✅ Problems They Don't Tell You! - Why I Am Putting My Blink Mini Cams In The Trash - Buyer Beware 

I love my Blink mini. It watches over my apartment when I'm away.

I have to agree. I picked up 3 of these because some of my friends love them. I don't understand the love for them. They don't record half the time even if I'm standing 3 inches in front of them waving at it.

I have been using Blink since last year without issues, no subscription. At the time I needed a low cost system that I can install quickly and wirelessly. I use outdoor and doorbell cameras. It's true that each camera can only do one thing at a time, so you can't for example update the thumbnail or change that camera's settings during recording. I had no issues accessing the live view while it is recording (which will stop the recording if you don't have a subscription). I can use screen capture on my phone during live view if I want to record. No problem with motion detection either, except that I have to set up the options correctly depending on the environment for each camera, so that I wouldn't get too many motion notifications. Outdoor and doorbell cams use body heat signature for motion detection, unlike the mini. There is a delay during live, may be 2-4 seconds, and the same thing with motion notification. The camera click during recording is definitely noticeable, but I don't know how is it compared to other cameras. I mainly use it for outside the house and it has been useful being able to watch my place on my phone from work or when travelling, and also interact with delivery guys or neighbors if they ring the bell, record what goes on, etc. Overall, it has been a good experience for the price. In the future, I may start looking into something else for 24/7 recording.

i love this review. it save me money, but most importantly time and frustration. only a person with seasoned experience can truly tell you the value of a product. you are the reason that i do not watch "unboxing" reviews...because the experience is too fresh. i literally just watch some young college kid give a glowing review of this camera. so glad ii didn't purchase this for amazon prime.

Thanks mate. I was going to buy this but the plan has changed after watching this video. You save me the money and headache. Really appreciate it.

Purchased Blink outdoor camera last year around Thanksgiving. The main reason was local storage and no need for subscription. It worked fine for couple of months but then I started noticing that the camera was failing to detect motion lot of times. When it would detect motion, it will not record clip for 60 seconds which is what I had set in the app. Sometimes it will record for 1 second, sometimes for 5-10 seconds, sometimes 20 seconds. Totally unreliable. Opened a ticket with support twice. There only answer was: it is problem with your ISP. How would ISP come into picture with local record? Blink has extremely goofy architecture with sync module. The sync module has a second low frequency radio. The camera is in a sleep mode till it detects motion. Then it wakes up and connect to WiFi. From here, it will either send video to Blink cloud (if you have cloud subscription) or it will send the video to sync module. The entire architecture is dumb. After lot of fighting, they sent me a replacement sync module and then the camera stopped recording at all. I would get motion notification, but no recording. I was ready to throw the camera out, but then decided to delete camera and factory reset (hard reset) it. After factory reset of camera, it started working perfectly!!! All motion events were detected and video clips were exactly 1 minute. However, the happiness was short lived. Today, the camera stopped recording again. It is a total piece of junk. Whatever is said in this review is 100% correct and I have experienced all these issues. Hard resetting the camera every few days is not an option. So, tonight, Blink gets thrown in trash and replaced with a Wyze cam V3.

I have zero problems with my blink system.I did however experience the same issues once my plan ended. If you get a subscription to blink the problems disappear. Sad but true. The only real way to get a great home security system is to spend the money and have wired cameras to a central recording unit with a monitor set up in your office that is linked to your home Wi-Fi that you can access from anywhere in the world.

I had no issues with my Blink doorbell camera until a week ago when there was a power and internet outage. Since then, I’ve been having these exact same issues!

I had one in my cart, then decided to check around a bit more...5 minutes here saved me a few $$$. thx

These are the best cameras I’ve used. Actually giving you the option to not need a subscription is unheard of. I have the battery powered outdoor cameras and doorbell and they have worked flawlessly for about 2 years and haven’t even had to change the batteries yet.

My free trial subscription just ended and I can’t seem to get any recordings onto my usb/sync2? Any thoughts?

I have a single mini set up in the garage (came with a kit) ...using an old F0scam for additional IR illumination. I can stand three feet in front of it, move around and motion won't trip in window provided daylight (IR off). The only motion alerts I get from this camera is when a bug flies in front of the IR illuminator at night. Irritating! The other bl|nk outdoor cameras (battery) seem to work pretty well. All of mine trip and I even have to back off of the sensitivity to reduce unwanted alarms.

As someone who had been using Amazon Cloud cams for the last 3 years and was just recently forced to go to these blink cameras as Amazon killed the cloud cam service I have to say without question that this is the most accurate and comprehensive review I have seen so far on these blink cams. They're absolutely and completely worthless in case of emergency- don't even dream about capturing everything unless it happens from beginning to Total end in 30 seconds because that's as far as you're going to be recording and whatever happens during the entire 10-second cool down. Before it starts recording again it's just lost.. The quirky they don't allow you to log in if it's recording so basically if you happen to log into a camera and you're seeing live action and you know for a fact you are not capturing it if you try to capture it it'll tell you that you can't capture during live extended views so that becomes worthless and this is with a paid Cloud cam service. I can't imagine how bad it must be without having the thumbnails to be able to go back and review things. I'm blown away at the massive massive downgrade these blink cams are when you come from Amazon Cloud cam service. These are absolutely worthless. And the only reason I have them is because I had 10 of the Amazon cameras so I'm kind of stuck with them until I could get up another couple of grand to replace them all with something that works even remotely close to them. Amazon really screwed a lot of people.

I have an iPhone and the app looks different for me and I am not a subscriber either. I've always had thumbnails in clips and it does save to the cloud up to 2 hours of video. I've not used it with the local storage, might that be the cause of all your issues? I have the xt2 cameras, is there a difference with cloud support with the newer cams? I can watch the videos as many times as i like, they don't delete unless it hits 2 hours of videos. I don't have the issues with missed motion detection, I've actually had the opposite experience of needing to reduce it. Could that be an android or local storage issue? For example maybe it's the storage part that is failing, not the motion detection?

The problem with everything right now is they try to centralise all devices even though they don't need it. If you buy the sync 2 and amazon switch off the servers it won't record to the USB because it goes through them first before going to the sync 2. It's pointless centralisation.

My Eufy indoor cameras right now are giving me issues. They do not detect motion at night with their IR activated. I can literally put my face up to the cameras and they do not detect my presence. I’ve toggled with every possible settings with no improvement. They work fine during the day but, I would have to leave at light on at night for them to detect motion. This should not be if IR has been turned on. I’ve had them for over 2 years now and they were my favorite security cameras to use indoors without a subscription. The best feature I like about them are the fast notifications you get when a detection is made. I heard that maybe the IR lights may not be saturating my areas much and that may be the problem.

Please add a link to this video in your review of the the Blink cameras from a year ago!! I literally just picked some Blink cameras up during black friday sales after watching your videos, now after setup realizing they are trash haha. (Not blaming you, but definitely update those old videos!!) The biggest issue I'm seeing is that the detection seems to get screwed up on transition from dark to light. It often doesn't want to detect until I manually view the camera from the app, then exit again. After that seems decent... not sure what's going on, but it's useless for a dark room where lights will be turned on.

I'm having the exact same issues with my blink cameras. Looking for a better option rn

Thank you so much. All I needed before to buy it.

I agree. Honest review. Thanks. One question though... just how many cameras do you have adorning your house???

Just got the doorbell camera and the small one. Been using it for 2weeks and I actually get too many alerts with the motion detector. It’s so sensitive that even when my stand up fan rotates it picks up the movement. One thing that I DID NOTICE was that on my android phone the app is very finicky and has so many glitches. And for some reason it doesn’t do any of this on my iPhone or iPad….🤷🏽‍♂️

I had the worst experience with my Eufy Video Doorbell 2K (Battery-Powered). It never worked right. 9 times out of 10 it would miss my mailman even though the doorbell was positioned three inches from my mailbox. I figured it out when I had mail in my mailbox but almost never a detection from the Eufy camera. I tried all kinds of detection settings but it never worked right. My Wyze v3 cam that I have high above the porch had I greater success rate with detection. Unfortunately, just like your Blink Mini demo, Wyze also suffers from terrible lag, especially the first 6 months after its initial release. To Wyze credit, their firmware updates have improve it significantly. But it buffers terribly or not work at all with my Google Hub Displays. (I noticed you have one on your desk like mine) I manage to score a good deal on a Google Hello Doorbell (1st gen) shortly after their 2nd gen came out. Night and day difference. I get a clear face shot of EVERYONE that comes to my porch. It can even tell when its me and not someone else when I check my mailbox using its AI facial recognition. I moved the Eufy 2K to my backdoor when I replaced it with the Google Hello on the front door. I do pay for Google's cloud service. Unfortunately Google's other cams are too expensive otherwise I would have been tempted to replace all of my Wyze v3 (4 cams). I think most of these smart wireless cams are at their best for detecting UPS deliveries. Not really for home security. For real home security I would recommend a wired system that connects to a DVR. Funny thing is I helped a friend pick out an 8 camera DVR system before I began my rabbit hole journey into smart cams. His system is rock solid reliable and records all 8 cams 24x7 to that DVR box it came with it. It also a smart DVR so it sends notifications to his and his wife's phone. The downside to that kind of system is the wiring. But if you need reliability, nothing really beats a good wired/DVR system. Best of all, you don't have to worry about someone hacking into them because they don't rely on WIFI. Still records even if the internet goes down.

I have the door bell cameras and they are total garbage, if someone rings the bell by the time it loads the Video they have given up and left. During the free trial it worked ok but once I started using the local storage it became junk, it's just a trap to get you past the return period as when I called the extended the free trial twice and replaced one of the cameras to see if that would help but it didn't. (cam replacement extended the trial too) so over 3 months of free trail time total. They claimed that the only difference between the paid subscription and local storage was that it would be a little slower to load recordings but that's a lie. Just as your Video shows it's almost impossible to use or view recordings or figure out which file is the correct one. I even paid for the blink usb to make sure that it wasn't the issue.

What about 'Nest' camera's? I have 6 Nest cams and 6 Blinks. I like, and dislike certain features of [both].

How many cameras do you have on a single sync module? I have 11 cameras installed on 5 separate sync modules and I have no more than a 3 second delay on live view.

Thank you, was going to buy it but no ..... your not the only one who have this problem when you not paying a cloud storage,, ,

thanks, Nater, interesting info,. I downsides a bunch and am thinking of adding cameras to my TV. Eagerly waiting for your review. never apologize when speaking about your experience. thanx again for your insight. Tater~tot

These cameras are designed for cloud storage. They’re also very sensitive to Wi-Fi signal. Depending on your Wi-Fi setup and your bandwidth limit you’ll have great experience or poor experience. My blinks work really well and I love the idea of a snapshot aka thumbnail just to quickly check in rather than loading up live video. I would suggest a mesh network to help increase Wi-Fi coverage. They’re absolutely the best way to fix any lag when it comes to security cameras.

I hope I don't get that tip of problems with my Blinks cameras because I don't have cloud service, but if I get those problems I'm switching to Eufy. I only have a few days of cloud service left. I heard the same story about the Blink cameras they're lousy especially if you don't have cloud service. Thanks for the tip is good to know. Have a blessed day. Take care

Last November Black Friday sale ... I got 3 new outdoor cams, a mini, and two doorbells with the sync 2 module. They all worked fine until my subscription ran out. Since then I have been having nothing but problems. Almost every day, I hear motion alerts frequently but if I check my video clips I will run into an error that "the manifest is stale. Please re-request." I have researched everywhere and can't find a way to fix it. All I can do is unplug the sync module 2 for a few minutes and reconnect it. It's just a temporary fix and eventually it will happen again. After reconnecting, I might see a couple clips on the list from the day before but not a single clip for the many motion alerts that I heard for the rest of the day. I also get all of the other errors people have mentioned including: failed to save clip, failed to save backup, terrible lag, etc. I tried two different brand name quality USB flash drives Again, none of this was an issue while I had the initial 30 day subscription. My problems began once I let it expire. Getting a subscription defeats the purpose of why I purchased the system. I as well as many others were lured in because Blink advertises no subscription needed as an option. It is clearly a bait and switch scam. I currently don't know what to do because I already spent a lot of money and effort for my camera set and I can't see myself making another big investment in a replacement system.

I can't add a new sync module or a camera. I called their customer service and they aren't any help. Very upset. I have the XT, XT2 and the Mini.

Does the camera save stuff to local module if internet doesn't work ? I'm now reconsidering it. Thank you !

Constantly have to force stop the app to do anything. It is so frustrating. It's honestly one of the few pieces of tech that I have actually hated. Mostly because I bought a whole system all at once so I am kind of stuck with it. I just keep hoping there is some kind of software updates that will make the blink system tolerable... some day.

I share your frustration, I am experiencing all the same problems, is this the price Amazon inflict on us for not paying for their cloud subscription? I didn't have any problems with them until Blink informed me that I was now out of my free trial cloud period, since then nothing but problems.

I've had the same camera for a year now. I do have a subscription tho. I must say I love it BUT 1 ISSUE It keeps disarming at night & I have to just put it back on. It's annoying & if I forget to check it it's off for hours. I haven't scheduled this so I'm lost on how to undo this.

My Neighbours Have the blink system and Love it, I'm installing mine tonight and really I just want to set 2 up in my home to watch my pet and one on the outside for fun.

What are your thoughts on feit electric cameras I have the flood light camera the app is free and it takes a SD card and delete when it gets full but you can download the videos u want to save to your phone but there is no lag while talking to my son while I'm at work and he's on his way to school thinking about getting the feit electric door bell cam also!

Nate, did you only have the Blink Minis? I'm looking into the current line of Blink Cameras they sell at Costco. The black square cameras... Maybe another viewer cant tell me if you don't, but Im curious if your issues apply to the newer current lineup of Blink cameras or if its just the Minis? I know they still use the same Sync Module 2.

I have 3 of the original xt cameras, the first 6 months they were great now I have constant issues like you! My system just updated again and now 1 of the 3 cameras no longer has motion detection. I'm fed up too...

Wish I'd found this video two days ago when I bought the Blink Outdoor 4, 5-cam system. They are all on, motion detection on and armed but they aren't recording any motion events at all. I go.out and stand right in front of them, do a little dance, nothing! I cranked the sensitivity to max. Again, nothing. I'm getting the feeling it's my connection being too weak. Hoping if I put USB drives in them they'll start recording abd storing locally. If that doesn't work I'm out some cash. Should have known better being an Amazon product but the easy install was too tempting. I used to use the free Alfred security app to monitor my place with an old phone and it worked great but no local storage so you're dependent on the wifi working. I wish Blink had a local network system with cloud optional. But like another commenter said they want to use this tech to control you, and keep charging you again and again.

I agree Blink cameras are trouble. My indoor 3rd gen worked for a while. The Blink app constantly tries to sell me a subscription service but the camera no longer works. My network hasn't changed but the camera won't load up, "camera is busy" is what I get now.

I have 5 of them n I'm having the same problems. Plus my USB device is no longer saving anything n i don't know why.

mmmm! Mine drive me crazy detecting all... but I cants stand the quality, trying to connect to it when you get a notification sucks... Now they don't work with Fiber Optics internet. They are locked on 2G

I have 5 of them & they all work great even the blink doorbell is good

Work really well for us, considering the price i think they're great. App is cool and easy to use too 🖖

Hi ya,I'm in UK and had 4 blink mini's for a couple of years with free cloud storage and been ok But now they've changed there term's and conditions to paid subscription to view clip's.Which I thinks disgusting behaviour 😢.I will subscribe to your channel to get further info Cheers from uk

I had pretty good luck with mine, all are battery except recently ,I bought a twin pack of the mini cameras. What brought me to this video was a search I did on why the red light turns on while recording. Also that awful loud click. The outdoor cams work OK, they alert me if someone is there, and there are no lights that turn on. I have layered security, and dont just rely on the cams alone. So don't listen to the Blink commercials when they say this is all you need. I would send my two minis back to Amazon, but I got them cheap on black Friday, so probably will keep them. I don't like the red light or that click noise on the mini.

With the iPhone App the performance has been great. The cameras are limited in that they are not expensive security cameras and won't provide real time security which you accurately pointed out. For high security real time I would rely on a closed circuit system only. I use the outdoor cameras which are even more limited than the indoor minis and they've been great. Alerts very quickly but not going to provide real time security since they are limited. These cameras aren't going to provide real time security since they are so inexpensive. For situations not requiring real time security these are a good compromise for the price. Sorry you had such a bad experience. I'm wondering if the Android app isn't as good as the iphone app.

I am sorry you have issues with that I have had mine for months and I do have the subscription, there is a difference from when I did not have it, I did have issues at first renaming the areas, I am wondering if maybe the units you have might be deflective, at 8 08 yes there are thumbnails and location named maybe that is with the subscription, but having it directly connected to my echo show it alerts immediately and shows live view and can have live view continuously, I did try another company to for the backyard but I did not have a lot of the features with no subscription, great review though very thorough, I would like to ask what you use to have your phone screen up on the video please...thanks

I have Blink and so does my daughter, and we have no problems, and I am just about to purchase another one for my workshop, so before you bin them find your problem they are very good.

I have 3 of these cameras and I have the exact same experience. I was really surprised how terrible these cameras are.

I had no issues with my Blink doorbell camera so far I have it working with a asus router which is very good.I only went with blink because I didn't want to run cable wires all outside of my house to all my cameras than I have to drill the cable through the window frame to connect it to a recorder.But thanks for the video.

I've been using four cameras for a few years now without a issue. Do you have a firewall in place blocking ports?

My first blink worked so well that I decided to buy 5 more. Now they work 50% of the time & I feel ripped off

I have an iPhone. I also pay for the monthly subscription for blink. I personally haven’t had most of the problems he’s brought up. But I mostly only use them to check on my cats so🤷🏽‍♀️ it’s a cheap camera and I went into it knowing that. It’s not bad for the price in my opinion!

Having issues with mine from picking up motion where the action is right in front of the camera.

Yes this system is crap. BUT! I was able to catch a car prowler - it was the 'usual suspect' as certain people would say. I was able to trace the perp to my neighbor's door. I stitched a 10 minute span of time worth clips together with a video editor. I lost some files and could not download other files pertaining to the situation. I had to upload them to RU-vid in order to get access to the videos. To clarify, I have access to the clips, I was not able to download them to the phone to upload them to my computer. The video quality is super poor without night vision, I used indoor cameras in my windows -- -- pointed outside. I had to turn off or turn down night vision so that it would not reflect the window. There is enough light outside to the trigger motion sensor. I am not bold enough to buy the outdoor version, someone might see the red light and steal it. I live in an apartment. It was a pain to stitch the clips. When transferring videos from the phone to computer, the forensic info is not transferable, such as the actual time, date, and location the clip was created on the device; you will have to put that information in the file property.

Are the more expensive indoor and outdoor cameras better than the mini cam?

Same issues here as an iPhone user. Switched to Eufy on Black Friday last year. Local storage, no fees, high res, night vision, save clips right to phone, recognition spot on, geofencing, always works

I got a blink video doorbell almost two months ago. It was catching all motion perfectly up to a week ago. Now when I leave the house itwillcapture the video but when I return it doesn't record the video. I don't have a subscription either. I don't have problems like you do though. Videos always play back. Just like shown he4e the video takes ages to load as shown 8n this video if you don't have a subscription and I have no doubt its to incentives you to pay for a subscription. I'm using a 64GB usb 3.0 pen drive and it has a lot of videos on it but there is only 1% storage used.

I was one of the suckers that bought early on into the XT1 and XT2 cameras (when they cost more than the more advanced models now), however... unbeknownst to me at the time, that would "grandfather" me into to free cloud service for life, up to 10 sync modules with 10 camera each (enough for 100 cameras!). Though all those cameras would have to share the 7,200 second allotment limit, so the few cameras the better. I've replaced some of the older XT1 outdoor cams with the newest gen and a couple of the indoor cameras with the pan/tilt models (that as of this post are selling 50% off on Amazon for $29 each). I've had very few issues with mine. The "walkie-talkie" type of 2-way communication is one. If the person you're talking to speaks while you are pressing the speak icon, you'll not hear it. When I first set up my system, there was a very annoying delay using the 2-way communication, but vanished for the most part after upgrading to AT&T fiber optics. The communication delay is now about half a second if even that, hardly noticeable. Before, it was something atrocious, like 3 seconds... making communication awkward to impossible. Another is that only one camera records at a time. Meaning if someone trips one camera and moves off screen before the set record duration is up, any overlap camera that the subject may have tripped by entering its field, you will miss part of that video as the original one is still recording. I don't know if this is the case if one has multiple sync modules as I only have the one. Perhaps two will allow two cameras to record so long as they are assigned to two different modules? I honestly don't know but it makes sense. As for the "failed thumbnail" update prompts, I believe your assessment is spot on; the motion activation caused the camera to record, preventing thumbnail. However, the successive failures was for the same reason, the motion sensing was still on and as you were moving during the demonstration, it continued to record, preventing thumbnail updates. You'd have to turn off the motion sensing option in a field of movement in order to get that thumbnail to update. I also don't get any of those lags and errors that you experienced, that could be due to the usage of the cloud storage, don't really know. Those are the only issues and set up was stupid simple. Perhaps the free cloud storage is clouding my judgement, but I don't see myself replacing these anytime soon.

I just walked back from the dumpster. Where I threw away the trash. Blink has made a simple camera system way too complicated for its own good. Settings change without me doing a thing. It kept taking still pictures I didn't ask for and then trying to remove the still picture using Blinks directions put the final nail in the ......dumpster. This thing just wasn't worth the trouble or the constant hassle of resetting cameras I haven't touched. I just threw them in the trash.

How's your internet speed? I used to have that problem until I installed mesh extender.

Hay Nate! Sorry to hear your issues with Blink. I've had Blink since they first came out and I'm grandfathered into there saving on free online version of saving clips. Almost all my cameras are battery operated. I expanded to outside when Blink offered the XP versions . All have worked flawlessly and that's including the original first generation indoor ones. One issue I have is with the only mini camera I own. When I'm away all battery cameras work great. The mini camera plug in however comes on then goes offline and keeps sending me notifications it's offline. So I'm thinking it's the mini cams that have issues and not the battery operated ones. Looking forward to you testing a new camera. Thanks again for interesting videos!

I'm using Blink cameras and couldn't agree more with this video, you are completely accurate and I have been experiencing the same problems you talked about and showed. Luckily I'm early user so I don't have to pay for Cloud storage, that's why I kept these cameras as minimum security, while I have other PoE cameras as well.

Did you keep your Blink outdoor cameras?

Try the Wyze v3 camera, awesome color night vision. Add a memory card in it, you get motion detection for free. Minimum lag

Agreed but can u tell what u replaced with

I bought a used one for $2 bucks still linked with old owner. Got it at a estate sale. Was wondering if I can use the ip adress to view the footage or open it up and tap the feed to another board. Or just sell it.

Nater, to me the cloud service is a scam. Your right these cameras r not that great. Thanks for the video n tips. They come in handy to know, Have a nice day

4:40 no, iphone is not better. I am, too, phasing out all Blinks from my house. Wireless is definitely advantage but that's about it, I am switching with Littlelfs/Litokam. Power wiring is bit hassle but once setup, it is fast to connect so i can still catch person in motion when alerted. Works and records fine without subscription, also i can leave the camera full time continuously like baby monitor. cheaper too. much more ....

I don't like the idea that a sync-module can only record one camera at a time... What I don't know is if you have a system with two sync-modules can you record a camera to either units at the same time?

Blink system is kind of a scam, except the clear image rest is poor quality, the worse is when I changed the wifi it wouldn’t connect at all I called customer service they I told me they have to send technician and they would charge me around $160, for something that any one can do

I agree with 95% of what he is saying. They seemed like they would work when we got them but they have continued to disappoint.

Nate "Tool Man" Tater, you mean to tell me that Rome WAS build in a day ;) lol

I believe a lot of the problems are due to the fact that Blink Cameras/Sync module use Wireless G, a standard from 20 years ago (2003). Most other cameras use Wireless N (2008) which is around 6 times faster. Therefore, home internet/wifi speeds won't make much difference if the client is using Wireless G. I have a 1000mbps connection and I have a lot of the same issues with blink. Unfortunately, a hardware limitation to save cost.

How do you turn off the led light since you can't turn off the click sir

Mine stop work pretty much every morning at sunrise and sometimes at sundown.

Yup my two outdoor modules and the mini do not back up clips to my synch 2 module. K am ripping them off my house and smashing them with a hammer and mailing them back to the Blink Corporate offices. I'm tired of crappy products.

Thank you

my problem with the blink system is how long it takes to open the camera. most of the time the delivery guy has already left. it makes blink stuff useless.

exactly same issues . how to fix that?

I just got a Blink mini and it records for only 2 minutes.I thought it would record the whole day.

I am finished with Blink as well. Not worth all the work I am having to deal with.

I have 18 Blink cameras and my hoise getting broken into constantly by a disgruntled ex. I've changed passwords, phones, phone numbers, modems.......I just can't seem to keep him out. And yes, I've changed locks many times. It doesn't help that You Tube tells you how to pick locks and even where to buy the tools to do it with.

I am so sorry to hear you are experiencing issues with your Blink cameras, mine work beautifully but I can appreciate your frustration with the performance issues. I do hope you are able to purchase cameras that support your current needs. Great video.

I also have been grandfathered for the cloud storage. I haven't any problems over the 4 years. I have 4 battery outside and 2 indoor minis. I really think Amazon cloud is the way to go, that being free. Also I have a 2000 square foot house and the 2 mini's are in my garage and detached shop. I really like your videos, I subscribed to you when you you started the T-mobile home internet videos. I loved my T-Mobile 5G home internet but every gateway (5) I got didn't last 2 months before they shit the bed. Had to wait for 4 or 5 days to get a new one. I had to bite the bullet and go back to Spectrum internet for $50 a month. Thanks and keep up the great videos!

No matter what I do I can’t hook up to the Wi-Fi and everything else. I have works with Wi-Fi except blank and ring. I haven’t tried on anything else but I’m sure nothing will work. I’m sure it’s not my Wi-Fi.

I'm waiting for someone that can just make a camera with the tools needed to keep footage locally on your own network or personal cloud. I'm tired of companies trying to control our affairs.

Blink system can only record one camera at a time. This is a well known limitation.

Hmm I've had Blink since they came out. Had all the versions of the outdoor cams and the door bell. I don't have any of the issues you are encountering. I actually have three systems reporting back to the same app. Something doesn't sound right.

Never had any problems with mine. I think your review is fair considering all the troubles you've had... I mean you can't even see the thumbnails. I can!

Your basement is too far from the sync module?

Don't get Blink Camera's if you are away allot or using for a vacation home. If you lose power you can NOT reset them. I have gone 2 months without the cameras'. They are useless. Know one talks about this. They do NOT reset when the power comes back.

I swapped out all Blink and Ring cameras for Eufy. Happy with them. Blink lost their way after Amazon acquired them. My main cameras are wired 4k IP into a 24/7 NVR. Great videos!

I'm sorry to say that I have the same issues (iPhone). Waste of money. Guess I will sell on eBay and buy Eufy.

I bought a chinese camera on Amazon like.. 8 years ago (The brand is Yi) and it came with 720p, and a way better microphone. $40. I can still see it in my purchase history. This is such a low quality product. Every "Amazon Select!" or "Amazon Basic" is awful.

Your right they are a load off crap

Dude. In a word, Wyze. Cheap. Simple. Works. Nuff Said.

My snooze icon is no longer available.