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Review on πŸ”Œ White Weather & UV Resistant Wall Plate and Adjustable Angle Wall Mount Bundle for Nest Hello Video Doorbell - Customize Nest Hello's Left & Right Angles from 0Β° - 35Β° by John Hall

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Good looking but very easy to unplug

The product consists of a wall plate, a corner bracket and a swivel bracket that attaches to the socket. So, once installed, the product looked nice, but there are a couple of serious problems. First, it's very easy to pry the device out by the top pivoting tab with a flathead screwdriver (because that's exactly what I did to pop out the outlet). Perhaps option 2 should be a metal screw on the pivot hinges (at least on the bottom for better fixation). In addition, the corner bracket practically does not sink into the wall plate. The holes in the wall plate are round and the back of the corner bracket is square. I ended up punching a square hole (2 of them) in the wall panel to allow the corner block to sink into the wall panel (after 45 minutes of cutting with wire cutters). I then found that if you decide to replace the swivel mount screw (female) with a slightly longer screw (metric size), the swivel mount will bind. So if you screw the pivot mount in at an angle, you lose the ability to rotate it to access the pinhole (again, same reason I ended up prying it out with a flathead screwdriver). I ended up using the included screw at the bottom and a slightly longer one at the top for a better grip as that's the only thing that secures the bushing to the swivel mount. Generally a good idea, but there are disadvantages in some respects.

Pros
  • Easy to read control panel
Cons
  • New competitors have emerged