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Blink Security Camera
Any thoughts on the Blink XT2 for monitoring my driveway? I have wanted a
camera for a while but have been put off by the need to wire up to it. The cordless feature appeals. |
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Blink Security Camera
On Mon, 23 Sep 2019 11:09:25 GMT, John wrote:
Any thoughts on the Blink XT2 for monitoring my driveway? I have wanted a camera for a while but have been put off by the need to wire up to it. The cordless feature appeals. No cord for power? Ah, battery powered. I'd take that "2 years" battery life with a very large pinch of salt. Only 8 seconds live view or 60 seconds of motion detected recording/day? -- Cheers Dave. |
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Blink Security Camera
On 23/09/2019 14:31, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Mon, 23 Sep 2019 11:09:25 GMT, John wrote: Any thoughts on the Blink XT2 for monitoring my driveway? I have wanted a camera for a while but have been put off by the need to wire up to it. The cordless feature appeals. No cord for power? Ah, battery powered. I'd take that "2 years" battery life with a very large pinch of salt. Only 8 seconds live view or 60 seconds of motion detected recording/day? And with some of the negative reviews indicating that the time taken to wake up from sleep mode gives a perfect picture of a person leaving the property. From all accounts the unit mainly sits in a deep standby mode with some motion detection active. When motion is detected it wakes up to transmit data and then shuts down shortly afterwards. Set the motion detection too sensitive or mount the camera in the wrong position and some report the battery may only last a few weeks. -- mailto : news {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
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Blink Security Camera
On Monday, 23 September 2019 16:04:22 UTC+1, alan_m wrote:
On 23/09/2019 14:31, Dave Liquorice wrote: On Mon, 23 Sep 2019 11:09:25 GMT, John wrote: Any thoughts on the Blink XT2 for monitoring my driveway? I have wanted a camera for a while but have been put off by the need to wire up to it. The cordless feature appeals. No cord for power? Ah, battery powered. I'd take that "2 years" battery life with a very large pinch of salt. Only 8 seconds live view or 60 seconds of motion detected recording/day? And with some of the negative reviews indicating that the time taken to wake up from sleep mode gives a perfect picture of a person leaving the property. From all accounts the unit mainly sits in a deep standby mode with some motion detection active. When motion is detected it wakes up to transmit data and then shuts down shortly afterwards. Set the motion detection too sensitive or mount the camera in the wrong position and some report the battery may only last a few weeks. I haven't looked, will it run off a small lead acid? Or off LV fed by speaker cable? NT |
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Blink Security Camera
Stupid name for a camera. Blink is a slang term for blind.
Brian -- ----- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! "John" wrote in message 2.236... Any thoughts on the Blink XT2 for monitoring my driveway? I have wanted a camera for a while but have been put off by the need to wire up to it. The cordless feature appeals. |
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Blink Security Camera
They probably don't picture the battery the size of a bee hive in the
picture.... Brian -- ----- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! "Dave Liquorice" wrote in message idual.net... On Mon, 23 Sep 2019 11:09:25 GMT, John wrote: Any thoughts on the Blink XT2 for monitoring my driveway? I have wanted a camera for a while but have been put off by the need to wire up to it. The cordless feature appeals. No cord for power? Ah, battery powered. I'd take that "2 years" battery life with a very large pinch of salt. Only 8 seconds live view or 60 seconds of motion detected recording/day? -- Cheers Dave. |
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Blink Security Camera
John wrote
Any thoughts on the Blink XT2 for monitoring my driveway? I have wanted a camera for a while but have been put off by the need to wire up to it. The cordless feature appeals. The problem with all of those is that they aren't cheap and very easy to steal by those who don’t want to buy them. One of them, one of the Rings from memory, does replace it for free if it gets stolen, but only replace it once. I have 13 massive great patio doors all down the long sides of my house instead of individual windows on all rooms except for the bathrooms and toilets so decided to have the cameras inside to make it harder to steal them. But they use PIR movement sensors so that doesn’t work either. I plan to have cameras still inside the house but with line crossing and facial recognition instead of PIR movement sensors but havent done it yet. The other gotcha is that with those cloud systems, if you want 24/7 recording, its surprisingly expensive and a monthly charge rather than a single initial capital cost. Can get very expensive over time. |
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Blink Security Camera
On 23/09/2019 20:25, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Mon, 23 Sep 2019 11:15:24 -0700 (PDT), wrote: Or off LV fed by speaker cable? The blurb mentions a USB socket for power but having something plugged into that stops it being "waterproof". What "waterproof" means I don't know, didn't spot an IP rating. The usb socket is on the receiver. -- mailto : news {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
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Blink Security Camera
"alan_m" wrote in message ... On 23/09/2019 19:15, wrote: I haven't looked, will it run off a small lead acid? Or off LV fed by speaker cable? The camera doesn't appear to have any power socket. Just a battery cover for replacing the two off lithium 1.5V batteries (£3 a set for a reputable brand). The arlos do have a power socket and a small plug pack you can buy to power them permanently. Both companies owned by Amazon, my impression is that this Blink camera has similar technology to the Ring doorbell where the camera is only intended to be fully working for very short periods. Motion sensing doesn't appear to be based on a difference in sequential video images but purely on the inbuilt PIR sensor detector which triggers the camera and wi-fi to wake up. I wonder how it would cope on a sunny day where clouds cover the sun for short periods? Plenty of surveillance cameras do it that way now and it works fine. |
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Lonely Psychopathic Senile Ozzie Troll Alert!
On Tue, 24 Sep 2019 06:27:40 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again: The arlos do have a power socket and a small plug pack you can buy to power them permanently. You can shove all those up your senile arse, senile arsehole! -- addressing nym-shifting senile Rodent: "You on the other hand are a heavyweight bull****ter who demonstrates your particular prowess at it every day." MID: |
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Lonely Psychopathic Senile Ozzie Troll Alert!
On Tue, 24 Sep 2019 05:37:10 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again: Any thoughts on the Blink XT2 for monitoring my driveway? I have wanted a camera for a while but have been put off by the need to wire up to it. The cordless feature appeals. The problem with all of those is The problem here is that you are a trolling, nym-shifting piece of senile ****! -- Website (from 2007) dedicated to the 85-year-old trolling senile cretin from Oz: https://www.pcreview.co.uk/threads/r...d-faq.2973853/ |
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Blink Security Camera
On Mon, 23 Sep 2019 21:22:12 +0100, alan_m wrote:
Or off LV fed by speaker cable? The blurb mentions a USB socket for power but having something plugged into that stops it being "waterproof". What "waterproof" means I don't know, didn't spot an IP rating. The usb socket is on the receiver. That's not how I read: "Ports: Micro USB (optional for power). Camera no longer weather resistant when USB cover is open" On: https://blinkforhome.co.uk/products/...-camera-system -- Cheers Dave. |
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Blink Security Camera
On Mon, 23 Sep 2019 16:04:19 +0100, alan_m wrote:
No cord for power? Ah, battery powered. I'd take that "2 years" battery life with a very large pinch of salt. Only 8 seconds live view or 60 seconds of motion detected recording/day? And with some of the negative reviews indicating that the time taken to wake up from sleep mode gives a perfect picture of a person leaving the property. FSVO "perfect picture" it only quotes "up to 1080p" . Is that 1080 native or upscaled? And with a 110 deg field of view unless some one is fairly close to the camera they won't be many pixels for them. Personally I'd look a PoE IP camera. I've a Hik Vision DS-2CD2432F-I that is now rather old and discontinued but that can do 2048x1536, goes down to 0.07 lux in monochrome mode (it can see the stars and produce a decent image by moonlight). Has PIR and IR LED illuminator. Not IP65 though. These days I'd expect to find 4k and HDR IP cameras at that £100 price point. -- Cheers Dave. |
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Blink Security Camera
I bought Blink 2. Fitted in a jiffy - bought an extender to help with the wifi connection. Works well. Quite reassuring when I was away for a few days. Not perfect - but some nice features. I really didn't want wires anywhere. Snags - a bit too sensitive even in the areas deselected - perhaps reflections. clips need a gap beween them |
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Blink Security Camera
On 07/10/2019 21:34, John wrote:
Snags - a bit too sensitive even in the areas deselected - perhaps reflections. That was one the main reason for negative reviews. As it triggers so often to transmit the batteries may/will last a lot less than the 2 years claimed - perhaps just weeks! -- mailto : news {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk |
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