Blink Outdoor with two-year battery life | Wireless HD smart security camera, motion detection, Alexa enabled | 1-Camera System with Sync Module

EDIT - regarding battery life ive now had this for about 8 months and have gotten a low battery warning - so batteries dont last the advertised 2 years. That being said it is in a location with high activity and i have the recording settings high so that will have contributed to the shorter battery life. Had this for about 4 months now and its great. Bought it as it was one of the few cameras that i could find that allowed you to save and view clips without a subscription. It came with a months free subscription (so i used that initially) but now have it set up with a USB stick attached to the sync module with clips saved locally - and definitely prefer this way. Took me a minute to work out how to access the local stored clips in the app - but once i did it is very simple. Only downside is viewing clips saved locally (rather than on the cloud) takes a bit longer - but still its not too long. Camera quality is really good and so is the night time mode. Good field of view on the camera. App is really simple to use. Cant comment on battery life as only had for 4 months - though I have the recordings set to max quality and duration so expecting it to be less than advertised. You do get a few false motion alerts and accessing the recordings can bit a bit hit and miss sometimes (most of the time no problems) but for the price i really can't fault it (i got 1 camera with sync module for £50). Would definitely recommend.

It's good, very good. Easy to install and setup. No cables and wires. I've put a 8gb memory stick in mine and can reject it and watch videos on the main PC. Very concerned about the time-lapse though. Was expecting a package from Amazon on Tuesday 27 October 2020, heard a van door go and it was within my delivery slots. Switched the camera on and observed the man getting out his van. Suddenly there was a knock on the door? I was still watching him walk to my front door time-lapse was more than 10 seconds. A notification then was made on my iPhone? Amazon really need to get this sorted, not good enough. In this day and age it renders the 'talk to' useless? By time, you've connected to the phone and got the camera on (15 seconds after the event) they've gone... so what's the point?? I've marked it down to 3 stars because of this. My rear garden camera has a time lapse of around a second which beats this hands down. If Amazon can get the time delay sorted it will be a fantastic bit of kit but at the moment perhaps other cameras would be better? UPDATE: 8th December 2020. I obtained another camera about 2 weeks ago and placed this at the rear of the house. Having 2 cameras improved performance greatly. A quick change in settings to activating 'early' motion and time was down to almost 6 seconds from notification to seeing who was at the door. Really pleased now, an extra camera does help! Thoroughly recommend this product and get 2 cameras if you can!

The system consists of the sync module (included in the box, can manage up to 10 cameras), a camera or more, and the blink app on the phone. And requires a WiFi & internet. The cameras are battery powered (standard AA, charge is supposed to last two years. Let me stress “supposed to”), whilst the sync module requires a socket. So far so good. Installation is monkey proof (don’t underestimate your forebears, though). Once set up, you can define the areas to ignore and a weekly time schedule for the motion detection; videos are saved either in the cloud (£) or locally for free on a USB stick in the sync module. Either way, you can watch them also remotely. The notification on your phone is almost immediate; video quality, can’t complain, really. 2-way audio. Thermometer: check. Infrared for night vision: check. And this is the biggest issue I have with the camera: it has two LEDs; a blue one, that shows when the camera is recording, and that can be turned off; and a red one, that can’t be turned off, because… it’s not a LED! it’s the infrared. If you are using the system for security purposes, the camera will just make everyone aware of its presence and location: look at me! I’m here! HERE! You can turn off the infrared: unless it’s pitch-dark, there will be enough light to trigger the motion detection. Nothing, but ghost images to see. Which, however, could still be good enough. Or you’re using the camera to keep an eye on your doggo, and you couldn’t care less. Talking about security: what if someone cuts the power? The cameras are battery powered, but not so the sync module nor - most likely - your router. If you are a bit paranoid, here an easy fix: socket <---> power bank <---> sync module For the connectivity, old smartphone + dedicated SIM as a hotspot. Alexa integration: works fine, but is fairly limited. And with no apparent reason. So, for example, you can watch on your echo show your camera live, but can’t retrieve the saved videos. Or you can ask Alexa to arm or disarm the whole system (using either a specific command or more comfortably defining a routine), but it’s not possible (atm at least) to enable or disable a specific camera. It’s annoying, because the blink app can do it easily. So, why not Alexa once she’s been taught some blink skills? Mystery. Also, I’ve missed the possibility to reboot a system remotely. That being said, and with all its limits, a blink system is dirt cheap. And even cheaper when on offer or in bundle with other amazon products. And does well what it’s supposed to do. So, all in all, highly recommended.

I think the camera quality is great, like the app (using a memory stick in the sync module). It captures clips as needed and saves promptly so for my purposes covers the security quite well. Motion is also detected well (can adjust the sensitivity in the app settings). Wi-FI was a bit shaky at first (with a Virgin Hub), but when I got a TP-Link router, seems to be working reliably). I found it very easy to set up as well (just follow the instructions provided) and think it is great value overall. The reason I say about certain expectations is that for the price point, there are slight delays for real time viewing (well the initial loading approx 10 secs) no movements from the camera e.g. tilting. But as the item often goes on sale (£29 with the sync module and camera), would say this is a small compromise Would say in terms of capturing and storing footage for any crimes for example, does the job great and fulfils this purpose. No wires so easy to set up and can cover some awkward spots well. For more real time security, I think it would require a different product, but will also cost considerably more too.

Wanted a security camera for a while and finally ordered during Amazon's Prime sale. Blink outdoor was easy to fit and install. Two screws into the brick wall (about 10 ft high) and it was up. Connection via Sync Module 2 was a breeze once the Blink app is installed into your phone. Confirm your mobile number and it'll send a security code to link the device. I also did this to a second mobile in the house so two of us could watch the camera and get notifications on our phone. So easy! The 30 day trail then starts. CAMERA. A week in and its worked well. Had to adjust the camera angle once but it seems to be picking up anything entering our driveway. You can select certain areas for it to capture motion in, but I do find sometimes it picks up motion on the sides when I don't want it too. Good thing is you can Arm and Dissarm the device when it's not needed. Everyone we know is complimenting it's video quality (your can forward clips through the app easily to whatapp etc) but we have set it to standard to conserve battery atm. The Best quality must be great during the day. Night time infa is ok. BATTERY. I brought this expecting a realistic battery life of 6 - 9 months. If you try to get two years then there's probably no point in having it. So far we received one notification saying 2 year battery life at current usage rate won't be achieved and that's fine. We probably have the camera capturing about twelve 10 second clips per day atm and we usually take a picture for the home screen about 3 times a day. Will see how long batteries last over winter (hoping at least 8 months plus). If it goes quick I might hardwire it via the USB wire you can get on amazon so it runs off the mains (then you can put all the settings on max and not worry about battery life). Also I was originally planning to put a USB stick into the Module but I'm half tempted to subscribe to a year's Blink plan for £24.99 and see how we get on. It's only been a week but I'll have more updates in time. 4 MONTHS later. Camera still doing great. No notifications on battery life which is good. Its recording around ten 10 second clips a day. Had a foggy picture once night but that could have been something on the camera but no problems with recording quality or trigger times. Might increase recording quality to highest and increase clip length to 15 seconds. 6 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE still all OK. Battery OK. Upped the recording to 15 second clips. Picture quality still on medium, as you can see from the picture its fine for most conditions. Recording around 5 - 8 clips a day. 12 MONTH UPDATE. Blink plan is going well. Batteries surprisingly still going strong. We update the picture 3 or 4 times a day and its recording around seven 15 second clips per day.

Absolute rubbish. I have several of the older version cameras however I bought 2 of these latest version cameras and both are faulty. I have been back and forth with customer support team over the past few weeks they have told me try this, try that, over and over, each time trying their best to put the blame on me. They have the wrong batteries, they are too far away from the Sync module, they need setting on a lower record level they need rebooting, over and over. I have bought new batteries even though I’ve only had the cameras 2 months the batteries that came with them lasted 6 weeks so they said the camera has had over use? My cameras are set to come on through the night, I usually set them on at about 9pm then turn them off when I get up so basically they are on for about 8-10 hours each day, I keep an eye on the hedgehogs and foxes etc that come into my garden so if this is classed as over use then the cameras are not worth having. I am now fed up of trying this trying that etc that customer service tells me to do, re position the cameras etc. they still do not work properly, I have interference on the camera poor quality picture and constant noise like a motor scraping sound, absolutely waste of my time and money. I have asked for a returns address to send the cameras back and I am now waiting for that. I will post them back without delay. MY ADVICE TO ANYONE THINKING OF BUYING THESE CAMERAS, DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY. Despite I own 11 Blink cameras, these latest model cameras are rubbish. Also these cameras have a spotlight that comes on at night so they gobble battery power, you can disable the lights but then it’s just pitch black, the night vision is crap

Bought this on offer and thought I would give it a try. It's actually not a bad little camera and has some good features you can actually use, like motion detection, zone setup and good night vision. It's easy to setup if you can use apps and has seamless effort linking with Alexa/amazon. You get a free trial of blink subscription service and that is something you would need to think about when buying this, do you want to have to take out an additional subscription to get the best out of it?? Either way, it’s a good little camera, however I'm glad I got it on offer, as I think as a standalone product at full price, blink are trying their luck. Mine came with a free mini blink indoor camera which again is a great bit of kit. Remember you will need the home link module to use this, so bare that in mind if the offer doesn’t come this as the outdoor camera is completely wireless. Again this is easy to set up and only takes a few minutes', top tip: set this up close to the hub, do not try and do this after installing the camera as you will struggle getting your router to pick it up. Overall for the offer price I paid (£49) including the module and indoor camera it was worth it, just remember to disable the system when you're in, otherwise every cat that walks by you'll get notified about!

A nice idea but quality still a bit lacking. My single camera system was easy to set up indoors but once it was working I fixed it to the wall by my front door. I then couldn't connect due to poor wifi. Well, I know there's not a problem as I have a mesh system covering the house and other devices had a perfectly good signal. However I moved one of the mesh devices onto the windowsill about 3m away from the camera and it started working. Great! Having tweaked the various settings I checked the motion alarm. At first it seemed OK as it was triggered whenever the dog ran round the house, however later on when I walked down the path away from the camera there was no warning. When I walked back towards the camera it triggered. Not very encouraging, and this was on sensitivity 8 out of 10. The next niggle was picture quality which I notice others have mentioned. Even on best quality during the day the picture is distinctly fuzzy (unlike a couple of cheap Foscam I have which are very sharp). As night it is a lot worse. Again, as others have mentioned, there is quite a delay between motion being detected and getting a notification on your phone. I understand there is always going to be a delay but it does seem excessive. So overall, it just about does the job of recording movement. Is it worth nearly 100 quid? Hmm, I'm not sure. Will I keep it? Again I'm not sure, I'd like to but the jury is still out. I'll give it a few more days to see how I get on.