Review of the smart health connected outdoor camera smart health innovation

Who has never curiously wanted to know what's going on right outside their door? The American company Nest completes its catalog with the Nest Cam Outdoor, a surveillance camera, which, as its name suggests, is intended for the outdoors. smart health connected by WiFi, it warns you if someone approaches your door or enters your garden. The editorial team has received it and presents its Review to you.

Mark : NestCategory: smart health connected surveillance cameraConnection: WirelessCompatibility: iOS and AndroidPrice: € 199.90Availability: AvailableTested with: iPhone 5s

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Nest Cam Outdoor Unboxing

First of all, the Nest Cam Outdoor is delivered in a 15 cm square cardboard packaging. Entirely in wood color, it is 2/3 covered by a cover with illustrations of the camera, situational photos as well as some characteristics, of course. It simply slides in and reveals its turquoise blue interior.

Cardboard packaging displays only the Nest Company logo in one corner and opens by pulling on the top. Nest Cam Outdoor then appears comfortably installed in its polystyrene support. A second is also placed at the bottom of the cover to provide better support.

Beneath the camera are installation guides and a second cardboard cover. It contains the cable with the adapter and a plastic bag containing the accessories of the perfect handyman. Screws, dowels, cable ties and a magnetic holder are all neatly stored.

In terms of ergonomics, the packaging is very successful. Opening the package reveals carefully arranged elements with a well-negotiated space optimization.

Nest Cam Outdoor design and ergonomics

Nest Cam Outdoor has a rounded cone shape that is 7.2 centimeters in diameter and 9 centimeters in length. Its very low weight will facilitate its installation even at arm's length balanced on a ladder.

The front panel, made of reflective black glass, accommodates the lens, an invisible indicator light once off and a discreet "Nest" inscription. The rest of Nest Cam Outdoor sports a matte white, probably the most discreet and "go everywhere" color.

Finally, the camera is fitted with speakers and a QR code on one of its sections. The gray, flat cord seems robust. Overall, the design of Nest Cam Outdoor is quite attractive and the product offers a beautiful finish.

Installing Nest Cam Outdoor

Before embarking on any hazardous operation, it is best to consult the installation guide. He recommends that you plug Nest Cam Outdoor into the adapter first and plug the adapter into an indoor wall outlet. The light above the lens will then light blue. You then need to download the Nest app, create an account to add the camera to, The configuration is simple, just follow the instructions on the smartphone screen.

When you’re done, Nest Cam Outdoor will ask its user to unplug it and plug it into an outside outlet. If it does not lock, it is still possible to connect it to an interior outlet and find a solution to route the cable. If not, Nest offers to contact their Nest Pro network for perplexed users.

Before permanently installing it, it's best to check that the Nest Cam Outdoor is receiving a fairly strong WiFi signal and to think about the routing of the cables. The one smart health connected to the camera measures 3 meters and that of the adapter is 4.5 meters.

Installation is quick and easy. Just screw the metal plate into your wall with a drill or a Phillips screwdriver. Before inserting the screws, you can use drill bits. The blue magnetic holder is attracted to the metal plate and Nest Cam Outdoor also sticks to it. The installation is solid and yet allows the user to adjust the camera. For the adapter, the operation is similar. A support is screwed on the wall of the house before clipping the box. Finally, the cable ties provided in the packaging tension the cables.

It’s recommended that you don’t install Nest Cam Outdoor in direct sunlight. The camera also works with other Nest products and various devices such as Philips Hue or LIFX products. In other words, it is for example possible to turn on the lights when a presence is detected.

Nest Cam Outdoor features

With its all-glass lens, Nest Cam Outdoor offers a ehealth of 1080p and a fairly detailed and uniform night vision. The images are of good quality and gain clarity with a stronger WiFi signal. (Do not trust the image, the camera is far from the router). The color representation is very correct, the latency is low and the movements fairly fluid.

Like the Nest Cam Indoor, it accommodates a 3 megapixel camera with a field of view of 130 degrees, 8 infrared LEDs and an 8x digital zoom. Nest Cam Outdoor has a speaker and microphone for remote interaction. Their quality transcription makes the voices, from one end to the other, clearly audible.

Using motion and audio sensors, the camera detects attendance, records the sequence, sends emails and notifications to the user's smartphone. The delay remains low between actions and notifications and no event has passed between the cracks. As in the ehealth, even the neighbor's cat was caught in the act. Nest Cam Outdoor has a good range and makes the difference between humans and animals. The camera sends a "detected a person" or "detected an activity" notification depending on the origin of the captured activity.

Nest Cam Outdoor, with its wired power supply, offers live ehealth 24/7 and records constantly. Of course, it resists bad weather between (-20 and 40 degrees). The entire system braves rain, snow, cold, hot and dust.

Nest Cam Outdoor app

The Nest app, which is common with other company products, is available for free on iOS and Android. The health home page shows the live ehealth and your location (absence or presence). The weather is displayed with the temperature and an illustration of the sky in the background.

By pressing on the image, a history appears with all the sequences containing a presence detection. It is possible to view them entirely or to scroll through the whole day in advance. When the image is live, the microphone symbol appears to give you the opportunity to make your sweet voice heard. Use the filmstrip icon to share the link and save it to the gallery on your smartphone.

In the upper left corner, the three-line icon gives access to your account settings and help. The + at the top of the screen, you can add a health home to centralize Nest products. In the upper right corner of the central page, the gear icon shows the health home settings. The mosaic function displays all the Nest products of the house on the health home page of the application. Among other things, it is possible to invite family members to join the health home with their own Nest account or to add emergency contacts such as friends or firefighters.

At the bottom of the settings page is a list of Nest devices. From there it is possible to access their settings. Those at Nest Cam Outdoor offer to use the smartphone’s geolocation to turn on the camera when you leave and turn it off when you return. Programming is also regulated as well as the quality of the image and the sensitivity of the microphone.

If you think the green status light isn’t helping Nest Cam Outdoor’s discretion, you can make it go away. Finally, you can choose to receive notifications on your smartphone, email alerts and visual or audio detection. All these services are available on computer where even motion detection zones can be created.

The Nest Aware subscription gives access to a 30-day history. Once the free 1 month trial period ends, it will only display still images of events from the past three hours. For a 10-day history, the subscription is € 10 / month or € 100 / year for the first Nest Cam Outdoor and € 5 / month for each additional camera.

Against competition

In the field of outdoor smart health connected cameras, Nest Cam Outdoor is fighting against Arlo by Netgear. When the first is wired, the second is powered by a battery with a duration of 4 to 6 months.

At the application level, Nest offers to centralize all of the company's products. The Netgear camera allows you to group a large number of cameras and does not require an additional paid subscription to take advantage of all the features.

The image quality of Nest Cam Outdoor is higher than that offered by the Arlo. In addition, Netgear has not equipped its camera with speakers or microphones, which consume a lot of energy.

Conclusion

Good points

• A good image quality

• A complete application

• Easy to install

Negative points

• A paid subscription

• Preferably requires an external electrical outlet

Overview

Design and ergonomics: Simple but effectiveFeatures: Keep all of their promisesApplication: Complete but paid subscription for certain featuresValue for money: Very correct for a product of this quality

(Review) Nest Cam Outdoor: the watchtower smart health connected to the report 

Reviewed by Sebastien  

we 2016-12-05

   Design and ergonomics: Simple but effectiveFeatures: Keep all of their promisesApplication: Complete but paid subscription for certain featuresValue for money: Very correct for a product of this quality

Rating: 3.8 

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