Customer Ratings & Reviews

The cameras work great got them at a very good price 10 out of 10

This camera is amazing it's allowed me to use it every time I need the best camera you can buy for your house

Order was purchased online for curb side pickup. The staff was quick and delivered my order at my car as soon as I parked. Blink is easy to operate. It is very useful and will purchase same brand again. Captured the raccoon at my backyard who wanted to get into the chicken coop. And was able to scare him away from the camera.

The camera won’t connect to my hotspot device. You have a be up close for the camera to send a motion notification. I wouldn’t purchase this specific camera again.

We have had these cameras for a little under a month in two separate homes and for the price I feel the quality is very good and we are glad we purchased them. Our trial subscription is over in 15 days and we will renew for the year.

My blink cameras are great, easy to install. The app was easy to download low monthly subscription. I would recommend this item to anyone wanting good clear security cameras at a low price

Works great with my other cameras so far so good love it

It’s not what I expected has to be with a subscription to have the best results. Don’t get much play back so that’s why the low score. The installation was pretty easy.

Very easy to install (I used command strips to hang them so no drilling or fuss. I must admit, I am a bit obsessed with every motion capture. This is how busy bodies are minted lol

Good price, perfect for outdoor and indoor, is all i need,

Extremely satisfied with the clarity of the camera at a great price. Installation was super easy. Definitely recommended.

This cámaras are great the quality and price can’t beat. Love my purchase. Definitely recommended this to my mother in law and sister.

Great for outdoor viewing, front and back door coverage.

Product is very convenient and gives peace of mind

I really like these I buy them and give them out as presents.

I love this camera Easy to use and simple design Thank you

Blink cameras are top notch.Its very clear and does what I need it to do.I will definitely be buying another one.

Excelent beuty perfect and easy instalation. Download app

The Outdoor 4 is Blink’s latest iteration in their outdoor system of cameras that offers many of those features you’d find in your typical outdoor camera, including weather resistance, night vision detection and recording, two-way radio, and battery life. But what makes the Blink Outdoor 4 stand out from the rest of the pack? Having owned almost every outdoor smart security ecosystem, there is definitely one thing that stands out about the Blink Outdoor: its square shape. Right off the bat, you may start imagining the ways this camera can be mounted around the exterior of your home and the ways it can blend in and be out of sight. Its off-center camera lens is both unorthodox but kind of refreshing as it really doesn’t scream surveillance camera. To get the technicality out of the way, this is a 1080p HD camera offering a 143 degree diagonal view. It is wireless, utilizing two AA lithium batteries; Blink is advertising 2 years of battery life from this camera WITH regular use. To take advantage of cloud storage as well as other enhanced motion detection features, there is a monthly subscription of $3 for a single camera, and $10 for unlimited cameras, with the latter offering things like 10% off Blink devices and extended warranty coverage. Setup is very easy. The kit comes with the Outdoor 4, a Sync Module, 2 AA Lithium batteries, and mounting hardware. The back of the camera has a panel that must be unscrewed, but you won’t need a screwdriver, but more like a quarter to loosen the large slotted screw. Blink includes a plastic tool that easily does that job. Once you unscrew the backing, you will find two slots for the AA batteries, a QR code to aide in setup, and a reset button in the event that you need to start fresh. All hardware setup is done through the Blink App and provides a guided step-by-step how to. Connectivity to your home network is done through the Sync Module (included with this kit). The beauty of having a module, especially one that can fit into your hands, is the ability to extend your range of the Outdoor relative to the Sync Module and not your WiFi router. All it requires is a quick setup using the Blink app and ensuring that the module has a good signal to your network. All you need is an available power outlet to provide power to the module; a power adapter and USB cable are included. If you choose to add more cameras to your ecosystem, the Sync Module can handle up to 10 cameras. So what did I have to change to make this camera a little bit more functional for my taste? I noticed that the recordings were very, very short. I learned that the default was 5 seconds. I switched it over to 30 seconds, and this doesn’t necessarily mean it will run the full 30 as the recording will stop when movement is no longer detected. The next thing I changed was the Motion Zones under motion settings. This may go a long way for many in terms of battery life as you can target the specific areas of the view that you care about the most. In my case, I only care about what’s on my driveway and can ignore the cars passing through my street. Camera detection has been great with the updates I made above. It’s great to see the clips generated, and they are quite clear for a 1080p image. With Blink Plus, a cool feature called Blink Moments takes various related captures and bundles it into a single packaged video. It’s kind of like a summary of things happening. I was able to see a video of a car pulling up to the driveway followed by another video of people exiting the car, then finally yet another video closing out the movement of someone walking away from the car from the far side. Super cool. One complaint? I had some trouble mounting the camera to the mount. It’s a snap-on snap-off situation, and if you don’t line it up quite right, it just doesn’t want to fully latch securely. A few attempts at it and I was finally able to get it to securely snap into place. I felt like I was pushing with a ton of force to get it to snap into place and it was actually a bit unnerving. I docked a star off for that. So what’s potentially not cool?? The pay-to-play paradigm of attaining features like Blink Moments as well as access to a cloud in general. Nothing is free anymore and cloud storage does come at a premium in any aspect, so penalizing Blink for doing this is a natural feeling, but kind of unfair to Blink. As a matter of fact, I feel like their pricing is more than reasonable with respect to other manufacturers. It is for those who want a fast and easy DIY way to set up home monitoring. This is probably one the easiest I’ve worked with thus far and if you’re okay with a monthly service, I would recommend this system. If you’re already into the Amazon ecosystem with Alexa and Echo Shows, then it’s only natural to go this route due to the integration between Blink and Amazon devices.

**OVERALL** The Blink Outdoor 4 is a compact, wireless outdoor, user-friendly security system offering high-quality video that's quick and easy to set up for an affordable price of $100. That being said, I'm typically not a fan of these systems, but for the purpose of this review, we'll scrap all that for an unbiased look at these. For those unaware, these systems are cloud first subscription serviced with limited functionality without a subscription. Separate modules can be purchased for local functionality but that'll be detailed below. On the surface, these units have a good build quality but a semi annoying mounting bracket that may fool you into believing you'll break the mounts during assembly. One of the key benefits of the Blink system is the scalability, allowing you to add multiple cameras and Modules to monitor multiple properties/locations with minimum effort. The system offers cloud storage through a Blink subscription which can cover up to 10 devices at a rate of $100/yr. For a single, that comes down to $30/yr. The Outdoor 4 is powered by a pair of AA batteries; more specifically Energizer Lithium with an estimated runtime of 2-years. **Pros:** * Quick and easy setup * Scalable system for monitoring multiple locations * Convenient cloud storage solution through Blink Subscription * 2-year battery life **Cons:** * finicky mount to attach that may feel fragile * Third-party mounts may be necessary for better performance/positioning * Limited functionality without subscription **FEATURES** To access most of the features of the Blink Outdoor 4 system, you'll need to purchase a subscription plan or opt for a one-time purchase of the Sync Module 2 with a USB port for local storage. The Plus subscription plan costs $100 per year for up to 10 devices or $30 per year for Basic and one device. If you choose to go with local storage, the Sync Module 2 costs $50. With a sub, the Outdoor 4 offers motion detection, person detection and vehicle detection. Without it you get motion detection notifications only. Blink moments gets bundled with the Plus sub only, which stitches multiple recordings to form a semi cohesive playback of events that triggered 1 or more cameras within 45 seconds of each other and within the same system. Motion detection seems accurate with the only mix-ups I've noticed is vehicle detection being triggered as motion detection. I mostly blame my setup for that. Night vision is acceptable but suffers with range. Adding the battery extension will give you an absurd operation time of 4 years on the camera. A USB port is optional to wire a permanent power solution or solar panel. **LOCAL STORAGE OPTION:** * Sync Module 2 with USB port: $50 * Local storage option for stored clips. **ADDITIONAL OPTIONS:** * Solar options available for outdoor cameras * Blink Outdoor 4 Battery Extension for up to 4 years runtime **ISSUES** On day 2 of ownership, before placing outdoors. I propped the camera up on a shelf until I had the chance to mount it somewhere outdoors. This left it between 10'-15' from the sync module. Upon checking up in the Blink app, I realized the camera was not responding. Checking the camera itself I could tell it was powered so I moved it closer to the sync module. With no improvement after a few minutes I tried disconnecting the sync module and forcing a restart. After a few minutes, both were back to the same state. The app reports that the sync module is back and connected to a strong WiFi but no improvement from the camera. I figured the last option was a reset from the camera side. After pulling out the batteries and waiting a few minutes to boot back up, the app began detecting the camera. A few days later, after placing the camera outdoors propped on the first ring I could find, the same issue occurred. The only difference, leaving it alone for a day resulted in the camera coming back. The sync module was already at about 15' from the camera outdoors and no change was made with it so I can't figure out what was the issue but this reliability issue would nerf the need of a camera in the first place. Certain weather situations, cold and high humidity, seems to fog up the lens without meant other environmental factors. So much that any light source distorts it's vision enough to make it unreliable. Overall, the Blink system is easy to use and convenient, making it a great option for those looking for a simple and effective home security solution. However, random disconnects and a housing that may generate more glare/haze than similar products gets it docked a bit.