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Step outside: Nest's latest camera combats the elements

2016-09-15
so we are here at the Sina smart home today taking a look at the $200 nest cam outdoor that may sound familiar because we've actually reviewed the nest cam indoor previously this is just the outdoor rated version basically it just has a protective outdoor casing so that the rain and other stuff won't bother it and it looks a little different than before one thing you'll notice right off the bat is this magnetic backing on the bottom that makes it really simple to install but it isn't a great theft deterrent so you'll need to be creative about where you install this thing it also is power adapter enabled so it'll have to be pretty close to a power outlet but it does have a really long about 25 foot cord so you do have some leeway other than that it's really similar to the indoor rated version it has 1080p it has a 130 degree diagonal field of view and it has great optics but they have updated the software to give you a lot more options for both this model and the indoor model and the original Dropcam models so instead of having to pay $10 or $30 a month for storage you actually have three hours of storage that come with this thing that makes it a lot simpler a lot cheaper to get the security features you're looking for without having to pay for that nest to wear but if you do want nest to wear that's the monthly subscription you do get a couple more options you get 10 or 30 days of continuous recording and you also get personal Ertz basically it won't be able to tell who it's looking at but it will be able to say that it thinks it saw a person or that it's sure it saw a person as long as you're able to get past some of the install limitations of this thing I think nest cam outdoor is a really solid camera especially if you've already bought into some of the other nest products like the thermostat or the indoor camera
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