Blink Video Doorbell (newest model) + Sync Module 2 | Two-year battery life, Two-way audio, HD video, motion and chime app alerts and Alexa enabled — wired or wire-free (Black)

Buy the Sync Module also so you don’t have to buy a subscription
I purchased the surveillance camera to keep an eye on my animals. I ended up buying three of them: one for the front door, one for the chicken coop, and one for the ducks. I did not know that I could buy the Sync Module to avoid having to pay for a subscription. A subscription cost $30 each camera, so that would be $90 per year. The sync module is $50 and you only have to have one for all of the cameras instead of for each one. I successfully set up all the cameras with the sync module with ease. Just tap on the square with the plus sign in the lower left corner of each of the camera views on the home page.It is so nice being able to check on the camera whenever I want and also have it on motion detection. You can’t check live view on the camera on the subscription plan. I ended up canceling the subscription as soon as I found out about the sync module.As far as camera quality, it reminds me of one of those old flip phone cameras. The quality is not good at all, but it is good enough that you can see what’s happening, as long as the subject is close to the camera.On our front door, it picks up the motion of the cars driving by on the other side of the field that is across the street from us. In other words, probably about a fourth of a mile away. I had to change the settings so that it wouldn’t pick up those cars. Otherwise it would be going off all the time. That is a nice thing about the cameras—you can choose which area that it senses on the motion detection settings. It did pick up the neighbor’s dog on my porch.Sometimes I think the night vision is better than the day vision. When I put a camera in the chicken coop, it showed me that I have a mouse problem (now taken care of). When the camera turns on from the motion detection, a red light comes on and the chickens will be drawn to it and peck at it, but it hasn’t been an issue other than them just noticing it. Another nice thing about the camera is that you can change how often it detects motion. From 10 seconds to one minute. I have the front door set to 10 seconds but I have the chicken and duck cameras set to one minute.Another thing, it defaults to taking a photo every hour. This was actually waking up my ducks in the middle of the night when it would take the picture, so I turned it off on all the cameras. I don’t think it is necessary to have a photo every single hour.As others have stated, there is about a10 second delay. I can hear somebody at the front door and then about 10 seconds later, I am notified. Since getting the sync module, it hasn’t changed a thing. I read in other reviews that the sync module actually helped with the delay, but it didn’t for me. The 10 second delay is annoying because if a cat walks by, by the time the camera starts recording, the cat is already gone from view. The same goes for if somebody rings the bell and runs. By the time the camera starts recording, the person is already gone.As far as storage capacity, I had about 1000 video clips before it stopped recording new videos. I wasn’t notified that the storage was full, but it just simply stopped recording any new clips. So I just deleted them all and then it worked fine.As far as the battery life, the first camera I bought, I was keeping an eye on a mama duck sitting on her nest. Once she had the baby ducklings, I moved the camera to various locations around the house to keep an eye on different things. I would say daily it was taking about 100 videos and I had to replace the batteries after a couple months. The batteries are not too expensive. They do require a specific kind though: ultimate lithium non-rechargeable AA.In conclusion, if you have a tight budget, this is the way to go. My aunt spent about four times the price for her cameras and yes, her cameras are high-quality and have more features than this does but if all you’re wanting is to keep an eye on the property and to see who’s at the front door, this camera works fine for that.Pros:• Inexpensive.• With the sync module, you don’t have to have a subscription and can watch live anytime.• Able to change motion detection settings: on/off, 10-60 seconds, area, sensitivity.• Can save videos to your phone.• Comes with attachment to mount to the wall.• Batteries includedCons:• 10-second delay• low quality imaging