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But in testing this camera’s two-way talk, we did conclude that a simple “May we help you?” could go a long way toward letting the bad guys know they’ve picked the wrong property. Now, we don’t go around recommending this strategy for every situation, because it can be risky. It’s especially helpful for times when you want said burglar to think you’re home … when maybe you’re not. Personally, we really like this feature because there’s nothing like using our own “outside voice” to spook potential burglars. It’s far more important for us to have a camera that conforms to our home and sends us prompt motion alerts than a camera that takes flawless pictures.Ĭameras without two-way audio are becoming more rare as the security industry evolves. Of course, this also means the quality suffers, but in our tests, the difference was negligible. This is key for folks with standard Wi-Fi connections, us included. As our home Wi-Fi signal tends to fluctuate throughout the day, the camera essentially solves for this by reducing the video quality automatically, and bumping it up again when the network is stronger.

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Blink Outdoor is built for up to 1080p HD video resolution, but it’s also built to be fluid. Here’s something that’s important to remember about DIY cameras: they might claim to record in 1080p, but that doesn’t mean they do so all the time. Blink, with its simple cubic face and only a small plastic stand for mounting, does that in spades. So while we wouldn’t exactly call Blink Outdoor intimidating, we do tend to favor cameras that blend into our home’s decor, rather than stand out from it.

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For more stats and insights on the brand, see our full Ezviz review. While Ezviz 4 isn’t the most illustrious brand when it comes to features, it still has a foreboding look that will surely make the crooks think twice. Chief among them is the Ezviz CN3, a bullet-style device that lets intruders know that their dirty deeds aren’t going undetected. We’ve reviewed lots of cameras that fall into this category.

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In our view, that can really help with peace of mind, plus it’s a logical way to display security equipment that shows you mean business. Those, you’ll note, gave us up to 160 degrees, so if you’re partial to wide-angle lens cameras, Lorex might be a good alternative.īlink Outdoor Installed Outside our WindowĪs experts, we know that some people want their cameras to look tough and intimidating rather than sleek and stylish. This strikes us as a bit narrow when compared to, say, the ultra-wide lenses we observed when reviewing Lorex cameras. You can read more about Blink’s indoor device in our hands-on Blink Indoor review here.Īs far as the camera itself, you’ll get a 110-degree diagonal field of view, which tells us Blink uses a standard-angle lens rather than a wide-angle lens.

We also want to note that Blink Indoor is available only in white, while Outdoor comes in black. At 2.7 inches tall, it’s the same size as Blink Indoor. Having the backing of a global e-commerce giant like Amazon 3 sure doesn’t hurt, either.īut as far as aesthetics, it’s important to remember that this is a pretty simple camera that’s meant to be discreet. Since it’s a Blink camera, we knew Blink Outdoor would be reliable and effective even before we opened the box. Adding it to the Blink camera system we were already testing took no longer than 5 minutes, but do keep in mind it’ll take longer than that – up to 10 minutes – to pair the camera if you’re using Blink for the first time. See our review of Canary Flex for more insight on dealing with setup problems.īut we didn’t have any trouble getting this or any other Blink camera to pair with our home Wi-Fi. In more high-tech cameras, we always expect a longer setup time. Instead, Blink Outdoor’s simple functionality was meant to communicate over the Internet seamlessly. technology or ultra-high resolution to work. One key reason for that is that it doesn’t pack layers of A.I. Read more on that in our full Blink Mini review.) (Its kid sister, Blink Mini, is even easier because it doesn’t need a sync module. In our tests of Blink Outdoor, we have to say that we encountered one of the easiest setup experiences yet in an outdoor camera. We’ve done setups on security cameras of all stripes and shared plenty of takeaways and tips over the years.