Blink Outdoor 4 XR – two-year battery wireless camera with 4x security coverage, 1000 ft open-air range or 400 ft with typical use — 4 camera system.

These cameras are incredible! We have had 3 Blink Outdoor 4 cameras for over a year now and they reach about 200 feet from our house with the regular sync module. I decided to purchase two more with the XR Sync Module to see if they would work at the distances advertised. I have to say I’m blown away by their performance on XR+. They are well worth it for us even with XR+ having a saver option as the only selectable video quality and no use of the microphones. I installed one at our gate which is 532’ from our house where the sync module is plugged in and one at our barn which is 295’ away through a lot of trees. They were super easy to install. There is a XR option that allows standard HD video quality but ours had to be on the XR+ option to connect at the distance I placed them but they still show 2 bars of connectivity to the sync module so I could probably go even further with them if I needed to. Both cameras pick up motion well both day and night and the video quality is pretty good for being in saver mode. I still can’t believe they work so far away and it’s nice to have extra security on our acreage. Now I know when I have packages or mail delivered or if something is in our barn that shouldn’t be such as coyotes or bobcats. I’m always checking them and the batteries are still going strong. I wanted to purchase 2 more cameras with the XR module but there was a limit of one purchase because of the Prime Day deal. I will definitely be purchasing them again next year because there are other spots I’d like to put cameras up that are further away than the regular sync module can handle. I’ll attach pictures to show how far they are from our house and some of the night and day image quality. I used the measure tool on Google Earth for measurements. I highly recommend them!

Great functionality, amazing long range with clear video and audio quality. Battery life seems very good provided it's not in a high traffic area (putting a view of a busy street or sidewalk will kill the battery quickly). Seems very well made- waterproof with a sealed USB C charger port for power if you want to install as a wired camera rather than using batteries, but the app monitors battery levels so you'll know whenever they need to be replaced. I have several of these cameras, some running on our home Wi-Fi network and others using the XR feature to keep watch over a greater area of our property. Two way audio has very little delay, even in XR mode and setup in the blink app is easy- as with all blink products, the app will walk you thru mounting and adding the camera to your system. Whenever they pickup motion, all my blink cameras stitch together the recordings in order of appearance using the cloud plans AI detection so I can clearly track any vehicle or person from the moment they enter our property, across all cameras' field of view thru to whenever they exit the property again. Used in tandem with a blink floodlight cam on our garage & doorbell cam at our front door, with the could storage subscription plan I'm very satisfied my home and property are being monitored 24/7 for my family's safety & well-being.

These have worked great outside with our set up. They are about 200 feet from the "base" and still are extremely functional and captures everything we need. The batteries have not needed to be changed yet and we've had them going nightly for a few weeks. The cameras have been knocked around a bit & they have held up great. We do have them mounted with magnetic mounts. Night vision is great. I like the feature you can set individual cameras for motion. I wish we could schedule the timing to arm the cameras, however. I do wish when reviewing the clips, you could make a note on that individual clips. But overall, great cameras. I've bought 2x now & very happy.

5 month review: no complaints, no major issues. Even better when they have discounted prices, which is often. But there’s also room for improvement. I’ve been using Blink cameras for several years, and overall I’m happy with them. The best thing about them is they are super easy to install and setup on the App. The video quality is good but not the best. I think the camera sensor is small (I don’t think they mention sensor size in megapixels anywhere) plus the wider field of view may hinder video quality especially on the left and right side of the frame. I compensate the video quality by using more cameras. For example, I just don’t have 1 camera for the front of the house. I have 2 for each side of the drive way. One looking at my front door, plus the Blink door bell. In other words I can see you drive up coming from the street, on one camera. I can see you walk up to my front door, then I can see you up close standing at my front door. All with multiple camera angles. (I can hear you too.) The discounted prices and ease of installation and setup make it easy to expand your system. I’ve had some cameras fail, because they are exposed to the weather, but Blink support replaced them all. I highly suggest contacting Blink support via phone. I recently had a bad experience with emails from customer support. (They probably outsource the email support team internationally.) Battery life is very inconsistent. The advertised 2 year life span is possible but extremely unpractical. It’s just a marketing tactic. Most of my cameras are connected via usb cable with no issues. I suggest powering your cameras with usb cable. I do have some cameras on battery because of the difficult location of running a usb cable. I did have connectivity issues, but an additional Sync Module helped tremendously. I have one sync module for the front yard connected towards the front of the house. And another sync module for the back yard connected towards the rear of the house. The app is very slow, but you’ll get used to it, and not a deal breaker. Even though I’ve only had the Outdoor 4’s for 5 months, these long term review points are still valid. 10 month review: Cameras are still failing when it rains a lot. Blink has replaced them all. However, Blink phone support has (recently) been bad. I had issues with 2 cameras and the phone call with Blink phone support was over 2 hours long. Mind you the cameras were still under warranty. It seemed like they give you the run-around so you give up rather than them sending you a replacement. And yes, the operator confirmed that Blink outsources their phone support internationally. So don't think you'll be talking to someone in the same time zone. Overall, I highly recommend Blink cameras. For the time being I plan to continue to expand and upgrade my system. The value and ease of installation & operation are still worth it. I am still loyal to Blink.