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Nest Protect is a terrible buggy product

Brad Fitzpatrick · comedy · Watch on YouTube

Consumer devices & gadgetsUX & UI design

What it is

Brad Fitzpatrick records himself struggling to silence a set of first-generation Nest Protect smoke alarms that keep beeping and triggering one another.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it as the famous example of how over-clever smart-home devices can fail at something as basic as a smoke alarm.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2015, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “on an artistic level it is really well done, it is an epic battle between human and machine.”

    Epic, well-made human versus machine battle with beeping Nest alarms

    rdtsc, 2016-01 · Recommendation · in “Nest Thermostat Glitch Leaves Users in the Cold”

  2. “I honestly like bradfitz's youtube video the best to show the Nest Protect (the smoke alarm) issues”

    Best demonstration of first-generation Nest Protect issues

    kyrra, 2020-08 · Recommendation · in “Google to buy 6.6% stake in ADT in home security push”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: nest protect, smart home, product failure, brad fitzpatrick, iot

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