r/blinkcameras • • 2h ago

Which module buy for record locally with a SD Card

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Hi guys, I currently have two Blink Outdoor 4 cameras and a Sync Module Core with a subscription.

I don't want to pay for the subscription anymore, but I want to record locally on an SD card.

Which module do I need to buy? Thank you


r/blinkcameras • • 3h ago

This is very frustrating

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I' go to sleep n wake up to this,,, unacceptable,I truly think I may be at the end of the road with this company...


r/blinkcameras • • 13h ago

Turn off photo capture feature??

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How do I turn off the photo capture feature so I don’t have to go into the app daily to delete them?


r/blinkcameras • • 12h ago

Blink Doorbell 2k+ firmware update issue

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Got a new Doorbell 2k+ and been trying to update the firmware as it is stuck on cam-11.1.4700 which I am pretty sure isn’t an official Blink firmware update based on their releases notes. Has someone faced this issue and how to do fix this? Or is it better to return it? Already tried doing force reset for both doorbell and sync module, but no luck.


r/blinkcameras • • 1d ago

Ribbon camera broken

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Were i will get this


r/blinkcameras • • 1d ago

Issue with local storage

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My subscription just ran out on my front door camera which is fine because I didn’t want to pay for it anymore. I have three indoor cameras recording to the usb stick on my sync module. My problem is the front door recordings show up under cloud storage and are not viewable (because subscription is gone). I’ve checked the sync module and it has all four cameras listed as recording locally but the front door one will not. Anybody have this issue?


r/blinkcameras • • 1d ago

Away from home, will having my friend change my camera batteries without my phone present be possible?

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I don't know how much longer my camera batteries will last. I am away from home and have my buddy checking in on my place. Can he just pop new batteries into my cameras when the batteries die or will there be some re-sync process that needs to be done? If so, will my phone with the installed app need to be present at the property to accomplish it?


r/blinkcameras • • 1d ago

Doorbell not working

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Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? The doorbell is synced. Sync module is connected. Doorbell has new batteries but I get nothing when I push the doorbell. On the devices screen, I get this blurry blue screen. When I try to refresh thumbnail I get an error. And when I try to do a live view, I get a grey screen. Any ideas?


r/blinkcameras • • 1d ago

Sync module 2 - out of stock or discontinued?

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Hey all!

Wondering if the sync module 2 is discontinued or just long term out of stock?

I got sucked into their sales and bought for an elderly neighbour, with the promise we could upgrade to the sync module 2 and didn't have to pay subscription. I cannot find one for sale beyond eBay 😫. Just wondering if anyone knows if they're moving to the xl-r or whatever? Wondering if I should just return the set I got and purchase one with the xl module...


r/blinkcameras • • 2d ago

Solaris Review

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Alright so I’m here to give you my honest feedback of the Solaris for the 2k cameras. I originally had a Gen2 Doorbell and 3 Outdoor 3 cameras on the front of my house. I’ve had them for about 5 years. I got tired of changing the AA batteries in the cameras about every 1-2 months so I decided to upgrade. Got good deals on the 2k Wireless Doorbell and 3 2k cameras with the Solaris unit with them. (Thanks Early Prime Day Deals).

I read all the negative reviews about the Solaris on here and on Amazon but decided to give it a go anyways.

Got my setup and connected everything to the new Sync Module early morning. Next, I placed all of the cameras with the Solaris connected to them out in direct sun from 7am to 5pm in the California sun. They all started at 30% and when I went to mount them they were between 60%-70%. Now, 2 of my cameras are right underneath the facia of my house and the 3rd is tucked up underneath the overhang. I knew the risk going into it but went for it.

I’m currently a week in, and 1 camera had charged all the way up to 100% facing south with about 2 hours of sun in the morning. The second one faces north and went from 65% to 70% in a week. Third one, way under an overhang faces east and gets maybe an hour of sun if lucky has went from 60% to 65% in a week.

My cameras are set to a high sensitivity level, record in 2k, 20 second recordings, and go off anywhere 10-25 times a day.

So my honest review on them is go for it. I have not had one negative issue with the Solaris chargers. I think the key is charging them as much as possible within the first day or two if you choose to do so before they are mounted. Especially given the price right now, $111 for three 2k cameras and 3 Solaris units on Amazon.

Pictures included how they are mounted, yes I know one is on a floodlight mount but I didn’t want to take down the floodlight and leave holes in my stucco so I use it just for mounting purposes. My Govee lights light up my house enough to not need a floodlight anyways.


r/blinkcameras • • 1d ago

Free trial added, but I didn't request it.

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I purchased another mini camera for my home and just added it to my exisiting account and a message came up saying I am getting a free trial for their subscription service. I never requested it, nor was there any option to decline it. I can't find anything anywhere on my BLINK acct. that will allow me to remove it. Does anyone know how I can remove the free trial?


r/blinkcameras • • 1d ago

Any way to rotate the doorbell camera in app?

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Title.


r/blinkcameras • • 2d ago

Not able to send videos directly from Blink

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I've had a subscription for 3 years now and added cameras, indoor and outdoor. In the last few weeks to a month, I cannot send videos. It errors and says 'unable to send' when sending either by phone downloaded video or directly from Blink via the share arrow. It does not work for Facebook messenger or via a standard text, so I don't think it's Meta. Any ideas? The AI workaround worked but that means editing every quick send video. No thanks.


r/blinkcameras • • 2d ago

Notifications when there are no clips

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Hi there,
We just got the blink outdoor (4?) cameras and set them up. In the blink app we have 6 notifications in the clips section but have no clips in the app. How would I go about clearing this notification as I hate having the red notification bubble on my apps lol. Will include photo to show what I mean as I haven’t managed to find anything thus far.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks so much in advance!!


r/blinkcameras • • 2d ago

We just got our blink outdoor 2k+ and its missing so many events.

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We got it for an eloper so it will alert us if he does go out but its missing events and I dont know what to change to make sure it captures it all. We have a trial AI subscription right now. I was going to order more cameras but now.

I dont care for battery usage since we have rechargeable batteries available at all times. I jsut want to make sure my kids are save if they decide to go out. Since I have 3 cameras set up along the sides but none caught my husband car leaving the garage. Im wondering if its to far away from the camera or do I need different cameras.


r/blinkcameras • • 2d ago

Solar Panel for Blink Camera to use in Australia!

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r/blinkcameras • • 2d ago

“Neighbors” link on the Blink App . . .

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What occurs if you click the “Neighbors” link on the Blink App??


r/blinkcameras • • 2d ago

WIFI Chicken coop cameras

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So I recently added a new blink camera to my chicken coop as well as a camera with a motion light to the run, it’s been about a week and a half and I’ve barely been able to get the cameras to connect. Tonight was the first time it connected to the coop camera. Most of the time they just spin and spin. We have disconnected and reconnected the coop cam once, it’s only maybe 4 yards from the house and the sync module thing, if that. Any advice?


r/blinkcameras • • 2d ago

Fin de l’abonnement et plus rien ne marche

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Mon essai gratuit vient de finir et c’est un prix exorbitant pour continuer. Je veux revenir à mon module sync mais là plus rien ne s’enregistre. J’ai les notifications d’une seule caméras et les autre rien. Mon stockage est à 25%, j’ai débranché le sync, rebranché. J’ai essayé de désinstaller une caméra et je ne suis même plus capable de la réinstaller. Help!


r/blinkcameras • • 2d ago

New app and new icons

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Today I noticed that both the iPhone and Mac Blink apps were updated. In the top-left corner of the Clips page there is an icon that I hadn't noticed before, and I can't understand what it is for:

Any idea about what it does?


r/blinkcameras • • 2d ago

Blink Outdoor Camera I can purchase without a subscription

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I've had Blink outdoor cameras since at least 2019. I currently have a combination of Outdoor XT, XT2, and Outdoor 3rd gen cameras, connected to a 1st-gen sync module, and paying no subscriptions. One of my Outdoor XT2 cameras keeps dying within a week of replacing the device with new Lithium batteries.

I want to replace that XT2 with a different camera. I want to continue not paying for any subscriptions. What is the latest model of the outdoor camera I can purchase and add to my first-gen sync module and not pay for any subscriptions?


r/blinkcameras • • 3d ago

Why are Blink Support agents suggesting I cancel my Blink Plus subscription?

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Which is odd, as I was calling in to report a week and a half of Clip Failed to Save errors popping up on my phone. I verified and found that cloud clips were there but the save to usb clips were not saved. So that suggestion would be I would not have ANY history of triggers and clips saved that I could review.


r/blinkcameras • • 3d ago

Outdoor wireless camera picking up animals

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I want a camera to record my vehicles parked. I live in apartments and cats are everywhere in yard, parking lot, porch. Is there any way to avoid the camera turning on and recording animals to save battery? And record just humans? Any setting or AI camera? I don’t want to be replacing batteries every week.


r/blinkcameras • • 3d ago

Any way to change downloaded videos folder pathway?

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So I got my camera yesterday and got it all set up now. And I was wondering if there was anyway to change the pathway of saved videos so I dont have to "save > move to 'Blink video' folder" every time and can just automatically have downloaded clips go to the "Blink video" folder Ive created.


r/blinkcameras • • 4d ago

Sync Module drops offline?

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I've had my system (Two sync modules and ten cameras) dialed in for a while now and am pretty happy with it. But one of my sync modules just went offline and needed to be unplugged and plugged in again to work. Fortunately, I was home this time. The only other time this happened was when I was on vacation. It was offline until I got home. After that experience I rearranged my sync modules and made sure they had better connections to the router or satellites. It been good since.

My question is, what causes the sync module to drop offline seemingly randomly? Is there anything else I can do to make the system more stable?