There’s a lot to consider when owning a home, from taking care of the house itself to the surrounding garden. With so much time and money invested in your home, you want to be sure that your home and belongings are well protected from both burglars and unwanted critters. There are several major home security brands to choose fromeach offering a similar level of protection at different prices. If you’re just looking for a simple yet effective home security camera, Blink is undeniably one of the stronger choices out thereof the Blink Outdoor 4 camera it is one of the best options in the catalog.
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Don’t let the small size fool you; the Blink Outdoor 4 is a handy little camera. Over a Wi-Fi connection, it provides a live feed with 1080p video and two-way audio that you can access at any time with the Blink mobile app. The lens offers a 143-degree field of view and even integrates with Amazon Alexa.
Perhaps the most convenient thing about the Outdoor 4 is that you can place it almost anywhere. The camera is wireless and runs on batteries. Fortunately, it takes a fairly common battery type and doesn’t require many.
The Outdoor 4 runs on fairly common batteries
It doesn’t take much to power a Blink Outdoor 4. Go to the Blink website, specifically the section for Outdoor 4 supportthat is only explained Two non-rechargeable 1.5 volt lithium metal AA batteries are required per camera. To top it all off, a brand new Outdoor 4 comes with enough batteries to get it up and running in no time.
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According to Blink, you can get about two years out of a set of batteries using the default settings. However, custom settings, the environment the camera is in, and the extent to which you use the camera can all contribute to shifting the timetable one way or another. Also some of the battery brands score better in terms of lifespan than othersso your individual results may vary depending on the type you choose. For those looking for a more definitive estimate, Blink users have shared how much use they realistically expect from batteries.
According to customers, several factors can contribute to battery life
In a thread of u/Sufficient-Cold-9496, u/TheBl4ckFox warned that the Blink cameras’ sensitive motion sensor could drain batteries faster than normal. “If your Blink is on and constantly sees motion, your battery will drain quickly. Try setting ignore zones in the app, or reposition it,” they wrote.
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Meanwhile, Redditor u/Puzzleheaded_Run_263 warned that batteries sometimes run out quickly for no apparent reason. In their experience, parasitic draw (battery draining when the camera isn’t in use) occurred, making one of their three cameras less useful than you’d hope. Contrary to what Blink recommends for its cameras, says Reddit user u/MacGyver137 testified in another thread by u/Unclebob843 That the use of rechargeable batteries with the brand’s cameras is quite possible. They even mention that they have used both indoor and outdoor Blink models with such batteries and found them to work fine.
Regardless of the specifics of the batteries, chances are that once you put two AAs in your Blink Outdoor 4, you’ll be more than satisfied with what this little home camera can do.
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