I currently use one indoor Nest camera. The quality of the picture isn’t great and it’s difficult to review the 10 day history I pay for. I would like more cameras in and out, but at $200 a pop it’s way too much. A friend suggested Wyze and it looks good from their website. I have wifi and we use Apple devices (Macbook Pro, Mac Air tablet, iPhone, etc)
Does anyone have experience with Nest and/or Apple who can relate your experience with Wyze to them?
Wyze looks great but before switching I would like to be sure I won’t be getting another Nest quality product.
I have 1 nest indoor which I am currently using outdoor, it keeps disconnecting while my 5 wyze have never disconnected. That being said, only thing I like about the nest is the ability to create the zones any way you want. I was also not willing to pay 2-3 hundred for each nest camera.
I have two outdoor Nest cameras and 5 Wyze cameras running on IOS. Very similar. I keep the two outdoor Nest cams because Wyze doesn’t have an outdoor solution yet (at least “officially”). Also I use an app in IOS to view the Nest cams on my Apple Watch. Not available for Wyze Cams. Now I pay an exorbitant price for a year’s storage of events on Nest and I make do with the free event storage with Wyze. I would recommend Wyze unless you have some specific need like I do. Quality of images is identical between brands. Ability to set up zones and have notifications is equal between brands.
No comparison. Nest over wyze is bar none.
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The three wyze cams have a connection consistency rating of about 20-30%. And the wyze cams have a 90%+ signal rating (three bars). One cam is about 18 feet from the main router and its connection quality is about 30%.
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We have numerous Nest cams, two of which have one bar rating and they work with ZERO twitchiness.
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Those who claim the wyze are superior are not telling the whole story. Superior hardware always wins out.
This is what i see 90% of the time with the wyze cams. … mostly NEVER resolves … eventually, they will time out
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This never happens to me, my Wyze cameras connect instantly even on LTE when i’m at work and want to use the 2 way communication feature works perfectly.
Happens to me constantly, and my front cameras couldn’t be much closer to the access point. But I can get the stream after retrying almost all the time.
Welcome to the wyze forums. I suggest you just buy a wyze camera and compare it to your Nest yourself. You probably know the best on what your needs are. It’s much cheaper than needing to buy a Nest camera to compare with wyze. There are a lot of fans and critics on these forums.
There are pros and cons with each camera/software. Nest will have better integration with Google Assistant devices. One issue I have with wyze is that I don’t get push notifications instantly on Android. Other than that, I’m pretty satisfied. I don’t have any Apple or Nest devices though to share that experience with you.
When I first bought a wyze, I had been searching long for a cheap camera with an SD card for continuous recording without a subscription. I had only tried a few sub $100 cameras like dlink and zmodo. They seemed to have some features I liked but didn’t check off all the boxes. After getting a wyze camera, I haven’t tried another company yet.
That’s your experience. Mine is consistent connection with both brands. My fault with Nest is Google - they own Nest now and reconnecting is a real pain if it ever is necessary. Google requires a reconnect every 30 days now - a relogon. And since I migrated my account from Nest to Google, the logon has become a problem. Never a problem with Wyze.
At 10% of the cost of a nest camera do yourself a favor and try one out. Some have bad experiences, some have great. I have about 10 Wyze cams along with other wyze products, and while I have had some problems, at 10x the cost of a wyze cam I can’t see myself buying a single nest cam.