Blink XT2 | Outdoor/Indoor Smart Security Camera with Cloud Storage, 2-Way Audio, 2-Year Battery Life
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Best price: £149.00
Product Summary
- Extended battery life - 2-year battery life on two AA lithium batteries with a combination of two-way talk, Live View, and motion recording. Double the usage of the XT on a single set of batteries when recording video.
- 2-way audio - Talk to visitors through the Blink app on your smartphone or tablet.
- Customisable motion detection - Use activity zones to choose where motion is detected so you receive the alerts that matter.
- Works with Alexa View live streams, motion clips, arm and disarm your system, and set up smart reorders for batteries through select Alexa-enabled devices.
- Day and night coverage - Record and view in up to 1080p HD video during the day and with infrared HD night vision after dark.
- Use indoors/outdoors - Blink XT2 withstands the elements. Place or mount it inside or outside for comprehensive home security.
- Easy setup - No tools, wiring or professional installation required. Questions or need help? Go to support.blinkforhome.com or call us at UK 0115 838 4189.
Product Attributes
- Size: 1-Camera System
Brand
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Product Review Analysis*
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| 44.1% | 10.6% | 45.3% |
Senti score [54.7%] |
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Pros & Cons
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Pros [173]
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Strength |
|---|---|
absolutely brilliant"the blink app is easy to install and all the cameras function on the same wi fi connection but have separate settings absolutely brilliant"
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100.0% |
absolutely love"had it for a few weeks now and i absolutely love it"
|
100.0% |
excellent product"excellent product which is extremely easy to setup and use"
|
100.0% |
excellent tech people"another call to their excellent tech people and sent a couple of videos"
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100.0% |
perfect motion detection"however general usage takes some time to perfect motion detection has rarely works constantly changing sensitivity to try and pick up motion which then tells me battery life will be effected"
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100.0% |
brilliant camera"brilliant camera i have mine in the front hallway watching the hallway and main door"
|
100.0% |
fantastically well with"works fantastically well with alexa and the iphone app gives almost live notifications if anything happens under it"
|
100.0% |
works brilliantly"yes the nest cameras are pricey and the fact you have to pay extra for their cloud storage is hugely off putting but it works brilliantly "
|
100.0% |
absolutely excellent"absolutely excellent product covers a wide area in front of my property and records every movement perfectly that comes in my gate"
|
99.9% |
quite good"the motion sensor is quite good it triggered one camera and on play back i didn't see anything until i replayed the clip to spot a fly buzzing briefly in front of the camera!"
|
99.9% |
brilliant product"is a brilliant product and makes me feel alot safer at home that extra protection"
|
99.9% |
excellent piece"its an excellent piece of kit"
|
99.9% |
everything is amazing"everything is amazing"
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99.9% |
excellent results"it is what it is a battery operated cctv system that gives excellent results during the day but useless at night"
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99.9% |
absolutely fine"wifi connection in our house is pretty low however these work absolutely fine"
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99.7% |
great little system"great little system that is easy to setup and install wifi connection with a virgin media homehub 3 has been excellent"
|
99.7% |
really informative"before buying and to help with reviewing how to set up i watched a youtube video which was really informative"
|
99.7% |
highly recommend"highly recommend"
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99.6% |
best thing"this is literally the best thing i have purchased in forever!"
|
99.6% |
extremely good"for the money they are extremely good value and no wiring required!"
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99.4% |
really good"honestly it's really good and have struggled to fault it so far although there are some anomalies which you'd think would have been looked at"
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99.3% |
quick most"the motion alerts for me are quick most of the time live feed and sound is good"
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99.2% |
managing recordings"otherwise really good picture quality and cloud storage makes managing recordings simple"
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99.2% |
quality good"video quality good during the day and not bad at night"
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99.0% |
best footage"the police were very impressed with the video quality saying it was some of the best footage they had seen from a home system"
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98.9% |
really sharp"really sharp hd picture and clear at night"
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98.8% |
nice piece"build quality is phenomenal they are a nice piece of kit"
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98.8% |
highly impressed"i’ve not even accessed half of the functions yet and i’m already highly impressed"
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98.8% |
works perfectly"very discreet internet box interface which i have concealed in sofa side table and it works perfectly"
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98.6% |
been excellent"great little system that is easy to setup and install wifi connection with a virgin media homehub 3 has been excellent"
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98.3% |
good wide angle"they have a good wide angle of vision they are extremely compact the night vision is really good and they are really easy to operate from your mobile phone"
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98.0% |
good pic n sound"good pic n sound haven't mounted so if u saving on £'s you can move around the house accordingly"
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98.0% |
extremely worth"extremely worth every penny"
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97.9% |
worked a treat"bit of a delay in telling you someone's at the door so you have to be quick talking to the delivery person who's about to throw your parcel in the hedge i'm not blaming them i'd do the same on their wages but it worked a treat from germany"
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97.8% |
superb purchase"all in all a superb purchase"
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97.2% |
brilliant system"in short brilliant system "
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97.0% |
pretty perfect"if blink could sort this and allow for more distance between camera and router then this system would be pretty perfect"
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96.4% |
whole purpose"the lower quality would probably take away the whole purpose of being able to capture the details such as face etc"
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96.3% |
best camera"best camera i've found and will not be returning it"
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96.0% |
brilliant wireless"these are brilliant wireless so no cables connected and had the first camera working in about 15 minutes great picture quality triggers well easy to adjust settings"
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95.8% |
full strength"good product only negatives are no option to install sd card to sync module or camera to increase storage night vision isn’t as good as other systems but ok and the wi fi range isn’t great my camera is on the back gate about 15 meters from the wi fi router and only through one door yet i only ever get 1 2 out of 5 bars from the camera to wi fi when i’m in my car about 35 meters away i get full strength"
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95.8% |
visually permissible"however the night vision although visually permissible needs an update as the image quality is neither consistent nor of equal quality to standard vision"
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95.5% |
amazing piece"overall it is an amazing piece of kit for a very reasonable price"
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95.0% |
product is brilliant"this product is brilliant"
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94.4% |
really successful"after lots of moving the camera around to get the best wifi signal along with the plug in box it's now really successful & i'm loving it"
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93.9% |
these cameras are amazing"wow these cameras are amazing"
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93.1% |
they are brilliant"the only downside is battery life if you have a high traffic area and want long clips the batteries will only last about 3 months but apart from that they are brilliant"
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93.1% |
they are excellent"would recommend and for the price they are excellent"
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93.1% |
excellent camera"overall it's an excellent camera for the price"
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92.9% |
overall satisfied"overall satisfied but mount high enough to be out of easy reach"
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92.6% |
ifttt flawless"having the ability to schedule when cameras are activated or not to the integration with ifttt flawless"
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92.6% |
good degree"the setting available give a good degree of tweaking and the scheduled arm disarm is great"
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92.4% |
excellent in my view"i must say for a fairly budget entry these cameras have a lot of useful features and the app is excellent in my view"
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92.0% |
very effective"affordable easy to install and use no subscription and very effective"
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91.8% |
they are amazing"i purchased the blink xt2 2 camera system a couple of weeks ago and must say that for the price they are amazing"
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91.0% |
painted porch"camera is in a white painted porch looking out so i don't know if the bright foreground is fooling the night vision or what but the view beyond the porch is very poor ok in the daytime though"
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90.5% |
absolutely great"i was very impressed how far away from the router these cameras are able to work easy to set up small and neat compared to others on the market no need to search through hours of footage it just gets the bit you need and saves it on amazon's server its handy when you are out of the home and a parcel comes i received a message on my phone then i told him where to put my parcel via the 2 way audio : absolutely great thanks amazon"
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90.0% |
really impressive"this is really easy to set up and the quality of footage is really impressive especially for the price"
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89.9% |
superb and installation"great product at a fair price the battery life is superb and installation process painless"
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89.1% |
exceptional cameras"for the cost they are exceptional cameras"
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88.9% |
above issues"i would never recommend this product because of the above issues i have with it"
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88.9% |
camera is excellent"after a few hiccups my fault this camera is excellent and the wifi range is very good although the night vision isn’t great and the sound isn’t either but i wouldn’t expect it to be at this size and price!"
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88.8% |
great camera"a great camera that punches above its weight"
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88.5% |
positive feedbacks"was a little sceptical due to the less than positive feedbacks but so far i have nothing but praise for this!"
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88.3% |
great uplcose"again wifi connection is key video quality the video quality is great uplcose and slightly pixilated anywhere past the back of my car which is about 8 10 meters but for me this is good for my set up and is close enough to see anyone breaking into my house or car"
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88.0% |
only available"why is it only available in black?"
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86.2% |
extra protection"is a brilliant product and makes me feel alot safer at home that extra protection"
|
75.0% |
good addition"good addition to blink range"
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75.0% |
success rate"so success rate of 50%"
|
75.0% |
nice addition"not the fastest thing but it’s just a nice addition"
|
75.0% |
fairly good"fairly good motion detection even picks up a small spider that span a web over one of my cameras"
|
75.0% |
logical choice"they came with a hub which can plug into any usb charger source i'm fortunate as my home router has a usb socket and it was a logical choice to locate the hub near my router"
|
75.0% |
decent performance"i would rather have decent performance and replace the batteries more often"
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75.0% |
works well"there is a two way talk function its a bit creepy but it works well and you can set the volume from the app you can set trigger zones where you don't want the camera to pick up movement from"
|
75.0% |
fairly quickly"a bit different to what i'm accustom to but i learnt it fairly quickly"
|
75.0% |
great deal"get one i was sceptical but i am so glad i did and thanks to amazon it was a great deal"
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75.0% |
decent picture"cameras are a half decent picture"
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75.0% |
good price"* good price compared to other cameras"
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75.0% |
seconds per clip"the blink cameras are ok for what it is it dose the job giving you 60 seconds per clip free cloud storage"
|
75.0% |
reasonably well"motion sensing works reasonably well day and night also"
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75.0% |
nice price"nice price"
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75.0% |
works properly"best thing to do is check the live feed activates every time you select it you’ll know that the system works properly if it comes on first time every time"
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75.0% |
great price"great camera’s great price but no way a 2 year battery life unless of course you never use the camera"
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75.0% |
good points"in conclusion : good points : * very good clear picture especially night vision"
|
75.0% |
very handy"a very handy feature"
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75.0% |
decent package"for the price its probably a decent package and the motion detection works well certainly better than live view"
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75.0% |
looks smart"i’ve installed one camera indoor and it is small and looks smart"
|
75.0% |
good position"we eventually found a good position for the camera that connected to the sync module properly"
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75.0% |
really easy"really really easy"
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74.9% |
good security"it is good security for our vechicles on the drive"
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74.9% |
cctv cameras"i've owned dozens of internet connected cctv cameras over the past 15 years from a wide range of manufacturers"
|
74.9% |
successful captures"it is worthwhile monitoring and adjusting settings over a few days to reduce false triggers and ensure successful captures"
|
74.9% |
indoor cameras"as you can see the burglar nicked both indoor cameras so i bought replacements and some secure mounts"
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74.9% |
great value"great value well made and comes with all you need including batteries in the box!"
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74.9% |
spot light"i have an external spot light and junction box so i am planning to install a weather proof socket next to the junction box and use a permanent power plug with micro usb lead available i have a six bedroom house with three rooms on the back the camera wifi reaches all where my wifi isn’t top bar tho makes up for it"
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74.9% |
really well"they pick up motion really well and the image quality is excellent"
|
74.9% |
fast delivery"fast delivery"
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74.9% |
recommended height"previous reviews have noted the included mounts as being a bit basic especially if mounted at the recommended height could be easily disabled nicked by unwanted visitors "
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74.9% |
outdoor cameras"i bought this camera to add to my two existing outdoor cameras and three existing indoor cameras"
|
74.9% |
reasonably high"i have set a reasonably high sensitivity trigger level and masked off all but those areas of absolute interest"
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74.9% |
more stable"the reasonably priced third party mounts for sale on amazon that i tried only protects the camera from wind sun and rain but are more stable and robust compared to the oem blink packaged mount"
|
74.9% |
considerably longer"this is a bit of a misnomer as it is most certainly *not* live the best i have observed so far is about three seconds which as everyone knows is considerably longer than the average delivery driver is prepared to wait"
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74.9% |
great security"great security and simple to use without the need to wire up your home"
|
74.9% |
fair price"great product at a fair price the battery life is superb and installation process painless"
|
74.9% |
quality coverage"i’m very pleased with the quality coverage and capacity"
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74.9% |
higher quality"higher quality does reduce battery life"
|
74.9% |
would happily"would happily recommend"
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74.9% |
through mains"should have the option to be powered through mains if you want"
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74.9% |
recommended these"would and have recommended these"
|
74.9% |
integrates nicely"so that said it works well and integrates nicely into ifttt"
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74.9% |
easy installation"so if you want security that's low cost and easy installation this set up is perfect no monthly contract to worry about either as with a lot of systems out there"
|
74.8% |
recommend these"i would recommend these based on them only catching motion snippets and not recording 24 7"
|
74.8% |
looks great"i just bought a single xt2 looks great"
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74.8% |
picture quality"this is what the picture quality is like in complete darkness and it is even better in the daylight"
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74.8% |
outdoor ones"i put the outdoor ones in water resistant housings ordered separately just for added protection"
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74.8% |
desired position"setup was super easy and it was also easy to mount the camera in the desired position"
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74.8% |
outdoor camera"overall i am very pleased with my blink outdoor camera"
|
74.8% |
years winner"2 aa batteries last 2 years winner!"
|
74.8% |
good lighting"the night vision again is ok but if you have some good lighting in your garden it can be even better"
|
74.8% |
nice design"there are positives and negatives which i have detailed below: positives: nice design discreet reasonably easy to set up and install seem very weatherproof sharp daytime images"
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74.7% |
very quick"they connected registered with a qr code scan and linked to my alexa very quick"
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74.7% |
cctv traffic"rule of thumb here is if you have fast internet and low cctv traffic this will most likely work without a problem other than that you can run into some issues : 6"
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74.7% |
good signal"i tried a few places in the house to position the sync module to ensure that the furthest camera received a good signal"
|
74.7% |
price battery"all works reasonably well with good quality video capture apart from night vision which isn’t bad but hasn’t got the clarity for detailed identifications and the recording takes time to kick in positives: good price battery powered easy to set up good daytime capture not cloud storage charge"
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74.7% |
higher rating"i would have given it a higher rating if i didn't have to reconnect every morning"
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74.7% |
strong signal"all three receive a strong signal and work reliably"
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74.7% |
battery compartment"you can turn this off but you will want to do that before you put the camera up as its a switch inside the camera's battery compartment "
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74.6% |
parked cars"one camera is mounted over our front door covering part of our drive and parked cars"
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74.6% |
followed emails"i contacted customer service about something and extremely helpful and followed emails to me to see if i was happy"
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74.6% |
much improved"i purchased some after market ones on amazon and they are much improved"
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74.6% |
attractive cameras"attractive cameras and very easy to set up"
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74.6% |
passing cars"ie passing cars"
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74.6% |
some improvements"obviously some improvements have been made to the app and camera firmware"
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74.6% |
mini speaker"its as easy to set up as the previous cameras and still uses two small cell batteries however the audio pick up is far clearer than the older xt1 and this camera has the added benefit of two way audio so you can speak into your phone and the mini speaker on the camera blasts your voice out wherever you have the camera"
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74.6% |
useable quick"fantastic to have free cloud storage but: there’s no useable quick set up guide"
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74.6% |
works fine"the app works fine"
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74.6% |
recover deleted clips"the company can and have the ability to recover deleted clips and are very professional to deal with"
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74.5% |
easy to navigate"the instructions are clear but if you need more information the website is very easy to navigate"
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74.5% |
good picture"picture quality daytime is very sharp night time is a good picture i was surprised"
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74.5% |
perfectly usable"the included camera mounts are not in my opinion the best but are perfectly usable however i decided not to use them and purchased another mounting product found on amazon"
|
74.5% |
really helpful"after reading a really helpful review for this i made the purchase and have no regrets"
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74.5% |
very efficient"this helps to make it a very efficient peice of kit "
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74.5% |
good cheaper"so this one is a good cheaper deal"
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74.5% |
good enough"the picture quality is great and more then good enough to pick out faces"
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74.5% |
cctv options"i looked at all the cctv options and decided on blink based on the following 1"
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74.5% |
supports mains"and considering fixing to mains as this supports mains through a phone charger type adaptor "
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74.5% |
price ease"for price ease of use & sensible home security this is what i needed"
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74.4% |
with screws"inside the box you get the camera itself a mount with screws included and the control unit which comes with a usb power cord and a mains adaptor"
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74.4% |
definitely recommended"definitely recommended"
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74.4% |
excellent value"for the money and ease of use and installation they provide excellent value"
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74.4% |
will probably"the free cloud storage will probably be enough for a weekend's worth of clips if you have a medium busy area with people vehicles moving about that trigger the cameras"
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74.4% |
pretty good"they have got these working pretty good now"
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74.4% |
very helpful"daytime picture is great and options to filter movement detection very helpful"
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74.4% |
seems easy"now that all three of my cameras are up and working it all seems good the app works well and setting them up to trigger and capture as you want seems easy"
|
74.4% |
amazing value"this product is an amazing value for money"
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74.4% |
good security system"i work shifts so am often out at funny hours and wanted a good security system but didn't want to spend loads"
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74.4% |
sensitivity setting"i can also now increase the video length should i want to and the sensitivity setting without worrying about battery drainage"
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74.4% |
very easily"i already had two of the original xt cameras and was able to add this one very easily"
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74.4% |
funny hours"i work shifts so am often out at funny hours and wanted a good security system but didn't want to spend loads"
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74.4% |
bright foreground"camera is in a white painted porch looking out so i don't know if the bright foreground is fooling the night vision or what but the view beyond the porch is very poor ok in the daytime though"
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74.4% |
ideal place"installing it in the ideal place is straightforward"
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74.3% |
very useful"we purchased this to install outside our front door and have found the camera very useful"
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74.3% |
overall good"overall good product i just wanted to post limitations"
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74.3% |
working well"its all working well and the quality of picture is very good"
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74.3% |
added bonus"free cloud storage is an added bonus"
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74.3% |
important consideration"done to save battery life but an important consideration when you’re making your purchase"
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74.3% |
super easy"setup was super easy and it was also easy to mount the camera in the desired position"
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74.3% |
fairly straightforward"the camera itself is fine the set up is fairly straightforward and the picture quality is good not amazing but good"
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74.3% |
seems good"now that all three of my cameras are up and working it all seems good the app works well and setting them up to trigger and capture as you want seems easy"
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74.3% |
good security cameras"really really good security cameras i absolutely love mine and will be adding more soon"
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74.3% |
good effect"i have a fairly large single storey house so have used all 5 cameras to good effect"
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74.3% |
good value"would recommend this product if you want round the house security good value and simplicity"
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74.3% |
image quality"they pick up motion really well and the image quality is excellent"
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74.3% |
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Cons [251]
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Strength |
|---|---|
awful awful"by the time the app opens 10 12 secs and the awful awful lag catches up whoever was at the door has gone"
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100.0% |
just disappointed"just disappointed"
|
99.9% |
absolute garbage"absolute garbage"
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99.7% |
just not good"will be returning this as its just not good at what it is meant to be good at"
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99.7% |
total disaster"one of the main selling points "2 year battery life" is a total disaster"
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99.6% |
really pointless"which is a really pointless requirement when you're talking about outdoor cameras"
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99.5% |
extremely poor"further to this when i brought the camera's inside next to the sync module they do work however the live stream lag is extremely poor and hit and miss if it loads at all"
|
99.4% |
really disappointed"really disappointed"
|
99.3% |
shockingly awful"the quality is shockingly awful!"
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99.2% |
quite disappointing"you can't distinguish faces 10 feet away just not up to amazon's usual quality just thought i had to review as it was quite disappointing"
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99.1% |
really frustrating"well they are really frustrating!"
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99.0% |
very disappointed"i was so excited to get this system but i was very disappointed"
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99.0% |
just awful"the wifi signal is just awful making the camera close to useless for me"
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98.9% |
really annoying"i live in a small bungalow which doesn’t bode well for a large house really annoying have tried reinstalling camera and showed full bars on wifi but yet again no ‘live view’"
|
98.8% |
quite distorted"part of the problem is that the camera lens is quite distorted and out of focus over most of the field of view and is only really sharp in the center of the image"
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98.8% |
incredibly disappointing"incredibly disappointing that it cannot be used as a trigger for alexa or smart home functions"
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98.1% |
lags terribly"at lowest possible settings it lags terribly even with a high end router and high speed broadband"
|
97.7% |
absolutely terrible"terrible absolutely terrible"
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96.7% |
awful product"awful product delayed triggering time which means someone could get out of view before recording begins"
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96.6% |
outrageously poor"actually its outrageously poor considering the cost of the camera and i see already that amazon is offering additional additional mounts for a further £9"
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95.9% |
completely trouble"these cameras are one of the best options if you want a close to completely trouble free & wireless installation without having to lay extra wires do anything more difficult than minor drilling with the right accessory mounts you may not even do any drilling at all thus not needing a technician"
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94.8% |
pretty poor"the quality of the picture is reasonably good in the day time but night vision is pretty poor even at the enhanced quality setting"
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94.6% |
cold conditions"also had to put these up high due to how easy they pop off the wall mount criminals would take them easily lol i’ve just ordered the silicone covers for them so that might help with the cold conditions "
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93.6% |
very untidily"which means it just hangs from most sockets very untidily"
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92.7% |
biggest waste"biggest waste of money i have ever seen"
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91.9% |
poor show amazon"poor show amazon"
|
90.7% |
embarrassing product"it's an embarrassing product that amazon should not of put there name to"
|
90.4% |
seems pointless"the motion detection is delayed so it seems pointless to use it as a communication to talk to deliveries because when they come and the camera records you can’t physically access the live stream as it says ‘camera busy’ as it’s recording?"
|
90.0% |
garbage where it belongs"it is now going straight to the garbage where it belongs"
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89.9% |
very disapointed"received the blink xt2 yesterday and was very disapointed"
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89.5% |
fails first time"if you try to see who's at the door and it fails first time and you try to view again it just says "live view in progress" when it isn't"
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89.5% |
terrible customer service"terrible customer service not worthy of the amazon brand in my opinion"
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89.4% |
faults in design"it's ok but still has faults in design"
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89.1% |
absolutely useless"live view absolutely useless"
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88.9% |
frustrating a little"this may sound small but its frustrating a little at times"
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88.4% |
actually useless"as is compared to the nest & foscam models i own i've found using this item very frustrating to the point where i really feel like it's not just limited but actually useless"
|
87.7% |
completely unrealistic"if you need to get an appreciation of the kind of issues then read the other reviews and be aware that some of them are based on completely unrealistic expectations"
|
86.9% |
wasted money"i had planned on adding more cameras to the system but im not left wondering if i would just face the same issues again and with less options for placement it could just end up being wasted money"
|
75.0% |
delay tactics"i think blink know there's a manufacturing problem with the xt2s and are going through delay tactics"
|
75.0% |
wasting time"do not recommend as you could be wasting time depending on whether they'll send you a working unit or not"
|
75.0% |
very harsh"i’ve been looking at this for a few months and always been put off by some very harsh reviews of poor performance"
|
74.9% |
unwelcome caller"obviously that is not a satisfactory situation as an unwelcome caller may not be registered"
|
74.9% |
limited range"if i had been aware of the limited range of the motion sensors i would've probably bought something else i will stick with them and buy more cameras eventually"
|
74.9% |
fault these"if you bear that in mind you can't fault these at all"
|
74.9% |
delay happens"my camera has good wifi signal too but still delay happens"
|
74.9% |
basically flawed"this is basically flawed"
|
74.9% |
fault them"can't fault them at all"
|
74.9% |
drops off rapidly"the camera to wi fi strength reading drops off rapidly with distance and needs a repeater in every room blink give standard complcated answers not applicable to uk internet providers especially with dual frequency routers"
|
74.9% |
returning mine"i’m returning mine as they must be broken"
|
74.9% |
detached house"i am fortunate enough to have a detached house and there is 1 camera on each side 4 "
|
74.9% |
ridiculous task"another problem by the way is getting the back of the cameras and almost impossible task i know they have to be waterproof but it is a ridiculous task involving a lot of frustration and asking other people to try"
|
74.9% |
heavy frost"we've had some torrential rain since installing them and the camera housing has withstood the downpour a heavy frost did obscure the lens one night until the sun warmed things up"
|
74.9% |
hack things"all because a lot of people dont know what they're doing i have a mine field of easy to set up and hack things out there and trying to find a security device i can be sure is safe"
|
74.9% |
only gripe"my only gripe with this product is the quality of the wall mounts that come with each camera"
|
74.9% |
unwanted activations"they look good work excellently and have a great feature where you can block out certain parts of the area to prevent unwanted activations which for cheap cameras like these are a brilliant function my arlo set up doesn’t even have this!"
|
74.9% |
wasting money"never written an amazon review before but thought it would be best to warn anyone thinking about wasting money on these"
|
74.9% |
wooden cladding"i had both cameras mounted within 10 mins i have wooden cladding outside so was quick to do but any surface to screw in the bracket will be quick once you have rawl plugs in if not onto wood"
|
74.9% |
massive problem"i would have been very satisfied except for one massive problem"
|
74.9% |
just very slow"fibre wifi 500mb and this camera is just very slow"
|
74.8% |
hardware issue"i did contact customer services and they tried to resolve it and eventually stated it was a hardware issue so they immediately sent me another camera but the replacement is exactly the same"
|
74.8% |
major issue"there is a short lag for the clips to upload to the cloud but i haven’t found this to be a major issue"
|
74.8% |
limited time"99 during the limited time sale"
|
74.8% |
practically useless"unfortunately the xt2 camera fog in cold weather making them practically useless"
|
74.8% |
more expensive"but if they only last a year i will be happy as it’s still more than other more expensive systems"
|
74.8% |
drops however"one slight issue is that occasionally the signal drops however this can be easily remedied by restarting the 'sync module"
|
74.8% |
removed and stolen"easily removed and stolen"
|
74.8% |
delete videos"however with constant alerts from motion detection the storage soon fills up it’s not as user friendly to quickly delete videos either to free up space i have hundreds of videos at this point of basically both happening"
|
74.8% |
even worse"in night mode the image is even worse as expected i suppose"
|
74.8% |
being stolen"i would advise hat they are put in a discrete or high position to prevent then being stolen"
|
74.8% |
infuriating electronics"they are truly one of the major infuriating electronics"
|
74.8% |
does n't work"firstly the night vision just doesn't work"
|
74.8% |
failed straight"1 failed straight out the box with no sound had a nightmare trying to get it replaced and still waiting support team lied to me telling me it was coming in next "few days" it's already been a week and still not materialised despite it having been sat in the dpd depot for the last 3 days"
|
74.8% |
false alarm"better screen masking options to block areas with plants or false alarm"
|
74.8% |
doing damage"in this time the camera may capture someone approaching your front or rear door then during the 10 seconds break completely miss them entering the property or doing damage or anything else that you may want captured"
|
74.8% |
dreadful service"dreadful service"
|
74.7% |
fails often"blergh live view fails often"
|
74.7% |
cheap cameras"they look good work excellently and have a great feature where you can block out certain parts of the area to prevent unwanted activations which for cheap cameras like these are a brilliant function my arlo set up doesn’t even have this!"
|
74.7% |
biggest issue"the biggest issue i found was connectivity reliability the camera loses connectivity with the cloud too often reducing reliability"
|
74.7% |
avoid this"unless i park the car in exactly the same spot every night and set an exclusion zone around the windows there is no way to avoid this"
|
74.7% |
connection problems"i just wonder if i should have sent it back when i realised there was a connection problems ?"
|
74.7% |
become blurred"the quality is good at distance but the images do become blurred if you zoom in to the max but that being said i think they are good enough"
|
74.7% |
brittle plastic"they’re brittle plastic and come with just two screws no wall plugs etc"
|
74.7% |
losing connection"constantly losing connection"
|
74.7% |
mine avoid"i’m returning mine avoid!"
|
74.7% |
trouble shoot"it also provides a link to trouble shoot this problem"
|
74.6% |
avoid blink"if thinking of buying the recommended camera shields for incelment weather again dont bother the wind blows the water onto the cameras and the fixing stems rust its only been two months save your money and yout valuable time avoid blink"
|
74.6% |
were expensive"originally i changed to blink from the first arlo cameras that were very expensive not as good quality video used batteries that were expensive and only lasted 6 month max before needing to buy new batteries"
|
74.6% |
error message"called blink support and they never heard of error message like this and told me to return it to amazon"
|
74.6% |
main issue"another main issue is that you cant use local storage without manual downloads or purchase more cloud storage"
|
74.6% |
slight issue"one slight issue is that occasionally the signal drops however this can be easily remedied by restarting the 'sync module"
|
74.6% |
delete them"the only thing the app is missing for me is that you cant mass download the clips all at once you can however mass delete them"
|
74.6% |
storage allowance"you get a decent amount of storage allowance"
|
74.6% |
storage thumbnails"ease of installation pir motion detection meaning fewer false triggers free cloud storage thumbnails in the software to quickly indicate what caused the trigger night vision 2 way audio alexa integration etc"
|
74.6% |
ignore them"if they alarm now i get my torch and go look in my garden or ignore them as for watching footage "
|
74.6% |
lazy programmers"your lazy programmers can't learn how to escape dangerous characters welcome to the 20th century"
|
74.5% |
connection operation"i've had a blink interior system for some time and i am completely happy with it the video quality and ease of connection operation is unbeatable in my opinion"
|
74.5% |
slight drawbacks"the only slight drawbacks are the max 60 sec recordings before a 10 sec pause but have found so far that 60 sec are ample"
|
74.5% |
walked away"in some cases the person is already turned around and walked away"
|
74.5% |
missed events"be prepared for multiple missed events and false alarms"
|
74.5% |
another issue"another issue the motion detection has is reflections"
|
74.5% |
such nonsense"batteries lasted 9 days on the front camera 😂😂 if you want to actually see what's going on at home get a wired one there's literally no point in these the 2 year claim is honestly such nonsense"
|
74.5% |
spent ages"you cant really see faces i spent ages trying to sort it out"
|
74.5% |
pretty useless"the instructions are pretty useless as this is app based just download the free app and follow the setup prompts"
|
74.5% |
poor to okay"night vision is poor to okay unless there is some light about"
|
74.5% |
very blurred"daytime quality is ok but the night mode is very blurred"
|
74.5% |
only problem"night vision has changed to a closer range to cam lense only problem so compared to old xt not quite as good"
|
74.5% |
shows low battery"one of the three cameras run out of battery after only 5 weeks of use and the other two also shows low battery"
|
74.5% |
very blurry"night vision is very blurry which is a shame because the daytime images are really clear"
|
74.5% |
very limited"2 battery life is very limited unless you want the camera to be non operational for most of the time"
|
74.4% |
failing regularly"would be nice to have a way to reboot the camera and sync module via the app these are working well so far conected to bt home wifi mesh discs edit: few days in a live view on camera and thumbnail snapshot seem to be failing regularly at night when network usage in the house is at its lowest"
|
74.4% |
self isolate"i have ordered and got a washing machine which i love and many household products delivered which is so helpful as i have been told to self isolate"
|
74.4% |
substandard camera"9 months later still not fixed the issue reported to management level broken promises of firmware update to address these issues have been unanswered junk camera poor customer support steer clear of this substandard camera that is painful to use"
|
74.4% |
battery warning"update: just 17 days after getting the camera and setting it up i have got a low battery warning"
|
74.4% |
buzzing sound"when you do a live view there is an awful buzzing sound for a second or so before the audio comes through"
|
74.4% |
almost dead"my garden device is almost dead after one month!"
|
74.3% |
silly problems"i installed outside under the roof to monitor the access back to the garden a part some silly problems with the motion sensor due to the smokes of the boiler i installed it too close my fault it works perfectly: hd video in day night vision that allows to recognise faces but it takes a lot of power of course decent audio quality in night vision it crackles on ios but not android in my case the time lapse to receive the notification is 10sec tested at home and at work using mobile 4g network"
|
74.3% |
they fall down"must admit i really like these cameras but where they fall down is when it comes to setting a schedule regardless of how many cameras you have linked up you can only set it to turn them all on or all of together"
|
74.3% |
very expensive"originally i changed to blink from the first arlo cameras that were very expensive not as good quality video used batteries that were expensive and only lasted 6 month max before needing to buy new batteries"
|
74.3% |
flat alexa"don’t even have to worry about the batteries going flat alexa can be set up notify you and even order replacements from amazon"
|
74.3% |
does n't record"also to note sometimes we go or leave by the front door and it doesn’t record"
|
74.3% |
negative reviews"did some research & was almost put off by one or two negative reviews"
|
74.3% |
just limited"as is compared to the nest & foscam models i own i've found using this item very frustrating to the point where i really feel like it's not just limited but actually useless"
|
74.2% |
only solution"4ghz only solution"
|
74.2% |
loses signal"what then happens if the module or the cam loses signal is that the cam does not work you get a blank grey screen on the the app saying disconnected"
|
74.2% |
dissatisfied customer"one dissatisfied customer"
|
74.2% |
eventually gave"i struggled for a couple of hours to get it set up so alexa would notify of a 'visitor' but eventually gave up and called amazon who looked up the problem and discovered that it only works in the usa and canada and not in the uk yet?"
|
74.2% |
virtually impossible"however i set one up outside in the daytime it was fine come night time it was virtually impossible to see anything i had to go outside to look because i thought an extremely thick fog had descended it was literally impossible to see anything at all when the motion detector alerted me to movement i can only assume it was a cat but all i could see was eyes as it moved across my patio"
|
74.2% |
spurious alarms"it is easy to set up trigger areas within the field of view to eliminate spurious alarms"
|
74.1% |
detest radius"on the good side i like the motion detection and how u can choose what to detest radius and u can schedule them although u can’t pick an individual camera to schedule which is annoying "
|
74.1% |
loses connectivity"the biggest issue i found was connectivity reliability the camera loses connectivity with the cloud too often reducing reliability"
|
74.1% |
main failing"the main failing in my view is that it does not reliably reconnect to the wifi if there has been an outage e"
|
73.9% |
nothing clear"and they are very inconsistent and have a lot of failed errors the night vision isn’t amazing quite burred you can make out shapes but nothing clear"
|
73.8% |
cheap camera systems"the main problem with this system is the camera quality its poor compared to even the cheap camera systems"
|
73.8% |
only limitation"only limitation is the quality of your wifi signal but the camera system shows how strong the signal is during set up"
|
73.7% |
utterly useless"contacted the blink technical support but they were utterly useless repeatedly telling me to make sure it was switched on!"
|
73.7% |
first frost"had for 1 week reset twice because it lost wifi signal less that 30cm from router first frost this morning camera picture terrible"
|
73.7% |
have declined"another surprising and disappointing factor is when i’d contacted amazon in this and asked for them to be replaced they have declined and can only offer a 30 day faulty return policy!"
|
73.6% |
lost connectivity"we now have a camera at every access point to the property doors windows gates garden fence and not one of them has lost connectivity despite the large area they’re monitoring"
|
73.5% |
returning this"however i am pleasantly surprised and am not planning on returning this as it stands"
|
73.5% |
with 2 holes"up my neighbour going to work this morning very easy to install i think it took me longer drilling the walls with 2 holes i have a really expensive wired cameras set up and they are great i was really socked how easy it was i had to drill holes for my wired installation i wish these were about then"
|
73.4% |
false triggers"postman deliveries cars on and off driveway however it can still pick up headlights at night within the self set exclusion areas areas set within phone software so position and direct the lens carefully to avoid false triggers as this can deplete the battery life max life approx 2 years "
|
73.4% |
false alarms"my gripes are you get an intruder the alarm sound on your phone will most likely be inadequate as it uses your notification sounds which are in my experience very short but it also means you get false alarms whenever other notifications come down which can be very frequently"
|
73.4% |
clicks noisy"night vision camera clicks noisy when comes on and off and red light is switching on and sensitive to light"
|
73.4% |
built in speaker"using the built in speaker is a bit clunky !"
|
73.3% |
additional module"i am copying a statement from the product description down here and please tell me if any part of that would indicate that "hey btw this camera is totally useless without buying an additional module""
|
73.2% |
mounted low down"the mount is a bit feeble and it would be simple to steal one of these if it was mounted low down"
|
73.2% |
main problem"the main problem is the lag in picking up movement"
|
73.0% |
wasted my money"delay between motion and detection and notification wasted my money as usual with amazon reviews 😡😡😡"
|
72.9% |
wasting my money"all in all i would not recommend purchasing this product and am seriously regretting wasting my money"
|
72.9% |
time consuming"so this was difficult fiddly and time consuming"
|
72.8% |
over priced"i'm just saying that this product is not as good as it claims and for that reason it is way way way over priced"
|
72.7% |
n't easily spotted"luckily i had positioned the blink in a corner above the front window so it was well tucked away and wasn't easily spotted"
|
72.6% |
give 0 stars"can’t give 0 stars sadly!"
|
72.5% |
short views"only had few months and app on phone showing that battery's are low health mm to say these last for 2 years is crazy as i only used for short views "
|
72.5% |
rather poor"night vision is rather poor you are able to see a person moving from 10m but that's practically it "
|
72.4% |
cold weather"unfortunately the xt2 camera fog in cold weather making them practically useless"
|
72.3% |
only negative"the only negative for me is the lack of full integration with smartthings"
|
72.3% |
further issues"update: after amazon responded and suggested another camera in addition to the original i have seen further issues with the blink technology and will be returning both cameras"
|
72.2% |
these 2 issues"these 2 issues make this device completely unsuitable for my needs so now i just use it as a deterrent"
|
72.1% |
constant alerts"however with constant alerts from motion detection the storage soon fills up it’s not as user friendly to quickly delete videos either to free up space i have hundreds of videos at this point of basically both happening"
|
72.1% |
short events"it never catches the subject for short events"
|
72.1% |
reinstall hint"negatives: all four cameras have at some point gone offline leading me to have to delete and reinstall hint: make sure you have all the serial number of the cameras recorded in case you have to reboot them i didn't and had to climb back up a ladder to remove the camera and record the number"
|
72.0% |
being impatient"in truth i was just being impatient and it did connect after leaving it long enough to go make a brew"
|
72.0% |
activation notifications"also having not adjusted any settings and previously recieving activation notifications despite movement infront of the camera was failing to detect anything"
|
71.9% |
routine battery"when you can't get it to announce that motion detected and run a routine battery will never last week let alone 2 yearsthis claims that it works with alexa but it doesn't say that it's limited function routines are very difficult to get working triggers impossible ifttt helps with g00gle home amazon edited this review!"
|
71.9% |
temp drops"i believe they've been manufactured in humid conditions and fog when the internal temp drops"
|
71.8% |
advisor couldnt"he can do to help the third advisor couldnt be less interested or helpful if he tried telling me to return them this isnt helpful or convenient ive been without the front camera for 3 days now we bought these after being burgled a few months ago safe to say im not happy in the slightest and ive"
|
71.7% |
slower connection"i would like it to automatically connect to my original ssid even if it is a slower connection"
|
71.7% |
cold callers"i am so fed up with going to the door and finding sales people knocking even though i have a sign saying no cold callers"
|
71.6% |
massive pain"i can manually enable them and disable them but that's a massive pain in the ass"
|
71.6% |
design flaw"fundamental design flaw as it’s too easy to steal"
|
71.6% |
brick walls"setup was super easy but please note you need wall plugs if you're installing on brick walls you get screws included in the box but no wall plugs"
|
71.5% |
clunky at best"works ok indoors when initially testing out the camera albeit the app is very un user friendly and live feed is very clunky at best like the old days of trying to watch a video over dial up broadband"
|
71.5% |
more difficult"these cameras are one of the best options if you want a close to completely trouble free & wireless installation without having to lay extra wires do anything more difficult than minor drilling with the right accessory mounts you may not even do any drilling at all thus not needing a technician"
|
71.5% |
unresolved issues"i still have some unresolved issues with the camera"
|
71.4% |
heart broken"i have sky tv the connection to router is through a sky hub maybe this is the reason but i am heart broken and very frustrated"
|
71.2% |
junk for money"junk for money"
|
71.2% |
connection issues"i can't stress enough that some negative reviews on this product are down to simple mistakes from the user not the device this inculdes wifi range and the strength of your wifi unfortunately if your have poor wifi you will have delays and possibly connection issues"
|
71.1% |
giving false"you can section of certain parts of the field of view of the camera to minimise trees & bushes moving around in the wind giving false alerts"
|
70.8% |
dead zones"but this can be helped by being able to set up dead zones in the settings"
|
70.7% |
ignore part"they often don’t work and the camera fires even though it’s set to ignore part i’ve updated the photo in app too "
|
70.7% |
very inconsistent"and they are very inconsistent and have a lot of failed errors the night vision isn’t amazing quite burred you can make out shapes but nothing clear"
|
70.3% |
another problem"another problem by the way is getting the back of the cameras and almost impossible task i know they have to be waterproof but it is a ridiculous task involving a lot of frustration and asking other people to try"
|
70.2% |
turned down"not many false alarms sensitivity can be turned down during windy weather and areas of the frame can be ignored so it doesn't pick up buses seen over the back gate "
|
70.1% |
some big issues"overall i'd recommend you buy this product however there are some big issues that may stop you"
|
70.1% |
theft ironic"it has no secure mount and is a clip on so would have concerns of theft ironic i know so i have purchased third party secure cradle that screws together"
|
70.0% |
very intermittent"the "advanced zoning" doesn't work or is very intermittent on some of the xt2 cameras"
|
69.7% |
drilled holes"very easy to install all it takes are a couple of drilled holes and that's it"
|
69.7% |
power cable"i would say that if the camera is situated in a busy area then definitely get a power cable as the batteries will not be reliable and you will spend a fortune on replacing them"
|
69.6% |
weak signal"if you have got weak signal near your camera i would recommend you get a tp link powerline wifi extender available on amazon on the positive side: the camera runs on two batteries that are included these are meant to last for two years i haven't had it for long enough to comment on this the camera comes with a bracket and screws included"
|
69.3% |
biggest problem"motion detection this is the biggest problem of all"
|
69.2% |
biggest downside"now the biggest downside to this system: the night vision!"
|
69.2% |
does not work"i need a replacement for this camera it has no and does not work"
|
69.1% |
random issues"random issues with connection and camera stops recording have to reset the box then"
|
69.1% |
poorly executed"just no excuse poorly executed"
|
69.1% |
massive delay"massive delay in showing you the image when you get a notification or just want to view"
|
69.1% |
your stuffs"wake up the next day your stuffs gone but at least you’ve got a video of some masked thieves stealing your stuff"
|
69.0% |
live stream"further to this when i brought the camera's inside next to the sync module they do work however the live stream lag is extremely poor and hit and miss if it loads at all"
|
68.8% |
stars only"as is 4 stars only and the price is the saving grace in comparison to other systems on the market"
|
68.8% |
having issues"they can log into and adjust your system if you are having issues so maintenance is automatic with regular software updates which self install"
|
68.8% |
irritating though"most irritating though was because app kept crashing the number of logins in a session is apparently quickly hit and access cannot continue since user is locked out for an hour for security"
|
68.7% |
going issue"upon looking on the blink community forum it seems like an on going issue that has yet to be fixed"
|
68.7% |
cheap webcam"quality is ok but it's a rip off unless it can trigger events might as well put a cheap webcam in a plastic bag"
|
68.7% |
lasted around 2 months"i get over 50 alerts per day busy road and battery lasted around 2 months"
|
68.7% |
regret buying them"i regret buying them"
|
68.7% |
slow to connect"the android app is easy to use but a bit slow to connect"
|
68.7% |
been a fluke"i set mine up checked the live feed once then found out that it must have been a fluke because it didn’t work once fitted"
|
68.6% |
zero cables"its massive selling point is the fact the cameras have zero cables!"
|
68.6% |
return window"i'm going to look into my legal rights as not fit for purpose but past amazons return window"
|
68.5% |
hard wiring"if amazon were to make this camera with the option of hard wiring with both power mains and internet cables this camera would sell like hotcakes"
|
68.5% |
would be useless"i would like to see the ability to connect these to more than one network or ssid as i use a wifi repeater if the repeater goes down for some reason the camera connected to the repeater would be useless"
|
68.5% |
will simply"okay there are accessories that enable you to enclose the camera in other colours but many will not think of this and will simply not buy the camera as it's black?"
|
68.5% |
poor signal"i tried moving the sync module to 3 different positions but nothing changed still a poor signal"
|
68.4% |
dangerous characters"your lazy programmers can't learn how to escape dangerous characters welcome to the 20th century"
|
68.4% |
30day warranty"this proved to me that this product can’t be good if can only offer a 30day warranty"
|
68.4% |
another sync module"blink support advised i needed another sync module which is not available at that time nor do they have any eta"
|
68.3% |
faulty return policy"another surprising and disappointing factor is when i’d contacted amazon in this and asked for them to be replaced they have declined and can only offer a 30 day faulty return policy!"
|
68.3% |
battery life unknown"battery life unknown at the moment but the claims are 2 years the app is super simple and useful too as it allows all settings to be done from anywhere any time"
|
68.1% |
waste your money"do not waste your money"
|
68.1% |
must be broken"i’m returning mine as they must be broken"
|
68.0% |
waste time"to make things worse technical support makes you waste time when contacting them with the usual "try to move the camera" "try to change batteries" "try restarting it" etc"
|
67.9% |
stopped working"by the 8th of november it has stopped working"
|
67.8% |
lowest possible settings"at lowest possible settings it lags terribly even with a high end router and high speed broadband"
|
67.6% |
more holes"more annoyingly in trying to find a suitable location to refit the camera that was meritful in terms of camera angle but also would actually connect to the sync module i held the camera at various points around the walls outside my house to see whether it connected to the sync module and it seemed ok in a couple of spots so i picked one and drilled more holes and fitted it to the wall for a second time"
|
67.4% |
just no excuse"just no excuse poorly executed"
|
67.2% |
useless most of the time"at night the infrared image is useless most of the time"
|
67.1% |
recognise faces"i installed outside under the roof to monitor the access back to the garden a part some silly problems with the motion sensor due to the smokes of the boiler i installed it too close my fault it works perfectly: hd video in day night vision that allows to recognise faces but it takes a lot of power of course decent audio quality in night vision it crackles on ios but not android in my case the time lapse to receive the notification is 10sec tested at home and at work using mobile 4g network"
|
67.1% |
viewing live footage"i was quite excited to try out this camera but was disappointed by the lag time its nuts upto 7 seconds lag viewing live footage"
|
67.1% |
lacks a schedule to"currently the app lacks a schedule to arm or disarm the system"
|
67.1% |
exclusion areas areas"postman deliveries cars on and off driveway however it can still pick up headlights at night within the self set exclusion areas areas set within phone software so position and direct the lens carefully to avoid false triggers as this can deplete the battery life max life approx 2 years "
|
67.1% |
rushed out in beta form"its seems to me like the product has been rushed out in beta form and is not yet fit for purpose"
|
67.0% |
unable to recomment"unfortunately i'm unable to recomment this product the basics here is it needs to be reliable enough to leave and bring up footage when needed not constantly check its connected"
|
67.0% |
faulty camera"must be a faulty camera xt2 the other 2 x xt cameras are working very well indeed no problems at all"
|
67.0% |
dire customer service"appalling product and dire customer service"
|
66.9% |
unacceptable delay"there is an unacceptable delay between the camera picking up moment and the image appearing on your phone or tablet"
|
66.9% |
remove the batteries"the only way to turn it off is to remove the batteries"
|
66.8% |
disabled grid"other times it picks up motion in the disabled grid"
|
66.8% |
more annoyingly"more annoyingly in trying to find a suitable location to refit the camera that was meritful in terms of camera angle but also would actually connect to the sync module i held the camera at various points around the walls outside my house to see whether it connected to the sync module and it seemed ok in a couple of spots so i picked one and drilled more holes and fitted it to the wall for a second time"
|
66.8% |
false picture"do not believe the slick adverts for this unit as they paint a false picture they are obviously primed with knowing someone is at the door etc"
|
66.7% |
waste of money"waste of money and i regret resent buying"
|
66.7% |
lichen windows"my biggest issue was the night vision when there was any other light from lichen windows or the ir light on a different security camera"
|
66.6% |
miss the initial stages"on tripped recordings they all miss the initial stages with the recorded footage only capturing the final moments such as the ‘intruder’ walking away"
|
66.5% |
removed so easily"could do with a locking screw to stop it being removed so easily"
|
66.5% |
utter crap"but the supplied mounting is utter crap"
|
66.5% |
fail to connect"works with echo devices but you need a fast upload and download speed for this to work else alexa will fail to connect"
|
66.5% |
sales listing"ironically a picture on the amazon sales listing which i saw before purchase shows the camera mounted at an entrance door which is in a reachable position"
|
66.4% |
manufacturing problem"i think blink know there's a manufacturing problem with the xt2s and are going through delay tactics"
|
66.3% |
grossley underdeveloped"but its grossley underdeveloped lot more work needed to make this a "market leader""
|
66.3% |
blow them of the brackets"the camera brackets are a bit flimsy and i am worried that the next gale will blow them of the brackets"
|
66.2% |
become unusable"g frosty morning the images become unusable because of condensation!"
|
66.1% |
sending it back"i wish i had done this broom handle test to begin with as it took three attempts screwing this one camera into brick to find a spot that worked which was a real pain and to be honest i was close to sacking it all off and sending it back for a refund after it didn’t work the second time"
|
66.0% |
| ... | |
Top positive statements
| Statement | Strength** |
|---|---|
| "Everything is amazing." | 99.9% |
| "Super easy to set up and use." | 99.8% |
| "This product is brilliant." | 94.4% |
| "To finish the video picture quality is excellent." | 93.8% |
| "Nightvision is excellent for me once settings are altered." | 93.1% |
| "Works very well in low light nightvision is very effective." | 93.1% |
| "Well done Blink for an excellent product" | 93.1% |
| "Great security camera with excellent quality." | 93.1% |
Top negative statements
| Statement | Strength |
|---|---|
| "Awful product delayed triggering time which means someone could get out of view before recording begins." | 90.1% |
| "The image quality is terrible." | 89.8% |
| "Terrible absolutely terrible." | 89.5% |
| "My gripes are you get an intruder the alarm sound on your phone will most likely be inadequate as it uses your notification sounds which are in my experience very short BUT IT ALSO MEANS YOU GET FALSE ALARMS WHENEVER OTHER NOTIFICATIONS COME DOWN which can be very frequently." | 88.9% |
| "I sadly just can't recommend this product." | 73.9% |
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Positive mentions
| Mentioned | Object | Mentioned in | Strength |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tech People |
"another call to their excellent Tech People and sent a couple of videos"
|
100.0% | |
| CCTV |
"i looked at all the CCTV options and decided on blink based on the following 1"
"i didn't want an expensive CCTV system or one that needed to be connected for signal or power"
"i wanted an all singing all dancing four or five camera CCTV recording system set up for my home"
|
75.0% | |
| infinity |
"sound is there but attached to alexa it echos off into the distance repeating itself to infinity"
|
74.3% | |
| Mesh Wi Fi |
"work will with Mesh Wi Fi since recent update"
|
74.3% | |
| BT Infinity |
"my router is BT Infinity with a guaranteed 59 mbps and achieving more"
|
74.1% | |
| Blink Users Group |
"this has been confirmed by the Blink Users Group"
|
61.2% | |
| September |
"5 months bought 1 x blinkxt2 29 8 2019 installed camera and batteries September lasted 7 weeks ?"
|
51.1% |
Negative mentions
| Mentioned | Object | Mentioned in | Strength |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon |
"poor show Amazon"
|
90.7% | |
| Arlo |
"i bought these to replace Arlo"
|
60.0% | |
| November |
"installed 2 x new batteries November lasted 7 days ?"
|
53.3% |
Emotion analysis
Positive tone |
Neutral tone |
Negative tone |
| 8.0% | 58.3% | 33.7% |
neutral 58.3%
worry 31.4%
happiness 5.1%
relief 2.1%
sadness 2.1%
love 0.4%
fun 0.4%
hate 0.2%
* analysis performed using Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods, data for the analysis has been gathered from multiple publicly accessible sources.
** strength is the level of sentiment expressed in a sentence, phrase or keyword. It ranges from 0 to 100%
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last analysis update 2024-04-22
