With tons of features including 360-degree coverage. You’re certainly saving the money, while also not having to worry about any live-streaming limitations.Īlternatively, the Eufy Indoor Cam 2K Pan and Tilt is an excellent offering. While its video quality is no different, the cheaper Blink Mini is a better buy given its $35 cost. If there’s a defect, you’ll have a 1-year limited warranty to cover it. The all-plastic construction makes it lightweight, but it still feels solidly constructed to withstand minor drops. With its $80 price, the Blink Indoor makes for a hard sell given the limitations of streaming video in real time and how it lacks the advanced features of its contemporaries. There’s only a $20 difference between the Blink Outdoor and Indoor, with the main difference being the weather-resistant construction of the former. There is an option to wire it to a power source, but it’s aggravating that no wire is offered in the box. Of course, battery life will be impacted mostly by how frequently it’s triggered. Instead of a percentage or bar, it only gives a vague “OK” in the app after nearly a week’s worth of use. It’s neat the battery can last up to two years, but the app does a terrible job indicating its remaining battery life. Due to that, you won’t be able to articulate it for different vantage points if you decide to place it on a table or countertop. The Blink Indoor, though, acts more like an outdoor camera than an indoor one, especially when it includes the same wall mount found with the Blink Outdoor. Less of an indoor cameraĪs I’ve mentioned earlier, the Blink Mini was released earlier this year as the company’s first indoor camera solution. Speaking of that, it lacks the advanced detection of its peers, like person or pet detection, that help to reduce false alerts. Besides that, there are controls for its motion detection sensitivity, as well as the ability to set up motion zones to reduce false alerts. Even with the constant power supply, though, the live view is still limited to about 30 seconds. Interestingly enough, you can actually hardwire the Blink Indoor to a power source, since there’s an exposed microUSB port on the back. Sure, you could press it after each 30-second mark, but that’s a pain. Once it nears that 30 second mark, a button pops up on-screen asking if you want to continue. I thought there would be an option to adjust it, but there isn’t one. When you access the live view, you’re given a smidgen over 30 seconds before the connection cuts. Limitations with live viewĭue to its battery power, the Blink Indoor has a fairly short live view when accessing the camera directly from the app – and that’s a problem. Night vision holds up with its range of about 25 feet, but it tends to be on the softer side. It suffers with its dynamic range, often blowing out the highlights.
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The 1080p video it produces is passable, with enough clarity to make out scenes, but fine details are tough to discern. Given that it shares the same specs at the Blink Outdoor, its performance is no different. The narrow field of view is still limiting compared to the Ring Indoor Cam’s 140-degree range for example, but if you intend on monitoring entryways in the home, it suffices by capturing the important stuff.
It features 1080p video capture, up to 30 frames-per-second capture, infrared night vision, and the same 110-degree field of view. On the specs side, it’s exactly like the Blink Outdoor, which in itself is similar to the previous Blink XT2 cam. You could use the Blink Outdoor camera indoors if you wanted, but you can’t use the Indoor outside, since it’s not weather-resistant. And, oh yeah, the Indoor is available in white, while the Outdoor is in black. The only difference, though, is how the rear cover of the Blink Indoor doesn’t have the same weather-resistant covering.
From their squarish plastic design, to how they’re powered by two AA lithium batteries, they share many similarities. Place the Blink Indoor and Blink Outdoor cameras next to one another, and it’s tough to distinguish them apart from one another.
Are you willing to pay the premium when the Blink Mini sells for $35? Many similarities Compared to the Mini, the Blink Indoor boasts a higher $80 price tag, and is billed as a wireless solution. Now we’re getting yet another indoor camera, aptly named the Blink Indoor, which looks a lot like its sibling – the Blink Outdoor.
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