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So off the back of thread on here a couple years or more back I went for a pair of Blink cameras for the house. I did not really want wired systems and HDR recorders etc
Anyway, everything had been fine until one of the cameras stopped reporting anything at all for no apparent reason, it had a newish pair of batteries in and hadn't been an issue. The help option on the app took me to an app to download to measure wifi activity or some such, anyway I did everything it asked to no avail. Now the second has just died, again it has batteries replaced in October (Lithium things that last 2 years).
Any other real world experiences similar to this, am I missing the bleeding obvious?
Have you tried it on usb? (assuming it's one that can do that?) I have one that doesn't work properly on battery now so I have it wired in
I have 6 of these running of 3 hubs, not had a failure yet. I have had them appear to fail in areas with high number of triggers as suspect the battery algorithm doesn’t have chance to warn low battery before 100% drained. Fresh set of Energiser Lithiums sorts every time.
They are a great system and even though I have a 4k NVR solution now these are excellent suplimentary cameras.
it has batteries replaced in October (Lithium things that last 2 years).
Could be duff batteries - claims of longevity for lithium batteries rarely mean anything. How can they claim a battery will last a certain period of time if they don’t know what it’ll be used for?
I’ve replaced smoke alarms fitted with batteries that are ‘guaranteed to last 10 years’ three times over the last 6 years
I've got three, must be 2-3 years old and still fine, never changed the batteries
Good to hear its not happening to other users.
The issues started when you asked via the app for an image to be taken and the message popped up thumbnail unavailable or camera not responding.
Interestingly they do work on attached to a USB cable but I have them mounted outside the house well away from any immediate power source, that was part of the original reason for choosing them that they didn't require any wiring.
I have 4 in total, 2 slightly newer so I have an additional hub I could try maybe the whole thing needs a reset.
mine all seem to work (3-4 years on), the one that faces my catflap goes of all night, that needs new batteries far more fequently. got the doorbell blink recently, the picture quality has definately improved.