Some Basic Services Not Included
Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2024 | Rating: 3/5 | Best Sellers in Amazon Devices & Accessories
on the surface these cameras look like a great option  if you just want something to be able to check in on a live view around your home they’re perfect for that  but if you actually want them as a security feature for your home they’re lacking some basic necessities  here are my pros and conspros affordable definitely a better buy to get a 4 pack bright clear daytime picture wwide field of view ok night vision live view has sound and you can speak through the camera you can choose the areas where you want the camera to watch for movement can be hooked up to alexa very easy set up  thanks to being wireless they can be mounted pretty much anywherecons no datetime stamp on videos or photos yes you can see the datetime when you view them in the app but if you download the clip there is not datetime stamp on the video or photo file  this is a basic need for any security camera and is sorely missed with blink live viewsound has multisecond delay additional hardware besides the cameras is required in order to see your live view subscription cloud service is required for viewing any “saved” clip  only live view is available without subscription only clips are saved in the cloudhistory  there is no timeline  in other words if the camera doesn’t register the movement it doesn’t start recording and you have no way to go back and see if the moment was captured other systems we have tried have timeline recording so you can go back to any moment and see what you might have missed not great distance on the night vision lighting  depending upon where you’re using these you may need to add additional infrared lighting to improve the visibility of yardhome features at night definitely use lithium batteries instead of alkaline  these are battery hogs  in one month the blink doorbell is on its 3rd set of batteries and two of the blink 4 cameras are on their 2nd set of lithium batteries if you are putting these cameras in a high traffic area definitely upgrade to the battery pack backhaving come from wired cameras with time stamps and timeline access i was very much looking forward to the ease of use of these blink 4 cameras but have been disappointed in their reality