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Netvue Outdoor Security Camera 1080P Waterproof Wireless WiFi Bullet..

  • See Hear and Talk In Real Time With the built-in microphone and..
  • Crisp FHD Video Even at Night With the advanced 1/2.7" CMOS sen..
  • Notify You once Motion Detected When motion is detected, Netvue..
  • Full Metal Shell, Built To Last With full-metal housing and IP..
  • Quick Setup & Stable Connection Easily complete the entire setu..

Product Attributes

  • Width: 2.6 Inches,
  • Height: 2.6 Inches,
  • Weight: 1.3 Pounds,
  • Length: 7.6 Inches,
  • Size: 1 Count (Pack of 1)

Positives

Neutrals

Negatives

70.9% 11.0% 18.1%

Senti Score  [81.9%]

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%]

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Netvue Outdoor Security Camera 1080P Waterproof Wireless WiFi Bullet..

excellent product complete waste expensive works brilliant better total darkness great best false difficult crap routers brilliant works perfect expected poor excellent

Google Nest Cam Indoor Smart Security Camera

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

Compare Cons

complete waste in both products

"the motion detection on the camera is a complete waste of time and will just alert you every couple of minutes even when there is absolutely nothing there so i had this disabled the whole time i owned the camera which is a really big disadvantage!"
99.9%

only gripe in both products

"the only gripe i can think of is the thickness off the camera connections especially the internet one"
74.9%

only issue in both products

"initial setup is a little complicated but if you follow the instructions carefully then it works the only issue being that the cameras need a 2"
74.9%

picture freezing in both products

"i got so fed up with various things going wrong such as the picture freezing that i thought i’ll sort it out tomorrow"
74.8%

more expensive in both products

"once up the camera is easy to set up with the downloadable app qr code supplied and the images are as good as i have seen on some more expensive cameras"
74.8%

false alerts in both products

"so unless you mount the camera under an overhang which shelters the camera from rain or snow then you are going to get a lot of false alerts"
73.4%

false alarms in both products

"when it's sunny and cloud cover comes across again it false alarms"
73.4%

free trial in both products

"we also pay around £1 a month so we continue to receive video recorded notifications after the free trial ends a tiny amount for piece of mind "
72.7%

only negative in both products

"my only negative is that it is quite big and obvious on the front of the house"
72.3%

brick walls in both products

"i do understand that expecting the wifi to go through two outdoor brick walls is a big ask"
71.5%

power cable in both products

"i took another reviewers suggestion of putting all of the wires in a junction box outside as the cables are too bulky as a group to easily put through the wall so i just put the power cable through"
69.6%

waste your money in both products

"feel free to waste your money you really would be better getting a wired unit with a centrally controlled hard drive all at home as that will run for years with no issues"
68.1%

cheap camera in both products

"by comparison the cheap camera that i replaced kept buffering and losing connection constantly"
57.6%

trying to connect in both products

"i guess most of the time the video comes up but sometimes it times out trying to connect"
56.2%

does n't always in both products

"also to subscribe to the motion data as the camera doesn't always get a photo of the trigger but will record it!"
55.8%

very disappointed in both products

"i am just very disappointed i cannot return the other camera or even request a refund as i have no power adapter to set up the second camera which is now left redundant"
54.8%

not buy this camera in both products

"but now the camera is pointless constantly showing off line constantly needing to format the sd card do not buy this camera!"
54.6%

total darkness

"i don't know how it would work in total darkness but for me it's fine"
99.6%

crap routers

"the people with wifi issues either don't know what they are doing or have crap routers"
99.4%

incredibly frustrating

"it’s just incredibly frustrating"
98.5%

time delay

"there is a time delay when watching on my phone but that is to be expected with all devices of this type"
96.4%

will be buying

"as soon as they do this i will be buying!"
96.2%

record continuous

"you would either have to get a memory card to record continuous but then in the event of it being stolen you have list all the footage or pay £8 a month for 24 7 recording to the cloud"
92.5%

connection is so terrible

"the camera itself isn't bad by any means and especially for £40 however the biggest fault i have with it is the connection and even though i have a wifi extender literally less than 4 metres away from the camera really the connection is still garbage half the time it says the camera isn't on which is rubbish because i know it's on it's just the connection is so terrible"
89.8%

every drop

"i still need to play with the settings much more to get it all right as i am getting alerts for every drop of rain that falls at the moment and that’s on the lowest sensitivity setting"
89.8%

tideious and frustrating

"i like that you can add a micro sd card in and it will record everything for you but setting these up can be tideious and frustrating"
89.5%

lengthy and unsuccessful

"after lengthy and unsuccessful attempts to contact the company direct located in china with no apparent uk agent i was informed robotically via e mail chat that it only worked at 2"
89.5%

storage issue

"the only reason i give this 4 stars is because of the storage issue with multiple devices not being available"
74.9%

storage issues

"but it is not designed to be a high end 8 mega pixel camera with all the transmission and storage issues that you would come up against"
74.9%

fall apart

"the camera body is ok mostly plastic so will either fall apart or last until the next millennium"
74.9%

made cheaply

"so we have power it's a standard dc connector and massive extension cables are cheaply available through amazon lan with an indicator led built in again a 25m run is easily purchased but even longer can be made cheaply and thirdly a weatherproof wifi reset button: i default away from wifi but recognise the brilliant innovation this option is just try getting up a ladder and removing the access plate to locate a tiny black button inside the body of the unit "
74.9%

fault this

"honestly can't fault this especially as we got it when it was on offer"
74.8%

major issue

"using ethernet wired connection was not a major issue"
74.8%

user error

"i had issues setting up wifi connection but it turned out to be user error my end"
74.8%

main gripe

"setting up the wifi so as to use without the rj45 cable was my main gripe"
74.8%

break inns

"months on still regular problems when it should just work it's unreliable bottom line in a product where reliability is critical we had an issue with car break inns and low and behold despite paying for the 24 7 service"
74.8%

annual fees

"seems good value for money but the costs to subscribe to cloud services are not clear at the outset so i guess the low product price is balanced with the annual fees to subscribe"
74.8%

or 4 adjacent holes

"not everybody realises you can make 3 or 4 adjacent holes to create a larger one it leaves me thankful that we share a world with folk like that because it means i still have a job"
74.8%

would be rubbish

"i thought the picture quality would be rubbish but it's really not"
74.8%

awful feeling

"get the awful feeling that its spying on us"
74.8%

didnt work

"had this arrive today after looking around alot i found this on offer with an added amazon discount code it didnt work out to be cheapest but looked to be best value anyway when it arrived i opened it up and theres everything you need besides a drill and screwdriver to fit it actually included the corrected masonry drill bit for the plugs anyway about 10mins later it was installed setting up was very simple"
74.7%

loud noises

"even though i set it up with just one square area of motion detection it still picks up loud noises when cars go past"
74.7%

lose connection sometimes

"and some cameras do lose connection sometimes"
74.7%

left redundant

"i am just very disappointed i cannot return the other camera or even request a refund as i have no power adapter to set up the second camera which is now left redundant"
74.7%

annoying wires

"the camera is ultimately a wi fi camera but there are three annoying wires which you can't easily hide"
74.7%

error message

"i put an sd card into it which it quickly used the memory on you should be able to clear the card from the app but that doesn’t seem to work it gives an error message every time"
74.6%

your unsure

"there are video tutorials if your unsure as you setup"
74.6%

slight issue

"slight issue with the large network cable as i had to drill a very large hole to get this mounted to the wall so that no cables were showing"
74.6%

screw heads

"this made installation harder than need be as the screw heads are so soft they stripped immediately"
74.5%

only problem

"the only problem i had was that i had to position the camera very close to the router as the camera kept dropping out even though the wifi signal showed 57% and that this was a good signal"
74.5%

several problems

"i have had several problems since and sadly they were all caused by me!"
74.4%

very expensive

"cloud storage lasts for a 14 day trial then it is a very expensive subscription per camera"
74.3%

becomes expensive

"it becomes expensive at $70 per year per camera"
74.2%

camera isnt

"obviously the only way you know the camera isnt connected to tour router is when you open the netvue app"
74.2%

unfortunately only

"the instructions which come with it are easy to follow but unfortunately only tell you about installing it & nothing about using it but i found this information on the web"
74.1%

minor issue

"only minor issue found so far is that one sd card of two wouldn't 'mount' meaning it required manually reformatting on my pc but was soon sorted and have had no further issues with it"
74.0%

particularly awkward

"we have a particularly awkward outdoor view and cannot see the gate or visitors without going outdoors and round the corner so i decided to be brave and try an outdoor camera although it did seem a bit sci fi and hi tech for our rather basic household"
73.9%

only let down

"only let down is the motion detection it doesn't pick my 6ft frame up but does trigger with flies"
73.8%

long painful

"it takes a lot to impress me and get a security device put into my smart home and this camera has ended a long painful search"
73.7%

busy electrician

"i’ve only just found a busy electrician to fit my camera"
73.7%

some trouble

"i had some trouble connecting these cameras to my wi fi at 1st"
73.7%

further problems

"so we had a spate of tyre damages to cars outside the house so decided to get a good quality night vision camera to use as a deterrent to further problems"
73.4%

false triggers

"i have positioned my camera to cover my front garden so i don't want false triggers from the road outside it was very simple to disable the image zones where i don't want a notification then the sensitivity was adjusted with a simple slider"
73.4%

major problem

"i've got a major problem trying to figure out how to house these cables"
73.4%

constant problems

"easy enough to install but i’ve had constant problems with the cameras stopping functioning when the cards fills up you get no alert this has happened even though it’s supposed to reformat automatically"
73.3%

built in speaker

"having a built in speaker on the camera is just a bit of fun so far"
73.3%

first issue

"this is the first issue"
72.6%

never gets

"the device is up to date and never gets unplugged"
72.5%

slight negative

"one slight negative is that the mounting screws provided were of a very poor quality"
72.5%

disgusting support

"disgusting support!"
72.5%

further issues

"only minor issue found so far is that one sd card of two wouldn't 'mount' meaning it required manually reformatting on my pc but was soon sorted and have had no further issues with it"
72.2%

better features but

"downsides motion detection sensitivity in app is not great app could have better features but not the worst either no option to view on laptop pc the drill bit that came with it was really poor quality that broke in less then 10 seconds of using"
72.2%

false motion detections

"you tighten up some grub screws after adjustment which holds the camera rock solid so there are no false motion detections due to camera wobble "
72.0%

returned damaged item

"looks like i was given a returned damaged item"
71.4%

connection issues

"i have been a long time user of another brand of wifi camera but kept having connection issues so i though i would give netvue a go prompted by other reviews and there very competitive price"
71.1%

babies nursery

"this is my second netvue product after purchasing an indoor camera for our babies nursery and this product is just as if not more impressive"
70.6%

echo comared

"there is a delay in the live view on the echo comared to the app on galaxy note"
70.5%

dubious people

"as there have been a few dubious people around decided on this vigil camera to keep a check out"
70.2%

detection issue

"the motion detection issue is now with their research team and i am confident that they will come up with a solution to the sensitivity issue very quickly"
69.8%

spoke out from

"our postman had a right scare when we suddenly spoke out from it"
69.7%

more defined

"i wish the motion detection had daily settings for when its active and a greater number of squares to get a more defined area"
69.6%

little adva

"after a while i worked out that the wireless mesh network in my house was a little adva ced for the wifi card in the camera"
69.1%

more bothersome

"the second and more bothersome is that when i tried to access the sd files in my computer i figured that the video files are in a proprietary format!"
68.6%

small adjustments

"installation outdoors was pretty easy and took a few small adjustments to get the perfect picture"
68.2%

woefully short

"firstly the power wire is woefully short limiting placement unless you add in extension cables"
68.0%

against brick

"everything needed seems to be in the box even down to a masonary drill if you were mounting against brick"
67.9%

unwelcome visitors

"i bought 2 of these cameras for my mum as she has had some unwelcome visitors looking around her property recently needless to say she hasn't received any problems since!"
67.7%

unwanted visitors

"camera feels sturdy and solid has a built in mic to capture sound and also a speaker so you could even scare off unwanted visitors by talking into the app!"
67.4%

unless i missed something

"i would suggest that you carry most of step 4 with the included parts to weatherproof the ethernet connector unless i missed something "
67.2%

less satisfactory

"it was equally easy to pair it with alexa but the results are less satisfactory"
67.0%

aerial flops

"my only quibble is that the aerial joint is not sufficiently stiff and the aerial flops around rather than standing upright"
66.9%

high and cant

"sound from the camera speaker is also good but useless for me as i have mounted the camera too high and cant hear it from the floor"
66.8%

small drill hole

"installation to its location was easy and i only needed to use a small drill hole to feed the supplied power cable into an outdoor cable box where the power connection together with wifi and ethernet cable not being used in wifi set up and the camera was easily fitted into location a template was provided but i didn't use this"
66.7%

blank error

"finally it’s not value for money and the motion detection when alerting gives a blank error which cannot be seen what it’s picked up"
66.6%

first week

"i will be buying a second camera 👍🏻 update after a few months: i left my previous review after the first week or so of having the camera after being bribed by netvue with 3 months free subscription to motion detection alerts"
66.3%

takes too long

"so this feature got turned off which is one of the reasons i wanted the camera it would notify that there was motion at my door i would ask alexa to show me the front door cam to see who it was then answer the door the whole process was to hit and miss and just takes too long by the time the video comes up the person would have left thinking there is nobody at home"
65.8%

only shortcoming

"the only shortcoming is the software which is limited for retrieving photos and videos from the sd card"
65.6%

no cables were showing

"slight issue with the large network cable as i had to drill a very large hole to get this mounted to the wall so that no cables were showing"
65.5%

not very good

"the night vision is not very good but you still see so for me it’s awesome"
65.4%

difficult installation

"having read previous reviews i thought very carefully about where i should position it to avoid a difficult installation"
65.4%

improving its software

"although a budget buy this camera does everything much more expensive cameras do and netvue appears responsive to customers in developing and improving its software"
65.3%

scratch as reviewed

"not normaly one who writes reviews however having purchased a number of alleged good external cameras all of which never came up to scratch as reviewed or advertised"
65.3%

waste your time

"don't waste your time"
65.3%

drop out of wifi

"the camera does drop out of wifi so at times i cant see it on my phone but i've found that this doesn't mean it isn't working as the camera continues to record to the sd card when not connected to wifi so nothing is missed"
65.2%

killed by the same

"it's younger sibling killed by the same update is going back on an amazon doa return"
65.1%

buying netvue

"will definitely be buying netvue again if we need more"
65.0%

been diabolical

"the support from netvue has recently been diabolical"
64.8%

indoors netvue

"i have used indoors netvue and they are great but i did not expect to be amazed by the quality of the outdoors one too"
64.8%

definitely lacking

"there’s also no web interface and support is definitely lacking"
64.8%

cheap price

"i have had cctv systems before that were far more expensive and was a little dubious about a camera at such a cheap price and thought that the quality would not be that good"
64.7%

that i replaced

"by comparison the cheap camera that i replaced kept buffering and losing connection constantly"
64.6%

slight delay

"two way communication does work but has slight delay inevitable i guess "
64.4%

real shame

"a real shame because when they first worked they were brilliant but they’ve clearly done something to the firmware that doesn’t play nice now"
64.4%

difficult to setup

"difficult to setup as it only works with 2"
64.4%

removed from software

"when this trial add on was removed from software the camera was completely disabled and had to return"
64.3%

supply requirements

"best of all the power supply requirements are the same as my analogue system so they literally took minutes to swap over"
64.2%

same or worse

"but saying that think it would be the same or worse on any other camera"
64.2%

hard drive failures

"the picture quality with these is much better and i actually see the fact they don't record to a central box as a bonus no more hard drive failures!"
64.2%

dubious about a camera

"i have had cctv systems before that were far more expensive and was a little dubious about a camera at such a cheap price and thought that the quality would not be that good"
63.7%

unable to upload

"i have had a few videos which were unable to upload"
63.6%

works it randomly

"and when it works it randomly goes into buffering every so often"
63.5%

complain too much

"have tried adjusting the sensitivity but can't get it to work properly but for a camera of this price i can't complain too much"
63.4%

card recording

"as i had already purchased a netvue wi fi doorbell and been very pleased with it buying the netvue vigil camera s was an obvious next step as they offer sd card recording and playback capability without needing to purchase cloud based storage it’s just a case of mounting the units out of easy reach"
63.3%

very low level

"the following reasons why i could not give it 5 stars: the speaker on the camera is very low level and even though it is installed just above head height you cannot be heard very clearly"
63.3%

damaging my property

"bought this camera as i have a bad neighbour next to me who keeps damaging my property"
63.2%

falls at the moment

"i still need to play with the settings much more to get it all right as i am getting alerts for every drop of rain that falls at the moment and that’s on the lowest sensitivity setting"
63.1%

gets too expensive

"one subscription should cover more cameras not just one otherwise it gets too expensive"
63.0%

opposite initially

"at night the problem was the opposite initially there was no motion detection as soon as it was dark although after a couple of weeks of emails back and forth to support they sent through new firmware which resolved this problem"
63.0%

really cant

"which it really shouldn't be to be honest if i could be bothered to take the camera down and send it back i would but i really cant as it was a bit of a task getting it up"
63.0%

cable enterance

"one thing i would like to say is that it would be nice to have a sealing plug if you are not going to hard wire the broadband side and just use the wifi as it leaves a tiny hole in the cable enterance"
62.8%

three smaller holes

"cover the camera in lens in something i taped a sock around it disconnect the end with the three mounting holes using the hex key provided hold the mount against the wall and drill three smaller holes with a 4mm drill bit take the mount away and open the holes up to fit the rawlplugs"
62.8%

outside instead

"you could fit a connection box outside instead of running cable through the wall"
62.5%

wont record

"motion sensor is temperamental wont record our car parking pretty large subject image but will record endless hours of rain"
61.9%

proprietary format

"the second and more bothersome is that when i tried to access the sd files in my computer i figured that the video files are in a proprietary format!"
61.9%

minimal affect

"if you need a cost effective way to monitor your home minimal affect on the wifi check from anywhere and has a speaker for interactions with home for example asking someone to leave a parcel somewhere safe "
61.9%

cable assembly

"installation is not straightforward because you will need a very large hole in wall to pass cable assembly through"
61.8%

not sufficiently stiff

"my only quibble is that the aerial joint is not sufficiently stiff and the aerial flops around rather than standing upright"
61.7%

minor issues

"two minor issues though"
61.4%

very unreliable

"i’ve recently bought several of these netvue 1080p outdoor security cameras as my existing ones from another maker were very unreliable and constantly dropped their wi fi connections"
61.3%

very poor quality

"one slight negative is that the mounting screws provided were of a very poor quality"
61.2%

useless ornament

"as soon as is possible this useless ornament will be taken down and replaced with something that actually works!"
61.2%

might get stolen

"i got the outdoor camera because a number of dogs have gone missing out of peoples gardens and as my house has a dirt road at the side i’m always nervous that one of my fur babies might get stolen"
60.8%

opened a chat

"already used footage for an incident i did have a problem where just after the time the firmware updates the camera failed i opened a chat at 8am and gave the problem to customer services who passed to technical services who by 9"
60.7%

tried live chat

"i tried live chat and didn't get anywhere"
60.4%

photo in this review

"have attached photo in this review"
60.4%

extremely hard

"night vision is as about as good as ir can get and at this price point it's extremely hard to beat"
59.8%

it's awful

"you have to download a small player they made i found in netvue forum and it's awful!"
59.3%

killed by the update

"killed by the update "
59.1%

card playback

"i'm using a 128gb micro sd card playback is of a high quality and unbroken"
59.0%

card formats

"i’m not using cloud but i am using the sd card the card formats while installed and for a couple of days i’m able to use the camera fine and watch back recordings but then i’m not able to view recordings unless i join cloud for a fee of course"
59.0%

occasional rambler

"for the price paid the camera is excellent i did look around and all the other camera's where more expensive so far i am very pleased the camera picture day or night is excellent and the piece of mind i get from seeing what is going on around my property is great i do live in a very remote area and therefore no traffic passes my house just the occasional rambler"
58.7%

open the holes

"cover the camera in lens in something i taped a sock around it disconnect the end with the three mounting holes using the hex key provided hold the mount against the wall and drill three smaller holes with a 4mm drill bit take the mount away and open the holes up to fit the rawlplugs"
58.6%

mount it too high

"only issue advice is so mount it too high as the spiders are always making webs on the camera and this also can trigger off motion alerts if u have this set up"
58.6%

only issue advice

"only issue advice is so mount it too high as the spiders are always making webs on the camera and this also can trigger off motion alerts if u have this set up"
58.4%

rubbish all the time

"it does work without the cloud subscription but motion detection is rubbish all the time"
58.2%

biggest fault

"the camera itself isn't bad by any means and especially for £40 however the biggest fault i have with it is the connection and even though i have a wifi extender literally less than 4 metres away from the camera really the connection is still garbage half the time it says the camera isn't on which is rubbish because i know it's on it's just the connection is so terrible"
58.1%

aerial joint

"my only quibble is that the aerial joint is not sufficiently stiff and the aerial flops around rather than standing upright"
58.0%

apparently all connected

"the unit showed a solid green light so apparently all connected but the app said the camera is offline"
57.6%

mega pixel camera

"but it is not designed to be a high end 8 mega pixel camera with all the transmission and storage issues that you would come up against"
56.9%

delay is so long

"but the delay is so long"
56.7%

fault this bullet

"cannot fault this bullet cam"
56.6%

dead original unit

"after a stream of emails to support i am now returning my dead original unit"
56.3%

hesitate to recommend

"for the price of this camera i would not hesitate to recommend it"
56.3%

would not be that good

"i have had cctv systems before that were far more expensive and was a little dubious about a camera at such a cheap price and thought that the quality would not be that good"
56.0%

trial and error

"this really is just a case of trial and error and the app offers sensitivity adjustments so you can have it exactly as you want it"
56.0%

file corruption

"however there is no way to stop recording except by pulling out the power plug which seems a bit brutal the app should provide for this to prevent file corruption i did try disconnecting power the sd card seemed ok and successfully re mounted on restoring power"
55.9%

only quibble

"my only quibble it that the camera is not poe"
55.9%

record continously

"are equally good in many ways but don't record continously"
55.8%

even no reply

"unfortunately even after 2 months i didn't receive the free 64gb sd card as mentioned in the package i received after claiming even no reply to my 2 emails"
55.3%

teething problems

"compact camera but as this model has an ethernet plug on it you have to drill at least a 12mm hole to get the cable through the wall lots of teething problems but the online chat is instant and they always seem to fix the issues but i'd rather it just ran seamlessly than have any pro lems like dropped signal etc or a tf card that has worked perfectly well in the camera for 2 weeks suddenly is no longer recognised"
55.2%

fire stick

"well i've now set it up outside and had tried it on wi fi and on internet cable also as i have a fire stick and alex's i did link it to there account on a good note it works well with the app on a good but bad point as i did not adjust my settings but turned on motion detection it was cool for the first"
55.1%

internet supplier issues

"i have unfortunately ended up with a lan connection to my router but as i said earlier this may be my internet supplier issues"
55.1%

does n't play nice

"a real shame because when they first worked they were brilliant but they’ve clearly done something to the firmware that doesn’t play nice now"
55.1%

power plug

"however there is no way to stop recording except by pulling out the power plug which seems a bit brutal the app should provide for this to prevent file corruption i did try disconnecting power the sd card seemed ok and successfully re mounted on restoring power"
55.0%

unreliable bottom line

"months on still regular problems when it should just work it's unreliable bottom line in a product where reliability is critical we had an issue with car break inns and low and behold despite paying for the 24 7 service"
54.9%

through smaller holes

"one criticism would be the leads should be detachable to get through smaller holes"
54.9%

4ghz not 5ghz

"4ghz not 5ghz"
54.9%

not adjust my settings

"well i've now set it up outside and had tried it on wi fi and on internet cable also as i have a fire stick and alex's i did link it to there account on a good note it works well with the app on a good but bad point as i did not adjust my settings but turned on motion detection it was cool for the first"
54.8%

with no progress

"every day i contact nevue to be told that their “engineers are working on a fix” but that’s been four days now with no progress so i’m sending these back for a refund"
54.8%

sd card not included

"an sd card not included is required to store images video including motion detection although a paid cloud service is available"
54.8%

sensitivity issue

"the motion detection issue is now with their research team and i am confident that they will come up with a solution to the sensitivity issue very quickly"
54.8%

user login

"but i went to my hubs user login on internet explorer and turned the 5g off so it could connect to the 2"
54.8%

n't take long

"had to go through the process twice but it didn’t take long"
54.7%

back in screw

"to get footage you need to get a ladder and climb the ladder to the camera unscrew it all to get to the memory card take the memory out put it into your pc get the footage you need then go back up the ladder put the memory card back in screw all the camera back together and as your doing all this your"
54.7%

no way to stop recording

"however there is no way to stop recording except by pulling out the power plug which seems a bit brutal the app should provide for this to prevent file corruption i did try disconnecting power the sd card seemed ok and successfully re mounted on restoring power"
54.7%

wrong for the price

"can't really go wrong for the price"
54.7%

few problems with

"i recently brought the homecam indoor secuirty cam from the same seller last month and had a few problems with it and these got resolved really well and rapidly because of this i decided to buy a new camera for the outside secuirty of my house"
54.7%

not work with iftt

"my only real criticism is that i would like more control over scheduling the motion detection and they do not work with iftt"
54.7%

would not brake the bank

"i was looking for a easy install camera for a while now that would not brake the bank and then my friend showed me the netvue he has i was shocked when he told me how much he payed and all the features the camera qualty is amzing with the movement notafication sent to your phone so you know where ever"
54.7%

no longer recognised

"compact camera but as this model has an ethernet plug on it you have to drill at least a 12mm hole to get the cable through the wall lots of teething problems but the online chat is instant and they always seem to fix the issues but i'd rather it just ran seamlessly than have any pro lems like dropped signal etc or a tf card that has worked perfectly well in the camera for 2 weeks suddenly is no longer recognised"
54.7%

bare this in mind

"you can view the cameras live without signing up to any storage or buying an sd card from the app but you wont be able to record the footage so bare this in mind"
54.7%

removed '' recently and

"i wanted this to monitor our back garden as we've had some items "removed" recently and i am delighted with how easy it was to setup and use"
54.7%

no battery back

"if the 12v power cord is cut then that's the end of your camera security as there is no battery back up"
54.7%

would not link

"when linking accounts to amazon it would return a load of code and would not link"
54.7%

being a victim of crime

"having being a victim of crime and searching the internet for a good but reasonably priced outdoor camera i can honesty say i am pleased with this product"
54.6%

have a bad neighbour

"bought this camera as i have a bad neighbour next to me who keeps damaging my property"
54.6%

tyre damages

"so we had a spate of tyre damages to cars outside the house so decided to get a good quality night vision camera to use as a deterrent to further problems"
54.6%

not like about

"what i did not like about it was the setup"
54.6%

long as your cameras

"so long as your cameras will be close to your router then it should be fine"
54.6%

away in another country

"i had some doing work in my garage while i was away in another country and i was able to view and speak clearly with the"
54.6%

faulty unit

"the camera whilst working was a fairly good product for the price paid the problem & the reason of the low rating is due to the customer support while the support for set up alone was good the issue with support for returning a faulty unit is a complete nightmare"
54.5%

have n't needed it

"no instructions with the camera at all but good website and it appears they have good customer service but i haven't needed it yet!"
54.5%

only slight frustration

"the only slight frustration is that there is large bunch of cables out of the camera body which are redundant if you are using as a wireless device"
54.4%

sceptical of the signal

"i was sceptical of the signal and thought i'd have issues with the wifi signal dropping out"
54.4%

stay connected

"no matter which ever way i tried it would just not stay connected"
54.4%

screws wall

"what i did find good that the camera came with all screws wall plugs a masonry drill bit and a hex key to adjust the direction of the camera"
54.4%

seems a bit brutal

"however there is no way to stop recording except by pulling out the power plug which seems a bit brutal the app should provide for this to prevent file corruption i did try disconnecting power the sd card seemed ok and successfully re mounted on restoring power"
54.4%

facebook it logged it

"only hicup is with the alexa app i could not get it to add the skill but when i logged in via netvue on the computer and logged in via a password password reset and not facebook it logged it in and now all working"
54.4%

no subscripton charge

"has motion sensor in the app to alert you of movement and captures a screenshot each time in the app no subscripton charge required for this "
54.3%

even more disappointing

"live view works fine which makes it even more disappointing"
54.3%

it's really

"i thought the picture quality would be rubbish but it's really not"
54.3%

seems a bit excessive

"not sure on cloud and motion upgrade costs as seems a bit excessive but haven’t looked in to this yet"
54.3%

before it is overwritten

"you can however scroll back in time and record for whatever period you want as long as you do it before it is overwritten"
54.2%

not comment on that

"i'm not using motion detection yet because i wanted this primarily to be able to see who is at the front door so i cannot comment on that"
54.2%

problem here

"whatever had blocked the camera reporting in was fixed by the reboot and the camera went live it was also a lot more responsive through the app so my router was the problem here"
54.2%

no marker for humans

"cloud service don’t work as described gives me 100+ notifications that my cat is running around but can’t detect no humans see pictures no marker for humans"
54.2%

warning on my iphone

"get in seconds a warning on my iphone and can see what is happening"
54.1%

expensive subscriptions

"good product and no need for expensive subscriptions either :"
54.1%

nobody at home

"so this feature got turned off which is one of the reasons i wanted the camera it would notify that there was motion at my door i would ask alexa to show me the front door cam to see who it was then answer the door the whole process was to hit and miss and just takes too long by the time the video comes up the person would have left thinking there is nobody at home"
54.0%

password reset

"only hicup is with the alexa app i could not get it to add the skill but when i logged in via netvue on the computer and logged in via a password password reset and not facebook it logged it in and now all working"
54.0%

weak wifi signal

"i don't need the ethernet option but would be useful to those with weak wifi signal great addition!"
54.0%

rubbish in my opinion

"without the costly addons the camera is rubbish in my opinion"
54.0%

while not subscribing

"u still get motion alerts while not subscribing"
53.9%

this is only 1080

"you can zoom into the image on te phone app but the resolution falls off pretty fast as this is only 1080"
53.9%

good not good

"not good not good at all"
53.8%

10 minutes long

"first problem: it seems that each video file is 10 minutes long but there are some space between them some seconds that don't get recorded at all"
53.7%

exactly as advertised

"i was delighted after i replaced a defective similar unit from another brand because this device behaved exactly as advertised"
53.7%

short demonstration video

"using the app each stage of the set up is clearly explained and supported by a short demonstration video"
53.7%

more difficult to install

"my only issue is the three cables hanging out of the back of it makes it a little more difficult to install"
53.7%

camera wobble

"you tighten up some grub screws after adjustment which holds the camera rock solid so there are no false motion detections due to camera wobble "
53.7%

the wrong place

"i really wanted it to film across my whole driveway but that's more down to me putting the camera in the wrong place"
53.7%

is dual banded

"connecting to router bt hub was a little frustrating but i expected that as bt is dual banded"
53.7%

problem persists

"it has been having trouble loading the live feed but i sure it is a blip and am going to contact customer support if the problem persists"
53.7%

been completely useless

"pretty easy to set up and worked well for a couple of weeks and then following a firmware update the cameras have been completely useless"
53.7%

could be better

"camera isn't perfect though and a few things could be better might even be the app and not the camera to be honest"
53.6%

made the mistake

"i made the mistake of cutting the network plug off to help feed the wire through thinking i wouldn't need it as i was using wireless"
53.5%

received no reply

"have tried contacting their customer service but received no reply so will try and get a refund somehow"
53.5%

minutes only

"actual time attaching camera and cables was minutes only"
53.4%

hear the birds

"easily hear the birds from back of the house"
53.4%

dropping off without

"as to the camera once initial issues sorted probably due wifi dropping off without me knowing it is excellent"
53.4%

no wires showing

"bit of a con showing the camera fitted flush against the wall with no wires showing"
53.3%

therefore i returned

"so therefore i returned it"
53.2%

n't often write reviews

"i don't often write reviews but i am quite impressed with this camera"
53.2%

no reson and picture

"i got this one for my back way as there have been some crimes in some other back ways so just like the fact its keeping a eye on my home while i go to work pros easy to set up and helpful app cons just can cut out some times for no reson and picture can be a bit hard to see sometimes but that could be times of the day would get other one for my front way aswell"
53.2%

fail on me recently

"i did have one fail on me recently after 6 months"
53.2%

large holes

"cons: large holes required for installation"
53.1%

4ghz wireless not a

"4ghz wireless not a 5"
53.1%

128gb cards no longer

"support says that 128gb cards no longer work"
53.1%

ethernet socket

"it is the ethernet socket that determins the size!"
52.8%

will never know

"quite why they didn't do this in the first place i will never know"
52.8%

with no buffering

"showing 97% signal in the app with no buffering"
52.7%

will not necessarily

"despite what anyone says it will not necessarily be easy to fit"
52.7%

difficult to connect

"4ghz if you don't do this it may be difficult to connect you can switch 5ghz back on after its connected"
52.7%

blocked '' area

"picked up car headlights even though in “blocked” area"
52.7%

that do n't have audio

"i've been searching a long time for home security camera's with two way audio to replace my outside ip camera's that don't have audio"
52.6%

solves this issue

"but cloud storage solves this issue"
52.5%

right scare

"our postman had a right scare when we suddenly spoke out from it"
52.4%

rely on pir lamp

"at night in ir in rainy day is prone to false positives detects rain drops or snow flakes practically useless so i switched off infra red and rely on pir lamp to detect motion outdoor"
52.4%

costly addons

"without the costly addons the camera is rubbish in my opinion"
52.3%

view anywhere

"you can view anywhere not just when you are on the same local network"
52.3%

have n't explored

"lots of choices in settings i haven't explored yet"
52.2%

approx # 75 cheaper

"this bullet style camera is approx £75 cheaper than my hikvision!"
52.1%

please do n't change

"please don’t change "
52.1%

could n't be easier

"set up on these cameras couldn't be easier"
52.0%

miss and certainly

"however using the camera to monitor outside motion is hit and miss and certainly not effective with the infra red camera as the light reflects off the windows at night"
52.0%

find nothing

"it is beyond frustrating especially when something has been stolen off your driveway which has happened this morning only to find nothing was recorded!"
51.8%

drilling the holes

"even a drill bit for drilling the holes for mounting the camera"
51.8%

netvue software

"another desireable feature of the netvue software is that it allows ‘sharing’ this enables me to share all the camera features with my wife and as such she also can manage the settings and receive notifications from the motion alarm"
51.8%

eyespy software

"i’d like to connect this to my own nas drive or eyespy software but ip address access is not allowed"
51.8%

eliminated the problem

"4ghz was better did have trouble connecting to a wifi extender did away with that so eliminated the problem"
51.8%

quite bulky wires

"the camera connection has 3 quite bulky wires which would need a really big hole to bring inside"
51.7%

small hole

"this means you only have to drill a small hole through the wall for the power cable and into the back of the junction box"
51.7%

more and more unreliable

"at first these seem great but as time wears on they become more and more unreliable"
51.7%

waste of time

"i thought the microphone and speaker were going to be a waste of time but i can clearly hear anyone talking at my front door"
51.6%

still was n't working

"as it wasn't connecting for me they sent a solution to get an update through but still wasn't working"
51.6%
...

complete waste in both products

"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%

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%

picture freezing in both products

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

more expensive in both products

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

false alerts in both products

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

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%

only negative in both products

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

brick walls in both products

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

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%

waste your money in both products

"don't waste your money"
68.1%

cheap camera in both products

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

completely useless in both products

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

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%

not buy this camera in both products

"do not buy this camera"
54.6%

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%

total waste

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

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%

does n't work

"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%

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%

main issue

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

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%

just rubbish

"this was just rubbish"
74.5%

freezes constantly

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

pretty useless

"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%

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%

avoid these

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

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%

same problem

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

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%

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%

does not work

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

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%

stopped working

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

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%

terrible product

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

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%

avoid these cameras

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

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%

fairly useless

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

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%

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%

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%

very annoying

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

smoke alarms

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

smoke detectors

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

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%

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%
...

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works perfect in both products

"this camera is fulfilling my demands and works perfect"
100.0%

excellent product in both products

"excellent product in every way"
100.0%

very pleased in both products

"it has only been installed 24 hours but so far i am very pleased"
100.0%

brilliant camera in both products

"this is a brilliant camera we are very impressed as this is mounted on the relevant side of our house in the dormer attic window on the second floor g 1 2 for ease of connection"
100.0%

superb camera in both products

"for the price this is a superb camera"
100.0%

really excellent in both products

"which is downloaded onto iphone or ipad you get really excellent pictures both night and day of the area covered by the camera"
99.9%

absolutely fantastic in both products

"absolutely fantastic camera!"
99.9%

excellent piece in both products

"although not being poe is a bit of a pain on an outdoor camera this is an excellent piece of gear and fantastic value"
99.9%

highly recommend in both products

"would highly recommend"
99.6%

really good in both products

"the night vision is really good"
99.3%

works perfectly in both products

"it works perfectly through the app on my phone"
98.6%

been excellent in both products

"so far the product has been excellent basically it does what is says on the tin"
98.3%

very impressive in both products

"night vision is very impressive"
95.6%

excellent camera in both products

"excellent camera that's perfect for the price and does the job amazingly"
92.9%

just brilliant in both products

"it’s easy to use and easy to set up and the live chat is so helpful it’s just brilliant"
88.5%

great camera in both products

"great camera for the price"
88.5%

really happy in both products

"overall with this camera i am really happy with it and would recommend this to anyone!"
88.4%

works well in both products

"the android app works well with my samsung a6 and allows us to enable disable motion controls and tune them and manage all of the recordings"
75.0%

great deal in both products

"a brilliant camera night and day views are a great deal better than my previous more expensive camera that this one replaced"
75.0%

very handy in both products

"as i am often away because of work i thought this would come in very handy"
75.0%

looks good in both products

"looks good "
75.0%

great value in both products

"overall well worth the money and definitely great value"
74.9%

really well in both products

"easy to set up and works really well with alexa on the tv"
74.9%

looks great in both products

"the picture quality looks great too"
74.8%

more reliable in both products

"i have it set up with a memory card but you can also pay for cloud storage which i think would be better and more reliable"
74.8%

picture quality in both products

"it has a brilliant picture quality far better than i imagined it would"
74.8%

works brilliant

"the app works brilliant too with plenty of clear adjustments for motion dection etc the motion dection"
100.0%

impressive both

"the picture quality is impressive both during day and night"
100.0%

best mounted

"best mounted high to avoid tampering also unless you have the cloud back up for storage as with only an sd card as back up any thief getting their hands on it will take the evidence with them!"
100.0%

absolutely superb

"absolutely superb camera especially for the price!"
100.0%

excellent both

"i have to say that i am very impressed the picture quality on all three cameras is excellent both in day and night modes"
100.0%

superb night vision

"the image is superb especially for the price the fact they let you record locally to the camera via micro sd the two way audio wide field of view the fact i can ask alexa on my fire tablet or fire tv to show me the camera and it pops straight up superb night vision i am very excited to see how netvue develops the platform going forward here are some suggestions on how they might improve going forward"
100.0%

very detailed

"the live playback on the phone app is very detailed"
100.0%

works brilliantly

"if you have a micro sd card as well you can fit this and you can quickly rewind to any desired timestamp which works brilliantly"
100.0%

unbelievably good

"easy to install the wired connection worked best for me the picture is unbelievably good the motion detection feature is excellent and can be adjusted for sensitivity and 'hot spot' areas very easily in the app"
99.9%

quite good

"it took only a few minutes to set up on wifi the instructions are quite good"
99.9%

outstanding product

"outstanding product and outstanding service we've had this camera for 3months over now and the quality for relatively little money"
99.9%

installation process

"the installation process was straight forward and mainly intuitive connect to wifi then scan the device barcode in app video very helpful and professionally done and it's done!"
99.9%

superb sound quality

"excellent camera for the money good night vision superb sound quality works wifi or wired"
99.7%

outstanding service

"outstanding product and outstanding service we've had this camera for 3months over now and the quality for relatively little money"
99.6%

works fantastically

"first one arrived unfortunately with a damaged microphone however the technically team where brilliant and being unable to solve the issue have sent a replacement which works fantastically"
99.5%

excellent sound

"picture quality is excellent sound could be better but i bought them for the picture rather than the sound"
99.4%

most impressive

"most impressive"
99.3%

seems excellent

"thus value for money seems excellent"
99.2%

professionally done

"the installation process was straight forward and mainly intuitive connect to wifi then scan the device barcode in app video very helpful and professionally done and it's done!"
99.0%

moving traffic

"very handy for moving traffic if your camera is sighted near a road"
98.9%

nice piece

"this product is a nice piece of kit"
98.8%

impressive stuff

"impressive stuff for such a good value camera"
98.3%

real bargain

"it’s a real bargain"
98.2%

incredible piece

"this is an incredible piece of kit for the price"
97.7%

excellent picture

"for the price it's an excellent buy and gives both excellent picture and sound quality"
97.5%

terrific camera

"a terrific camera for the price"
97.3%

both excellent

"the picture quality in both day light colour and night time b&w are both excellent at 1080p"
95.4%

also available

"especially as customer service is also available via email chat or by calling direct"
95.3%

fixing screws

"the camera was easy to mount with 3 fixing screws and the adjustable mount had enough degrees of freedom to enable me to point the camera exactly where i need coverage"
94.9%

wireless or wired

"you have the option of wireless or wired network connection which is really dependant on the strength of your wireless signal"
94.7%

well designed

"well designed and well made solid camera"
94.6%

sandisk extreem

"set it up hard wired internet connection with a sandisk extreem pro 128gb memory card"
94.0%

secure recordings

"zoom in and out with ease and of course its waterproof and it has a selection of contract monthly fees to suit you fantastic i’m rarely pleased with this camera and you can also use an micro sd card for secure recordings my best perches of the year"
93.9%

nice strong

"the quality of the camera is nice strong and durable"
93.7%

solid and so far reliable

"these cameras are solid and so far reliable i would highly recommend these to anyone"
93.1%

microphone is amazing

"but the microphone is amazing"
93.1%

really amazing

"i love the fact that you can have multiple users on the same camera and the night vision is really amazing which i was sceptical about but pleased to be proven wrong"
93.0%

picture is great

"picture is great!"
92.7%

product is amazing

"this product is amazing"
92.0%

a bargain well

"buy now to get a bargain well done netvue"
92.0%

excellent also

"the picture and sound are excellent also the motion detection feature is is accurate"
92.0%

excellent in all aspects

"the netvue cameras however are excellent in all aspects"
92.0%

tiny screws

"i had to go back up to my camera on the roof and remove the 2 absolutely tiny screws on the cover to get the sd card out then take it to my laptop to format it before reinstalling it and putting the cover on again trying not to drop the tiny screws"
91.9%

what i think is great

"also what i think is great is that you can talk over the camera"
91.7%

quallity is great

"for price the quallity is great"
91.7%

incredible better

"the motion detection is just incredible better than any of the other cameras i bought to try out"
91.6%

overall excellent camera

"overall excellent camera s whether you go for the bullet or the indoor"
91.1%

works a treat

"the night vision works a treat"
90.9%

very well designed

"the mobile app is very well designed and the installation was incredibly easy"
90.7%

went blurry

"i then changed my cctv system to a cloud based system which was ok until the cameras went blurry"
90.1%

integrate perfectly

"the setup has been simple the online response is quick and seem less and integrate perfectly with my echo spot"
89.8%

quality excellent

"the motion detection is very good the picture quality excellent and the cost of these cameras beats most others"
89.7%

superb customer service

"good software and superb customer service!"
89.2%

camera is excellent

"for value this camera is excellent but the problem comes with power cables"
88.8%

good recordings

"i am so impressed with this camera i have ordered another it is at a really cheap at the moment the picture is really clear and the night vision is superb using a sd card means you can look back easily with the app good recordings too"
88.8%

good conectivity

"good conectivity as my camerat is about 60ft away from my router mounted on my garage no issues so far !"
88.8%

love them well

"this is the second camera i have purchased i just love them well made easy to set up with lot's of options and settings works well with alexa and on your mobile phone"
88.6%

absolute bargain

"absolute bargain if you ask me"
88.4%

excellent features and

"the picture quality is excellent features and app are easy to use and to date no problems"
88.3%

clearly and detailed

"night vision is great and shows things very clearly and detailed"
88.2%

brilliant interface

"the software set up is very simple due to a brilliant interface which walks you through everything in the most basic fashion"
88.0%

great addon

"this is a great addon for external security or even just knowing the amazon guy has been round!"
88.0%

camera is amazing

"this camera is amazing!"
87.8%

well its1080p

"ive had the netvue outdoor security camera for a few months now and it has been working really well its1080p waterproof wireless wifi bullet camera with ir night vision"
87.7%

good support

"very good picture quality and good support via the app"
75.0%

good coverage

"100 degree field of vision allows good coverage of the rear of house and driveway too"
75.0%

good price

"great product at a good price we are delighted and a little amazed with this piece of kit"
75.0%

good guide

"i found the installation easy and straight forward with a good guide from the 'app' and packeted guide"
75.0%

reasonably well

"all works reasonably well but the interface for checking recordings and events is slow"
75.0%

good instructions

"easy to install good instructions and easy access on my phone with excellent resolution"
75.0%

fairly easy

"i found installation fairly easy using the qr generated code and its a good value peace of mind security solution"
75.0%

good security device

"this is a good security device"
75.0%

neat addition

"still a neat addition to a camera and it does fundamentally work!"
75.0%

great price

"you will be happy with this purchase great price too"
75.0%

good points

"good points: installation: easy enough to do aids there to use which are very useful"
75.0%

adequate quality

"i bought this as a gift and was expecting a basic camera with adequate quality but i was greatly surprised"
75.0%

really useful

"this is a really useful feature"
75.0%

compatible products

"connection to wi fi was fairly straight forward via my android smartphone as was the addition of the device to my alexa compatible products"
75.0%

respectable price

"simply easy to set up easy to use great quality at a respectable price"
75.0%

shockingly good

"in summary an amazing camera for a shockingly good price"
75.0%

great features

"here are the great features of this camera build quality instructions and ease of use excellent 1080p video picture quality so impressed it supports up to 64gb sd card!"
75.0%

great sense

"the best part of the whole process was in the ability to be able to talk through the camera to people passing i had our neighbour looking for me under the car we were in stitches for hours playing it back this might not be recommended practise as our neighbour has a great sense of humour not all neighbours do "
75.0%

nice picture

"sending camera back picture is great tried three sd cards all new ones and would not recognised one of them so as far as i'm concerned if you want to just look at a nice picture but if you need to record stay away from it's crap"
75.0%

cctv installation

"it is well made with a solid construction and now looks like a professional looking cctv installation at the property"
75.0%

great help

"the inclusion of a suitable allen key and masonry drill bit are a great help during installation"
75.0%

fairly responsive

"connects first time every time fairly responsive"
75.0%

good position

"all i had to do was download the app link the camera to my wifi and find a good position outside"
75.0%

seems well

"seems well made and if stands test of time then it will definitely represent good value"
75.0%

really easy

"setup is really easy using the app recommend using the qr code method as seems to work quicker and have had no issues with recording using the sd card"
74.9%

decent product

"generally a decent product"
74.9%

recommend enough

"can’t recommend enough"
74.9%

sturdy casing

"good quality camera well built in sturdy casing"
74.9%

cctv cameras

"i was a little worried about the set up as i've tried cctv cameras in the past and they were such a nuisance and ended up unused but this one is so incredibly easy!"
74.9%

easy instructions

"the camera is quite sturdy and robust with easy instructions to help with installation and set up was done in a short time"
74.9%

human detection

"there is also a human detection setting so it will only detect motion if believed to be human activity which works quite well"
74.9%

indoor cameras

"i bought 2 for outdoor use to compliment my indoor cameras"
74.9%

works easily

"the app was easy to set up and it works easily with alexa"
74.9%

monthly option

"monthly option is also available all in all this is definitely one of my better purchases and i wholeheartedly recommend this product"
74.9%

good reviews

"i did lots of research before buying this and they had good reviews"
74.9%

outdoor cameras

"we now own three of the outdoor cameras from netvue for external security along with two indoor units which we use for dog monitoring"
74.9%

great communication

"arrived on time even during the lockdown great communication and tracking found the product very good quality and quite easy to set up night time vision in black & white is good quality and daytime is in great hd picture sometimes buffers but it’s probably my internet connection at fault if using with alexa would suggest it’s a password problem everything has to be the same but apart from that would recommend netvue "
74.9%

great security

"i am adding to my first review with a photo of my new camera on the front of my house so pleased with both cameras great security for my property"
74.9%

elite ultra

"i have put an 128gb sandisk elite ultra in it and formatted it so i guess it's working"
74.9%

indoor units

"we now own three of the outdoor cameras from netvue for external security along with two indoor units which we use for dog monitoring"
74.9%

quality instructions

"here are the great features of this camera build quality instructions and ease of use excellent 1080p video picture quality so impressed it supports up to 64gb sd card!"
74.9%

would happily

"i would happily buy again"
74.9%

more relaxed

"makes me feel more relaxed knowing the house is save when i am away for business"
74.9%

indoor homecam

"i already own the netvue indoor homecam which i’m extremely happy with so i stuck with netvue for the outdoor security camera and i am glad i did as i am extremely happy with my purchase"
74.9%

indoor nest

"although my indoor nest was wider at 130 there isn’t too much difference i need to be concerned about"
74.9%

rapid notifications

"i'm extremely pleased with it and the quality of the photos as well it's rapid notifications"
74.9%

quite sturdy

"the camera is quite sturdy and robust with easy instructions to help with installation and set up was done in a short time"
74.9%

pretty useful

"once set up the camera initiates immediately when reattached to the power supply pretty useful when you are stuck up a ladder during installation"
74.8%

have liked

"the picture is really good quality for the price and the only thing i would have liked is a smaller cable as the size of the hole that needs to be drilled is quite large"
74.8%

easy installation

"even the drill bit was supplied for easy installation"
74.8%

recommend these

"all in all a great product for the low cost and i would highly recommend these to someone who doesn't want to have proper cctv cabling installed"
74.8%

first security camera

"this is the first security camera i have ever purchased and i really am very pleased with the one i chose"
74.8%

researched cctv

"i researched cctv for months before opting for netvue and i'm so glad i did"
74.8%

proof step

"on first opening the camera i was happy to find a fool proof step by step guide along with screws wall plugs mounting template and even the correct size drill bit simple things like this is a nice touch"
74.8%

light colour

"the picture quality in both day light colour and night time b&w are both excellent at 1080p"
74.8%

looks well

"easy to set up and looks well made"
74.8%

very quickly

"iam just updateing the review to say i have purchased another of these had problem with a firmware update but that was very quickly sorted by the excellent netvue customer service on line chat"
74.8%
...

works perfect in both products

"using as a baby monitor and works perfect"
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%

very pleased in both products

"very pleased"
100.0%

brilliant camera in both products

"brilliant camera"
100.0%

superb camera in both products

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

really excellent in both products

"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%

absolutely fantastic in both products

"absolutely fantastic camera"
99.9%

excellent piece in both products

"excellent piece of technology"
99.9%

highly recommend in both products

"i highly recommend"
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%

just brilliant in both products

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

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%

works well in both products

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

great deal in both products

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

good security in both products

"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%

great value in both products

"great value"
74.9%

really well in both products

"works really well love this product"
74.9%

looks great in both products

"very reassuring and looks great too"
74.8%

more reliable in both products

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

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%

security device in both products

"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%

cctv camera in both products

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

quality is great

"it quality is great"
100.0%

brilliant piece

"brilliant piece of kit"
100.0%

excellent play

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

great performance

"brilliant easy to insult great performance"
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%

brilliant product

"brilliant product"
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%

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%

best thing

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

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%

great integration

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

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%

good addition

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

awesome cameras

"awesome cameras"
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%

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%

great night

"the picture is great night and day"
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 tech

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

extra commands

"options to add extra commands via ifttt app"
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%

pretty easy

"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%

easy choice

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

work great

"it work great!"
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%

good picture

"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%

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%

very easily

"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%

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%

very useful

"mic is sensitive and very useful"
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%

good value

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

image quality

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

quality product

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

perfectly well

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

very responsive

"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%

clear and precise

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

very happy

"overall very happy!"
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%

reasonably priced

"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%

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%

excellent device

"excellent device"
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 product

"easy to install great design good product"
73.7%

very reliable

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

great peace

"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%

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%

fantastic product

"this is a fantastic product!"
73.4%
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Compare Emotion analysis

Netvue Outdoor Security Camera 1080P Waterproof Wireless WiFi Bullet..

Positive tone

Neutral tone

Negative tone

23.3% 47.2% 29.4%
  neutral 47.2%
  worry 27.8%
  happiness 18.2%
  relief 3.1%
  sadness 1.2%
  fun 1.0%
  love 1.0%
  hate 0.4%
Google Nest Cam Indoor Smart Security Camera

Positive tone

Neutral tone

Negative tone

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%

* 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 2024-04-25