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Lightning Deal: $119.99: Blink Outdoor 4 (newest model) – 5 camera system at Amazon
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Did they remove features on this new sync module? I am fairly certain the previous one allowed you to save stuff to usb drive
sync module xr - microsd
sync module core - none
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The floodlight cam is completely nonfunctional without internet. I get that the camera functionality can't work without internet (even though it should be capable of saving to local storage with just a router, in my opinion), but without internet, the light itself won't even turn on. No motion detection, no dusk-to-dawn. Just dead. It's terrible.
Live view and clips are incredibly slow to load, no matter if it's cloud or local. Local is definitely at least twice as slow. Notifications are so delayed that by the time I get one, the motion is already long gone.
The doorbell eats lithium batteries no matter the settings, especially in cold weather. There are no good rechargeables that work, no hardwired option, and no solar. They're clearly in with Energizer to keep it that way. I think the new one might have changed that, but now they're pushing the cloud subscription harder than ever anyway.
Climbing up to change batteries is annoying. A few cameras on low-activity sides of the house will make it to 6 months, but most die in 3 or less. The doorbell is more like a month if I'm lucky — usually 2 weeks. And lithiums are not cheap.
If you run them on battery-saving settings, the video is so grainy, poorly lit, and slow to trigger that they're barely worth having. But if you use them at full quality, the batteries are dead in no time.
I know the newer cams have solar options, but once you factor in the cost, there are way better alternatives. I've seen solar kits for the XT2, but they're both expensive and janky. I'm planning to switch to TP-Link Tapo solar cameras when I have the money. They seem like a much better deal and come with local storage.
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