This is my 3rd outdoor camera and by far the easiest and most reliable. It took less than 15 minutes to install above the garage and less than 10 minutes to have it connected to our home internet and running. My only "complaint" and complaint is really too strong of a word, is that twice now I've had to wait a minute or 2 for the latest video of movement to play.

Update:

After having the camera for 3 weeks the issues with not having two way talking with both floodlight cams is resolved. I am not sure why, perhaps a firmware update? Not sure how but it works flawlessly! Even the distance is much better.

The first issue I have with this camera is that it does not pickup the distance that I am used to with my other major brand name floodlight cam. I also constantly lose the ability to have two way talking. I need to reboot the both floodlight cameras everyday. Luckily I have them both set up with wall switches. I really wanted to leave my old brand/plan and use blink for both floodlight cams and other cameras I have with blink. Sorry to say, I will be returning them.

Blink Wired Floodlight Camera

My familiarity with Blink cameras is limited to the Blink Minis and the Blink Doorbell and the Sync Modules. I have been reluctant to purchase any of the battery powered outdoor cameras because I don't want to climb up on a ladder to constantly replace batteries. The Blink Wired Floodlight Camera is Blink's first outdoor camera that doesn't require batteries.

I purchased the camera to replace an existing motion floodlight that had stopped working. The previous fixture was mounted to an outdoor 4-inch diameter electrical box--exactly what is required for the installation of the Blink product. That made installation and setup simple. After shutting the power off, I removed the old fixture and replaced it with the Blink assembly. Blink provided all of the necessary hardware including an S hook to keep the camera hanging while made the necessary connections. Once everything was in place, I powered up the camera and installed it into my existing Blink system using the app. Connecting with the app requires inputting the camera's serial number or scanning the QR code on the back of the camera. I've always scanned the QR code on the camera, but that code is also affixed to the front page of the Quick Start Guide--a nice alternative since scanning the back of camera would be difficult after mounting. Total install time including configuring the app took about 20 minutes.

It's important to note that the camera uses the Wi-Fi 2.4GHz frequency which generally offers much better range than 5GHz. With 2.4 GHz, there's less attenuation of the signal as it passes through the interior and exterior walls of the building. That's probably why Blink uses 2.4GHz WiFi on all of its cameras. Some Blink outdoor cameras including my doorbells also use a lower 900 MHz band to connect to the sync module. This camera does not appear to have this function. It connects solely through your WiFi LAN.

The camera's app settings are similar to other Blink cameras with the addition of floodlight control and some other goodies not seen in the other Blink models. The first is "person detection," flagged in the app as Beta. This is a welcome feature as it should filter out many unwanted motion alerts. In my case, I want to record animals as well as people strolling through my yard so probably won't use it for this location. Motion clip recording length is now up to 60 seconds, twice as long as my Blink Minis.

The camera is equipped with two bright LED floodlights which can be aimed according to preference. When the camera detects motion after dusk, the floodlights come on or it can leave them off for a more stealth recording using only the night vision. The floodlights can also be set for continuous use, dusk to dawn. They can also be turned on and off from the live view screen, the thumbnail screen or with an Alexa command. Because the floodlights can be switched from an Alexa routine, you could set up these cameras around the exterior of your house and have them all come on when motion is detected by any camera.

Another feature from the "more actions" screen during a live view is an audible siren. Presently, I have only been able to activate it from the app while in the live view mode. In the future, you may be able to set up an Alexa routine that would sound the siren when motion is detected on select cameras, such as an interior camera.

Overall, the Wired Floodlight Camera fit my needs perfectly. It quickly mounted in my existing box and attached to my current Blink system, replacing floodlights and adding a camera. Picture quality is as good or better than my other Blink cameras. And, there are no batteries to change.

**Update. I wrote the 2* review after Amazon fully failed to offer me an exchange of a bad product. Amazon suggested I watch videos of installations instead. So I wrote the review. A day later, Blink customer service (I honestly couldn't find them when I looked for them) reached out to me. They got the data off the camera and discovered a DNS error. They have shipped me a fully new one. It is installed and working great. I will update if that changes. For now, its still a really good camera and light. Not fond of the subscription model. Service with it is ok, without it, there are a lot less features of the product you 'own' available to you.
Functioned fine for the first month, during free subscription. Once I didn't renew that camera began acting up. Not capturing motion, not recording anything, not connecting and showing live feeds. Two months after that, it stopped working completely.

I've had a blink video doorbell for a while now. And I had been thinking about getting a floodlight/camera combination. I reviewed the wired Blink floodlight/camera and the wireless Blink floodlight/camera. I was replacing a wired floodlight so I monitored Amazon. Eventually, the price of the wired Blink floodlight/camera was 50% off so it was the perfect time to buy.

The wired Blink floodlight/camera requires an electrical box in order to be mounted to the surface. I thought I had the electrical box only to discover I did not. I knew the requirement and it was my mistake for not checking. But that didn't stop me. I installed an electrical box and wired the camera to the existing wires. I secured it on the electrical box and it looks great.

I was able to easily connect it to my Sync 2 module. I was able to configure the camera as I wanted to. The only problem I had was the motion detection wasn't catching everything. So I had to adjust the sensitivity of the camera. After doing so, it detects all movement and the picture is very clear. I love being able to view the live view and recorded clippings from any location using the Blink app.

One nice feature is the integration with the Amazon Echo. The camera was automatically discovered by the device. And I was able to say the simple command "Alea, show [camera name]" and I had the live view of the floodlight/camera.