Updated - Will not detect people unless they linger around
Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2024 | Rating: 4/5 | Best Sellers in Amazon Devices & Accessories
update  within a couple days maybe even 1 day of posting my initial review a customer service rep kevin very helpful emailed me he asked if i could turn the customer support access option on so they could access the device and go over the system logs he said they would not gain access to video or audio but i cant verify that after doing so they got back to me the next day and let me know my device was experiencing an issue that could be related to a hardware failureafter giving them my mailing address i received a replacement doorbell camera about a week later with a return label for my old camera i got the new one added to my network and installed and am now getting recordings of people that walk up to my door on motion sensitivity setting 5 it was notifying me of seemingly every car driving by due to my mailbox being at the gate by the sidewalk and having the detection zone set to see my mailbox and car i cant really avoid getting the cars passing by i tested it on setting 4 but then rarely got any notifications or recordings of people even myself walking to or from the door i will just make do with it on 5 and getting all the cars at least im not on a very busy street though it did warn me the batteries will not last as long id rather replace batteries more if it means having a log of anyone coming to my doori would say 45 for the new camera though if they can expand the sensitivity settings it could be higher 55 for customer service thank you kevini feel like this doorbell camera is a complete waste i have tried everything to get it to work like it should but no luck different batteries a reset checked for firmware updates turned the motion detection all the way up etc after researching the issue it seems like a very common issue with the blink doorbell camera i have had dozens of packages delivered in the approx 6 months i have had it in use it has successfully recorded 0 of those deliveries including a large box with a trailer hitch for my car the hitch was packed about 2025ft from my gate to the porch which is straight out from the front door and camera i could hear the person hauling it up and sliding it on to the porch which took probably 15 seconds from when i heard the gate openvery very disappointed i would give 0 stars if i could would not recommend this to anyone unless you are only looking for a wireless doorbell in which case you also need an indoor camera to link to for the chime i even set an indoor camera in my front window sill pointing diagonally across the porch to attempt to record anyone coming to my front door  it has only picked up cars driving by a trail cam would have been better use of my moneythe only reason i went with blink was to avoid having to pay a monthly fee and use cloud storage i like this system of having a module in your home with a thumb drive that records locally if only it would work the outdoor cameras have been working fairly well at least so far they pick up my dog running around the yard and i have one in my garage that will go off constantly while im out there not sure why their doorbell and indoor cameras are so bad at detecting people