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everyone Jimmy would Jim's review room I've been using my nest cam since it was released and prior to that I've been using the Dropcam for a good bit both fabless cameras in their own way but Logitech the Masters of webcams is out to make a competitor the largest circle is what they call it and it retails for two hundred dollars as of this video and it's identical in price to the nest cam and instead of marking this as a home security camera Logitech labels this as a home connection camera this features on here dedicated to families those with pets and experience for the busy working household at least that's what they claim but I'll go over my tests and tell you what works and what doesn't so without further ado my channel is here to help you make a purchase decision welcome everyone to jim's review going over the physical features first this is very much smaller than what I thought from looking at the photos online it's actually and I don't think ever said this on my channel before but it's actually adorable it's a nice compact size that fits in the palm of your hand I of course have the white model here but for the stealth look they do make it in black overall build quality feels top-notch with a strong outer case not feeling too hollow inside and on the front is a 720p wide-angle camera which I'll demonstrate shortly on top is a LED light to indicate when this is on but you can always turn off this light to be completely stealth within the app the front silver ring houses a speakerphone and microphone so within the app you can initiate a two-way conversation now voices do come across clear enough for an at-home wireless camera but it's not as loud as the nest cam regardless the largest hurdle still perform great if you need to tell your kids to stab something or even check up on the elderly rotating to the back there's a slit that reveals options to pivot this camera up and down moving on and looking at the base this is really an original idea the base features these silver rings that makes a connection with the underside of the camera one for allowing you to rotate is completely 360 degrees and still have power and second it's a charging dock the larger circle has a built in battery lasting up to 12 hours per logitech a to move the camera without moving the power cord for my testing this only lasted four hours and 20 minutes into the unit died and sadly I found this quite common from others who have purchased this as well so this doesn't seem to be an isolated matter yet despite being terrible and it's claimed battery life I can still appreciate the feature in four hours or even at two hours is enough to have a second eye on things in another area of course being much closer to 12 would have been more ideal regarding the electrical cord to give you an idea of what you're working with it's 10 feet long and it connected via USB to a supplied wall adapter very last included in the box is a wall mount with a super strong magnetic plate for wall mounting here and graciously Logitech does include drywall anchors to help with a more secure hold so overall on the outside it's really simple I know some would have lighted motorized rotating base by considering how small this is and how big the ones with rotating bases are I honestly didn't mind that missing feature the other thing that I wish was available is the micro SD card slot for local recording nest cam them sell don't offer this option but many other lower price cameras does provide it but I believe Logitech alleviates this problem or this issue within an app but before I show you that I want to show you what a video call it looks like and then I'll show you what else they have up your sleeves all new video samples that you'll see from here on out will be unedited the largest circle features a 720p resolution which to be honest is not as clear as the nest cam which features 1080p but the differences are not drastic or a deal-breaker but some things that you will notice regardless the Logitech video has some slight blown out light sources for example the Sun coming into the windows or when you do have your lightbulbs on the image color is slightly washed out while the nest cam providing a more natural yet more accurate look of the home and lasting nest cam does provide a ever so slightly wider camera angle although Logitech on their retail box claims 135 degrees field of view while nest cam is listed at a smaller 130 degrees in width but enough about nest cam the logitech circle still does better than most others out there and as you can see the image quality is still very much usable switching over to night vision the room is completely dark and I'm wearing a black jacket with a black hat try my best to imitate someone snooping around here but from my testing I'm thoroughly impressed with Logitech offering the same visibility in the dark seeing as much of the cabinet's as the nest cam now from the distance of the camera to the wall over there I measured roughly 38 linear feet but there's one more thing that I have to point out since this is a comparison the nest cam has had stuttering problems at night in night vision mode since my initial review and still today a small handful people are experiencing the same thing with the Logitech majority of the time maybe 99% of the time I've always had consistent smooth video in the end comparing to other mainstream cameras on the markets Logitech is in the very good category beating many out there and on par with the best cameras now moving on to the F experience which is as critical as the video performance this works for Apple and Android devices I've tested this on my B 10 smartphone from LG the Nexus 6p and my iPad air 2 all downloaded and works flawlessly right now I'm in live view seeing everything in real time but if I tap that screen on your right we'll review these little time stamps each time stamp is an event that has been recorded and event is essentially any movement at the camera recognized now the reason why Logitech implemented this is to prevent you from scrubbing through an entire day's worth of video to see let's say when your kids come home or when god forbid a burglar enters into your household it's highly convenient and has saved so much time but do you recall when I said earlier I was bumped out for not having that micro SD card slot for local recording well cloud recording is offered on many other cameras but this is the first camera to offer this service without any sort of monthly subscription it's free I do admit that it is limited to the last 24 hours and it then would delete old videos and record the new ones but 24 hours for me seems suitable for most situations offering 48 hours would have been better and it does give you an extra day or two to notice any issues in your household but considering this again is free this is in the right direction that I haven't seen others do in addition if you want to download that clip to your phone here it's literally tap or two away with this icon on the bottom save it to your phone and then share to yourself via email or send it to all the popular social media channels out there including YouTube and from my analysis this camera so far has done a great job at not reporting changes in lighting conditions or clouds rolling through sometimes you see that issue and other cameras the circle camera here has done a great job at just recording what's really a movement second another awesome feature swiping all the way down is a 30-second hyperlapse video of all those recorded moments that I've shown you above condense for you to basically see what has happened in the entire day again all within this little 30-second clip perfect for busy working professionals where time is the utmost importance so I've been the screen from the left reviews your settings to mute your microphone possibly and to turn off your LED as I mentioned earlier maybe adding another camera to this app or turning the camera off altogether all this is revealed here you can also turn on push notification so when there is movements your phone will be alerted which is pretty standard nearly all security cameras but it's always a huge plus just in case you weren't aware and last is of course your account information now the only thing that I honestly and truly disliked about the app logitech has limited the continuous live streaming to three minutes meaning I can't use this as a monitor I can only watch my child on my smart phone for again those three minutes and even some may consider using this as a baby monitor they wouldn't be able to do so they can't leave this on all night if you want to keep an eye on something you just simply can't now I just this with Logitech and they said it's a feature they are for sure working on so hopefully by the time you see this video maybe there's an update so in my opinion here the app alone feels like a game-changer it really truly does it's super smooth the playback of the events I shown earlier are not locally stored on your phone but it works nearly instantly from the cloud which is simply amazing overall the reliability the fluidness the 24-hour recording the cloud recording that is in the automatic filtering which means you don't have to scrub through videos that have no content at all I highly recommend this as an alternative to the nest cam the only downside if you are intending on using this as more of a monitor you gotta wait for that update and as a side note I have seen this on Amazon for 160 dollars and if you can get it on sale this does become a sweeter deal again I'll put the link in the video description below for the updated pricing so I hope this review helped you in some way be sure to subscribe and follow me on facebook twitter or instagram again i'm jimmy with jims review room and my channels here to help you make a purchase decision you guys take care now see in the next one bye