Ive always been skeptical about the usefulness of security cameras.
Ive had a Ring doorbell for years and its main purpose is to alert me to the mail arriving.
The cameras resolution is surprisingly good, both in daytime with color and in the dark with night vision.
The Blink offers a robust amount of control over the cameras, especially concerning sensitivity.
Other cameras offer this as well, but Blinks grid-view was so granular it begged to be tested.
As soon as I added the area back in, the sensitivity returned.
The Blink comes with a 30-day trial toBlink Plus.
With it, you’re able to store clips from your cameras in the cloud.
One Blink equipment would cost me $3 a month, and multiple cameras would cost me $10.
This is about a dollar cheaper to comparable Ring plans, as well as offerings from other security cameras.
Namely, it bothered me that the rig was unarmed by default.
Id also like to see Blink add a battery indicator here.
Still, not a dealbreaker.
There werent instructions for this.
Held in by two small screws, it would not take much to simply knock it off the wall.
I asked other people whod gotten a camera if theirs came with instructions, and they had not.
My biggest issue with the Blink 4, though, is its responsiveness.
(I rarely do.)
Thirty seconds later, I could pull up the clip from my library, but its not the same.
If its meant to help give me security, Id like that delay fixed.
Is the Blink 4 security camera worth it?
At $119, you get crisp, clear video and decent enough audio.
