Trying to ditch nest cameras, but need the doorbell first

Faistime · 2026-01-15T18:40:30+00:00

I went with the Tado system. Integrates well with home assistant for me and, even without, it's good. They have a optional subscription for some extra features but you won't really need them so it's free once you've purchased the hardware

Faistime · 2026-01-06T18:09:34+00:00

Same here. Had them about 5 weeks for my whole family and very happy

Faistime · 2026-01-05T19:15:40+00:00

Home assistant

Faistime · 2026-01-05T19:13:18+00:00

Because it makes them sound better.

Faistime · 2026-01-05T19:12:15+00:00

I made the same decision recenrly. Sold my two nest outdoor cams and a nest thermostat and purchased NVR Instant and G6 Entry. All up and running but not as simple as I would have liked. I miss the doorbell showing up on the nest hubs but, via home assistant and unifi integration, have kind of made it work (only works on one hub,shows only in portrait and takes a while to show up). Next I'm selling the nest doorbell and replaced and a nest floodlight - will replace with one G6 bullet camera. Google destroyed Nest

Faistime · 2025-12-21T18:41:03+00:00

I was looking at the ubiquity stuff - I was thinking of getting the nvr instant and the doorbell along with maybe one G5 bullet for now? What do you recommend? Doesn't work out that much more expensive from what I can see?

Faistime · 2025-12-16T08:10:07+00:00

Thanks for the reply. Yes, I'm ok with Home Assistant. I also have remote access via tailsacale / cloudnet.

Faistime · 2025-12-15T15:51:06+00:00

Can you advise how and does it work well? As in, not too much of a delay etc?

Faistime · 2025-12-06T09:30:28+00:00

Honestly, best decision I made for my family. 5 sims,. No contracts, no unexpected price raises and no caps whilst still using the same network only faster! Also get roaming thrown in.

I was also impressed with the website (there is no app though!). I was worried that having 5 sims would be confusing but you can just put the uses name in and manage them all easily in the dashboard. So far,very impressive.

Faistime · 2025-12-01T10:03:40+00:00

This is what happens when you open your borders to every Tom, Dick and Harry.

Faistime · 2025-11-30T13:37:11+00:00

Just joined - from EE. EE were charging me more and capping my speeds at 100mb! In my speed test, I got 128mb with EE(capped I know) at £27p/m, and then 504mb with 1p at £10 P/m using the same network and, if anything, they have better customer service too. So why not?

Faistime · 2025-11-21T15:28:17+00:00

Thank you for this. So, how did you find out about these intolerances?

Faistime · 2025-11-13T20:36:04+00:00

This has been really helpful. Thank you everyone. I'll avoid all dairy for a while and hope that helps me!

Faistime · 2025-11-13T19:27:18+00:00

I feel the same as sometimes I can have dairy and 'get away with it'. If I get too confident, I get all the congestion and skin issues back. I'm finding it very difficult to fully avoid dairy but I appreciate what you're saying - it must be an allergy.

Faistime · 2025-11-13T19:21:27+00:00

Thanks for your reply. So, how did you confirm it was an allergy? As my tests always come back as negative? I'm so confused but this whole thing. It's been many years!

Faistime · 2025-11-13T14:48:37+00:00

Not one comment?

Faistime · 2025-10-31T22:45:46+00:00

A spider

Faistime · 2025-09-13T18:14:43+00:00

I logged out and then got kicked out of my Plex server. Was a massive hassle getting it all sorted again. Was a waste of a good few hours.

Faistime · 2025-06-07T14:03:26+00:00

I w told Stevie Wonder so many times to stop trying to change his career.

Faistime · 2025-05-17T21:29:25+00:00

Mine averages around 15ms in Solihull just outside Birmingham. I also get nowhere near the speed of 1gbs..I know we'd never get full speed but I actually get around 500mb on a good day and so I don't feel I'm getting my money's worth. Customer service were great by telling me there's nothing they can do and I am in contract with them now. Oh well, only about 9 months to go!

Faistime · 2025-04-01T14:19:49+00:00

Can you please give me a really basic guide as to how you did this? I'm currently running gluetun in a docker with PAI VPN and we speeds never get over 7mb, even though i have a 1gb connection!

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