Prime Members: Blink Outdoor Wireless HD Security: 5-Camera Kit w/ Echo Show 5 EXPIRED

I got these last year and hate them and wish I returned them lol

What's the reason you hate these?

Being able to set recording zones is a nice feature but I have a couple of instances where something comes right into the field of view of the camera and yet the camera does not record. There is an option to turn up sensitivity but then there are a lot videos recording nothing relevant e.g. shadows changing.

I don't know anything about this stuff I'm just trying to figure it out. I live in the country and don't have Internet. Will the 5 camera system As a standalone system with no Internet and how far did the cameras transmit. Thanks in advance for any help

They won't work without internet.

Not sure if already answered, but here is my experience.

I purchased a 5 camera system when it went on sale. For me it was on the cheaper side to having surveillance system with local recording.

The cameras claim a 2yr battery life. So far I've had my cameras for 1.5 yrs and have not had to change the battery yet so I'd consider that claim to be accurate.

I initially thought that the sync module was just a way to save videos locally. However the entire system relies on this sync module so if something happens to it or your internet connection then the system is effectively useless. Not a great design IMO.

On the topic of network instability or power instability it doesn't do well with either (meaning recover after these are restored) which will cause the flash drive to be corrupted at which point it will no longer capture new videos.

Support is generally not great. When trying to identify why the system no longer captures videos, support generally advises to just format the flash drive and start over.

Being able to set recording zones is a nice feature but I have a couple of instances where something comes right into the field of view of the camera and yet the camera does not record. There is an option to turn up sensitivity but then there are a lot videos recording nothing relevant e.g. shadows changing.

Not sure what issue you have but I've never had a problem with "power instability" lol. The system comes back online by itself when power or wifi goes out and never any issues recording to sync module after. Likely user error or YMMV.

The zones are nice I cover up this road at the top of the FOV of one of my cams so passing cars wont constantly trigger it and it works well. In fact some cams I've researched seem superior in most ways yet dont have the motion zones, so it makes them a non starter for me.

That said the biggest issue with these is lack of person detection, which means you will get false alerts (in my case most often from wasps that fly right up to it) a lot. Nothing can really be done. But almost every system I've researched has gotchas.

I think these are decent starter cameras. Just know what you are getting. The fact they are battery not POE is blessing and a curse. The curse is they are not CCTV cameras. The blessing is you can mount them anywhere in wifi range with no wiring and incredible ease. I wouldn't consider them like "serious" cameras whatever that means. You can get them very cheap on sale. I like them for watching my property, but you will get tons of annoying notifications.

The other day a incident happened where a doordash lady dropped an order I didn't order at my door. Then my next door neighbor came over and took it (I assume he ordered it). Then for some reason he brought it back, then came and got it again. I was able to figure out what all happened from just from my cameras clips lol. So that was kind of cool. But theyre also annoying with the notifications. I often wonder if on balance I would miss them if they were gone.

Yup. Blink soon to be abandoned by amazon. Don't waste your money, they did the same with the Cloud cam line.

anyone try yet to "hack wire" 3V power source instead of the batteries. Wonder what the needed mA current. I like he Wifi, but don't want to change batteries... I can probably run a thin CAT3 or something (i have an old roll of CAT3) to power them ...maybe make a little hole for the cable to go in and silicone around it.

No hack needed. They can be powered with a micro usb cable.

Whatever system you go with, Eufy, Ring, Blink, Acme, etc. block your cams from having access to the internet from your router settings.