One pretty noteworthy flaw…
Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2024 | Rating: 1/5 | Best Sellers in Amazon Devices & Accessories
changing my review to 1 star for 2 reasons… 1 everything is done through the app if your children are home and you want them to be able to see who is at the door before they answer it they need to be able to access the app however blink does not have a way to add authorized users in any kind of fashion that makes sense what i would like to be able to do that any other security product can do… is install the app on my child’s phone create an account for them add them as an authorized user and therefore they can use the doorbell camera based on whatever permissions i give them however this is not an option the only way that somebody else can access your security devices from their phone is if you are willing to sign in with your account on their phone and blink gives a little disclaimer to let you know that they will have access to all of your stuff they will have administrator access there is no permissions that can be given my blink account is linked to my amazon account because you literally have to go through amazon to pay for the stupid subscription… so basically… only one person can actually look at and control the cameras through the app unless you are willing to give other people full control over your security system and sign in with your password on their phone…2 the other reason this gets one star… it takes forever to load up a live preview of the camera sometimes it literally takes over a minute to load it up if you are suspecting somebody as in your property and you try to access your camera to see what the heck is going on… by the time it actually loads up they have either left your front door or they have left your house and made off with your prize possessions i don’t even know why blink bothered to add in the feature that allows you to talk to people through microphone and speaker on the camera when they are going to be long gone before you get to establish a connection and no… this does not go faster if you are in the house on the same wifi connection as the sync module… i just tried to connect to my doorbell camera so i could talk to the person at the front door and i gave up after about 75 seconds of it trying to connect… it always takes a long time… it’s ridiculous… completely and utterly useless as a security systemfor the price this is a pretty great doorbell camera device for the most part though you do have to pay a monthly subscription to be able to use most of its features… there are currently two subscription levels… one is 3 per month the other is 10… that’s not really that bad because this device truly does bring peace of mind… there is just one fairly noteworthy flaw that i have to complain about… the motion detector sensitivity is ridiculous… if a cricket farts you were going to get a notification that the motion detector was tripped… and therefore you better have the 10 monthly subscription because this thing is going to be taking pictures and recording video of your front porch constantly… my guess is that they are using a passive infrared sensor to detect motion… i get a doorbell notification from my phone when the wind blows a little hard… my advice to the design team is to maybe abandoned infrared sensors and instead try to go with three strategically placed laser sensors… have one aiming right down the middle have two aiming on either side… pass and covers a very wide area and is extremely sensitive… you may appreciate that considering this is your home security… but your phone won’t… considering it send you notifications every time that the motion detection is tripped you can turn the motion sensor off but that defeats the purpose… another great idea for the designers of this product might be to include some kind of functionality that can attenuate or dial down the sensitivity strength of the motion detector because right now it is far too strongother than that it’s great picture quality is great i am using the sync module so that i can view and speak to people through the doorbell remotely… i will also say that this area could use a little work… i got a notification that somebody was at the door while working yesterday but when you try to tap into the live feed of the doorbell camera it can take up to 30 seconds to establish connection  by the time i finally got to try and speak to the person they had already hopped their truck and started driving off still though it’s a fantastic security accessory for the home