Customer Ratings & Reviews

We love our blink minis. We bought them for our RV and live them

great item. great battery. works very well with my laptop

Its okay not to bad just keeps on losing connection to my phone alot i had to forget the device on the bluetooth setting to get it back working but still does it not sure if im the only one but other than its decent

Love this little camera. Definitely a great bargain for the price.

After i initially purchased it i charged it lonked it to my phone and managed to get one recording after that i never turned back on. Ended up having to return since i couldnr get it to charge or turn one.

Great rugged cam with built in stabilizer, perfect for outdoors

This camera is nice, glad to purchase such a deal in bestbuy.

WOW! JUST WOW! THIS THING IS AMAZING HOLY MOLY WOW!

Best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Excelent camera, battery good, have a minimal visor on the top.

Great camera. Used once won't charge. Looked online to find this is a very common issue. They sold these knowing they where defective. Will be returning it

Good camera, but harder to use than my previous go pro models.

It only worked for a week and stopped working. It kept displaying a SD card error. I purchased 4 separate cards and none worked.

Buy the hero 11 black. The mini is comparatively worthless.

Excellent camera, really happy really recommended.

I got this with the accessory bundle. There were so many parts and pieces, with super vague to no instructions. I tried putting some pieces together and gave up. I didn't think it would be a jigsaw puzzle. Anyway....just a waste of $400.

First the obvious problems. No removable battery - right there makes this a no brainer for most people I know to skip. Had I realized this when I selected it, I would've passed on testing this. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has had to pull a battery from their go pro to get it unfrozen. And no replaceable battery means limited life. I've had batteries go bad. Pull it and get another with a normal go pro. With this one? You're out of luck. And if you're out there doing hours of action, this just won't cut it. I did see something about a new USB pass through door that would allow you to attach a power bank to it to extend the recording time, but that really negates the whole point of having a mini Go Pro, if you're going to have to have a big battery bank duct taped to your helmet as well or something. Another issue that will make this a pass for many die hard go pro users - the lack of the screens. I really liked being able to quickly change things, go to preset settings for different things. The whole point for me of a go pro is to be instantly ready to just shoot. Turn it on, pick mode and settings, and you're off. This one, having to open the app on the phone or slowly work through the tiny settings window options using two buttons? That just adds time, complexity, and frustration to the mix. The smaller size isn't even much of a difference so it's also not a compelling reason. Weight is only slightly less. If it was half as big it would be something to brag about, but they did not shrink this down that much. Now, the lack of the rear screen does give this a new mount option, so this WILL give people some better ways to attach it to things for those POV videos. For things like skateboards and surfboards, this will let you get lower, right on the board, for an even more extreme view. Photos unfortunately are gone the way of the dodo. I love my other Go Pro cameras for quick photos. Now you'll have to use the app to snag a capture from a video to get a photo out of this. Now as far as videos go, this has the identical specs to the full sized Hero 11, so there is no loss of resolution or quality. And videos really do look great. Even something simple, holding in my hand, the image stabilizing is outstanding. I held it in my hand, walking around the house, forearm parallel to the ground as I moved with this pointing straight in front of me. There was almost no camera movement at all other than forwards. No bobbing, no shaking, just a very smooth flow. I mounted it on my go pro mount on my Vespa, a GTS 300. And the picture and stability again was every bit as good as I would expect. Much better than my Go Pro Max that's 3 years old that, even in "Hero" mode, didn't do as well as its full blown counterpart 3 years ago. Unboxing was simple. Really not much here to deal with. The case I guess is OK but it's bulky and has a lot of wasted space in it. I have a backpack for my Mavic 3 drone that also has an area for my Go Pro cams, so this will be kept there instead. I'm going to guess that will be the case for more people than not, they'll use some other more efficient way to store this for travel. App - First off was connecting it to the go pro - no different than my other go pros. It instantly found a firmware update. Now, I had seen someone's review prior to this that mentioned how most of the modes weren't even options on the Mini that were available on the full sized Hero 11. I'm guessing their review was a bit premature, since this update specified some of the things they complained about. Here is what this update in December of 2022 added as new features: includes all video capture modes, digital lenses, and settings includes timewarp, time lapse video, night lapse video, and new night effects features Includes easy and pro controls hypersmoooth 5.0 video stabilization with in camera horizon lock and autoboost auto upload to cloud feature provided adds voice control commands to camera adds auto off provides live streaming The camera also has 5 GHz or 2.4 GHz support. Now in actual use without the app, you can get at some of the settings via the two buttons on the camera, one to cycle through settings, the other to select that setting and change it. This is all displayed in the teeny tiny window on top. It's not smooth by any means. Easier to use the phone, but also annoying since that is just extra steps and time wasted. I found that I really missed being able to swipe around and do things on the LCD panel on the back of my Go Pro Max... I keep coming back to the fact that this has no photo mode. That is something I would miss if this were my only Go Pro. Yes, you can do a video and pull a frame from the video to have a photo. But the full sized 11 has burst photo mode and night photo mode. I love photo mode for some things, so again, this would not be the model for me. Mini also doesn't have a scheduled capture for people who like to do celestial things without having to stay awake. Also doesn't have duration capture or hindsight mode. While it can do live streaming, it cannot function as a webcam. All the accessories like microphones won't work with the mini, it doesn't have the option for a microphone to USB. The voice control was OK, but without photo mode, there would be, for me, not much use for it other than to simply start or stop recording. Voice mode is handy for quickly changing modes. Not really an issue with this one lacking photo capability. Right now the full sized Hero is on sale and the EXACT SAME PRICE as this. Personally, I'd go with the full sized one. But I'm not in California doing dozens of sports in gorgeous weather. For such people, I can easily see how this would be a great ADDITIONAL Go Pro for their hardware collection. There are many ways this is perfect for some situations. But in my use, those situations are the random rare thing, not the norm. If I was only going to have one, I'd be using the full featured full sized one so I can record longer than just what the only battery I can use would allow by swapping additional batteries as needed.

GoPro are junk and over heat even when in a car with the AC pointed at it and in direct sunlight

It gets hot when it is recording and charging. After a few uses, the battery didn’t get charged and I returned.

Problem reading the SD cards sold with the go pro- tried two different cards. It wont read the formatted card.