Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

UPDATED 2022: I tried this again after there was a good deal on it during prime days this year. I see my chief complaint has been addressed, sorta. It now offers continuous view, with subscription. It’s actually a genius idea to get grandfathered early adopters like myself with a free account to subscribe. They also fixed the issue with rotating the camera. That being said, I bought this for basic home monitoring instead of a continuous nanny cam this time so it meets my needs to do the 30 second clips when live viewing. 2020: I’m a Blink XT user with three cameras on the exterior of my home. The set up of the mini was FAR EASIER than the outside cams. I had this thing set up in less than 5 minutes. Picture is good. Sound is LOUD which is what I was looking for. The app however needs some work to support this style of camera. The app works decently for the BlinkXT cameras and functionality, which is motion for most users. As in you get a notification that there is motion, it records, and you watch the recording or live as you please. but it is clunky to get into the Blink Mini for the purpose of continuous viewing which is my intention for this camera, like a baby monitor. Like many other Americans now working from home with a full house of kids, I wanted to use this to assist with keeping an eye on the kids as I worked and record those cute moments. I wanted to use this to visualize a blind spot that I can’t see from the office. I tried mounting it from the ceiling and realized you can’t rotate the video. Mounting on the wall was a little problematic, I couldn’t quite get the right angle needed. Another quirk to the app is if you switch to another app and then come back to the Blink app, you have to hit the play button to resume viewing. All in all, these are minor issues specific to my use of the camera which is why I have it five stars anyway. Hey amazon/Blink, it would be an awesome feature if you’d allow the integration of this camera with Alexa so we can “drop in” and talk through the Echo Dot. Just saying.