Tested In-Depth: Nest Protect Smart Smoke Detector 

16:50 I'm SURE someone has said this since this video is almost a year old but: the reason the alarm is very vocal about "hey. i'm testing. this is a test, please be ready." is more for people who are extremely sensitive to loud, angry noises. This is also a recording, so it's hard to tell, but I'm sure for a 150 dollar alarm it's deaf friendly and attempts to vibrate your inner ear (cheap house alarms do not do this). so the fact that someone has time to alert a deaf family member or friend by signing "i'm testing this, it's okay." is extremely helpful. I mean, just the fact that the alarm speaks and attempts motion control is greatly helpful for the visually impaired. At the time of writing this, the cost has dropped about 50 dollars so for a home with persons that have disabilities imo this is very, very worth it. I just wish the website, or this review, touched on what I just did.

Congrats of finding a suitable smoke detector at last, Will. I recall you being a bit worked up about how annoying the old one was.

Hi. I am from the future. Nice to see you on a Tested video again Will!

hey does the nest protect have zwave tech built in????

My house burnt down in the time that it took for this review to finish..

Does it make any difference if you hang it on the wall or on the ceiling?

Smoke alarms should be voice controllable so you can yell "shut the hell up it's only bacon!" rather than flapping at it with a tea-towel. These integrated alarms sound fun from a geeky nerdy point of view. However they also sound like so much BS that feels like it's cashing in on a "what price is your safety worth?" attitude - it's a safety device that will spend (hopefully) 100% of its life doing absolutely nothing. That one time it stops you burning in your sleep, you won't care whether a £5 alarm or a £150 alarm woke you up...

Does it have the built in adsense yet?

growing up all I needed was the $5 smoke alarm, as it went off every day at dinner time....lol

I have three of these. The 120V version is the one to get if you get anything. It updates more often and more quickly. I am waiting for the Nest Protect security version to come out before I get more

"the dog get all anxious and starts barking at the sky" ha ha ha that made me lol

Great video thanks for the knowledge

It's recalled now, had an issue with the silencing of the alarm

3:28 love the lego stand :D

crazy coincidence, my smoke detector in my room just started beeping for the first time while watching this.

So you pay 130$ so you can check if your house is on fire from your iPhone...

Nest Protect v2 has a 10 year shelf life I have 2 of them and I will happily buy more

It networks with the other detectors, so does that mean that if the hallway detector goes off, they all go off telling you where the smoke is? That would be a nice feature.

I assume you guys will be testing the Lifx bulb when they finally ship?

Very good review!

I can't watch 22 minutes of talk about a network aware and cloud connected smoke detection device.

Will flatuance set it off?

It also talks to the Skybell smart doorbell.

Hey tested can you do a tested in-depth on the pebble smartwatch

At about 5 mins in you guys were so confused. Will said there were 2 kinds of detectors, A/C with battery back up and full battery. Norm kept asking questions about the A/C one but Will kept getting a confused look on his face thinking they were talking about the full battery one. You guys are like an old married couple, it's cute. Haha

Hmm, started watching this video on my Xbox then received an email from Amazon trying to sell me one half way through. Not sure how I feel about that.

when waving (which is going to be disabled in the nest) use a slow large wave

I'm installing Nest smoke detectors in the house, so I came back to watch this before doing it. I had to comment that it pleased me that you were using lego pieces as a stand to demonstrate the device. That is all. :)

So, do you have to take them with you when you move or can the new owners still use them? Also, if you move into a house with these installed, you'd have to make sure the previous owners can't still control them.

Do I "lose" features if I have a Nest Protect but now Nest Thermostat?

Great review, price is too high now for me to want to upgrade. Will, can you post a link to the site where you bought your tshirt?

Hi, I really don't understand why they did not design the thermostat, especially in that price! To operate with a few smaller (satellite)s, who will pay to put 5 of those or more in a house?

I'm going to comment without watching the video. Because I can, that's why.

Em, am I the only one who doesn't understand how someone can talk 22 min. about smoke detector? Lol, well done guys, though I couldn't watch it longer than 4 min. :)

I feel the code needs to be updated for smokes! Most combo packages are smoke and CO2. California thinks that by requiring CO2 detectors, they’re solving the issue. The real issue is the weight of these gases in comparison to air. CO2 weighs roughly 44 grams/molecule, CO weighs 28.011 and the air we breathe typically has a weight of 28.013. The best suggestion I have found is smokes on the ceiling and CO detector at head height level while in bed. If the CO goes on the ceiling, it may never function until the room is full of CO and by then it’ll be too late. I believe combo’s are not functional. Lastly, I think CO2 detectors are useless in a home but if you wanted to add one for extra security, it should go in your baseboard again where it will function the fastest. Sorry to be long winded but I think we have major fundamental issues with our codes concerning detection locations....

I've got one in my house and I feel so much better now that I know I can receive a warning when I am away.

I really want one they look really reliable

Actually, it does do something. It moves a larger quantity of air through the detector which offsets the concentration of smoke particles. Aren't you guys supposed to be science based? Get Jamie back in here. Also, holy shifty eyes... @9:00

They should make it that if there's a discount to replace them after you've got one - maybe $130 for each initial product then $80 for each replacement. Just a thought...

problem with carbon monoxide detector.. a friend of mine had one and it went off every time someone farted.. it got unplugged after 2 days

Norm is wrong. It's not every room, however when installing the new ones it seems like it. I'm a homeowner in San Diego. July 1, 2011 the Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act: Install CO alarms outside each sleeping area and on every level of the home including the basement. Each county has it's own set of laws.

The Nest system is an awesome system, but I think that it could be better. For example:Why not build a Nest smoke alarm system with the main base unit in the hall, by the master bedroom and sensors throughout the rest of the house. For example; Kithen, Garge, boh bathrooms ad all of the bedrooms.

You can buy them where they're all linked together and to your phone

So Normmade a comment about the data sharing with Nest products i.e. going through their servers. Around 15:00 Will mentions that one is probably more interested in the technology side rather than the privacy side if you're buying a Nest product. Anyone have any comments on this?

7yrs isn't bad considering most C/O detectors are rated for 5yrs due to the biochemical element needed for detection. Needing an internet connection for notification is kind of a bummer since when your power goes out you will not get notification of an alarm on your phone. Unless i missed something, in which case i apologize.

Good tech and good review, those complaining about price should realize this is brand new tech and once adopted and other companies copy ahemappleinc the price point will lower

i have been looking at buying one Since I just bought my First House. I used to use lithium 9v batteries in my Smoke detectors but there 10.00 a battery last time I bought one and I had to find a special battery store to get them. How ever the Nest looks awesome, and I know amazon sells a bulk pack of AA lithium batteries for like 50 bucks.

Just FYI guys Gesture was turned off on the NEST because it didn't work and was turning the NEST smoke alarm off during fires because it was picking up the smoke moving.

did you ever cover the fact is tends to bug out and never shut off ever

I wonder how much the price would drop if they left out the "motion detector"

just mount it diagonally (45° off being parallel to the walls) and the alignment issue is much less of a problem cause you'll have more margin of error.

lol nightly promise makes me think that the device convinces your wife she doesn't have a headache.

Wow, Will. 7:26 You told me you had high floors which made it easy to reach things and now you're telling the whole world it's low ceilings? I feel like you've lied to me.

Um, photoelectric detectors are *leaps and bounds* better than ionization... There is a reason they have not been used in commercial applications for many many years.

I work in HVAC-R the big thing with me is that it will shut off the furnace or boiler if the leaves of CO become dangerous this is big

I'm sure that in a few years these will be able to be bought for 50-60 bucks. I like it, I think it's going to set the standard with time.

"The roof... The roof... The roof is on fire."

What I'm wondering is, while this smoke detector can detect fires and send you a push notification, what if the WiFi is cut-off by a very localised fire? You mention that it has a backup battery in it, but if you're not at home and the WiFi gets cut-off before the smoke detector has a chance to detect it, it would defeat the 'connected' purpose of the device. Also, WiFi is rather unreliable for this application I think, in terms of router stability and power outage. A 3G option would have been a good idea. Maybe for the next version?

So, the only difference between this and a $5 smoke detector is that it tells you in English there is something wrong instead of making a beep? And it uses more batteries so you can check via your iPhone if the battery is almost dead... Yeah, that is worth the extra $125... (NOT)

The beeping code is set on code 3 saying. "Warning Emergancy Smoke Evacuate Immediately!"

FIRE!

Tested pro tip: Don't use the oven if you're not in the house. lol

You guys have mixed up building code versus law. Building code (buildings that are being built) states the requirements for smoke and CO detectors, whereas the laws for homeowners are much less strict (for homes that were built and grandfathered into laws that existed from when they were built)

At 6:30 I paused this and asked if you were actually going to test it: I'm still waiting........

plot twist: it being able to see you, allows it to talk to google servers and make advertising based on what it sees. and if your home burns down, will make ads based on cleanups.

Why dose google have to buy every single company they see.

Take it from a home inspector, CO detectors are not required in every room, they are recommended on every floor near floor level.

Google is interested because it's got a microphone. they may not be collecting it now - but the privacy policy can always change....... Both Nest and Nest Alarm.

I imagine now that they're owned by Google they'll become a bit cheaper eventually. Possibly when they're mounted on the Boston Dynamics death robot army that Google also bought.

In the uk you get smoke detectors free, each with 10 year battery life and only need 1 per floor

i Already have a bunch of these in my house and they are nice. plus you never want to cheap out on a device for your heath/safety.

120 volts ? 220 volts ? Most contractor installed smoke detector systems are a low line voltage. Since Google just bought Nest, this is yet another device that could be used to watch over you. Like the thermostat, it has a motion detector. And, that price ? Forget it

These to cats look oddly alike to Adam and our late friend Grant (rip).

I wonder how these would do in a dusty environment like a woodworking shop?

Why do you record your video in 720p when you are at "tested HQ", But when your at Adams you record in 1080p, PS i love your content

Here's the only problem: what if you're in a meeting when the smoke alarm goes off, and someone's stuck in the house? It's safer to have smoke alarms that are wired to a monitored burglar/fire alarm system. That way, the monitoring company knows there's a fire and will call the fire department.

0:30 A house in every smoke detector.

Needs to be much cheaper to revolutionise.

I was all for Nest products until Google bought them

You can use bluestacks

$130? Fuck that shit, I'd rather go down with the house

Who really is going to be logging in to "Nest" all the time to check it? Aint nobody got time for that!

Having smoke detectors in US makes sense since almost every house is wooden. But those cheap ones are useless.

I just wanted to clarify some misinformation on this video. Regulations in California require a CO alarm outside of sleeping quarters and on every level including a basement when the home is heated using fossil fuels of if it has an attached garage (single-family dwelling) and they are also required in dorms and multi-family dwellings where fossil fuel heating is used. That said, I'm not against people putting FA/CO units in all bedrooms and one on each floor - I do this and recommend others do also... But don't misinform. If you're making videos about fire safety - ensure you're quoting the right information.

Q 5. How many devices and where do I place them in the home? A This new law requires the owner “to install the devices in a manner consistent with building standards applicable to new construction for the relevant type of occupancy or with the manufacturer’s instructions, if it is technically feasible to do so” (Cal. Health & Safety Code § 17926(b)). The following language comes packaged with carbon monoxide (CO) detectors: For minimum security, a CO Alarm should be centrally located outside of each separate sleeping area in the immediate vicinity of the bedrooms. The Alarm should be located at least 6 inches (152mm) from all exterior walls and at least 3 feet (0.9 meters) from supply or return vents. Building standards applicable to new construction are as follows (overview summary only): • Section R315 et seq. of the 2010 edition California Residential Code (CRC) [effective Jan. 1, 2011] (applicable to new one-to-two family dwellings and townhouses not more than 3 stories and also where work requiring a permit for alterations, repairs or additions exceeding one thousand dollars in existing dwellings units): Installed outside of each separate sleeping area in the immediate vicinity of the bedroom(s) in dwelling units and on every level including basements within which fuel-fired appliances are installed and in dwelling units that have attached garages. • Section 420 et seq of the 2010 edition California Building Code (CBC) [effective Jan. 1, 2011] (applicable to other new dwelling units and also where a permit is required for alterations, repairs or additions exceeding $1,000 in existing dwelling units): Installed outside of each separate sleeping area in the immediate vicinity of the bedroom(s) in dwelling units and on every level including basements within which fuel-fired appliances are installed and in dwelling units that have attached garages.

If this thing detects a fire, I would seriously consider going back in to take it off the ceiling. I mean it's a 130$ device!!!

It's a bit hard to live with them. I hope someday someone will make a better detection device. I am sure it can be done.

Fucked up the pronunciation really badly. It's AM-er-E-CEE-um.

Requiring so many smoke detectors seems a bit over the top to me. Then again, American houses all seem to be massive so I guess it makes some sense. I like in the UK and in my flat there is only one detector, which was installed when the building was built (mains wired and it is actually connected to a call centre). We had a full-blown kitchen fire and it did its job wonderfully (of course it was destroyed so needed to be replaced). Anyway, looks like Americans are getting ripped off here, as with quite a few other things. :(

Will would hate it if it was made by Microsoft.

why didn't you test the CO2 detector by holding dry ice under it?

is that jamie no way he looks rough if soo

so ..are you suppose to have WiFi at the house ..in order to work *

Price is down to 99 dollars now

$130.... hahahahaha please...

It took them 22+ minutes to do a review with 5 minute content. All the other stuff they said is trivial and known facts. Skip it.

i got two smoke/carbon detectors FREE from the fire dept :D

Well, if you're in a multi-unit dwelling WITHOUT a garage or ignition source, no you don't need a CO detector.

lol, the battery shows low after 1,5 month (6x AA batteries!) xD eielectronics alarms are powered for 10 years and have 50 years of experience in the business.

Damn spoilers…