My blink security system
Hello,
My son-in-law assisted in the installation of the families new blink security system. Set up installation of the floodlight cameras and entranceway cameras was very straightforward.. our worst problem was our Wi-Fi reception from the home and that is a problem that we will be dealing with other than that it was very easy. Instructions were well written and very insightful technology is amazingly effective efficient and easy to install.. I’m blown away by the division and night, vision and audio capabilities of the cameras and the system that we installed not to mention, we saved money that it would cost us to have a technician come and install our system. We purchased five cameras plus the floodlight camera, and we also purchased the bells for the front and side door and the monitor and ringer for the inside of the house and I can only say that I this point I am blown away by the quality of the system. The three cameras that we have install so far are so effective the remaining cameras are going to be overkill, but for me, that’s not a problem. The last thing we need to install which we didn’t have time because it got too dark was the monitor and bell. we also had to purchase an extra bracket to allow the doorbells to monitor to be installed flatly as we have intricate woodwork around the door frame. We expect those additional parts shortly and will complete the insulation at that point overall very very satisfied.
My son-in-law assisted in the installation of the families new blink security system. Set up installation of the floodlight cameras and entranceway cameras was very straightforward.. our worst problem was our Wi-Fi reception from the home and that is a problem that we will be dealing with other than that it was very easy. Instructions were well written and very insightful technology is amazingly effective efficient and easy to install.. I’m blown away by the division and night, vision and audio capabilities of the cameras and the system that we installed not to mention, we saved money that it would cost us to have a technician come and install our system. We purchased five cameras plus the floodlight camera, and we also purchased the bells for the front and side door and the monitor and ringer for the inside of the house and I can only say that I this point I am blown away by the quality of the system. The three cameras that we have install so far are so effective the remaining cameras are going to be overkill, but for me, that’s not a problem. The last thing we need to install which we didn’t have time because it got too dark was the monitor and bell. we also had to purchase an extra bracket to allow the doorbells to monitor to be installed flatly as we have intricate woodwork around the door frame. We expect those additional parts shortly and will complete the insulation at that point overall very very satisfied.
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Avoid at all costs! 2 cameras absolutely useless!!
NOT WORTH 1⭐️🤬
Consistently getting worse and worse. Useless doesn’t capture motion even when on the most sensitive motion settings. Inconsistent with live view, lucky if the sound even works. Rarely records often fails and alleged “recordings” are a micro second of viewing absolutely nothing but a grey box where it’s failed. Records late if it does ever get motion triggered so you don’t end up actually seeing what it was supposed to capture. Freezes so recording ends up being a still frame instead of a video. Disconnects constantly leaving no security from the cameras purposely purchased for that exact reason. Sound quality if it works it’s atrocious and increasingly getting worse.
Don’t waste your money on this unless you want to increase your blood pressure from the shear stress and anger it causes🙃
Consistently getting worse and worse. Useless doesn’t capture motion even when on the most sensitive motion settings. Inconsistent with live view, lucky if the sound even works. Rarely records often fails and alleged “recordings” are a micro second of viewing absolutely nothing but a grey box where it’s failed. Records late if it does ever get motion triggered so you don’t end up actually seeing what it was supposed to capture. Freezes so recording ends up being a still frame instead of a video. Disconnects constantly leaving no security from the cameras purposely purchased for that exact reason. Sound quality if it works it’s atrocious and increasingly getting worse.
Don’t waste your money on this unless you want to increase your blood pressure from the shear stress and anger it causes🙃
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Anemic
Outdoor-4 cameras are an excellent price point for a battery operated unit. When on sale they are frequently available for $30-$35 each. Overall the performance is quite good for looking at things AFTER they have occurred. IMO they’re not functional as a real time monitor for many reasons. They don’t allow dwelling on a cam for longer than the set recording length without constantly hitting a CONTINUE button. Although notification of motion may be provided fairly quickly, selecting that cam for viewing not only will encounter an extended delay, the recording of whatever triggered the event is usually aborted or lost entirely. The app is functional, but lacks almost all of the features of others like W…. or R…. It is particularly horrible at recovering from some events, requiring that one dismount, open and reinitialize every single camera associated with a sync module. That can be a real pain to execute when battery powered cams are in the out-of-the-way places one is able to place such devices.
I’ve recently noticed that camera Firmware updates frequently coincide with low battery notifications. No idea if this is due to Blink modifying their low battery event triggering parameters, or possibly if the FW update process itself might drain the battery and cause the event.
I’ve recently noticed that camera Firmware updates frequently coincide with low battery notifications. No idea if this is due to Blink modifying their low battery event triggering parameters, or possibly if the FW update process itself might drain the battery and cause the event.
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