Blink Indoor Review: A Decent Battery-powered Security Camera For Inside Your Home

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This new, $80 Blink Indoor camera system is the indoor counterpart to . It shares a similar design with the outdoor model, minus the weather-resistant housing, as well as the same set up, features and performance. That makes it a fine option, particularly if you want the mobility of a battery-powered indoor camera. But the Amazon company's decision to ditch its excellent free cloud storage plan for the new Blink Subscription Plan is disappointing. 































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How it stacks up
































LikeThe $80 one-camera kit is pretty affordable.

Don't LikeBlink now charges for cloud video storage.



in general, despite many companies (like and ) never offering it, but it's even worse when a company offers it and then gets rid of it later. 


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As I mentioned in the , Blink is offering a free trial of its cloud service through 2020. After that, you'll have to pay for




why home security systems are importantwhy home security systems are important screen and follow the instructions to add your new device. Since I had already installed a Blink Sync Module 2 when I tested the Blink Outdoor camera, this setup process was even faster -- only about five minutes total. (Each Sync Module 2 can connect to up to 10 Blink cameras.) 


















After that, I tested the camera's performance. Like the outdoor model, the Blink Indoor has a delay of about five seconds between motion activity taking place and being recorded. That's because the camera remains in "low-power mode" until motion is detected to conserve battery life, so you'll have to weigh the benefits of having a battery-powered camera with the downside of potentially missing some motion activity. Otherwise, the camera worked well, sending me quick motion alerts, saving the clips in the app and working well with voice commands on an . I specifically asked Alexa to "show me the Blink Indoor," and it promptly pulled up the camera's live feed.
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Overall, the Blink Indoor is a good camera that's versatile due to its battery-powered design -- and doesn't cost a ton of money. That said, if you don't need a battery-powered indoor camera, take a look at the ; it only costs $20 and it has two weeks of free cloud storage. 





















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Score Breakdown


Features



6.5
Usability



7
Design



7
Performance



8