Blink - Video Doorbell (2nd Gen)

Blink with local storage. They recently upgraded their doorbell camera and have an upgraded indoor camera with a light you can control. I love ours. I buy during Black Friday sales or amazon days.

Blink and Wyze have sd cards to record events. I’ve tried Wyze and Blink and prefer Ring with $9.99 subscription.

I use blink as I can easily connect it to my Alexa devices

You’ll want a battery powered doorbell camera. Eufy, Wyze, Blink, etc. nearly all of them either the manufacturer or a third party make mounts for renters. IMHO stay away from ring (I just ditched mine after 5 years), they recently announced that they no longer require law enforcement to obtain a warrant for video from your doorbell.

Try Blink. I have the whole home wireless system with as storage and it works great :) No subscription required

I have a Nest 4K and a Blink doorbell and they both have been fine for me. Going on 6 years with the Nest, 2 years with the blink. Both are hardwired in though which seems to be the key in this climate

I have a blink. Cheap and if you get the sync module, you don't need to subscribe.

Hi all, im looking for a video doorbell to replace my current one from Ring. I've pretty much hated the ring experience. Its all tied into the cloud, the app constantly bombards me with ads, and theres no easy way to integrate it into the homekit app. I currently use scrypted to do this and while it does work on homekit, the experience isn't perfect. I'm looking for a doorbell that isn't cloud-based, doesn't have a subscription, and will work with homekit, either natively, or through something like scrypted (provided its integration is better than rings'). Is there anything like that that exists? side note- im also looking for a floodlight camera so please drop any reccomendations for that as well.

thanks for the advice but blink imo is absolutely horrible. i had it for a while and it disconnected from the internet about once a week, and i had to factory reset everything to get it to connect again. there’s also no easy way to integrate it into apple homekit.

I have a blink doorbell and 3 extra cams with the sync module - didn't need a subscription to view the footage, but I've since bought a year sub at £24 for the doorbell

I compared the new 2nd Generation doorbell against the first gen. Overall I think it's a worthwhile upgrade over the previous doorbell, mostly for the wider field of view since you can now see packages on the ground or visitors from head to toe. Pros: \+ Wider 150 degree field of view \+ Official IP65 Rating \+ Loads live view around 2x faster \+ Slightly better lowlight video \+ 1440P by 1440P resolution (not that impactful) Cons: \- Low bitrate video still so 1440P video doesn't look much better than 1080P video on previous gen doorbell \- If purchased with Sync Module Core unit, zero local storage options are available, however, you can purchase the doorbell alone and pair it with the previous Sync Module 2 or Sync Module XR, which does allow for local storage.

Yep correct. The Sync Module Core has no USB slot or microSD slot, so a monthly plan is necessary. However, I deleted the Sync Module Core and added the Sync Module 2 instead and that works.

Yea I think they did it on purpose to force people to pay for the monthly plan, but at least we can use the previous sync module models to get around that.

I did delete the Sync Module core later in the video and added the Sync Module 2 afterwards, but that was after canceling the 30 day trial so I could test that local storage works on the Sync Module 2, which it does. It still pulls up quicker than the 1st gen doorbell even with the Sync Module 2, but I didn't time it against the Sync Module Core. Still, it pulls up within 3 seconds for me using the Sync Module 2, so that's pretty quick. Yea it would be nice to have some level of adjustment even if slight for downward tilt. They keep the sky recorded so we can capture UFO footage ; )

You're right, my box says it comes with the corner wedge. Strange they chose to only bundle the corner wedge with the sync module core since the sync module core has exactly zero relevance or connection to the corner mount.