I purchased this hooded mount for the Blink XT around mid May 2018, in the backyard of my mother's house. I came to discover this mount through the awesome community forums on the Blink for home website. During my short time as a Blink customer I was overcome with mixed emotions of the prospect of providing affordable video security to my mother who lives alone. One one hand we are new to video security and were overjoyed with the video and build quality of the Blink XT camera and the robustness of the mobile app. However, on the other hand, anyone who has purchased the Blink XT camera would be equally disappointed with the lack of articulation of the included mount. What comes in the box is merely a hinge joint that simply flexes like one ones own elbow effectively restricting an otherwise great product. The DG-Direct Blink XT Camera Wall Mount Bracket is the bracket that should have come included with the purchase from Blink. What you get in the package is a case for further protection and a mount that is not an to a shoulder joint allowing for a much higher range of motion. The case comes in two pieces that sandwich together and fasten by screws, which when assembled has an adorable little baseball cap that act as a rain hood. Furthermore, the assembled case forms around the camera with a small hole near the bottom. For what purpose you may ask. Well, this will allow those wishing to run power over USB to the camera.

**UPDATE** The Seller sent me a new complete package today! Very satisfied with their customer service! Highly recommend! I still need to mount them, but I don't expect any problems. Thanks Sean!!! 6 star support! ******

This product looks awesome, if you would receive the small screwdriver and black case screws with it. I didn't get either! Now I have to send it back for a replacement, find screws on my own, or hope the company will send me the little screwdriver and black screws. I haven't been able to mount this bracket yet, so it is a 1 star useless product for now.

In theory, this may be a good concept. It will provide more viewing options. But it's still an overpriced piece of plastic. If you change batteries on a regular basis, it will be a pain, to remove the 5 little screws to gain access. Poor design with using such small screws, leading to stripped plastic housing. As others have suggested, I'm seeing a reduce range of connectivity, and it is not even permanently mounted, This tested on a warm sunny day. Can only imagine when weather is less than optimal. For $12-16 each, seems too much of a compromise for the little you gain in mounting options.

So, it appears that the outer case that covers the Blink camera that you need to put on for these mounts interferes with Blink sync unit. I have the camera less than 20 feet away from the sync unit and I get one bar of connectivity at best, and no connection at all half the time. Very disappointed.

I really like the Blink XT system I purchased but was very disappointed in the cheap and flimsy mount that came with it. That might be fine for indoors but for an outside security camera it was the weakest link in the system. I could see someone coming in fast from out of range, jumping up and just pulling the camera off of the mount and tossing it aside. Not even enough time to record an image.

But with this mount that is not going to happen. It is very secure and much easier to adjust the direction of the camera.

The casing is quite nice and has a sun shield on the top to help shade the lens. I don't need it on my porches but it is a great feature. The casing fits over the camera and there is a port on the bottom to run a cable if you are hard wiring your cameras. I use a battery. While it will be harder to change the battery with this new mount the battery is supposed to last for two years so that is hardly a minus.

The case screws on with five small screws. Seven are included so extra points for including extra screws. They are tiny and a small screwdriver is included. It was a bit tricky to get them screwed down as they are so small and my eyes aren't as young as they used to be. But not what I would call difficult.

The casing attaches to the stem of the mount much more securely than the original mount that came with the camera. That was basically a plastic ring the camera snapped into. With the new casing, you screw the stem onto the casing, then lock it down by twisting a ring. It would take someone time to undo this and take the camera off the mounting. There is an adjustable collar at the base of the stem that allows you to tighten and loosen it for adjusting the direction of the camera. Three sturdy screws mount it to the surface. Four screws are included. Again, extra points for extra screws. I appreciate having an extra screw or two including in anything I buy as it is easy to drop and lose one and screws are so cheap including an extra one should be no problem for anything of quality. There are also screw sleeves for dry wall mounting if this in an indoor application.

All in all I can't praise this system enough. Blink should contact the designer and contract to include this mounting system with all of their XT outdoor cameras. It is far superior to the small little mounts they use for their indoor systems. Those are simply not adequate for outdoor security. This mount is.