Customer Ratings & Reviews

Always looses connection with wifi module despite being just about 20 feet away. I do not recommend it.

One camera is Miss from the package and I did request for replacement but couldn’t get any response

Sync module did not work, could not connect to any cameras

Would never recommend this product. First of all the sales girl knew nothing about it but pretended she did so I got wrong information. These cameras are ok at times but they are fixed and the battery runs out much much faster than they say.

Hard to get the sensitivity to work correctly in constant notifications on the phone are just annoying

The sync module stopped working after a month and a half and the cameras wouldn't work at all at this point.

Cameras would not stay connected, worst cameras I’ve ever installed.

not valuable. for the price i paid for it,better buy something else.

It is almost impossible to install on my cell phone. I called and they didn't solve anything for me. The best thing I did was return them and buy another brand.

Bought these to put in my garage. Batteries are dead after a 2-3weeks. Quality is horrible on them. The live recording is super laggy

Still waiting… ordered early august and still nothing.

Awful picture quality compared to others by the same company. The others are great!

Camera goes offline daily, I have to constantly take the batteries out and restart

Battery keeps saying they are dead even when I put new ones in!

This Blink Outdoor 4 Camera should be an essential item for anyone that lives in the real world. It takes only minutes to install the application on your phone, register the device as well as the Sync Module(s) (included!) that acts as the Hub for your camera(s) within your WiFi Network and should you choose to, the Blink "cloud service" that comes with a free trial period and then you can pay for the service, again if you choose to do so! I have mounted this camera to view our front door and it works very well. I am so pleased that I had my son go to our local Best Buy and purchase several more of these excellent cameras as well as a Sync Module 2 which has a built-in USB-A port for local recording. To activate motion detection recording, simply choose the "Armed" setting in the software for the Sync Module that controls the cameras you wish to "Arm" for motion detection. If you have the Sync Module 2 you can review your recordings on a PC via the USB drive. I have yet to do so but it should be very easy. The mounting hardware is simple and straightforward. Additionally, there is a "piggyback" battery pack that extends the life of the power supply to up to 4 years (standard is up to 2 years). These are also available at Best Buy. Battery life will vary with how often the camera is called upon to record or being viewed "LIVE" by you and when it is "Armed" it will record more often with motion being detected. I also installed the Blink Home Monitor application onto a new desktop Windows 11 machine. This will be discussed in a future review of that PC. You can easily view your cameras anytime and anywhere you have a cell signal via your phone. Simply open the application on your phone, select the Sync Module associated with the camera(s) you want to see and then choose that camera! I use an iPhone 16 Pro Max to do so and it works great!! The video is clear and I can even hear what is going on within the camera's range. You can also converse with someone that is on-camera and they with you! Excellent! If you have the Module set to "Armed" it will alert you via the application on your phone of motion and you can then view what is going on at that particular camera. I select "Armed" on the Sync Modules for nighttime or when I am away from home for security reasons and they will turn on when motion is detected and alert me via my iPhone and the application. Be aware that the wind blowing a nearby tree's branches that is in the field of view of the camera or cars driving past it will likely activate the motion detection and alert you via the phone application! The cameras associated with the Sync Module 2 (if you have one) will also record and the recording is "looped" so that when it runs out of space on the USB drive, it will record over starting with the oldest video being recorded over first., Each camera can only be viewed one at a time on your phone. There is also an application for iPads and I will be installing that later on my 9th Gen iPad but I want to thoroughly test it on the aforementioned PC first! Night and low light viewing activates the automatic Black & White viewing/recording mode and this is a feature of many professional cameras. The image is still quite good and if there is enough light to do so, the picture will be in color. If you have an Amazon Echo 8 or larger, you should be able to put multiple camera images on it at one time. I do not have one of these monitors but may get one to try it out at a later time as I am satisfied with the cell phone's view of each camera for now. And speaking of being satisfied, I am very pleased with the Blink Outdoor 4 Camera and Sync Module. In my career as an Electronics Technician, I have installed and used several CCTV/DVR security systems over the years, many costing $100,000+ and more, and for home use I think that the Blink Outdoor 4 Camera and Sync Module is an excellent, AFFORDABLE and very easy to use system that almost anyone can install and use with ease at or away from home. I am so impressed that as I said, we purchased more of these cameras to monitor our home and this also gives us additional piece of mind when our young grandchildren are visiting. I am so impressed with the Blink Outdoor 4 Camera system that I have spoken to my brother and his wife and have offered to set up a system for their home in Oregon. Like us, they are both seniors now but unlike my wife and I, they have a very nice vegetable garden and 5 egg laying hens to look after and the Blink Outdoor 4 is PERFECT for doing that and more! Highly recommended? YES!!

TLDR: A new 4th generation camera model from security camera firm Blink; now owned by Amazon.. It has a 2 year battery life on 2 AA lithium batteries, is wireless, weather proof, can transmit up to 100 feet away and works with an included Sync Module Core powered by an AC adapter that increases range to 250 feet. It makes 1080p HD video. It has InfraRed night view, works with Alexa, as well as 2-way talk with outsiders and what Blink calls DualZone, enhanced motion detection. 1 year warranty. The camera is very lightweight and most of the weight is from the supplied 2 AA lithium batteries. Supplied in the package is a mounting bracket, and the Sync Module which requires the use of the included AC adapter and USB-C cable. The Blink app needs to be installed on a smartphone to link the camera to the Blink account and to your home WiFi with your information and your WiFi password in the app. That is done only 1 time when setting it up. When the camera is opened to install the batteries, scan the QR code to add the new camera to your account. The Blink account allows viewing the live feed on your smartphone or a compatible smart tablet from the camera and also allows speaking back to anyone within the ear range of the speaker and microphone built into the camera. BTW: If you cancel and switch to a new internet service provider at home just do this easy thing to not get annoyed and think your smart devices are suddenly all broken. Here it is: Assign the same WiFi name and WiFi password to your new WiFi as you had with the old internet provider. Use the same exact name whether it was a bunch of letters and numbers or if you renamed it yourself to something easier. And use the same exact password. By doing that you probably won't experience any smart device “failures” since they will still be connecting to the same named WiFi network in your home. If you don’t do this with your your new WiFi you will be required to reinstall each smart device again after you reinstall all the different brands of smart device apps since each brand has their own apps. They won't be “broken” or “failed, they just don't know the new WiFi name and password. Anyone with a Fire TV OS Operating System TV or a Firestick device, as well as anyone operating a Alexa Show smart speaker with the display screen can also view the camera feed on those devices. This function requires that the camera be given an easy single word name to allow verbally commanding the Alexa functionality to display the camera feed either on a TV or the Show display screens. For example, as shown on the Best Buy web page, if the camera is assigned the name “Yard” simply say “Alexa, show me the yard” to enable viewing the back yard property with the camera in the yard. We particularly like to grab our Fire Stick remotes to push the Blue Alexa button and verbally tell Alexa to show the “Front” camera or any other of our Blink cameras and it switches from the TV show to the camera video. The same is possible using our Show 8 or Show 5 model Alexa speakers with the 8” or 5” screens. Note: At present, if your camera is being viewed on one of your devices (such as a Fire Stick equipped TV, it cannot at the same time be viewed on another Alexa enabled device. The Second device will respond “I am not sure what went wrong” Just release the video from the first device and you can view the video on your second device. Any name can be assigned to your cameras; even One, Two, Three etc, proper names, seasons, adjectives, team names, literally any names can be given to cameras (and any other smart devices). Just remember the names you assign if using your spoken verbal commands to view cameras or control devices. It is best to find a mounting location where the shifting sun will not directly enter the camera lens and sensor since obviously in the early morning or the late afternoon having the sun “blind” the camera sensor will not produce a clear video result. Sometimes, with how our homes and walkways are built, this is easier to say than to achieve. In use I can state that I feel our home is safer with the viewing ability and the clear video Full HD (1080p) video and images as well as the 2-way communication it provides. It is installed outside aimed at the approach to our home and has consistently provided a clear image in the day (we have mostly sunny days in our area being a dry climate) and in the evening using the Infrared night vision capability of the camera which returns a mostly black and white gray video but still is viewable. These work very well and I will see if the claimed 2 year battery life with the Energizer lithium batteries will be seen.

My collection of blink devices keeps growing. This is the first Outdoor 4 wireless camera I am adding. In order to use a wireless camera, you must have a sync module. They can not be used on wifi alone like Blink wired cameras. Therefore, it is nice that this comes with one, because it allows you to add it to your system if you don’t already have one. However, there is something important about the sync module that is provided here, It has no local storage. I already had a Sync Module 2 that came with my Blink doorbell. Prior to getting the Sync Module 2, I had a Blink subscription which allows video clips and such to be stored on the cloud. After getting the Sync Module 2 though, I found I was able to store video clips to the module, and I didn’t really need the other features the subscription offered, so I cancelled it. Don’t get me wrong, I liked the subscription, and I thought it was worth the monthly cost, but my situation changed to where I didn’t really need all it had to offer, and the Sync Module 2, with local storage, met my needs. I first took this Outdoor 4 camera, and connected it to my existing Sync Module 2. It took almost no time at all. You just scan the barcode on the camera with the Blink app on your phone, install the included batteries, and confirm which network you want to add it to. Then, I decided to add the included sync module to my network. This was easy as well, but in doing so, it removed my Sync Module 2. You can apparently have only one sync module on your network at a time. I didn’t figure this was a problem and I had other plans for my Sync Module 2. I wanted to make sure the local storage option was working, because I did have trouble getting it to work at first with the Sync Module 2, but couldn’t find the option. That was when I finally realized this Sync module has no local storage option. It is called the Sync Module Core. So, all it does is allow you to add wireless cameras like the Outdoor 4 to your network, but it has no local storage. In order to have that, in order to allow the storage of camera clips, you have to pay for a subscription. I think this means the core is really only included for people who are getting a wireless blink camera, which won’t work with their wifi, and they don’t already have a sync module. Since it doesn't have local storage, I wouldn’t actually recommend this package for anyone unless you know you really plan on having the monthly subscription, or are fine with only being able to connect to the camera and view it in real time. If neither of those are your use case, you would be better off to buy the camera separately and then buy a Sync Model 2, which uses USB flash drives, or a Sync Module XR, which uses SD cards. If you do indeed know that you plan to always have a subscription, then this should work fine for you, but if you ever change your mind, just be aware, you will need to buy a different Sync module. All of my other cameras are either in my house, or attached to my house facing away, because they need power. This wireless option just opens a whole new world of possibilities. I got this to keep an eye on my back fenceline on a 1 acre lot, where someone keeps throwing yard waste over my fence and into my yard. I don’t usually know when it happens and may not notice it until long after it has. Now, I will get a notification in real time when it happens, and I will have a recording of it. The camera is subtle too. Barely noticeable where I placed it in my back yard. There are so many other things you could use it for and I see myself getting more. You could put it on the back of your mailbox post facing your house to have a view of your driveway and the exterior of your house. You could put it on your mailbox post facing the other way, or even inside your mailbox to get a notification when your mail is delivered. You could point it at a birdhouse, a feeder, or a nest. Where I placed it is quite far from my house, and it seems to work fine. The picture is also nice and clear. If you do go with the subscription, they also have filters you can use to prevent false alarms. For example, you can set it to only activate when it detects a person, or a car. This doesn’t work without the monthly subscription though. If you do have need for such features, a subscription is well worth it, but even then, having a sync module with storage is still good to have, because cloud based clips are subject to deletion, and your clips can be backed up to your sync module with local storage so they won’t get deleted. I am a fan of the entire Blink ecosystem. I am very satisfied with this camera. My only reservation would be to caution that this package offering is really intended for people who plan on having the Blink subscription. What is here is still 5 stars for what it does. It would have been better, in my opinion, with a sync module that supported local storage, like the one that came with my doorbell. As I think it could be better, and I can't really think of why you would need a sync module without local storage, I would dock this half a star. As I don't have that option, I am going to cut one star, because it could be better with a different sync module.

We have had a Blink camera system and Blink doorbell with annual subscription for about seven months now and really do like it. So, the app was already installed on our Android phones. I chose this Outdoor 4 camera and its accompanying Sync Module Core for use on our deck as a separate system than our main system that provides security for the house. My wife wanted to see what type of critters came up on our deck during the night looking for food. That required different settings than the cameras that watch our home. We are using it more like a trail cam for our deck. The unboxing and set up was easy peasy. My suggestion to anyone setting up these Blink modules and cameras would be to use the QR code that Blink so conveniently displays in just the right places on the boxes and on the devices themselves. The Sync Module Core was discovered quickly, and I installed it as an additional system on the Blink app. The only other piece of information you needed to know is your Wi-Fi password. After that we put the batteries in the Outdoor 4 camera, and it was discovered and installed by the Sync Module Core. We used my phone to install the Sync Module Core and camera. Then, when my wife went into the Blink app on her Android phone, the additional system for the deck was already there waiting for her to use. Then it was just a matter of screwing the adjustable camera base in place on our deck railing, snapping the camera in place on the mount, and pointing the camera in the right direction. I also adjusted some settings for the camera inside the app. I named the camera Deck. You can change this anytime you want or if you move the camera and want to assign a different name. I turned the Status LED to Always Off so that it wouldn’t light up when it was recording and spook an animal. I walked the Motion Sensitivity up one setting at a time over a period of days from the default of 6. We now have it set almost to its maximum setting so that it will trigger no matter how small the animal or bird. I love how you can set/unset motion zones with your fingertip or stylus on a thumbnail of what the camera sees. Truly a graphic user interface. Because this camera is easily accessible on our deck to change the batteries without a ladder, we decided to up the Video Quality to Best, lengthened the Motion Clip Length to 20 seconds, and set the IR Intensity to its maximum of High. All are settings that reduce battery life. So far, we have observed two different feral cats, two different possums, and a family of three raccoons that have visited our deck during the night and some even during the day. The videos are always sharp and well illuminated. The infrared night vision is very good, and we can reliably see what type of animal has visited our deck. The enhanced motion detection is very good. You can also touch the camera image in the app and go to a Live View to see what’s going on in real time using the 1080p HD resolution. We haven’t used the two-way talk feature on the deck camera yet, but I would imagine that hearing our voice blaring out in the middle of the night would stop any catfight that was occurring. My wife is looking forward to that as at least once a month we are awoken in the middle of the night by catfight. I like to mention that we use the two-way talk feature on our Blink doorbell frequently when we have to tell the UPS or FedEx delivery driver to just leave the package as we will be home in a few minutes. It seems they like the courtesy of being able to talk to the delivery customer. They are quite used to it. They say these cameras have a two-year battery life, depending on usage. We can’t attest to that yet because the existing Blink system has only been in place for seven months. It has taken thousands of pictures and videos and none of the cameras have needed a battery replacement. The new camera on our deck has only been in place several days but I don’t imagine it would be any different except for the higher battery usage settings that I have made. I am very happy with both our Blink camera systems. It seems that the Blink engineers have hit on a way of making the cameras sip energy so that the batteries last a long, long time. This isn’t our first camera system. In fact, it is our third system in 15 years, but the first that doesn’t force us to recharge the batteries every month or two. We are happy with our Blink system. I would recommend this to anyone who is looking for a reasonably priced camera system to install around the house or business. In fact, I recommended the Blink cameras the day before yesterday to a gemologist who was thinking about putting cameras around his house.

Keeping tabs on what is going on outside your home, day or night, is pretty darn easy with the Blink Outdoor 4 camera. This assumes, of course, you have a smartphone and know how to use it, since setup depends entirely on the Blink app and your ability to use your phone's camera to scan several QR codes along the way. If you have mastered those skills, you can have the Blink Outdoor 4 set up and running in just a few minutes. Just download the app, then follow the prompts to get your sync module connected to the app (via QR code) and your wi-fi network. It uses AC power and connects via an included USB power brick. Than add the camera, after installing the included batteries ( good for "up to 2 years") , using another QR code scan. (Helpful hint: The code is INSIDE the battery compartment of the camera, not on the back as the app suggests). The small weatherproof camera comes with a simple but serviceable ball and joint mounting system (with self tapping wood screws) , which makes is easy to attach and aim to get your desired view. The lens provides a very wide angle view, which is good and bad. The good is it covers a lot of real estate. The bad is everything looks very far away unless it is very close to the camera. So don't expect to be able to identify faces at more than about 15 feet This particular model is the entry version and comes with a bare bones Sync Module Core. That means it is the least expensive and ONLY saves motion-activated photos and videos via a cloud subscription service. You get 30 days free after initial setup but must pay a monthly or yearly fee after that. The least expensive plan for a single camera is $10 a month or $100 a year. Otherwise, you still get motion alerts but only have live views of whatever is going on. And cannot record anything. (Those disinclined to buy a subscription should opt for the more expensive version of the Blink Outdoor 4 that comes with an upgraded sync module 2. It has a USB port and therefore can store photos or videos generated by the camera locally via a USB drive. You have to supply the drive but it's a lot cheaper than a subscription.) The Blink Outdoor 4, the company's newest version, provides a sharp , colorful HD image in daylight, but gets somewhat muddy after dark. It can still see at night with the help of a built-in infrared light, which you can set to be motion-activated, just like the camera. But night views are in black and white and lack contrast, which means some things are barely more than just shapes. Still the Blink Outdoor 4 made it possible for me to discover that a small group of deer graze my yard almost every night. The system also records sound (at your option) and allows two-way communication with anyone the camera sees. If you subscribe to the cloud service, the Blink Outdoor 4 gains some extra skills, like being able to trigger and/or alert you when it sees people. General motion is always detected, and triggers video recording for the number of seconds you set. The app also displays thumbnails of all triggered events to make it easier to sort them out. The Blink Outdoor 4 is not perfect but it is a relatively inexpensive way to set up a wireless video security system around your house, without much effort. If one cam is not enough, you can add more to the system. Just touch the plus sign on the app home screen. They all can work off the same sync module. Just be aware the subscription costs for cloud storage go up (to $300 a year) for two or more cameras.

The Blink - Outdoor 4 – Wireless smart security camera with Sync Module included seems to be a good choice. But there are a couple caveats. First of all, it’s light, and fairly simple to set up and use. There are no detailed instructions in the box so you must install the app before you can actually get started. As far as help with setting it up, the app was helpful for adding the Sync Module (which you must do first) and for adding the camera. However, when it comes to finding instructions for how to attach and use the mounting hardware, you have to search through the app menu to find it. Not intuitive at all. I finally found what I needed via the camera Settings | Help menu, which took me to a helpful support page. Once set up, the Blink - Outdoor 4 worked great. Good image quality day and night, ability to set sensitivity levels and zones, decent sound, IR capabilities, and, of course, options for notifications, recording, and AI detection of animals and/or humans. This is a great set of features which are fairly standard with modern security cams. It claims to run for 2-years using 2 AA batteries, which I cannot address. I did need to take the batteries out and then place them back in after 5 seconds in order to get it to reset after if fell off a table. They also offer 2 tiers of subscriptions, which I appreciate. The basic plan is only $30 per year and offers all you need for a single-device set up. The Plus plan is $100 per year and handles multiple devices. My main caveat is the design of the mounting hardware. Once I was finally able to locate the instructions for assembling and using the hardware (this took a call to support), it was very straightforward. It is easy to mount and there’s a couple options according to whether you want the base to be horizontal or vertical. However, the design issue I don’t like is this. The mount snaps into the camera in the same circular opening you need to access for changing the batteries. This means you need to unsnap the camera from the mount before you can replace the batteries (or briefly remove them for a reset). If the batteries truly last for a year or more, I suppose that’s really not much of an issue. If they need to be accessed more frequently, I’m concerned about the inconvenience, but more than that, it feels as if the strength of the connection between the mount and the camera will weaken over time. It’s simply a plastic piece shaping into another plastic piece without any catching mechanism to hold it into place. That makes me a little nervous. However, please remember this is my initial concern and I have not used it long enough to validate my concerns - other than the simple inconvenience. Because of this, I will still recommend the Blink Outdoor 4. My caveats may not be that big of a deal for your usage. Otherwise, the whole Blink security system, including their excellent doorbell cam, is a solid offering.