High enough that even to cut the wire a criminal in-training will need a ladder

Home has no attic, and although I wanted to setup a traditional camera system with hard wired cameras and DVR, the short length of the BNC cables, would mean running conduits all over the exterior of the home and 4-8 wires to the DVR closet interior

After trying Arlo & wasting money on expensive batteries this Nest solution, although requiring hard wiring, is completely worth it for what it delivers.

The camera is well built and the setup process is about as easy as a wired camera setup can be

App syncs with cameras very quick, the image quality is very good, the night vision mode was not ON but even without the night vision I could see everything around my house (good job Nest)I would recommend Nest camera to everyone if not the thick power wires behind the camera.

One thing I was initially worried about was having it hard wired instead

The only thing missing that keeps this from being a 5* product is the lack of hard wired Ethernet option

I went from a hard wired camera setup using the geovision dvr card

I have had a lot of different wireless cameras, and I have to say, it seems to be a lot nicer having wired for power, and not needing to change out batteries

personally there is not massive benefit to owning these compared to a hard wired system going to a computer

For the free service you don't get recording, so if you don't like staring at your screen all day waiting to see something it will cost you a bit more, but not a bad price to pay to not have to hard-wire and maintain hardware at your house.

Only negative is the exposed wire.

But having electrical knowledge I know they could provide options for expert installers as to limit the wire and hub showing out side

so I just pinched the wire in the window, the window still was able to close all the way and the camera is working fine, the cable is flat so that helps

It comes with everything you will need to run and hide the wires as well.

The camera is VERY hard-wired to an extra-sturdy cable that runs 15 feet to a 7/8-inch proprietary barrel connector that locks into a weather-proof seal on a small disk that is actually the power transformer (which, itself, is hard-wired onto a 120-volt cord that is 10 feet long and ends in an angled plug).

The main problem was mounting this thing and not having to drill a massive (7/8") hole in my soffit to fit the power adapter through... for only a 1/4" wire (really bad design

It's the 2018 when small and thin wires are not just sexy but also practical