I don't get the point of person detection. The camera learns to recognize who is in front of the camera. So what? I can do that myself, I don't need Amazon or Blink to tell me who the person is. If I can't tell who it is, there is no way the camera is going to know.
@@LM77va Person detection that I am familiar with, does not identify the person. It just identifies the motion as a person. That way when reviewing motion detection, you can filter it by general motion, animals, cars or people. It's just a tool used to quickly find whatever it is you are looking for. But I use Reolink and not Blink and Reolink may work differently. In my case my cameras categorize motion detection events in 4 ways. General motion such as the wind blowing leaves, cars, people and animals. If I know someone stole something out of my yard, I filter for person detection and then I can quickly skim through the parts of the video where it detected a person. Save a lot of time. Also, reolink requires no subscription.
I just got the Blink 4, I paid $119 for 3 cameras which I think is not too bad. This is my first security camera I have ever bought and I got it because I liked the small size, battery powered (or USB port electricity) and some other features. However I do wish it had the time stamp. We'll see how it goes and if I like it or need to upgrade.
Nice comparison. I bought blink this year. Prime day deal of the day: 6 blink 3 cameras for $189. $31 each. I wouldn't have bought them at even $50 each. I added a doorbell and second sync module for $32. They are ok for me. Wait for the deals, and don't expect greatness.
Yeah I got 2 blink 4 cameras and base for $90 with Prime Day. Even though they’re not the best in class, it’s hard to beat at that price. I would say decent at best.
Pray to god they don't break or stop recording to the sync module. I have blink with nearly 2 years I'm getting rid of all 5 cameras and sync module 2 as soon as I can afford to do so. My cameras haven't been saving clips to my sync module with five months and I've been emailing with blink support with five weeks. They've been going around in circles and I'm getting nowhere with them. They've been asking me to repeat different things over and over. I've literally made a list of actions they've made me do and every few emails I send them the list with two weeks but they still ask me to repeat a step. They are useless.
My blink 3’s work for critters and animals quite well, I’ve found. I found mice in my storage trailer with equipment and woodchucks when trapping. Battery life is excellent. Oh I also had prefect picture of my contractor going thru my garage and toolbox. Perfect? No, but Blink 3’s are older now and were purchased Black Friday.
I place a high value on the reliability of these cameras. The camera with the best video is worthless to me if it triggers on for no reason or if it does not trigger on when something is in the field of view. You have to live with whatever camera you have for a while to determine this. I bought 6 Blink 4's a month ago and I'm impressed with their reliability.
Before watching I’d like to quote a slightly modified line from Rocky 4 when Rocky says he sees 3 of them out there. It’s the one in the middle. The actual quote of, “Hit the one in the middle” wouldn’t be the best thing for the winning camera.
Great review - thanks so much for doing this. My Blinks have local recording - no way am I paying them for something I can have locally. I'll stick with the v3 cameras, the ver4 is not that much better to warranty an upgrade.
I used to think Eufy is the best security camera, especially watching a lot of your videos, but not anymore after I bought an eufy 3c outdoor camera myself. Eufy's videos quality is good comparing to blink, but its reliability and motion detection is a big concern. It record way less motions in highest sensitivity setting comparing to my blink xt2 and 3. On some days, eufy records ZERO video while the blink records 20+ videos, both of them are pointing at the same backyard. I've bought many different brand security cameras, including Wyze/Ring/Nest/Blink/Yi/Amazon cloud cam, this is the first time I have trust issues with a security camera.
It's almost like they added sharpening to the blink 4. Your cropped license plate shot showed the numbers looked clearer on the blink 3 vs the 4 but the uncropped video showed the 4 to appear better.
I don't know why they say the sync module does local recording. It doesn't record a thing. What does happen, is that at the end of every day, if you are lucky, Blink's servers will upload some of the footage onto the USB drive, but that's it. So for example, if an event just happened outside of your house, and you need to quickly go check the footage, too bad. You can't, unless you wait a full day and hope that the footage is even uploaded onto the USB at that point in time. These type's of devices used to be designed in good faith, now they are designed to be broken all so that they can force you onto their cloud service.
Blink and there goes your money !.. the clear winder is the Eufy here with better audio and video. Blink is good for playing hockey and you lose your hocky pock.
excellent comparisons video! Was looking to upgrade from Blink 3 to 4 but i'm not seeing any reason to do so - even with Black Friday pricing. thanks for the great compare!
Your the camera guru of YT videos! I was an early adopter of Arlo cameras and now with the must have subscription service to see your videos is the last straw. What would be your choice of a good replacement that would work as well as the older Arlo’s but without a subscription service. They would have to work with Alexa & it would be a bonus if they worked with SmartThings as the Arlo’s did? Thx!
Personally i really like blink but the only way ill upgrade to the 4th gen is if the person detection works really well does anyone have any experience on how well or not well it works Thanks
Thanks for this review. I use the Blink at an off-grid location and powering the sync module off a 12V USB socket is very energy efficient. I would be interested in battery life tuning in the Eufy cameras and consumption of their base unit.
Another thing you failed to mention is also the quality of your internet brother. If you have internet with 1 gig speed vs someone who has basic Internet wouldnt that make a difference for the notifications that are sent out. I would like to believe it does make a difference but who knows maybe you do. How many bars were on the modules. Was it good or excellent connections.
@@LifeHackster I thought in order to get fast accurate notifications was with great Internet speed just like cameras they need great signal to operate and send signals to module or from module to cameras. Nice to know though
My Blink cams module won't connect anymore after I got a new modem. Blink support can't figure it out. My internet carrier can't either. I bought a new module and it doesn't connect either. I'm going to try the Eufy
Huh, blink keeps releasing new cameras in the USA but no news for UK? There's no mention of these new blink products (including that floodlight one) at all on the UK amazon site, I wonder why they're not releasing them here.
Hey, just wondering if you be reviewing the eufy e330 professional soon ? Ive paid £1 early bird to get discount at release but not sure how they'll be, hopefully run higher fps due to them being always mains powered
Please can you direct me to a program with which I can improve the quality of the video from low quality to high quality (for example, the video from the surveillance camera does not show the face of the person. Is there a program that enhances the quality of the video and shows us the person's face?) Thanks.
Extremely helpful video. I was about to purchase the Blink 4 (5 camera) system. After reading the negative reviews and watching your video, I want to pass. Are there any good 5 camera security cameras out there for around $200 :-D Please don't say Zosi, because from everything I've read those cameras die within 6 - 8 months.
Great video. I have Blink cameras and had them for a number of years. I have often thought about upgrading to Eufy. However, I have my outside and inside Blink cameras on separate modules and can arm/disarm each group separately without having to arm each camera separately like I believe is required with Eufy and many other better camera systems. I can also arm/disarm all cameras via an Alexa command when coming and going though out the day. Arming/disarming each camera separately would be a nightmare especially with family members. I use a schedule for arming/disarming a couple times each week, but typically arming/disarming requirements vary each day. So, not being able to group cameras and arm/disarm all or each group would not work. Am I wrong about Eufy? Is there a way to arm/disarm them by groups (indoor/outdoor) or to arm/disarm all at once?
That's the appeal of the Blink modules, but it's not worth it. Local storage is not really local, its just a back up that only seems to kick in once the data on the cloud is uploaded at the end of the day and even then that is spotty. You can get an alert fairly quick, but if you want to actually see what's on the feed, get ready to wait anywhere from 20-40 seconds. It's a product designed around the cloud, and if their servers act up you are even worse out of luck. You are better off going with a low key Wyze at this point (might need a 3d printer or 3rd party cover to make it all black), as at least each module has an SD card in them which stores the video right then and there, and can be accessed from the app. Even better, if you hardwire it with a USB cable, 24/7 recording, which auto deletes the oldest footage in favor of the new.
Can you pls do a review about Dzees doorbell camera supposed to be not subscription need it and it looks preatty good i saw couplevrviews on youtube but i trust your reviews better and i want to buy one for my sister but i will like to know if they are really good
Blink 4 has slower motion detection because the lense is a wider angle and everything is smaller. But the 3rd Gen brings everything closer and can be detected sooner. But I don't see much difference in video quality. Not enough to make me go buy 1 or the other. If you don't need audio then the eufy may better but the audio is horrible on the eufy. Plus you you have to consider the whole eco system as it plays together. The eufy isn't great enough to switch even for a few bucks. And upgrading to the gen 4 from the gen 3 is pointless . All these cameras are about the same quality as a aftermarket car camera. And only recently the car cams got a new processor upgrade. And in the car cam world, they all use the same platform and processor from china. So the quality is about the same. And it looks like the home cameras are similar to the car cams. They all need to be updated. If the larger Home systems had remote apps, like the one at harbor freight, then that would be ideal. You need a bigger lens. But many of those on record to a DVR. And don't have app features on a phone.
main issue you missed is that the battery life on the blinks is waaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy better. they go at least 3+ years on the same batteries. Mine are 3 yrs of heavy usage and still going so who knows how long they last. Many reviewers lie about the blink battery life. So, not having to take the blinks down and charge them is big. I dont own a C210, but I think it claims 3 month battery life? And yeah you can use a solar panel but in my experience those kinda suck, they look bad and add a lot of hassle to the install. but yeah the c210 is wayyyy better video quality and price (if you dont get the blink on sale). if you dont mind charging it. oh, and blinks dont have person detection without a sub iirc. where eufy does. but otoh eufy only has local storage without a sub i believe so someone could steal your eufycam and footage, whereas blink can record to the sync module inside (eugy maybe to the homebase, but homebase is way more expensive)
Dude you are in the minority in the battery life of your Blink… I’m not sure what you consider “heavy” usage but I had my Blink XT before and lasted 2 years but in my side yard which only gets activated once a week, 30 seconds per recording. I tested the blink doorbell, lasted 2 1/2 months in my front door and this what I consider heavy usage because it gets activated every time we get in and out of the house.
@@LifeHackster wow thats insane definitely defective if so. the blink xt is old i dont have that maybe its different. i have the blink doorbell too maybe its also different, but i have mine wired anyway so idk about that battery life. so i'm specifically talking about the blink 3 cameras i guess. but why i say heavy usage is they get set off a LOT by wasps buzzing them. or at least they used too for the first 1-2 years. Cus I used to get the alerts and I'd get them constantly. And I bought these in November 2020 and they're still on the same original AA batteries. Blink is pretty trash though in every other area such as very poor video quality, very short live view, no PC App, and no person detection without sub (any cam without person detection is pretty useless for alerts). but the battery/ease of use is the one standout point, no other camera comes close (yet) that i know of. but yeah $120 is a joke. i want to get one of these c210 to see how long the battery lasts. 6 months would be good enough for me. but 3 months if true is pushing it...or it could also have a exchangeable battery pack that would be nice. still seems like a great option for 50 bucks. i wanna get one to play with even though i dont need it ahh nerd life...these wifi stand alone cams are convenient, but another big drawback to battery cams is 30 ft pir distance whereas wired have 100 ft...
my experience with blink has not been all that good i first it was great but without subscription the notification arrive 1 min later and a good amount of false notification, if i lower the sensitivity over looks some motion that i would actually would want
The Eufy as a three months battery life. In winter it’s forces you to get your ladder out in the snow and on the ice to recharge the camera. No thanks.
@@LifeHackster You live in Arizona I think. Here in Canada we have to take the weather into account. Outdoor wired cameras are a pain to install and are not a solution for me. The Eufy solar is pricey, even on sale, and placement would be problematic for me. The Blink cameras, despite theirs obvious limitations, are a simple solution for outdoor. After a year (and obviously a winter) my two cameras still show « OK » on their battery status after 14 months of use. In november, I will put fresh batteries to be sure to go through winter without problems. When buying them on sale and using local storage, they are a relatively cheap solution, even taking into account the cost of a pack of lithium batteries once a year. Really like your work. Bonjour from the province of Québec. Au plaisir.
@@denisbouchard5158 I totally agree with you. I have 3 blink cameras, I live in the UK so yes we get cold wet icy winters too. Don't fancy getting ladders out in winter to change the batteries. Like you I've had my batteries in my cameras way over a year and there all still good. 👍 I will put new ones in probably Nov time too. And the lithium energizer batteries are not that expensive to buy on amazon. The eufy camera does look nice & clear footage but if the batteries only last a few months that's a no no from me. 👍😉
I wouldn't recommend any of these anymore. They're not here. My friend had AU fee security system. And his home base 3 quit working and the AI wasn't great anymore. And blink hacked all the time
I would suggest you steer a billion miles away from blink. I have five cameras with blink with nearly two years and I have nothing but problems with the whole system with five months. Their customer support is absolutely useless too.
The mere fact Blink requires a subscription to enable person detection, immediately disqualifies them.
I don't get the point of person detection. The camera learns to recognize who is in front of the camera. So what? I can do that myself, I don't need Amazon or Blink to tell me who the person is. If I can't tell who it is, there is no way the camera is going to know.
@@LM77va Person detection that I am familiar with, does not identify the person. It just identifies the motion as a person. That way when reviewing motion detection, you can filter it by general motion, animals, cars or people. It's just a tool used to quickly find whatever it is you are looking for. But I use Reolink and not Blink and Reolink may work differently.
In my case my cameras categorize motion detection events in 4 ways. General motion such as the wind blowing leaves, cars, people and animals. If I know someone stole something out of my yard, I filter for person detection and then I can quickly skim through the parts of the video where it detected a person. Save a lot of time. Also, reolink requires no subscription.
@@BlenderRookie I see. I was thinking of facial recognition. I was wondering how annoying it might get reviewing dozens of clips each day.
LH, you are the Gold Standard for video camera reviews.
Thank you and thanks for watching!
I just got the Blink 4, I paid $119 for 3 cameras which I think is not too bad. This is my first security camera I have ever bought and I got it because I liked the small size, battery powered (or USB port electricity) and some other features. However I do wish it had the time stamp. We'll see how it goes and if I like it or need to upgrade.
The night vision on Blink cameras can be quite frustrating at times...
Nice comparison. I bought blink this year. Prime day deal of the day: 6 blink 3 cameras for $189. $31 each. I wouldn't have bought them at even $50 each. I added a doorbell and second sync module for $32. They are ok for me. Wait for the deals, and don't expect greatness.
Yeah I got 2 blink 4 cameras and base for $90 with Prime Day. Even though they’re not the best in class, it’s hard to beat at that price. I would say decent at best.
Pray to god they don't break or stop recording to the sync module. I have blink with nearly 2 years I'm getting rid of all 5 cameras and sync module 2 as soon as I can afford to do so. My cameras haven't been saving clips to my sync module with five months and I've been emailing with blink support with five weeks.
They've been going around in circles and I'm getting nowhere with them. They've been asking me to repeat different things over and over.
I've literally made a list of actions they've made me do and every few emails I send them the list with two weeks but they still ask me to repeat a step.
They are useless.
I don't think anybody buys Blink cameras at full MSRP. Wait until prime day to get them for 50%+ off.
was literally like 50% off like two weeks ago
I still wouldn't buy Blink...
why wait for them to go on sale, just get a better camera now.
The Eufy is a nice camera but the audio sounds like it's underwater at some points throughout the video. Still better than anything Wyze makes 🙂
I think they are playing with noise cancellation…this C210 has 2 mics.
My blink 3’s work for critters and animals quite well, I’ve found. I found mice in my storage trailer with equipment and woodchucks when trapping. Battery life is excellent.
Oh I also had prefect picture of my contractor going thru my garage and toolbox. Perfect? No, but Blink 3’s are older now and were purchased Black Friday.
I place a high value on the reliability of these cameras. The camera with the best video is worthless to me if it triggers on for no reason or if it does not trigger on when something is in the field of view. You have to live with whatever camera you have for a while to determine this. I bought 6 Blink 4's a month ago and I'm impressed with their reliability.
Have you tried the Eufy? I have and mine has been reliable too and I don’t have to pay for subscription for person detection like the blink 4.
Wish I had this video before I purchased Blink.😮
Before watching I’d like to quote a slightly modified line from Rocky 4 when Rocky says he sees 3 of them out there. It’s the one in the middle. The actual quote of, “Hit the one in the middle” wouldn’t be the best thing for the winning camera.
Eufy wins hands down
always my number one for reviews.... thanks....
Great review - thanks so much for doing this. My Blinks have local recording - no way am I paying them for something I can have locally. I'll stick with the v3 cameras, the ver4 is not that much better to warranty an upgrade.
I used to think Eufy is the best security camera, especially watching a lot of your videos, but not anymore after I bought an eufy 3c outdoor camera myself. Eufy's videos quality is good comparing to blink, but its reliability and motion detection is a big concern. It record way less motions in highest sensitivity setting comparing to my blink xt2 and 3. On some days, eufy records ZERO video while the blink records 20+ videos, both of them are pointing at the same backyard. I've bought many different brand security cameras, including Wyze/Ring/Nest/Blink/Yi/Amazon cloud cam, this is the first time I have trust issues with a security camera.
I have no issues with mine. I have the Eufy Cam 3 in my front garage area and 3C in my side yard, detects motion 100% of the time.
It's almost like they added sharpening to the blink 4. Your cropped license plate shot showed the numbers looked clearer on the blink 3 vs the 4 but the uncropped video showed the 4 to appear better.
Im using blink outdoor 3 with subscription and im thinking of getting the eufy now.
You won't regret it
@jacobsebastien3910 yup, i dont lol. I upgraded. i now have around 6 cameras with homebase 3. It waay better!
Thanks for the video. Fairly new to the whole subject and the vid really helped out finding the right direction in my first purchase!
I think eucy is better hands down.
Definitely.
I don't know why they say the sync module does local recording. It doesn't record a thing. What does happen, is that at the end of every day, if you are lucky, Blink's servers will upload some of the footage onto the USB drive, but that's it. So for example, if an event just happened outside of your house, and you need to quickly go check the footage, too bad. You can't, unless you wait a full day and hope that the footage is even uploaded onto the USB at that point in time.
These type's of devices used to be designed in good faith, now they are designed to be broken all so that they can force you onto their cloud service.
could you include Wyze cam to compare? thx
Awesome vid. You confirmed my suspension, paying a chunk for Blink and Ring, overpriced for what we get.
Great Review!
Thanks for watching!
Blink and there goes your money !.. the clear winder is the Eufy here with better audio and video. Blink is good for playing hockey and you lose your hocky pock.
excellent comparisons video! Was looking to upgrade from Blink 3 to 4 but i'm not seeing any reason to do so - even with Black Friday pricing. thanks for the great compare!
Your the camera guru of YT videos! I was an early adopter of Arlo cameras and now with the must have subscription service to see your videos is the last straw. What would be your choice of a good replacement that would work as well as the older Arlo’s but without a subscription service. They would have to work with Alexa & it would be a bonus if they worked with SmartThings as the Arlo’s did? Thx!
Eufy cameras are a great option and no subscription needed. Thanks for watching.
Personally i really like blink but the only way ill upgrade to the 4th gen is if the person detection works really well does anyone have any experience on how well or not well it works Thanks
Eufy is a clear winner on video quality but a loser in sound quality.
Thanks for this review. I use the Blink at an off-grid location and powering the sync module off a 12V USB socket is very energy efficient. I would be interested in battery life tuning in the Eufy cameras and consumption of their base unit.
Blink collects your data and sells it
I chose Eufy cameras over Blink cameras. there's no siren on the blink cameras.
Another thing you failed to mention is also the quality of your internet brother. If you have internet with 1 gig speed vs someone who has basic Internet wouldnt that make a difference for the notifications that are sent out. I would like to believe it does make a difference but who knows maybe you do. How many bars were on the modules. Was it good or excellent connections.
For notifications, internet speed doesn't matter because it is just a small file size to send a notification.
@@LifeHackster
I thought in order to get fast accurate notifications was with great Internet speed just like cameras they need great signal to operate and send signals to module or from module to cameras. Nice to know though
Wait a minute, before I even watch this is this a trick question ??? lol
;)
My Blink cams module won't connect anymore after I got a new modem. Blink support can't figure it out. My internet carrier can't either. I bought a new module and it doesn't connect either. I'm going to try the Eufy
Eufy night vision is pretty damn good and clearly better than other 2 cameras
Will you be doing a review on you new eufy e330 24/7 cameras soon I bought the discount and I wanted to watch reviews on it before I bought it
When it comes out I will.
Excellent video. Thank you for testing this and doing such a great comparison
Thanks for watching!
What is the battery life on the Eufy? I got 2 years 8 months with Blink at our cabin in Alaskan despite temps down to -45° F.
Huh, blink keeps releasing new cameras in the USA but no news for UK?
There's no mention of these new blink products (including that floodlight one) at all on the UK amazon site, I wonder why they're not releasing them here.
I might need to replace my blinks with eufy
Good idea, l have replaced all my Blink cameras with Eufy cameras. No monthly subscription with Eufy.
yeah because i did and ring and blink keeps giving false detections and it gets annoying over time
I did 2 years ago. Blink was horrible in every way. Had 12 of them and basically gave them away. I was so fed up.
@@IMiss_The90s I just got my eufy dual doorbell 2k wired with AI dectection about couple months ago I love it
Hey, just wondering if you be reviewing the eufy e330 professional soon ? Ive paid £1 early bird to get discount at release but not sure how they'll be, hopefully run higher fps due to them being always mains powered
I’ll check it when it comes out.
We live in an area where it’s truly windy, gales … what’s a good outdoor camera
I watched all your videos. Could you tell me what is your recommendation for ptz camera for front and back yard of the house
Great videos! What height do you mount the cameras?
7 1/2 - 8 feet
Please can you direct me to a program with which I can improve the quality of the video from low quality to high quality (for example, the video from the surveillance camera does not show the face of the person. Is there a program that enhances the quality of the video and shows us the person's face?) Thanks.
Extremely helpful video. I was about to purchase the Blink 4 (5 camera) system. After reading the negative reviews and watching your video, I want to pass. Are there any good 5 camera security cameras out there for around $200 :-D Please don't say Zosi, because from everything I've read those cameras die within 6 - 8 months.
What is rich notifications
Snapshot in the notifications.
Great video. I have Blink cameras and had them for a number of years. I have often thought about upgrading to Eufy. However, I have my outside and inside Blink cameras on separate modules and can arm/disarm each group separately without having to arm each camera separately like I believe is required with Eufy and many other better camera systems. I can also arm/disarm all cameras via an Alexa command when coming and going though out the day. Arming/disarming each camera separately would be a nightmare especially with family members. I use a schedule for arming/disarming a couple times each week, but typically arming/disarming requirements vary each day. So, not being able to group cameras and arm/disarm all or each group would not work. Am I wrong about Eufy? Is there a way to arm/disarm them by groups (indoor/outdoor) or to arm/disarm all at once?
Eufy cameras as long as they are connected to the homebase, can be armed and disarmed as a group. Thanks for watching!
No thank you Lifehackster but I think I will keep my wyze floodlight camera great video 👍👍
Fantastic review 👍👍👍
Thanks for watching!
The fact that the recording device is separated is enogh
Eufy is nice, but it will draw attention. I like Blink’s discreetness, especially gen 3’s.
That's the appeal of the Blink modules, but it's not worth it. Local storage is not really local, its just a back up that only seems to kick in once the data on the cloud is uploaded at the end of the day and even then that is spotty. You can get an alert fairly quick, but if you want to actually see what's on the feed, get ready to wait anywhere from 20-40 seconds. It's a product designed around the cloud, and if their servers act up you are even worse out of luck.
You are better off going with a low key Wyze at this point (might need a 3d printer or 3rd party cover to make it all black), as at least each module has an SD card in them which stores the video right then and there, and can be accessed from the app. Even better, if you hardwire it with a USB cable, 24/7 recording, which auto deletes the oldest footage in favor of the new.
@@deuswulf6193 I'm going to look into that. Thanks.
Can you pls do a review about Dzees doorbell camera supposed to be not subscription need it and it looks preatty good i saw couplevrviews on youtube but i trust your reviews better and i want to buy one for my sister but i will like to know if they are really good
I’ll check it out. Thanks.
@@LifeHackster thanks
Blink 4 has slower motion detection because the lense is a wider angle and everything is smaller. But the 3rd Gen brings everything closer and can be detected sooner. But I don't see much difference in video quality. Not enough to make me go buy 1 or the other. If you don't need audio then the eufy may better but the audio is horrible on the eufy. Plus you you have to consider the whole eco system as it plays together. The eufy isn't great enough to switch even for a few bucks. And upgrading to the gen 4 from the gen 3 is pointless . All these cameras are about the same quality as a aftermarket car camera. And only recently the car cams got a new processor upgrade. And in the car cam world, they all use the same platform and processor from china. So the quality is about the same. And it looks like the home cameras are similar to the car cams. They all need to be updated. If the larger Home systems had remote apps, like the one at harbor freight, then that would be ideal. You need a bigger lens. But many of those on record to a DVR. And don't have app features on a phone.
Blink Outdoor cameras use a PIR sensor so FOV of the lens doesn't matter in its detection.
For me the only reason I'd buy the blink for was if the person detection works good ?
@@LifeHackster why was it slow then?
main issue you missed is that the battery life on the blinks is waaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy better. they go at least 3+ years on the same batteries. Mine are 3 yrs of heavy usage and still going so who knows how long they last. Many reviewers lie about the blink battery life. So, not having to take the blinks down and charge them is big. I dont own a C210, but I think it claims 3 month battery life? And yeah you can use a solar panel but in my experience those kinda suck, they look bad and add a lot of hassle to the install. but yeah the c210 is wayyyy better video quality and price (if you dont get the blink on sale). if you dont mind charging it. oh, and blinks dont have person detection without a sub iirc. where eufy does. but otoh eufy only has local storage without a sub i believe so someone could steal your eufycam and footage, whereas blink can record to the sync module inside (eugy maybe to the homebase, but homebase is way more expensive)
Dude you are in the minority in the battery life of your Blink… I’m not sure what you consider “heavy” usage but I had my Blink XT before and lasted 2 years but in my side yard which only gets activated once a week, 30 seconds per recording. I tested the blink doorbell, lasted 2 1/2 months in my front door and this what I consider heavy usage because it gets activated every time we get in and out of the house.
@@LifeHackster wow thats insane definitely defective if so. the blink xt is old i dont have that maybe its different. i have the blink doorbell too maybe its also different, but i have mine wired anyway so idk about that battery life. so i'm specifically talking about the blink 3 cameras i guess. but why i say heavy usage is they get set off a LOT by wasps buzzing them. or at least they used too for the first 1-2 years. Cus I used to get the alerts and I'd get them constantly. And I bought these in November 2020 and they're still on the same original AA batteries.
Blink is pretty trash though in every other area such as very poor video quality, very short live view, no PC App, and no person detection without sub (any cam without person detection is pretty useless for alerts). but the battery/ease of use is the one standout point, no other camera comes close (yet) that i know of. but yeah $120 is a joke.
i want to get one of these c210 to see how long the battery lasts. 6 months would be good enough for me. but 3 months if true is pushing it...or it could also have a exchangeable battery pack that would be nice. still seems like a great option for 50 bucks. i wanna get one to play with even though i dont need it ahh nerd life...these wifi stand alone cams are convenient, but another big drawback to battery cams is 30 ft pir distance whereas wired have 100 ft...
Do these cameras require an internet service on the cell phone?
Yes
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I have a eufy security camera too
my experience with blink has not been all that good i first it was great but without subscription the notification arrive 1 min later and a good amount of false notification, if i lower the sensitivity over looks some motion that i would actually would want
No offense to Blink, but I want my surveillance cameras to see and be seen! I want my cameras to be a deterrent to any and potential burglars!
Battery life and software are better on the blink. Blink cameras are garbage. This eufy cam is slight less crap.
The Eufy as a three months battery life. In winter it’s forces you to get your ladder out in the snow and on the ice to recharge the camera. No thanks.
Omg. Snow
You have to go wired.
@@LifeHackster You live in Arizona I think. Here in Canada we have to take the weather into account. Outdoor wired cameras are a pain to install and are not a solution for me. The Eufy solar is pricey, even on sale, and placement would be problematic for me. The Blink cameras, despite theirs obvious limitations, are a simple solution for outdoor. After a year (and obviously a winter) my two cameras still show « OK » on their battery status after 14 months of use. In november, I will put fresh batteries to be sure to go through winter without problems. When buying them on sale and using local storage, they are a relatively cheap solution, even taking into account the cost of a pack of lithium batteries once a year. Really like your work. Bonjour from the province of Québec. Au plaisir.
@@denisbouchard5158 I totally agree with you. I have 3 blink cameras, I live in the UK so yes we get cold wet icy winters too. Don't fancy getting ladders out in winter to change the batteries. Like you I've had my batteries in my cameras way over a year and there all still good. 👍 I will put new ones in probably Nov time too. And the lithium energizer batteries are not that expensive to buy on amazon. The eufy camera does look nice & clear footage but if the batteries only last a few months that's a no no from me. 👍😉
Not a fan of Blink 😕
None of those Blink cameras are any good at night.
Eufy price unbelievable
I wouldn't recommend any of these anymore. They're not here. My friend had AU fee security system. And his home base 3 quit working and the AI wasn't great anymore. And blink hacked all the time
Blink cams are garbages.Even the cheapest Dekco cams are much better than them.
I would suggest you steer a billion miles away from blink.
I have five cameras with blink with nearly two years and I have nothing but problems with the whole system with five months. Their customer support is absolutely useless too.
I install these daily, dont even have to watch... eufy over blink...unless you care that your videos go to chinese servers then blink