Blink Video Doorbell + Sync Module 2 | Two-way audio, HD video, motion and chime app alerts and Alexa enabled

10 reviews for Blink Video Doorbell + Sync Module 2 | Two-way audio, HD video, motion and chime app alerts and Alexa enabled

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   koufax – March 24, 2020

   Everything was fine with this except it wouldn’t attach to back cover that attaches to your wall. Kind of a big deal I think. Very poor design to say the least. Come on Blink redo it and fix this.ADDENDUM: I sent this back and left this review, I was contacted by Blinks service department who offered to send me another on on them to see if it would work better. I agreed and received it two days later . Set it up and was successful mounting it! I am very happy with this product and now have 6 cameras and this doorbell at my house, very happy with all of them. Fantastic customer service to boot, can’t ask for more then that.

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Madora – April 15, 2020

   I got this doorbell because it’s cheaper than the Ring one. It was easy to set up. Two screws into the door frame and I was able to slide it on. The camera works well and I was able to link it to all my Alexa stuff. I did the no wire worked and it works well!

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Wise Buyer – April 17, 2020

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    I had already had to blink exterior cameras so when I had the chance to pre-order the doorbell camera I jumped on it. The doorbell camera does its job. Image quality is great day, and night. At night time the infrared is good allowing you to have good clarity and resolution. You get quick notifications when someone is at your door. You can set it to capture any motion at your property. You can set focus areas, and private areas. You can set the length of record time from 5 to 20 seconds. The placement of the doorbell we’ll also impact what’s your camera picks up. But after having had and installing various types of doorbell cameras from Ring and more. I’m satisfied. Why go and buy a $100, or $200 option when you can purchase of $50 option that is just as good.Sure there are some drawbacks, but they will be drawbacks with all of them. If I had to point out any one drawback is that the cameras motion capture has a cool down before it can record again. Example: if the camera has a view of the street and 2 cars go by, the second car could go by without ever being captured on video if it wasn’t recorded in the same clip as the first car.You can extend to about of time each clip is allowing you to get more footage. But longer record times use more battery life.I got this one because I already had a hub, and 2 cameras I can capture any, and everything that comes my way. All my Amazon packages are safe, and I know whose at my door Everytime.Bravo, and thank you Blink.

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   DR ice Mind – May 22, 2020

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    I see this camera I say than this is what any one neeed this days. Perfect price o think is well build and easy connection setup was easy thanks so much love the bell I have for my door sound on my phone a d I answer from phone good the image was clear and the remember to any one this is a signal transfered so spect to see a delay ok camera system blink ta Buena la Camara Buena imagen

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Whose That GuyWhose That Guy – June 26, 2020

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    If you are like me you are a happy existing Blink Camera user who is thinking about adding the door bell to your existing setup. I had a blink camera setup aiming at my front door so at first I was not too sure that I really needed the door bell. However for the cost I am very glad I got one. There are a couple of things to know:(1) If you are an existing Blink customer, you do not need a second sync module. All you need is the door bell and you can simple add it to your existing account (as easy as adding an additional camera).(2) If you are planning on hardwiring the blink doorbell to your existing doorbells wires. . . . you still have to use 2 AA batteries to power the camera. This did not make sense to me as I figured my hardwires would power it, but sure enough after calling Blink support I realized I needed to put the AA batteries in the camera. The hard wire will allow your blink doorbell to ring the doorbell in your home but will not power the camera.(3) You can turn on motion detection or just have the blink door bell turn on when the door bell is rung. This is a nice feature. If you want to catch anyone that comes to your door (whether they ring the bell or not, you can simple turn this feature on in the app). If you want to save battery life and are only interested in door bell ringers you can turn motion detection off.(4) It has two way audio, meaning you will always hear the person at your door. . . . but you can also choose to speak to the person if you choose. For me the audio the person at the door hears comes across a little staticky, but that could be my phone or the fact that I am using the corner mount.(5) It has more of a fish bowl view so it catches a wide view (meaning it can cover most of your front porch)(6) There is no additional cost to having the Blink doorbell or camera system. Unlike other door bell systems out there, there is no additional cost to the Blink Doorbell. The app is free, cloud storage is free, downloading images or videos is free, etc.If you are looking to set it up with just batteries and no wiring to an existing doorbell system, setup is a breeze (will take two minutes). If you are looking to hard wire it, it is still pretty easy. I am not a handy man and what I know about electricity will shock you (get my joke) but even I was able to hard wire it. Get the doorbell, you will be glad you did. Hope this review helped.

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   doogie_esq – August 1, 2020

   UPDATE: I’ve had more use time with my Blink Doorbell Cam and I’ve now updated my previous review from a 3 to a 5. As you’ll be able to read from my initial comments below, I had some issues with the Blink Doorbell generating chime audio sounds to my iPhone when the doorbell was rung. However, the problem was not due to the Blink Doorbell but rather, the issue stemmed from the design of my Apple Watch. Blink tech support proactively contacted me in regards to this issue, and have worked with me to understand the issue further. In the meantime, Apple has provided a workaround in which I control from the Apple Watch App Notification settings, which iPhone apps I wish to have notifications sent to the watch. By unchecking the Blink app notification setting, I now am able to hear the doorbell chime notifications from my iPhone.In addition, I’ve since become aware that I would be able to have the doorbell chime from Alexa capable devices. So after testing the doorbell integration with a Echo Show, and an Echo Dot, the doorbell chime audio is no longer an issue now, because the doorbell chime echoes in several rooms along with my phone.And in the case of the Echo Show, I’m actually able to see video of who is at the door when someone depresses the doorbell or if I’m simply interested in what that strange noise was out front.Prior to switching over to the Blink Doorbell Cam, I had been using a first generation Ring Doorbell, and the performance on the Blink is a lot better.As a result of these events and associated results, I am now able to give the Blink Doorbell 5 stars and I can definitely recommend it to others.So I’m a longtime supporter of a Blink Cameras and they work so well, I thought I’d try their doorbell when it became available. It’s a well made product physically, made of good quality materials. You need not worry about that aspect. It in terms of design, I have mixed emotions after setting it up on my door and using it.The first thing I noticed at night was that the night vision is almost useless for my particular home. This is because like many homes, my front door is recessed into the front of the house a bit forming sort of an indented area. As such, that’s where my front door light is located and it illuminates my front door area real well, with light bouncing off the walls. With all that light surrounding the camera, seeing through it for nice vision is impossible. What you wind up seeing is just a blackened area beyond the lighted door area. I’m sure Blink engineers designed a great night vision camera for use in perfect conditions, but turning my front porch light off at night to allow it to work properly is just not an option. So point number one. If your door sits in a well lit area, consider whether night vision will work for any doorbell cam should you buy one.Second point. I didn’t realize this when I bought the camera, but to date, Blink offers no way to connect the camera to a external chime accessory. I knew this going in, but my results where mixed on the usability of a doorbell cam only chime audio, plus the ability to chime through my iPhone app. I thought that would be ok. After all, I have my phone with me all the time. But the chime would not sound on either my iPhone or my wife’s. We worked with Apple to understand why and we found out that if a user owns an Apple Watch, by default, when the watch is being worn (and is unlocked via it’s PIN), the iPhone will not play the Blink doorbell sound because the notification goes to the watch instead. And when the watch sounds the Blink notification, it does not have the ability to play the doorbell chime sound. The only notification you’ll receive is the standard “ping” sound that all notifications (regardless of app) plays for Apple Watch notifications. So in effect, if you own an iPhone AND you’re an Apple Watch user, recognize that you won’t be able to hear the distinct doorbell chime audio on your phone when wearing your watch. As far as the sound that does play from the door, it’s loud enough to hear indoors most of the time, but if you’re out in the backyard, you probably won’t hear it. NOTE: I don’t want to write more of a novel than I already have here, but if you’re interested in understanding how to send the doorbell (and any other notification to your phone even while wearing your Apple Watch, contact support and ask them how to turn off notifications for specific apps in the Apple Watch app, to prevent them from going to the watch and forcing them to play on the iPhone).This brings up my 3rd point. As far as i’m able to tell, the Blink Doorbell is only able to play the 1 audio chime that comes with it, if you opt NOT to hardwire your Blink Doorbell to an existing doorbell chime wiring. We no longer have doorbell wiring, so I was happy to use the Blink Doorbell’s chime, but I was hoping there was an option to play a variety of chimes from the doorbell. Sadly, this does not appear to be the case. It’s not a showstopper for me, but that would have been a nice feature to have.As far as the app is concerned, if you’re a Blink user, you know that the Blink app is pretty good as far as features. The one feature we like is the ability to “tune” where the camera has visibility to, to tone down false alerts from cars passing by. For battery life on the Blink Doorbell, I can’t say yet if the battery life is anything like the Blink cameras, but I’m extremely happy with the battery life on the cameras. I believe Blink touts up to a year. I think I have some cameras that have not required a battery change for 8 months now, but this is dependent on motion sensitivity settings, camera video recording duration, etc. So your mileage may vary.

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Caitybug – August 22, 2020

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    Received this item yesterday. Was able to install the doorbell today. Fairly easy installation. Camera quality is good. I chose this doorbell because of the ability to wire it to my existing chime box in the house. My house was built in the early 80s & the original chime box is compatible & does ring when the doorbell is activated.Got the sync module 2 combo because I had the original sync module for my outdoor cams & wanted to upgrade to local storage. Ordered a Sandisk 256 gb usb drive & works wonderfully with the local storage.If this doorbell cam is anything like the outdoor cameras, I expect the night vision to be good. I tested the microphone & sound quality is as good as I expected.If you’re in the market for a camera doorbell, I do recommend this one. I’m late to the doorbell cam game & feel this was a good purchase.

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   TechJunkie – August 24, 2020

   There’s a few more steps to set up, and requires a blink sync for completely wireless use. Camera quality is there, wish the box came with double stick tape, but I managed. To set up the chiming on an Alexa you’d have to have the skill installed once it’s installed it recognizes the doorbell. For the price features and true wirelessness! I recommend!

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   Rated 5 out of 5

   Josh McCarthyJosh McCarthy – September 6, 2020

   Bought this over a Ring because I have no desire too have multiple apps for the cameras in my house. Figured it’d be a “great value” Ring, since Amazon owns Ring also but Im pleasantly surprise by the quality. FYI, the wedge for an extra 25° of angle or tilt is already included in the box. I bought with the sync module 2. I have many Blink minis and Blink cams in and out of my house. The picture quality of this is on par with any other Blink cam and it gives a door notification when someone rings it. I have mine hard wired using the existing wires for my door bell. When I ring the the Blink it also rings by door bell ringer inside my house just like I wanted. To my knowledge the Ring Brand cams dont do this unless you buy a separate speaker. No extra speaker needed here. I cannot speak if you just use the battery only operation. I doubt their be any way to use you’re existing door chime unless you hardwire this. Hard wiring is easy, their is no polarity since it senses it automatically. As far as the final mounting to the base on my wall, it is tricky. I see a few reviews on here just about how hard it is to clip onto the wall or saying its defective. You definitely need a bit a finesse to get it to pop/lock in to the base plate on the wall but its snug. Also it has a security key like things you have to use to remove so someone can walk up and easily snatch it off your wall. Overall its an excellent product for the price.

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    Rated 5 out of 5

    Dani Robinson – September 17, 2020

    Installation was extremely simple. Setting it up in the app even simpler. Video quality is pretty good in my opinion. It’s a great doorbell. Connected with to Alexa with ease. No chime needed.