Sale! Google Nest Programmable Smart Thermostat, Charcoal + Hello Smart Video Doorbell

★★★★☆ This is easily the best video doorbell out there. It’s durable and made of high quality materials. WiFi/network config is a snap. Physical installation is easy too. I love the 4:3 aspect ratio as it makes great sense for the location of a doorbell. The wedge to let you change the view angle 15 degrees is helpful but will not fully compensate if your bell is in a recessed corner or on a porch. Also it does not do a great job with packages, mainly because with standard height, it can’t fully see the floor space directly in front of it. This could probably be corrected with lens curvature but they didn’t want to do that it seems for the doorbells, as opposed to the standalone Nest cams. I’m sure i could lower it, but this is more difficult due to the location of the hole for the existing doorbell wire. I imagine many users will have this problem as well. Doorbell cams have a way to go, but Nest is the best one out there by far.

★★★☆☆ Sophisticated with numerous features (if you have a Nest Aware account), high-quality construction, but quite expensive, and, it's struggling show people's faces clearly enough for its face recognition to work, or, for me to see who is at the door. And since its installation, the weather has been cloudy and overcast...hardly a high-contrast situation - can't imagine what it'll look like on a bright, sunny day. I turned up the camera quality to High, with no effect. Not aware of any other ways to improve the picture quality. Interestingly, the camera in my 4 year old Google Pixel XL has no problem showing face detail in the same location as the Nest Hello. So, not sure what I can do...

★★★★★ The unit is connected to a transformer that I installed in a wall about 3’ from the Nest. Everything works great! The only exception is the fact you cannot adjust the sensitivity of the microphone. If you set the unit up to acknowledge and send notifications from either the sound or motion you will receive hundreds of messages a day showing very slight movements or micro sounds that are barely heard by the human ear. I am looking into making some type of covering to help with the sound sensitivity. Otherwise it works just fine! Dondi