.6%

n't leave your house

"basically you'll be fine with this for as long as you don't leave your house"
54.6%

grainy and freezes

"the router is on the ground floor if i take the camera upstairs directly above the router then the signal is extremely weak and the video is grainy and freezes"
54.6%

that it was not stated

"but given that it was not stated and it is such an obvious feature which has been witheld to induce customers to spend more with ring makes me question whether i would want to invest into a ring system"
54.5%

will not connect

"trouble to connect have to pay a monthly charge for access rubbish do not buy rubbish do not buy rubbish do not buy will not connect to my wifi i have excellect wifi do not buy this load of rubbish will not connect to wifi terrible product will not connect again has not connected all day will not connect"
54.5%

faulty unit

"suspecting a faulty unit i had amazon send another and the replacement had exactly the same issues"
54.5%

looking outside

"it states you can use it inside looking outside but the motion detectors dont work through windows"
54.5%

very disappointing

"very disappointing and although i will give it another charge and try again i’m already thinking of returning"
54.5%

have same problems

"anyone around primrose hill london have same problems"
54.4%

like as advertised

"the problem is with the battery life which is nothing like as advertised"
54.4%

this one could

"my area does not have fibre broadband yet but if the other 2 £20 something cameras work with the connection i have now i just dont understand why this one could not"
54.4%

no internal storage

"no internal storage and requires the cloud subscription at a very reasonable price"
54.4%
...

Compare Pros

works perfect in both products

"using as a baby monitor and works perfect"
100.0%

brilliant piece in both products

"brilliant piece of kit"
100.0%

excellent product in both products

"excellent product set up in less than 10 minutes and is used in living room to check on elderly relative the alerts are great so if our father who is unstable moves we can check on his safety plus you can have chat so they don’t feel lonely"
100.0%

brilliant camera in both products

"brilliant camera"
100.0%

brilliant product in both products

"brilliant product"
99.9%

highly recommend in both products

"i highly recommend"
99.6%

best thing in both products

"the best thing we have invested in to look after our lovely mum who suffers from dementia"
99.6%

really good in both products

"additionally the £5 or 5 eur a month depending where you live for 30 day motion cloud storage + 7 day continuous recording for up to 10 cameras from google is a really good deal"
99.3%

works perfectly in both products

"easy to set up and works perfectly"
98.6%

been excellent in both products

"in two and a half months they have never failed signal has been excellent from an iphone to the camera even from abroad so their server side is excellent we have very good broadband but even when it has dropped the signal has been good from the cameras "
98.3%

very impressive in both products

"the clarity of the 1080 pictures are amazing and the build quality is also very impressive"
95.6%

excellent camera in both products

"an excellent camera"
92.9%

great camera in both products

"great camera which we are using as a baby monitor for the nighttime mainly"
88.5%

really happy in both products

"in most areas these cameras are excellent they are very fast to access and provide a wide range of useful features i have four of them now and am really happy with them definitely recommended"
88.4%

great integration in both products

"great build quality super easy to set up intuitive software and great integration with the rest of my smart home devices"
88.0%

good addition in both products

"camera is pretty decent quality and the ability to talk through it is a good addition"
75.0%

works well in both products

"camera is good resolution placed indoors and the night vision works well"
75.0%

very handy in both products

"clarity of picture is excellent and the alerts are very handy"
75.0%

looks good in both products

"magnetic base is very good and looks good on the shelf"
75.0%

great value in both products

"great value"
74.9%

really well in both products

"works really well love this product"
74.9%

great night in both products

"the picture is great night and day"
74.9%

smart tech in both products

"links well to other smart tech within the home"
74.9%

picture quality in both products

"i looked into many nursery cameras monitors and read nothing but bad reviews on connection issues and picture quality so i turned my attention elsewhere"
74.8%

pretty easy in both products

"product was easy to set up and was up and running in no time i work in the tech sector but thought the set up process was pretty easy and jargon free "
74.6%

work great in both products

"it work great!"
74.6%

good picture in both products

"good picture and works well in terms of notifications however to get the best out of this you do net to subscribe to nest for £80 per annum hence 3 stars"
74.5%

very easily in both products

"the magnet base can be fixed to anything wall ceiling etc and the camera attaches very easily it can even be installed upside down"
74.4%

very useful in both products

"mic is sensitive and very useful"
74.3%

good value in both products

"have since bought another as good value and quality rob"
74.3%

image quality in both products

"the image quality is hd and it does pick up sound easily"
74.3%

quality product in both products

"immediately when i opened the packet i realised this is a very solid and high quality product"
74.2%

perfectly well in both products

"had it for 2 5 years now works perfectly well never freezes"
74.2%

very responsive in both products

"pricey but usability and performance are top notch great night cam magnetic grasp is very useful and the app web is very responsive"
74.0%

very happy in both products

"overall very happy!"
74.0%

reasonably priced in both products

"very straightforward set up literally minutes a very user friendly app and a reasonably priced subscription £40 for year 1 for 5 days i believe "
73.8%

excellent device in both products

"excellent device"
73.7%

good product in both products

"easy to install great design good product"
73.7%

very reliable in both products

"at the time of purchase they were great and have been very reliable"
73.6%

great peace in both products

"the android app works well and movement notifications and movement history stored safely on google's secure cloud service give great peace of mind"
73.6%

fantastic product in both products

"this is a fantastic product!"
73.4%

quality is great

"it quality is great"
100.0%

excellent play

"it's a lot but i get to record create clips and excellent play back for that service"
100.0%

very pleased

"very pleased"
100.0%

amazingly great

"amazingly great camera"
100.0%

truly wonderful

"truly wonderful people and and a credit to the organisation and other companies would do well to follow their lead"
100.0%

superb camera

"a superb camera which was relatively easy to set up in my mother’s supported living facility"
100.0%

great performance

"brilliant easy to insult great performance"
99.9%

really excellent

"brilliant small cam for your home and office security you also add to it to go around all your home easy to turn on and off with your phone really excellent piece of kit resonable subscription rates as well"
99.9%

delighted and impressed

"we have had the nest thermostats and nest protect smoke and co2 alarms for a while and have been delighted and impressed with them"
99.9%

works beautifully

"i initially missed the logi circle app which just works beautifully simply when the camera was working!"
99.9%

highly secure

"highly secure"
99.9%

absolutely fantastic

"absolutely fantastic camera"
99.9%

excellent piece

"excellent piece of technology"
99.9%

superb product

"a superb product for home security and as a baby monitor"
99.9%

amazon offered

"regarding 1 it was an easy choice when amazon offered it and would ship out of u"
99.8%

amazing build

"hardware has amazing build"
99.7%

really satisfied

"so easy to set up took minutes fantastic picture quality and sound really satisfied great product"
99.5%

magnetic bases

"they are very stylish exceptionally well made with sturdy metal magnetic bases but come with wall ceiling mounts if you want"
99.5%

quality good

"video quality good with a great wide angle lens"
99.0%

monitoring peoples

"babys room or monitoring peoples coming and going then its good with easy simple to use software and good night vision"
98.9%

medium quality

"ive a very basic internet package and it works ok on medium quality"
97.3%

whats happening

"easy to set up and use great picture day or night and the ability to speak and listen to whats happening is very good"
97.1%

beautifully designed

"beautifully designed easy to use great software"
96.2%

best camera

"the best camera i ever had "
96.0%

great accompanying

"fantastic product with a great accompanying app"
95.5%

build is amazing

"the camera build is amazing!"
94.4%

night vision is excellent

"night vision is excellent"
93.1%

they are brilliant

"absolutely love nest cam i always wanted dropcam here in the uk but they weren't available but since google bought dropcam they are brilliant"
93.1%

neat cam is excellent

"this neat cam is excellent"
93.0%

best user experience

"not the best user experience"
93.0%

extremely valuable

"alerts are delayed one every 1 2 hour which limits the security benefits a little but this is still an extremely valuable tool for keeping an eye on things when you are away from home"
92.4%

excellent in that

"the camera itself is excellent in that is has a great field of view and the accompanying app is very well thought out"
92.0%

very smart

"so easy to setup very smart and discreet looking camera the picture quality on my phone is great"
91.7%

nest is best

"now i’ve got 4 cameras but the nest is best !"
91.7%

usability and performance

"pricey but usability and performance are top notch great night cam magnetic grasp is very useful and the app web is very responsive"
91.0%

brilliant present

"i have bought it four times once for myself and three times as a brilliant present"
90.7%

navigate around

"the app was easy to down load although not so easy to navigate around and absolutely not intuitive"
90.6%

really impressive

"really impressive love the app that comes with it"
89.9%

does a brilliant

"i am using the camera as baby monitor and it does a brilliant job for me"
89.5%

quality is superb

"quality is superb"
89.4%

recommend very highly

"would recommend very highly to anyone"
89.2%

class best

"these are top class best cameras ever so clear and precise in every way easy to set up"
89.1%

captures audio

"the fact that it captures audio and has a talk through feature is brilliant"
89.0%

great and easy to

"great and easy to use"
88.9%

good adjustment

"the picture is crisp and allows for good adjustment by zooming in and out"
88.8%

simply brilliant

"simply brilliant!"
88.6%

hardware is great

"the hardware is great and the nest app works well"
88.6%

impressed and happy

"impressed and happy"
88.6%

just brilliant

"the fact that you can zoom in and then make the selected area even better quality is just brilliant"
88.5%

will answer questions

"incredible picture quality intuitive software and a helpful team who will answer questions"
88.0%

storage trial

"only comes with a 30 day free storage trial if you want to store recording after the trial its an £80 annual subscription"
87.1%

greatly reduced

"when viewing remotely resolution is greatly reduced"
75.0%

awesome cameras

"awesome cameras"
75.0%

great deal

"it used to be this amount per camera but for up to 10 cameras it's now a great deal!"
75.0%

concise picture

"very easy to set up and provides excellent view angle and a really clear concise picture"
75.0%

decent quality

"pros: easy to set up no router configuration needed which with the foscams took hours solidly built heavy metal decent quality alerts when things move in specific zones of the target area are super useful and i suspect these are more secure than the foscams"
75.0%

very sturdy

"the camera was easy to setup and feels very sturdy"
75.0%

link together

"the cameras all link together and you can have notification alerts set if wished for motion and or noise"
75.0%

insurance company

"i pay £120 for two cameras for 12 months and i even managed to get my house contents insurance a little cheaper by informing the insurance company of these cameras"
75.0%

good security

"really like nest cameras we have quite a few as landlords it means easy quick access for info has helped a lot and good security for our tenants"
74.9%

speedy delivery

"great product and speedy delivery"
74.9%

ideal alternative

"it does exactly what it says it will do and is an ideal alternative to an external security camera"
74.9%

were great

"at the time of purchase they were great and have been very reliable"
74.9%

perfect picture

"perfect picture and sound easily moveable"
74.9%

quality surprising

"sound quality surprising good i find"
74.9%

nest aware

"because nest aware is not supported in my country estonia "
74.9%

smart features

"the great smart features mean you are always in the know of something is going on in the home while away giving you peace of mind"
74.9%

better deals

"i hope they give better deals soon for those who have more than one camera"
74.9%

useful setting

"as i use it to keep an eye on my cats there is a useful setting which only activates the camera when you are away from the home reads your mobile location"
74.9%

looks great

"very reassuring and looks great too"
74.8%

extra commands

"options to add extra commands via ifttt app"
74.8%

more reliable

"it has much better mobile application and more reliable motion detection"
74.8%

sensor good

"motion sensor good it sends mobile notifications"
74.8%

looking good

"looking good"
74.8%

smart device

"i love them as you can get notifications on you smart device so even when i’m working a night shift i can check up on the babies"
74.8%

saved recordings

"sends notifications on movement good wide angle sharp images easy to set up and manage saved recordings now i can keep an eye on the cat!"
74.8%

seriously great

"the picture quality at night was excellent seriously great"
74.8%

works effectively

"image quality is excellent night vision works effectively too"
74.8%

vision easy

"great vision easy to install with 24hr access"
74.7%

check remotely

"when we bought this camera i wanted something nice that i could check remotely"
74.7%

easy choice

"when considering protecting your home belongings business etc it was an easy choice"
74.6%

totally reliable

"i have the ring app and have never had a problem it’s perfect and totally reliable w great service"
74.6%

good viewing

"easy to set up good viewing on night mode and sound"
74.6%

importantly peace

"have bought 2 easy to set up and gives you security and more importantly peace of mind while away from the house"
74.6%

natural choice

"so when my 4yr old logi circle started acting up this google nest cam was a natural choice even though it was so much dearer than all the other ring and amazon offerings"
74.5%

also great

"ios app also great"
74.5%

integrates well

"easy setup reliable integrates well with nest app in conjunction with nest thermostat"
74.5%

were smart

"the cameras were cheaper than my original purchase which was a bonus and when they arrived they were smart and fairly easy to plug in and set up"
74.5%

good enough

"going to buy a couple more but not planning to subscribe as it’s very expensive so alerts only is good enough for me if it had an ssd card that would make better than paying for subscription"
74.5%

robust and functional

"works as described and is robust and functional"
74.4%

best image

"the camera is recording permanently previous recorded on motion trigger so if you want the best image ie hd 1080 it can use up to 320gb yes gb a month in broadband bandwidth so make sure you don't have limits or you could get a very nasty surprise"
74.4%

these sorts

"but with all these sorts of camera a monthly subscription price to get notifications or record video etc seems over the top"
74.4%

high quality

"nest have followed apple with not only an extremely well made product but the packaging is of high quality so even opening the box up brings an air of excitement!"
74.4%

reliable and sturdy

"reliable and sturdy"
74.3%

works flawlessly

"setting up zones within the image to watch for movement is simple and effective and the online storage works flawlessly still in trial period though you will need a fast connection"
74.3%

liked this

"we liked this because it is motion detection has sound has 2 way communication live feed as well as recorded history & all the family could log in to keep an eye ticked all the boxes for us"
74.3%

working well

"working well very wide angle"
74.3%

super easy

"setup was super easy"
74.3%

fantastic device

"the nest cam does all you expect and more and is a fantastic device to have in your home"
74.3%

please nest

"my apple watch alerts me when the sun comes out goes in or at night a moth flies past so a little more smartness needed please nest!"
74.3%

lovely though

"looks lovely though"
74.3%

panoramic views

"brilliant watching and listening to the dog from afar fantastic panoramic views"
74.2%

simple and easy

"i very much recommend this camera to anyone wanting a simple and easy set up of an indoor camera with excellent playback quality"
74.2%

efficient and prompt

"a fabulous product and an incredibly efficient and prompt service"
74.2%

really nice

"the nest cam is a really nice piece of hardware its relativity small compared with my old foscam and sits well on a flat service"
74.2%

premium subscription

"deducting one star as some of the best features required a premium subscription"
74.1%

country estonia

"because nest aware is not supported in my country estonia "
74.1%

fantastic camera

"fantastic camera"
74.1%

perfect product

"perfect product to watch pets while out the house"
74.1%

best features

"deducting one star as some of the best features required a premium subscription"
74.1%

well constructed

"my first impression of the nest camera was good the packaging was premium the camera has metal parts and feels hefty and well constructed and the instructions were simple and well written"
74.1%

sound easily moveable

"perfect picture and sound easily moveable"
74.0%

security device

"i mainly bought it as a security device so i also subscribed to the 10 days recording option to keep history of what happens home in case somebody breaks in and i need to share the video with the police"
74.0%

clear and precise

"these are top class best cameras ever so clear and precise in every way easy to set up"
74.0%

most reliable

"this one had the sharpest video stream and the most reliable connection"
74.0%

two things very well

"my previous camera while it did suffer in quality toward the end of its lifespan did two things very well: firstly the image was always in real time with not even a millisecond of delay crucial if you're using your camera for something like a baby monitor and secondly the picture was smooth and the quality was decent"
74.0%

quick and reliable

"there is a microphone and speaker and picture streaming is quick and reliable"
73.9%

ordering this

"i sent that back to john lewis and purchased this device 'nest indoor camera' i did take a huge amount of time before ordering this as the reviews send mixed signals!"
73.9%

clear and sharp

"video quality is clear and sharp"
73.9%

simple and quick

"the installation and activation of the cameras has been simple and quick and the user interfaces via smartphone app and via a web browser are intuitive"
73.8%

pretty flexible

"the settings are pretty flexible if you don't want to run them all the time you can use the other nest device's 'auto away' setting to switch your cameras on and off or use a schedule"
73.8%

very solid

"immediately when i opened the packet i realised this is a very solid and high quality product"
73.8%

intuitive and useful

"very easy setup with an intuitive and useful if very expensive cloud video recording facility"
73.8%

quality materials

"strong good quality materials"
73.7%

very stylish

"the built quality is excellent the frame is metal not the usual plastic and the design is up to the minute and very stylish"
73.7%

monitor her safety

"fantastic night vision so i can monitor her safety 24 7"
73.7%

motion detection

"we liked this because it is motion detection has sound has 2 way communication live feed as well as recorded history & all the family could log in to keep an eye ticked all the boxes for us"
73.7%

good and easy

"very good and easy to install"
73.5%

favial features

"you can clearly make out people’s favial features in the footage from them!"
73.5%

innovative product

"fantastic innovative product"
73.5%

full potential

"the yearly subscription is a must to fulfill the cameras full potential and the yearly fee is good value for money"
73.5%

free cloud storage

"other cameras have free cloud storage but we tried those and it really is a case of 'you get what you pay for'"
73.5%

cctv camera

"currently £10 per month for a single cctv camera is stupid and negative marketing"
73.4%
...

works perfect in both products

"solar panel is perfect addition to the ring alarm system works perfect and it’s so easy to install!"
100.0%

brilliant piece in both products

"brilliant piece of kit does exactly what it says on the tin 5 minutes to put up lovely bit of kit haven’t charged the battery for two weeks and still going strong"
100.0%

excellent product in both products

"this is an excellent product i was a tad critical at first but ring customer service kieran have been incredible in getting to the root cause"
100.0%

brilliant camera in both products

"apart from that brilliant camera"
100.0%

brilliant product in both products

"this is a brilliant product"
99.9%

highly recommend in both products

"i have 2 of these cameras one indoors and other outside outside one surviving well after a month or two outside and the battery also lasts a while overall great products and would highly recommend"
99.6%

best thing in both products

"the best thing about this compared to my other cameras is how quick it is to start the app and see the view from the camera"
99.6%

really good in both products

"can see a really good distance without being blurry"
99.3%

works perfectly in both products

"works perfectly and allows us to get motion alerts as well as check in on the pets during the day"
98.6%

been excellent in both products

"love my smart tech across the home and previously purchased ring doorbell 2 and floodlight which have been excellent "
98.3%

very impressive in both products

"the picture quality is excellent and the versatility is very impressive"
95.6%

excellent camera in both products

"excellent camera!"
92.9%

great camera in both products

"great camera for the money"
88.5%

really happy in both products

"nonetheless i am really happy with my purchase"
88.4%

great integration in both products

"great integration with alexa echo devices with screens"
88.0%

good addition in both products

"it's certainly a good addition to the range if you are after a budget solution though"
75.0%

works well in both products

"motion detection works well indoors at least"
75.0%

very handy in both products

"i live in a small close where we only have front communal gardens so being able to easily turn off detection in certain areas whilst my neighbours have their washing out is very handy"
75.0%

looks good in both products

"looks good and performs well"
75.0%

great value in both products

"great value and easily installed to create a home security network with minimal fuss"
74.9%

really well in both products

"easy to talk through it as well and works really well in the dark"
74.9%

smart tech in both products

"love my smart tech across the home and previously purchased ring doorbell 2 and floodlight which have been excellent "
74.9%

picture quality in both products

"picture quality is excellent in daytime and very good at night"
74.8%

pretty easy in both products

"set up was pretty easy and the footage is of good quality and notifications are just a few seconds behind the event in most cases"
74.6%

work great in both products

"i have a number of smart devices and fire sticks in each bedroom all of which work great"
74.6%

good picture in both products

"camera worked extremely well inside the house good picture and motion detection"
74.5%

very easily in both products

"the intercom works great too so you can hear and speak with them very easily"
74.4%

good value in both products

"good value for money and better than expected for the price"
74.3%

image quality in both products

"notifications are quick and the image quality ya the best i’ve seen"
74.3%

quality product in both products

"great service and great quality product"
74.2%

perfectly well in both products

"to be fair the camera worked perfectly well until the free 30 days were up now i have nothing but problems streaming errors unable to watch live footage it’s very hit and miss and the worse problem is you can’t speak with a person to sort it out it seems the only way you can communicate is via text or"
74.2%

very responsive in both products

"battery life is good on a charge and the app is very responsive"
74.0%

very happy in both products

"overall i am very happy and will be purchasing additional camera soon"
74.0%

reasonably priced in both products

"good quality and reasonably priced"
73.8%

excellent device in both products

"excellent device"
73.7%

good product in both products

"good product"
73.7%

very reliable in both products

"i’ve found it easy to set up and it’s very reliable"
73.6%

great peace in both products

"this camera gives me great peace of mind"
73.6%

fantastic product in both products

"fantastic product i have the door bell and the spot light camera for my garden which leaves me feeling safer i can see what going on although i have caught some brilliant videos of wildlife that visit"
73.4%

absolutely brilliant

"amazing absolutely brilliant"
100.0%

absolutely delighted

"i really can’t tell the difference looking at the image quality and absolutely delighted!"
100.0%

brilliant picture

"apart from that it's an excellent product brilliant picture long recording memory easy to use"
100.0%

superb works

"this system is superb works like magic"
100.0%

honestly astonishing

"it has a wide field of view and honestly astonishing night vision for this price bracket and it piggy backs on to all the existing ring tech meaning you get a lot of bang for your buck"
100.0%

excellent both

"the quality of the images is excellent both at night and during the day and the ring app allowed full integration of the camera along with the doorbell and chime"
100.0%

superb picture

"even in the middle of the night this camera still gives a superb picture"
100.0%

works brilliantly

"it works brilliantly"
100.0%

absolutely excellent

"but the night vision and picture quality are absolutely excellent!"
99.9%

quite good

"the good usual solid ring quality a superb picture quality if wifi is up to snuff extremely easy to use very easy set up love the portability simply pick up and move where you like quite good as an intercom in my tall house especially to scare the other half!"
99.9%

installation process

"similar to my review on the doorbell allow a couple of hours or so to charge the battery and once that is done the installation process setting to work is very easy and will take about 15 minutes depending on where you mount them"
99.9%

good piece

"good piece of kit"
99.8%

really effective

"its a really effective and cheap system that really works"
99.5%

whats inside the

"i purchased a 3rd party mounting bracket as i could not mount from the ceiling with whats inside the box"
99.1%

recommended highly

"recommended highly"
99.1%

amazing product

"overall amazing product"
98.5%

extremely sharp

"the picture is extremely sharp especially during daylight but at night although sharp it's difficult to see faces clearly"
96.5%

only downfall

"the only downfall is that you have to subscribe in order to keep your recordings after the 30 day trial"
96.1%

well designed

"i’ve always found the ring products to be robust well designed and very easy to set up"
94.6%

they are all excellent

"and they are all excellent"
93.1%

little camera is amazing

"this little camera is amazing it's clarity is outstanding and very easy to set up too "
93.1%

with this superb

"been stopping the dog chewing the kids toys etc with this superb!"
93.1%

very well made

"the actual bit of kit is very well made and has a high end feel to it being made from high quality plastics and other materials"
92.6%

great bit of security

"great bit of security tells u straight away that someone is outside"
91.9%

feels cheaper

"it just feels cheaper all round"
91.7%

battery life is great

"this is a great addition to my ring products easy to fit anywhere you need it the day view is excellent and the battery life is great my only complaint is the night vision being very grainy still clear enough but could be better"
91.7%

works a treat

"also i found for an outdoor camera i had to put a wi fi extender half way between router and cameras as did not quite make range but now works a treat "
90.9%

excellent easy to use

"excellent easy to use cam"
90.5%

absolutely right

"motion detection takes a bit of time to set up and get absolutely right but once you’ve got it sorted you just leave them alone"
90.2%

genuinely great

"this is a genuinely great piece of kit"
90.2%

does magnificently

"this it does magnificently"
90.1%

well impressed

"brilliant well impressed"
89.8%

quality excellent

"battery life is good and picture quality excellent"
89.7%

excellent in doors

"had a good quality picture and would be an excellent in doors camera"
89.0%

amazing as well

"amazing little camera to add to my network of ring devices the picture quality is amazing as well as the angle of vision"
88.4%

simple and great

"so simple and great battery life so far"
88.3%

amazing in the house

"the picture quality and connectivity are amazing in the house"
88.2%

great zoom

"absolutely love the ease of use and the camera has a great zoom and picks up all the right action"
88.0%

success rate

"60% success rate at best"
75.0%

great addition

"a great addition to home security flexible being battery powered and picture quality is great at night very clear although black and white"
75.0%

integrated easily

"integrated easily with my doorbell and newly purchased ring alarm system"
75.0%

good price

"got this because it can be moved around depending on the time of day great pictures night & day good price too"
75.0%

perfect addition

"solar panel is perfect addition to the ring alarm system works perfect and it’s so easy to install!"
75.0%

good instructions

"easy installation good instructions and support"
75.0%

extra security camera

"inside cats do set of motion sensor but can be turned off if you prefer as an extra security camera for your home i would recommend"
75.0%

really easy

"setup was really easy"
74.9%

self works

"the camera it's self works well with the night view being impressive"
74.9%

nice option

"there is a nice option to kick off a siren remotely if needs be"
74.9%

cctv option

"a really easy cctv option"
74.9%

outdoor version

"great a much smaller than the outdoor version"
74.9%

decent angle

"decent angle and sensitivity and works seamlessly with my ring alarm"
74.9%

good internet

"needs good internet"
74.9%

fully recommend

"really please and fully recommend"
74.9%

very nicely

"very nicely made piece of kit that works well and integrates with other ring products"
74.9%

cctv cloud

"then came along amazon with it's usual efficiency and customer focus and here i am with a number of their cctv cloud based cameras"
74.9%

postman deliveries

"the battery life is actually very good but i do not get much traffic outside my house other than us and postman deliveries"
74.9%

easy installation

"wow easy installation with a clear picture day and night"
74.8%

recommend these

"would highly recommend these"
74.8%

subscriptions plans

"the cost of the ring subscriptions plans is pretty good"
74.8%

working great

"the other camera in the meantime has been working great"
74.8%

outdoor camera

"also i found for an outdoor camera i had to put a wi fi extender half way between router and cameras as did not quite make range but now works a treat "
74.8%

livingroom kitchen

"we have it pointing at the door across the livingroom kitchen so it see most of the room"
74.7%

trusted company

"i feel safe at home or if away with ring a genuine trusted company"
74.7%

good details

"all good details"
74.7%

indoor installation

"there is an option to select indoor installation when setting up the camera"
74.7%

added features

"added features to blackout areas such as neighbours gardens are good although my neighbours asked that i don't obscure their garden if only 1 ring item subscription is small fee for added peace of mind"
74.7%

performs well

"looks good and performs well"
74.6%

battery compartment

"installing these are relatively simple you download the ring app and follow the instructions which include scanning a qr code which is located in the battery compartment"
74.6%

relatively easy

"easy to install and relatively easy to set up"
74.6%

works fine

"schedule works fine but we don’t all stick to schedules do we"
74.6%

huighly recommended

"huighly recommended"
74.5%

good still

"battery life really good still going on 1st charge since i brought it on black friday"
74.5%

looked great

"i finally got it working again and mounted it as recommended the signal looked great and it was alerting etc as expected for around two hours"
74.5%

excellent night

"the images in day are excellent night not so good but ok"
74.5%

recommend also

"great camera great quality pictures also great you can talk through it and it can set off an alarm would recommend also you can stick it up easily no wires brilliant product"
74.5%

great products

"great products"
74.4%

integrated these

"i've also integrated these into my amazon alexa system by activating the ring skill and now get a notification on my amazon echo devices when they detect movement brilliant!"
74.4%

will probably

"will probably buy another for the other side of the property"
74.4%

excellent motion

"night vision is brilliant day image excellent motion is detected quickly and notifies you be aware you need to pay £25 per year to save the videos in the cloud"
74.4%

pretty good

"the cost of the ring subscriptions plans is pretty good"
74.4%

worked perfectly

"i cranked up the sensitivity a little and it's worked perfectly since then"
74.4%

liked cameras

"i also like the link feature where once one of the liked cameras detects movement it activates the linked cameras this is useful for areas covered by more than one camera to give a better overall understanding of the activation"
74.4%

pretty well

"the motion detection works pretty well although it did miss a couple of her carers going in and out at first"
74.4%

lasts weeks

"i really love this range of cams the battery life lasts weeks and i've never found a manufacturer that makes solar powered cams it costs nothing to run and the video backup is really reasonable £8 for as many cams as you like and 30 day back up i plan to buy quite a few of these and retire my old setup"
74.4%

recommend buying them

"this is my second one now i highly recommend buying them"
74.3%

added bonus

"the added bonus was that we also received a free alexa echo dot!"
74.3%

additional deliveries

"would recommend especially with additional deliveries you can also speak through the camera or set off an alarm if there is a suspicious person"
74.3%

indoor viewing

"fantastic product but better suited for indoor viewing would also be handy if it came with a rain hood as there has been times that the pictures has been blurred making it useless i have now moved it below the gutter which has helped"
74.3%

excellent addition

"another excellent addition to our security network"
74.3%

automated home

"easy to integrate into an automated home"
74.2%

great item

"great item easy to set up some times it's a minute out of time but not a problem for me"
74.2%

very futuristic

"the item itself seems quite solid and robust my partner suggested it looked very futuristic when she saw it mounted"
74.1%

best location

"setup was relatively straightforward and once i had it working just had to figure out the best location for it"
74.1%

desired effect

"night vision is also clear would recommend not pointing at something which is white as it will pick up that colour and not have the desired effect"
74.1%

added light

"night vision is good and i can see my number plate fine without added light"
74.1%

good cameras

"the alerts are good cameras can be linked to click on if another turns on"
74.0%

been useful

"battery lasts surprisingly long although a spare would have been useful so i can just do a quick swap"
74.0%

very usefull

"very usefull device helps me give an extra bit of security when not at home"
74.0%

crystal clear

"just set it up and off you go works instantly and pictures are crystal clear"
74.0%

extra recording space

"i have gone with neos smart cam good quality build images are clear sound is clear easy connection to the wifi no ongoing fees unless i want extra recording space above what they allow you free user interface has no issues and only £20 https: www"
74.0%

recommend especially

"would recommend especially with additional deliveries you can also speak through the camera or set off an alarm if there is a suspicious person"
73.9%

great quality video

"very easy to set up and great quality video"
73.9%

fantastic start

"it will give you fantastic start with ring system"
73.9%

smart phone

"have it at the front door don't own a smart phone but it runs just as good with alexa excellent quality"
73.9%

home security network

"great value and easily installed to create a home security network with minimal fuss"
73.9%

super useful

"and the flexibility of snoozing when i’m in the house is super useful"
73.9%

good thing

"the one good thing"
73.9%

good vision

"very neat easy to set up clear good vision works with alexa show"
73.9%

quality and ease

"quality and ease of video play back is second to none"
73.9%

have returned

"i had bought 2 cameras but with the performance not matching expectations i have returned and will be sticking with the nests cams"
73.8%

indoor cheaper

"it works in the same way as the indoor cheaper cams"
73.8%

below expectations

"absolutely below expectations"
73.8%

pretty neat

"otherwise a pretty neat little camera"
73.8%

that colour

"night vision is also clear would recommend not pointing at something which is white as it will pick up that colour and not have the desired effect"
73.7%

going strong

"brilliant piece of kit does exactly what it says on the tin 5 minutes to put up lovely bit of kit haven’t charged the battery for two weeks and still going strong"
73.6%

local wildlife

"albeit there is little activity apart from the local wildlife"
73.6%

configurable features

"easy to install and plenty of configurable features"
73.5%

ordering another

"love the fact i can sit indoors and get the pic up on my echo screen will be ordering another"
73.5%

spot wildlife

"bought it mainly to spot wildlife around the garden so bring battery powered this is perfect"
73.5%

lovely thing

"it's a lovely thing tiny easy to screw on the wall and works perfectly"
73.5%

great night vision

"great night vision"
73.4%

good quality

"set up was seemless as with other ring devices and the recording is of good quality"
73.3%

very neatly

"the product is boxed very neatly and everything you need is there apart from a drill of course "
73.3%

light turns

"working with alexa you can now setup routines so when the camera detects movement my porch light turns on"
73.2%

quality and value

"fantastic quality and value for money"
73.2%

great devices

"these are great devices i love the fact that these are battery operated as it means i don't have to worry about running electrical cables externally so installation is extremely simple provided you have a decent wi fi signal"
73.2%

even better

"with light it's naturally even better"
73.2%

cable management

"so this is perfect the fact that it comes with a rechargeable battery is brilliant and takes away that cable management"
73.1%

like magic

"this system is superb works like magic"
73.1%

vision great

"night vision great as is wide angle coverage and vision so spoiled by this sudden battery discharge "
73.0%

helped me greatly

"here's what i had to do to achieve that: reduce motion sensitivity to 50% purchase more bandwidth from bt my provider connect a chime pro to boost signal connect a ring solar panel so £89 for the camera £49 for the chime pro £49 for the panel £189 per camera installed ring customer support were superb though talk with kieran gray he's great and helped me greatly in brief don't buy the ring solution thinking it'll be inexpensive"
73.0%

quality picture

"wide angle and great quality picture"
72.9%

added security

"bought for added security"
72.8%

camera quality

"camera quality at night when working is great"
72.7%

better view

"bought to complement my ring doorbell to get a better view"
72.6%

monthly payments

"i am still paying for it too monthly payments lol"
72.6%

fantastic value

"the stick up cam was easy to install and fantastic value "
72.6%

premium plan

"00 i had to have it as i have a premium plan with ring for £8"
72.6%

highly recommended

"highly recommended for any outdoor camera"
72.6%

quick installation

"quick installation and simple to use"
72.5%

would recommend

"would recommend"
72.4%

great piece

"great piece of kit"
72.4%

quality piece

"i think this is a good quality piece of kit and will be purchasing more cameras from ring"
72.3%

indoor and outdoor

"it’s useable indoor and outdoor too which is a great advantage"
72.3%

rssi value

"having gone through the initial setup everything seemed fine the camera is around 8 metres from my front door and the rssi value was good"
72.3%

priced model

"this new lower priced model is ideal for my usage in the garden as the slightly narrower range of the lens compared to 2nd gen model covering my front drive is still sufficient to cover the full width of my garden"
72.3%

outdoor socket

"because of l shaped connector to camera was hard to put through wall so have plugged it into outdoor socket"
72.3%

regular updates

"hopefully the device will get regular updates to make it usable and a worthwhile purchase one day"
71.9%

much better

"the newer camera is far superior it seems to be able to work in low light much better see the second picture above the on board ir led's supplement this camera night vision rather than it being essential"
71.9%

simple clicks

"download the app open the app a few simple clicks later and that's it working"
71.8%

internet connection

"you can go live and talk to the people in front of the camera from anywhere in the world that's got internet connection"
71.8%

cheaper alternative

"it’s a cheaper alternative than having an official chime"
71.8%

were superb

"here's what i had to do to achieve that: reduce motion sensitivity to 50% purchase more bandwidth from bt my provider connect a chime pro to boost signal connect a ring solar panel so £89 for the camera £49 for the chime pro £49 for the panel £189 per camera installed ring customer support were superb though talk with kieran gray he's great and helped me greatly in brief don't buy the ring solution thinking it'll be inexpensive"
71.7%

brillant works

"brillant works well"
71.6%

went ahead

"i am glad i went ahead and bought this"
71.4%

home security system

"i'm also looking at the home security system now as i'm so happy with the camera"
71.3%

does actually

"fairly easy to install although the name of “stick up” a bit misleading as it does actually require the bracket to be screwed on to a wall or surface"
71.3%

camera easy

"great camera easy set up"
71.2%
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Compare Emotion analysis

Google Nest Cam Indoor Smart Security Camera

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31.0% 35.7% 33.3%
  neutral 35.4%
  worry 28.6%
  happiness 17.6%
  fun 5.9%
  relief 3.5%
  sadness 3.1%
  love 1.9%
  hate 1.2%
  surprise 1.2%
  enthusiasm 0.9%
  fear 0.2%
  anger 0.2%
  empty 0.2%
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Positive tone

Neutral tone

Negative tone

30.2% 34.0% 35.8%
  neutral 33.3%
  worry 31.6%
  happiness 16.3%
  fun 6.0%
  relief 3.7%
  sadness 3.0%
  love 2.8%
  enthusiasm 0.9%
  hate 0.7%
  surprise 0.5%
  boredom 0.5%
  anger 0.2%
  empty 0.2%
  fear 0.2%

* analysis performed using Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods, data for the analysis has been gathered from multiple publicly accessible sources.
** strength is the level of sentiment expressed in a sentence, phrase or keyword. It ranges from 0 to 100%
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last analysis update 2024-04-21