Nest Camera with floodlight sensor range

[justinian]

Hi folks,

I'm thinking of replacing my floodlight on the side corridor of my house with a Nest Cam with floodlight. But I want to make sure that the sensor will in fact pick up the motion, given it is a narrow path and the light would be at a bit of a height (I think around 15 feet). So traffic would be directly below the sensor as opposed to in front of it. Do you know if it will still detect motion directly below? The floodlight I currently have doesn't pick up that motion surprisingly, and so it doesn't turn on most of the time. I don't know if the direction of the sensor on this is adjustable? My current lights cannot be adjusted. No point to buy it if it won't work.

I appreciate your feedback!

[Brad]

Hi there, 

Sorry to hear you are experiencing this, but I believe that activity zones will help you out in this situation. You can learn more about them here. I hope you find the article helpful!

Best regards, 
Brad

[justinian]

Hi there,

Thanks for this! Just doing a quick read through that article. It says that setting activity zones will not change what your camera detects. I guess what I'm really trying to understand is if someone is walking directly beside or directly below, will the flood lights still turn on? Or do you need to be a certain degree angle in front of the camera? What's the range that the light will pick up? I'm more interested in the flood light than the camera, but certainly would like to know the range for both.

[Brad]

@justinian

Do you have an active Nest aware subscription? If so, you should be seeing those events depending on which event or motion detection you have turned on or off in your settings. If you do not have a Nest aware subscription, you can learn more about it here, and it will also go over how to subscribe. 

Best regards,

Brad

[justinian]

Hi Brad,

I do have a Nest Aware subscription which I use for my doorbell and my Google home Max hub. To be clear though, I don't currently own a camera with floodlight, I'm debating whether to get one because my current flood light (not smart) doesn't have a wide enough angle on its sensor to pick up people walking up and down the side corridor next to my house. Hope that makes sense.

[Brad]

@justinian

I hope that you make the switch! It's definitely a great addition to the Nest family, but I would suggest making sure that you check out the differences in a wired, vs. battery operated set up. 

Best regards,

Brad

[EmersonB]

Hi justinian,

Chiming in to see if you still need assistance with this. Let us know if you have additional questions.

@Brad I appreciate your response.

Thanks,
Emerson

[justinian]

Hi there, yes actually I'm still trying to understand whether or not the flood light will turn on if I walk directly from the side or directly underneath without actually being in front of the sensor. That's what I need to know to understand if it will work in my side corridor. I don't know if there's an illustration or specifications somewhere that will show me the range of the sensor for the light?

[EmersonB]

Hi justinian,

How's it going? That's really good to know information. You can either get this information from our website or from our public article. Look for the "Motion detection" section. Feel free to let me know if you have other questions.

Thanks,

Emerson

[EmersonB]

Hello justinian,

Checking in — we hope you've got the answer you're looking for. Let us know if you have more questions in mind.

Regards,
Emerson

[justinian]

Hi there,

Yes I think the first link pretty much told me what I need to know. 180° horizontal sensor for the flood light. Would be good to know from what height it can detect, but I'm hopeful it will still work. Thanks!

[EmersonB]

Hey justinian,

Thanks for getting back to us. For the motion detection: 
 

Camera: 

• Single motion sensor
• 110° horizontal field of view
• Up to 25 ft (7.5 m)

Floodlight: 

• 2 motion sensors
• 180° horizontal field of view
• Up to 25 ft (7.5 m)
   

To know more about the Nest camera with floodlight, hit this link.

Best,

Emerson

[EmersonB]

Hello justinian,

I'm dropping by to ensure that everything is covered here. I hope that sheds some light on the issue. If you have other questions and concerns, feel free to let me know.

Thanks,
Emerson

[EmersonB]

Hi justinian,

We haven’t heard any updates from you. I’ll go ahead and lock this thread in 24 hours. If you're still in need of assistance, feel free to start a new thread and we'll be happy to help.

Regards,
Emerson