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"really disappointed"

"very disappointed"

"awful product"

"this device is useless and unusable and nobody should consider wasting money on it"

"the battery life and the major issue i’ve had with it is it stops recording and turns off after a short time"

"doesn’t work"

"if you want something reliable then completely avoid this"

"worked for day then stopped with error message saying camera offline even though ok when camera and phone back on same network"

"spent ages to make it work on my iphone looking for tutorials on youtube"

"another 'no make' chinese import and 'looks good' but is actually pretty useless in real life!"

"the only problem is you have to keep it close to wifi for it to work i used my phone's internet which worked the best"

"the quality of video is really bad the night vision is very limited"

"wish i had scrolled further down and read the negative reviews"

"absolutely crap the battery is awful literally doesn’t last half hour utterly useless!"

"does not work and will be returning for a refund"

"don’t waste your money!"

"waste of money"

"sending it back!"

"well designed night visian gives usnice results didn't even know you can have so goog video in cheap camera"

"furthermore i don't have to worry about the other issue"

"my only guess is that it might have been the one faulty camera they sold "

"absolute waste of time i’m afraid"

"complete waste of money"

"total waste of money"

"total junk"

"absolutely crap the battery is awful literally doesn’t last half hour utterly useless!"

"it can be used for a period of time in case of power failure"

"you really can’t have it far from your router literally struggled even from the next room"

"typical of products from china poor translation and incomplete instructions"

"offten is disconecting and don’t record picture quality is rubish and night vision is awful nightvision is recording with max 6 fps and normal record with max 20 fps waste of money"

"utter garbage nightmare to set the app is rubbish and crashes after 15 minutes use it just stopped working and won’t switch on"

"i had another ip cam that was garbage compared to that"

"what a waste of time money"

"this device is useless and unusable and nobody should consider wasting money on it"

"the setup instructions bore no relationship to available phone settings or responses to any attempts to make this thing work and it never did"

"if you are in the same room as the camera and the router is links ok but move away and it’s very slow as lags"

"this was over a two day period of ensuring that we had not become mentally challenged by being locked down!"

"i returned this item it was very difficult getting it to connect but when it did the picture and sensitivity were not bad for the price however it would not stay connected and staying up all night reconnecting every three to four minutes was not the point of buying a camera"

"after several wasted hours of repeatedly charging and reconnecting we summed this up as a 'death wish inducing' experience and gave up on it!"

"first thing i noticed was very small dots like burned pixels"

"returning item as not compatible with samsung s9"

"false advertising is against the law"

"utter garbage nightmare to set the app is rubbish and crashes after 15 minutes use it just stopped working and won’t switch on"

"overall disappointing"

"my husband put this on his desk and then called up the hustle and bustle of the office to get the job done!"

"the app this camera recommendeds you download is very buggy and looks like its been hacked together very quickly"

"i use it to detect movement to avoid intrusions or to control when children return to school"

"utter chinese junk do not buy night vision terrible battery life terrible "

"poorly translated instructions"

"night vision doesn't work properly and the instructions to set up are poorly written to the point of being useless"

"great spy camera but the battery doesnt last long the info says 5 hours charge but i have tested it and they only last 1 hour to 1 hour 10 mins even when the recording is on full the camera it self mmm will when its full light inside or outside clear picture but when its night time and the lights are"

"works for a day then suddenly blurred image"

"typical of products from china poor translation and incomplete instructions"

"mixed results when trying to record to sd card"

"it does not fall and adapts well"

"customer service no help at all so returned unit as it just wouldn’t work"

"didn't expect this mini security camera to work this well i have been thinking about getting a camera for quite some time i live in an apartment complex and when i get amazon packages sometimes it gets stolen"

"daylight image quality good night vision very poor and noisy and absolutely no audio whatsoever"

"i am usually able to work our technology but really struggling"

"it is so small that nobody notices it"

"you cannot remove this either!"

"therefore totally unreliable if going away from hone for example"

"batteries last about 2 minutes and connectivity is poor when it does connect"

"very tacky n plastic totaly not worth wot i paid"

"it has 1 star on the apple app store and all the app reviews note the same problem i have had"

"it is much smaller than i thought it would be"

"next time no connection so i gave up and returned item after wasting ages trying to get it to work"

"as it scattered around the room damaging the window my partner thought it was a safe collet the cam pieces so it doesn’t hurt our pets and throw them away"

"the night vision is also good but the auto function flicks to black & picture so i leave it on the forced setting"

"i’m buying a 5ghz mains powered one and hopefully will have better luck with that one!"

"the battery issue"

"after the defocusing issue tested for 5 further days"

"it gets quite warm when operating and the motion detection is overly sensitive"

"two problems i do i have are that it doesn't offer the option to stream to a cloud or drive if it does and i'm just an idiot apologies and that it has to remain plugged in because it only runs for an hour"

"if you're using these cameras via lan for home security or child monitoring you have been warned!"

"my reason for the poor review is that it's useless as a camera as the battery lasted approximately 1hr after several full charges"

"you wont have problem by zooming it out and seeing people"

"it has a small shelf"

"the camera is fairly light and can easily be hidden away from unwanted visitors"

"no instructions of how to set it up for viewing once you leave range & no clue as to the password 1 st time set up it wouldn’t let me on as it said wrong password yet i hadn’t changed it i shall be returning it"

"avoid at all costs"

"after alot of research it has come to light that the only 2 apps you can download to view the camera have a glitch which means as soon as you're out of range of your own wifi it won't connect anymore"

"however due to its limited wifi capability"

"even though i almost always have my phone close by i work on my laptop late into the night so it's nice to be able to check in on her without draining my battery on my phone"

"it’s useless!"

"totally useless"

"the application is simple and the image can be magnified like any photo or video which may be useful"

"the first really unnerving experience is that the supplier has not even paid a native speaker to ensure the user manual is written in intelligible english much of what is written is chinglish nonsense"

"two problems with this"

"this product dose not connect or work please don't waste your time on this product"

"update 01 03 2020 after using this product for a a few weeks and constant charging because one issue i did not notice is that the battery power only last up to 2 hours max the cam burned my socket and cracked into pieces"

"even though i almost always have my phone close by i work on my laptop late into the night so it's nice to be able to check in on her without draining my battery on my phone"

"waste of time ordering"

"you can put it on any table or shelf and you will hardly see it"

"save your hard earned money and buy something that does what it is supposed to do"

"now the outside is really too messy so i bought this mini version of the camera so that i can be outside or upstairs at any time to see the home picture connected to the phone is very good the picture is very clear worthy of recommendation of a product￥￥￥"

"waste of time and money"

"first let me state that our home has external cctv which works brilliantly so we are no novices to technology"

"the back garage side of the house faces the street and it is difficult to see who is coming and going"

"poor battery life very short wifi range"

"it doesn't even record anything the picture quality is awful!"

"stay away from this rubbish and headache of a product!"

"can’t connect the camera to the app that it was originally paired with app has been discontinued "

"the problem i’m experiencing is it does not connect to the internet so you can’t watch it live from outside your wifi order 2 so far only one will connect despite it saying 4 cameras will work however i’ve been mislead"

"i have the product and after 4 days doesn’t charge anymore"

"wifi signal disappears and therefore connection disappears"

"this is not too bad but the battery is pointless which also makes the watch accessory pointless"

"very poor documentation"

"will b sending it bak asap"

"my reason for the poor review is that it's useless as a camera as the battery lasted approximately 1hr after several full charges"

"it’s really very bad product"

"battery will last about an hour then it overheats to the point you won’t be able to hold it with your bare hands"

"connection is terrible"

"major issues getting this to work"

"it's so low key it's almost invisible and i've found that it allows us to be warned if we're doing anything"

"i have tried repeatedly to connect but no success"

"unbelievably disappointed"

"so give him a miss"

"app has loaded but three people have tried to connect to the camera without success"

"thr product doesn’t work properly it takes ages to connect and the battery doesn’t last more then 40 minutes"

"battery power poor"

"very complicated"

"it cames already broken!"

"security cam don't make me laugh?"

"ive had it less than 24 hours and its bordering on useless and dangerous unfortunately"

"for me a slight downside is that i can't disable the microphone which is something i personally don't like"

"overheats even just on battery power and that does not last long at all even if not recording"

"hidden costs for icloud and you pay for the app on all my other cameras i don't have to but it look good nice and sturdy and i'm sure it worked well but i didn't try it "

"overheats even just on battery power and that does not last long at all even if not recording"

"tried everything to get it to work and it failed every time"

"i’ve queried amazon regarding this but have had no reply :"

"was sent a link via email to connect but guess what it doesn’t work and is in chinese"

"if you check recent reviews on the app or even questions on youtube video you will see this is a common problem"

"there is no sound and no light while is recording so nobody can see it which is good"

"just out of return time product no longer works"

"terrible app & camera"

"bought it for the house so maybe my mum can see the little one from her phone when we don’t have time to video call her as she lives far away "

"this camera did not connect to anything"

"what a load of crap!"

"there are no proper instructions or what there are are poor"

"this camera does not work its sound"

"initially it was ok but now i can’t view the live feed on my mobile and it just says ‘logging in’ or ‘request service’"

"update 01 03 2020 after using this product for a a few weeks and constant charging because one issue i did not notice is that the battery power only last up to 2 hours max the cam burned my socket and cracked into pieces"

"i trash it after few days "

"poor sound quality and motion detection doesn’t work for me"

"as a result the motion alarm doesn’t work either"

"not small as advertised works when it wants to"

"if you turn the app off or leave the house it will not reconnect"

"i’m so impressed as i didn’t even realise it comes with a “watch version” too "

"i hanged it where my roof end so no contact with rain"

"well designed night visian gives usnice results didn't even know you can have so goog video in cheap camera"

"my only guess is that it might have been the one faulty camera they sold "

"a piece of garbage not worth returning"

"i had my baby last year and he was really naughty causing me to worry about its safety every time i went out"

"no plastic on this thing"

"the minute you leave the home it will not connect"

"very disappointing"

"the worst camara i’ve brought so far 1needs to be plugged in to the mains most the time because battery life is so short 2 every time you view it it uses its own wi fi and when i need to use my home wi fi i have to reconnect it"

"connection between the camera and application very very weak "

"doesn’t stay connected long enough to record anything"

"results almost immediately late last night it clearly captured a large tom cat poking his nose through the door and slowly entering my poor cat had by this time come upstairs"

"after several wasted hours of repeatedly charging and reconnecting we summed this up as a 'death wish inducing' experience and gave up on it!"

"i have been looking for so long for a camera that actually works great and does what it’s supposed to"

"basically waste of my money because it doesn’t work"

"ac adapter not supplied and charge doesn't last very long"

"it's not that small as it looks on the picture"

"can't connect to internet"

"i spent several hours trying and retrying and leaving it for a good hour thinking it might just be slow first time"

"i purchased this camera so i could watch my home when i am away i wanted one of these as they are small and easy to hide incase of a break in"

"very difficult to set up"

"i returned this item it was very difficult getting it to connect but when it did the picture and sensitivity were not bad for the price however it would not stay connected and staying up all night reconnecting every three to four minutes was not the point of buying a camera"

"in the application you can enable disable the video recording function if there is no card then the video will be recorded on the phone"

"i don't have time for any more of this misery and will instead invest my effort in returning the product to amazon"

"without connection away from home it is pointless"

"it does lag a little but it won't last too long"

"it has now made the short journey to the rubbish bin because that's what it is rubbish"

"time stamp wrong and only able to view recordings on card by removing and playing back on a pc"

"also i felt the watch strap wasn't secure enough and in fact weak at the stop fitting would disconnect when tightening onto wrist if not careful"

"free and simple smartphone applications it's a little weak but that's not the point"

"the camera often fails to work with the software that is limited in features"

"the ios software has been removed from apple app store and the company is not responding to emails"

"i used the software hwdv cam first of all this small camera has a pretty good picture quality in a lit area"

"instructions are about p2plivecam so instructions no good"

"its so tiny that if you wouldnt know there is camera you wouldnt see it"

"so i'm compelled to mention very good seller communication and after sales support and wanted to clarify my review is specifically about the offending camera"

"absolutely crap the battery is awful literally doesn’t last half hour utterly useless!"

"not very happy with my choice it keeps disconnecting from wifi battery last too short"

"if the power bank has no power the camera is off straight away"

"just out of return time product no longer works"

"camera keeps shutting down and going off line son doesn’t work"

"but camera would get full marks if you did not see the light's when it is on"

"utter chinese junk do not buy night vision terrible battery life terrible "

"does not work at all also no barcodes to scan"

"it's rubbish cam and product"

"to confirm: id label = cmc735 ********d01 f***31"

"instructions are rubbish!"

"two hours charging then it only lasts 30 minutes or more"

"we originally purchased only one nanny cam so that we could try it out without investing in several at a time"

"it doesn't stay connected to your phone signal drops record doesn't work unless you have it open while it records which is pointless and it's battery barely lasts an hour"

"this product i do not feel is fit for purpose the app dosnt sean to load properly and it is very slow to connect to the internet"

"dose not hold battery charge for even one minutes"

"it's very clear to shoot and change faces"

"so i bought this camera it is very small and can be connected with the phone the picture quality is very clear so that i can observe the baby's situation anytime anywhere it is really a great product"

"i did not expect this product"

"update: fair do's to the seller who quickly responded to my review and are investigating this issue"

"really disappointed"

"i was so excited to get this system but i was very disappointed"

"awful product delayed triggering time which means someone could get out of view before recording begins"

"never written an amazon review before but thought it would be best to warn anyone thinking about wasting money on these"

"there is a short lag for the clips to upload to the cloud but i haven’t found this to be a major issue"

"firstly the night vision just doesn't work"

"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"

"called blink support and they never heard of error message like this and told me to return it to amazon"

"you cant really see faces i spent ages trying to sort it out"

"the instructions are pretty useless as this is app based just download the free app and follow the setup prompts"

"night vision has changed to a closer range to cam lense only problem so compared to old xt not quite as good"

"2 battery life is very limited unless you want the camera to be non operational for most of the time"

"did some research & was almost put off by one or two negative reviews"

"contacted the blink technical support but they were utterly useless repeatedly telling me to make sure it was switched on!"

"i need a replacement for this camera it has no and does not work"

"do not waste your money"

"must be a faulty camera xt2 the other 2 x xt cameras are working very well indeed no problems at all"

"waste of money and i regret resent buying"

"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"

"by the time the app opens 10 12 secs and the awful awful lag catches up whoever was at the door has gone"

"just disappointed"

"absolute garbage"

"will be returning this as its just not good at what it is meant to be good at"

"one of the main selling points "2 year battery life" is a total disaster"

"which is a really pointless requirement when you're talking about outdoor cameras"

"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"

"the quality is shockingly awful!"

"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"

"well they are really frustrating!"

"the wifi signal is just awful making the camera close to useless for me"

"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’"

"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"

"incredibly disappointing that it cannot be used as a trigger for alexa or smart home functions"

"at lowest possible settings it lags terribly even with a high end router and high speed broadband"

"terrible absolutely terrible"

"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"

"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"

"the quality of the picture is reasonably good in the day time but night vision is pretty poor even at the enhanced quality setting"

"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 "

"which means it just hangs from most sockets very untidily"

"biggest waste of money i have ever seen"

"poor show amazon"

"it's an embarrassing product that amazon should not of put there name to"

"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?"

"it is now going straight to the garbage where it belongs"

"received the blink xt2 yesterday and was very disapointed"

"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"

"terrible customer service not worthy of the amazon brand in my opinion"

"it's ok but still has faults in design"

"live view absolutely useless"

"this may sound small but its frustrating a little at times"

"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"

"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"

"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"

"i think blink know there's a manufacturing problem with the xt2s and are going through delay tactics"

"do not recommend as you could be wasting time depending on whether they'll send you a working unit or not"

"i’ve been looking at this for a few months and always been put off by some very harsh reviews of poor performance"

"obviously that is not a satisfactory situation as an unwelcome caller may not be registered"

"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"

"if you bear that in mind you can't fault these at all"

"my camera has good wifi signal too but still delay happens"

"this is basically flawed"

"can't fault them at all"

"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"

"i’m returning mine as they must be broken"

"i am fortunate enough to have a detached house and there is 1 camera on each side 4 "

"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"

"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"

"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"

"my only gripe with this product is the quality of the wall mounts that come with each camera"

"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!"

"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"

"i would have been very satisfied except for one massive problem"

"fibre wifi 500mb and this camera is just very slow"

"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"

"99 during the limited time sale"

"unfortunately the xt2 camera fog in cold weather making them practically useless"

"but if they only last a year i will be happy as it’s still more than other more expensive systems"

"one slight issue is that occasionally the signal drops however this can be easily remedied by restarting the 'sync module"

"easily removed and stolen"

"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"

"in night mode the image is even worse as expected i suppose"

"i would advise hat they are put in a discrete or high position to prevent then being stolen"

"they are truly one of the major infuriating electronics"

"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"

"better screen masking options to block areas with plants or false alarm"

"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"

"dreadful service"

"blergh live view fails often"

"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!"

"the biggest issue i found was connectivity reliability the camera loses connectivity with the cloud too often reducing reliability"

"i just wonder if i should have sent it back when i realised there was a connection problems ?"

"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"

"they’re brittle plastic and come with just two screws no wall plugs etc"

"constantly losing connection"

"i’m returning mine avoid!"

"it also provides a link to trouble shoot this problem"

"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"

"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"

"another main issue is that you cant use local storage without manual downloads or purchase more cloud storage"

"one slight issue is that occasionally the signal drops however this can be easily remedied by restarting the 'sync module"

"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"

"you get a decent amount of storage allowance"

"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"

"if they alarm now i get my torch and go look in my garden or ignore them as for watching footage "

"your lazy programmers can't learn how to escape dangerous characters welcome to the 20th century"

"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"

"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"

"in some cases the person is already turned around and walked away"

"be prepared for multiple missed events and false alarms"

"another issue the motion detection has is reflections"

"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"

"night vision is poor to okay unless there is some light about"

"daytime quality is ok but the night mode is very blurred"

"one of the three cameras run out of battery after only 5 weeks of use and the other two also shows low battery"

"night vision is very blurry which is a shame because the daytime images are really clear"

"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"

"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"

"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"

"update: just 17 days after getting the camera and setting it up i have got a low battery warning"

"when you do a live view there is an awful buzzing sound for a second or so before the audio comes through"

"my garden device is almost dead after one month!"

"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"

"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"

"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"

"don’t even have to worry about the batteries going flat alexa can be set up notify you and even order replacements from amazon"

"also to note sometimes we go or leave by the front door and it doesn’t record"

"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"

"4ghz only solution"

"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"

"one dissatisfied customer"

"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?"

"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"

"it is easy to set up trigger areas within the field of view to eliminate spurious alarms"

"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 "

"the biggest issue i found was connectivity reliability the camera loses connectivity with the cloud too often reducing reliability"

"the main failing in my view is that it does not reliably reconnect to the wifi if there has been an outage e"

"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"

"the main problem with this system is the camera quality its poor compared to even the cheap camera systems"

"only limitation is the quality of your wifi signal but the camera system shows how strong the signal is during set up"

"had for 1 week reset twice because it lost wifi signal less that 30cm from router first frost this morning camera picture terrible"

"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!"

"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"

"however i am pleasantly surprised and am not planning on returning this as it stands"

"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"

"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 "

"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"

"night vision camera clicks noisy when comes on and off and red light is switching on and sensitive to light"

"using the built in speaker is a bit clunky !"

"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""

"the mount is a bit feeble and it would be simple to steal one of these if it was mounted low down"

"the main problem is the lag in picking up movement"

"delay between motion and detection and notification wasted my money as usual with amazon reviews 😡😡😡"

"all in all i would not recommend purchasing this product and am seriously regretting wasting my money"

"so this was difficult fiddly and time consuming"

"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"

"luckily i had positioned the blink in a corner above the front window so it was well tucked away and wasn't easily spotted"

"can’t give 0 stars sadly!"

"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 "

"night vision is rather poor you are able to see a person moving from 10m but that's practically it "

"unfortunately the xt2 camera fog in cold weather making them practically useless"

"the only negative for me is the lack of full integration with smartthings"

"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"

"these 2 issues make this device completely unsuitable for my needs so now i just use it as a deterrent"

"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"

"it never catches the subject for short events"

"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"

"in truth i was just being impatient and it did connect after leaving it long enough to go make a brew"

"also having not adjusted any settings and previously recieving activation notifications despite movement infront of the camera was failing to detect anything"

"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!"

"i believe they've been manufactured in humid conditions and fog when the internal temp drops"

"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"

"i would like it to automatically connect to my original ssid even if it is a slower connection"

"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"

"i can manually enable them and disable them but that's a massive pain in the ass"

"fundamental design flaw as it’s too easy to steal"

"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"

"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"

"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"

"i still have some unresolved issues with the camera"

"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"

"junk for money"

"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"

"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"

"but this can be helped by being able to set up dead zones in the settings"

"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 "

"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"

"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"

"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 "

"overall i'd recommend you buy this product however there are some big issues that may stop you"

"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"

"the "advanced zoning" doesn't work or is very intermittent on some of the xt2 cameras"

"very easy to install all it takes are a couple of drilled holes and that's it"

"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"

"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"

"motion detection this is the biggest problem of all"

"now the biggest downside to this system: the night vision!"

"random issues with connection and camera stops recording have to reset the box then"

"just no excuse poorly executed"

"massive delay in showing you the image when you get a notification or just want to view"

"wake up the next day your stuffs gone but at least you’ve got a video of some masked thieves stealing your stuff"

"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"

"as is 4 stars only and the price is the saving grace in comparison to other systems on the market"

"they can log into and adjust your system if you are having issues so maintenance is automatic with regular software updates which self install"

"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"

"upon looking on the blink community forum it seems like an on going issue that has yet to be fixed"

"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"

"i get over 50 alerts per day busy road and battery lasted around 2 months"

"i regret buying them"

"the android app is easy to use but a bit slow to connect"

"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"

"its massive selling point is the fact the cameras have zero cables!"

"i'm going to look into my legal rights as not fit for purpose but past amazons return window"

"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"

"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"

"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?"

"i tried moving the sync module to 3 different positions but nothing changed still a poor signal"

"your lazy programmers can't learn how to escape dangerous characters welcome to the 20th century"

"this proved to me that this product can’t be good if can only offer a 30day warranty"

"blink support advised i needed another sync module which is not available at that time nor do they have any eta"

"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!"

"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"

"i’m returning mine as they must be broken"

"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"

"by the 8th of november it has stopped working"

"at lowest possible settings it lags terribly even with a high end router and high speed broadband"

"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"

"just no excuse poorly executed"

"at night the infrared image is useless most of the time"

"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"

"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"

"currently the app lacks a schedule to arm or disarm the system"

"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 "

"its seems to me like the product has been rushed out in beta form and is not yet fit for purpose"

"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"

"appalling product and dire customer service"

"there is an unacceptable delay between the camera picking up moment and the image appearing on your phone or tablet"

"the only way to turn it off is to remove the batteries"

"other times it picks up motion in the disabled grid"

"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"

"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"

"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"

"on tripped recordings they all miss the initial stages with the recorded footage only capturing the final moments such as the ‘intruder’ walking away"

"could do with a locking screw to stop it being removed so easily"

"but the supplied mounting is utter crap"

"works with echo devices but you need a fast upload and download speed for this to work else alexa will fail to connect"

"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"

"i think blink know there's a manufacturing problem with the xt2s and are going through delay tactics"

"but its grossley underdeveloped lot more work needed to make this a "market leader""

"the camera brackets are a bit flimsy and i am worried that the next gale will blow them of the brackets"

"g frosty morning the images become unusable because of condensation!"