Blink Outdoor with two-year battery life | Wireless HD smart security camera, motion detection, Alexa enabled | 3-Camera System with Sync Module

I used to peep behind the curtains. Then I got Blink. Someone stole my neighbour’s van at 11:00pm on Christmas Day. It shocked me. I decided to get a security camera. Researching these is difficult. There are huge variations in prices and huge ranges in functionality . Nevertheless I decided to buy one. I didn’t want a swivelling camera that followed my neighbour up the road putting a label on him/her, with close-ups and zoom features. I didn’t want to be sitting at the end of my phone or laptop living a vicarious lifestyle of seeing what was happening outside my house without actually being out there in the fresh air. I didn’t want to be panicking at every ding notification on my phone that the neighbour’s cat was wandering about. With these criteria in mind I decided that the Blink camera was actually the one I needed. It is very controllable and adaptable to what I needed. I want a minimalist system, low maintenance , that records incidents at my property , especially when I am away. I can see what is going on if I want to remotely. I can save video evidence if there are snags. My wife wanted to be involved but she didn’t want to be frightened by constant pinging notifications on her iPhone. The setup for these 2 year battery life Blink cameras is effortless. I emailed Blink for advice about a couple of things including switching off notifications. They came back quickly. In the meantime I found out that iPhone lets you turn off these notifications in the Settings menu. You can also plug in your own USB stick to get local storage with no subscription required. It’s a great system . It works very well. The only downside is that the black and white infra red system isn’t as good as I would have liked it for night viewing. I am really impressed with the system, both the software and the hardware, which is simple to set up and operate and cheap to run unobtrusively in the background. It is deceptively competent for the price.

🌟🌟🌟🌟☆ Been running the Blink Outdoor 4-Camera Security System for a few weeks now, and overall, it’s a solid bit of kit. Setup was quick—connected through Wi-Fi with no need for cables or drilling. Just mount, sync, and you’re good to go. Battery Life: Claims two years per set, and so far the battery life is holding up nicely. No faffing around with recharging every few weeks. Video Quality: Daytime footage is crisp and clear, and the night vision does the job well enough. You’re not filming a blockbuster, but you’ll see what you need to. Motion Detection: Motion alerts come through fast, and you can tweak the sensitivity and detection zones. Cuts out most of the false triggers, like wind or birds flapping about. Storage Options: You’ve got the choice of cloud storage (with a sub) or plugging in a USB stick for local backup—simple enough, depending how much footage you want to keep. Overall: Great value system if you want an easy-to-use, wire-free setup that covers multiple angles around the home. Set it and forget it—but still sleep easy.

1st things 1st-yep,as others have said-you ARE NOT getting 2 yrs of run out of the batteries unless you have a camera pointing at a spot that never gets activity of any kind and you never check the feed-it's a false sales pitch and should never have been included in the write up of the adverts. BUT- they are easy to use cameras,a doddle to install and the feed is great as long as you have decent wifi. Picture quality is fine and the deterrent is always useful anyway. Theres a degree of lag from motion pick up to recording start so you might miss bits but this is a minor niggle and can be corrected with better placement or,if you can-add more cameras. I bought all 6 of mine,a doorbell and sync box in the prime sales/daily deals for less than £150 all together-keep an eye open for those. High activity areas like one of mine have reduced battery life to less than 8 weeks,so get a pack of lithiums in ready. Theres no real warning about low power unless you have the notifications set to an annoying level either so unless you keep an eye of the device settings,you'll just get "camera offline" when it dies. I'd already read the reviews about power before buying so was prepared for 2 year life lie-keep that in mind. I'm happy enough with the performance, the quality and ease of use-have also subscribed to the cloud version-gives more options than just using the sync module. Looking at buying the solar charge attachment for my heavy use camera.

Great little device, to which I have a few Very economical home security network.

I brought two of these camera's to cover my house front and back along side my ring door bell due to the number of crime round our area. They are great little cameras clear view day and night.. and look discreet so no one knows they on cctv. Had them now 6 months and just had to change the batteries.. they don't last 2 years which i don't mind.. i can replace battery's every 6 months as i live in a new build and i don't want drill holes in walls for cctv so it works for me to have this cctv set up. the only thing i will say which i found out when i changed the batteries is you have to replace them with the energiser lithium battery's they come with or the camera will not work. Very happy with them and feel safe and secure when am in or out at work knowing the house is covered with two of these camreas and my ring door bell.