A long time ago, I went to see my dentist. I was with the dental assistant and she would always be delighted to see us. She lived near us, but the dental office was a few towns over where she had to commute in to. It was autumn and we were talking about holidays and the topic of Halloween came up. She asked what we were dressing up as and our plans for Halloween. Because of our age, we didn't go to Halloween parties, but dressed up and went trick-or-treating in our neighbourhood. She mentioned that her boyfriend didn't like the idea of trick-or-treating because he was from a different culture. That Halloween, we would get dressed up and start heading out as the sun was setting. We had our bags and buckets ready and we were going door-to-door trick-or-treating. Just about every house in our neighbourhood had their lights on or had decorations out front. There were only a handful of houses that had their lights off because they were not home or not celebrating Halloween that year. We would walk past and go to the other houses. I ended up getting some full size candy bars, cans of pop, and small bags of chips in addition to various other candies and chocolate bars. We would be out for hours and ended up in neighbourhoods somewhat far from home. I started getting tired and already had a lot of candy and treats, so we started on our way home. We got home and started walking up the driveway and immediately my mother was there and she opened the door to stand in the doorway to welcome us home. It's like my mother knew roughly when we would get home or more than likely she was watching out the window the entire time. House cameras weren't very prevalent back in the day. She had stayed home and handed out candy while us kids went out. It was normal in those days for kids to go trick-or-treating on their own if they weren't super young. Kids would just go trick-or-treating without parental supervision. There would be enough adults out with their kids and they would somewhat watch out for other kids. When I got older and moved into a house of my own, we needed a camera out front, so we ended up getting a standard security camera. It was a bit of a hassle because I needed to get it mounted into the brick/mortar and figure out wiring and powering it. It was a Wi-Fi camera, but wiring was still required to keep it powered. Eventually, I ended up getting a doorbell camera, Nest Doorbell camera, wired. There was a battery operated version too but I decided that the wired version would be best. I could install the doorbell camera into the existing electrical system for the house's doorbell and it would pretty much be powered 100% of the time. A battery system would run out and the battery would need to be recharged. It seemed to be difficult to maintain a battery doorbell so a wired version would so much better. This is especially true for cold climates where battery life could drop to half or less. Besides, the wired doorbell version was already big enough in size. It was good in a way in that it is fairly visible to anyone walking by or approaching, but not comically large, so it was good enough in size to act as a deterrent. The battery version was even larger in size than the wired version to accommodate the battery, so the wired version was also better in my opinion based on size. For installation, I would go to find the electrical panel for the house and shut off the corresponding breaker to the doorbell. I used a Klein Tools Voltage Tester to check the wires to confirm that there was no electricity running through the wires. The doorbell wires run at 16V, so I wanted a specific voltage tester that could check for electricity at that voltage. I took off the original doorbell to the house and unscrewed the wires that connected to it. I loosened the back screws of the doorbell camera and I attached the wires from the original doorbell and tightened the screws in order to attach the wires securely. Then I attached the camera to the provided mount plate and wedge mount and to the door frame and then I attached the tiny security screw to lock in the camera for security. I connected the camera to my home Wi-Fi network using the app and it worked pretty easily. The angle position of the camera was okay, but not great because of how the original doorbell mount and wiring was set up. The doorbell faced inwards towards the door frame as opposed to outward into the portico. I ended up getting a Wasserstein mount so that it would alter the angle and make the camera face outward even more so. I managed to add the Wasserstein mount to the original wedge that helps to turn the doorbell camera outwards. It wasn't a perfect viewing angle, but when I combined the wedge and Wasserstein mount, it gave a pretty decent viewing angle overall out the front door with a pretty good view of the entryway. This doorbell camera has improved my life because it gave me piece of mind. It does 24 hour recording, so that I could have incidents recorded if I am ever out or asleep. I could go back to see events that have been recorded and I could see a live view of whoever was at the front door at anytime. I could do so without revealing who I am or revealing that I am home for privacy reasons. It also added that extra level of security in case I needed to get footage of any occurrences at the door or on my property and it acted as a deterrance. It was also useful for anyone else in the household to see the festivities of Halloween if they were sitting down and not the one getting up to answer the door to hand out treats. I like this camera a lot as it has great resolution for capturing faces and other details and has a good light sensor and works well in low light. It also had a nifty feature where I can shut off the doorbell button for up to 3 hours. All in all an excellent purchase.