Google Nest Doorbell on sale again at Amazon (thanks Camels! 🐪🐪🐪) - looks like a good price, even better with a price match/beat and gift cards!
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Can personally vouch for this being the worst doorbell I've ever tried!
Only rings once with a single chime when pressed and sometimes over a minute after it's been pressed, to which it can't even load the live footage for :)
It's a shame, mine is like this but it wasn't always like this (at least not with the firmware it shipped with a few years ago)
Sounds like a good camera but the crippleware 3 hours event recording without a subscription is a straight out scam. If they gave you the same tech but allowed local storage it would be fantastic.
I swear the retainment length used to be longer. It was a week when first released, then a day and now 3 hours. Really pushing hard for the subscription. I have this alongside the wireless nest camera and I am ashamed to say that I do pay for the sub these days.
They locked you in eco system first and they make you pay. Google should combine subscription fees if youtube/nest /drive to encourage, I heard in US prime users get free storage for unlimited photos too along with ring and other amazon benefits
Yeah, you're far better off getting Eufy E340 if you want an unwired one with the most features/largest field of view. Or Reolink wireless if you want the best quality 24/7 door bell camera but it needs wiring. Both of them will be free of a monthly subscription fee.
Have to pay subscription for more than 3 hours of recording.
Not 3 hours total footage, 3 consecutive hours ie. If it's 5pm right now, footage from before 2pm gets deleted.
Rubbish.
omg. That's appalling.
Learned new word. Thx
That's actually very interesting to me. Are you ESL?.Or maybe the younger generations aren't using the word these days. I'm an old guy. 😂
I hope the new word you learned is not "that's". 😨
Awesome door bell.
How odd. Response time is instant for me. Big double storey house with an old Asus Ac5300.
As long as your router is near, it works great. Luckily I have existing chime linked. But notification on androd phone is delayed, but iphone notifications come instant.
Subscription model of this is horrendous, however the smarts/integrations are decent with Google home and nest hubs. Would recommend using this for doorbell and live view only, paired with a better CCTV system with local storage.
What's the difference between this one for sale and this one on Amazon https://www.amazon.com.au/Google-Nest-Doorbell-Battery-Wirel… ?
They appear to have the same functionality.
it’s the same thing. that one is third party seller so higher price.
Thank you!
Yeah i got one. Google home is a mess to review footage. 3hrs etc
Also, doesnt ‘call’ your phone just notifies.
The Eufy one is much better and has no subscription.
$195 at Bunnings.
Anyone know any that are Home Assistant compatible that are wireless?
It's a bit hard for us to put in a wired/PoE one (not impossible I think, just expensive) and not sure which are good with HA
$172 @ Kogan (with Kogan First) OR $179 (without Kogan First) + Shipping
Sold & Shipped by Kogan
May be a tad cheaper if you are willing to wait for shipping compared to Amazon Prime
https://www.kogan.com/au/buy/google-nest-wire-free-doorbell-…
PM with OW
Think doorbell cameras with subscriptions are going the way of printers a few years ago. Drop the price of the printer/doorbell camera and bump up the price of ink & toner refills/subscription price as recurring income is more important. Ring I got a couple of months ago is good but I regret not just getting a no subscription one.
Been using Google doorbell pro (wired) for over 5 years now, still working great, however agree that it will be great to have local storage. I am pretty get used to Google nest integration with Google home hub
Haven’t used many other door bells other than 1st gen Ring doorbell though
What are some other similar doorbells (other brands), which don't need subscription to record hours of footage?
Eufy
~ ok battery. Mine gets roughly 2 months with not much movement at the front and a pretty limited zone.
~ $120/yr for longer than 3hr of recording.
It appears you got a faulty one or has issues. Mine is fine i love it with no issues, aside from a 5 second delay which is a known issue but it's ok for me. I bought a solar panel that charge the doorbell. I don't need a subscription because I'm using eufy ecosystem. I only chose the Google doorbell because of the live view integration in the Home app and the Google nest hub.
Got this $124 from last Officeworks sale. It's a great live video and parcel delivery checks etc and to check that I closed my garage door … Because you know I never remember closing it when I leave.
Google just makes terrible software. The hardware side fares better.
Great unit, not as resonsive as ring, but works.