Customer Ratings & Reviews

This mini camera was easy to install. I had it working within 3 minutes. I did already have a Blink account and other Blink cameras as well as Sync modules. I added this camera to one of my Sync modules and this operation went smoothly except relative to putting clips on the Sync local storage. The Blink instructions included a minor mistake during the setup by telling users to find a QR code in the Quick Start Guide to facilitate installation, even though the guide doesn't contain the QR code. The QR code is only on the back of the camera. The video and audio are both excellent, including night vision recordings as well. However, the night recordings are not in color as claimed. I did set the Night Vision to Auto which should have enabled color night vision. The Night Vision setting that would force black and white only was off. The storage of clips is a bit confusing in that I could not get the new camera to record video to the local storage in my Sync module. This could be due to the fact that the installation of the new camera started a trial subscription to record to the Cloud. Indeed all my cameras are now ignoring the local storage and recording clips to the Cloud which I did not want. The instructions should be updated to clarify this process and/or make it easy to find the settings to use the local storage. I did see a note that indicated that clips would download to the local storage after 24 hours but this isn’t happening. I expect if I terminate the Cloud storage option that all the recordings including the new camera will go to the local storage on my Sync modules. I would suggest that much better documentation from Blink is needed to help folks figure out how to use the local storage instead of the Cloud. I cannot recommend this camera since it does not record color night vision as advertised - only black and white; and also cannot recommend due to the storage process that seems to require the Cloud although it is clearly stated that I could record clips from the new camera to the Sync module local media.

The Blink Mini 2K+ Compact plug-in security camera is a camera that’s created and supported by Blink. It comes with a camera that supports 2K video resolution. The camera comes packaged with a small pamphlet with font that too small to read and instructions on the inside top portion of the box it comes in with instructions informing you to download the Blink Home Monitor app to install. I was able to use the included USB-C charger to plug up the camera and begin the setup process. The first attempt of setting up the camera failed. It was stuck on Connecting to Blink Servers for a while, followed by a screen that said my camera filed to connect. It said to try again, but when I clicked the Try Again button, I received a prompt that said System is busy, please wait. I tried a second time, and it failed again. I was about to give up, but tried a third time. It was finally able to connect on my third attempt. Once I had the camera finally connected I was able to finish setting it up. The camera quality is decent for 2k resolution. It has black and white night vision. It also has colored night vision, but it seems to only work when the included motion light is on. The LED light can be turned on or off using the app in settings, and you can also toggle it on and off in live view. There’s a slight delay from what happens in real time, and the time it gets to the app. I would turn the light on using the app. The camera would respond immediately, but it would take a second or two before I was able to see what happened in real time in the app. The camera comes with a 60 day trial, then after that you it requires a subscription. Overall, it’s a decent camera despite the shortcomings of the setup process.