Blink Outdoor (3rd Gen)

***Update*** Complete waste of money!!! I only got these cameras because they offered recording of all motion! Now they want to charge us to be able to see what the hell my cameras seen when im not home!!! Im a paying prime customer and not to mention other amazon subscriptions i have, this should not even be an issue to begin with!!! Amazon, get your sh*t together! this is beyond rediculous! words cant even fully describe the frustration a lividness i feel over this situation! such a freakin scam!!!!! Im single mom on tight budget and thought these would be great since i couldnt afford one of the systems from another company that can record 24/7 and let you play or forward through the whole 24 hrs, which is what i really wanted, but thought these would do for being on a budget, but nope not anymore!!! Just, how could such a billionaire company like Amazon charge even more for a system thats already limited!!! 🤷🏻🤦🏻 its beyond me!! Greedy effin bast*rds! Dont waste you time and money on these now dead paperweights! I even went through the hassle of buying extension cords and longer usb cords just to keep them running and got them set up without the limited mounting gear in positions to see most of what i need to. I even have the blink indoor mini and now it will be useless as well!! Grrrr! Amazon! Quit being greedy B*st*rds and fix this issue immediately for all paying customers!! So upset about this because i absolutely cant afford another system of any sorts rite now nor any more subscription plans than we already have. 😡😠😤😭😡 These cameras have pretty decent quality of detail and view, wifi works great, motion detection works very well, night vision is spot on! Why i give 2 stars is because i am very upset and disappointed in its power supply! Says 2 year battery life! Ha thats a joke! Iv barely had these cameras 2 months and the batteries already need replaced! I got these to monitor my back yard and front and eventually need a camera for the side, but I now need to look into a different brand of camera i guess. Very upset because i also got these to go with the echo show and it shows the cameras on screen. I have a high amount of foot and car trafic around my home and i want to be able to monitor 24/7 and these cameras dont really allow for that. If it truly had a 2 year battery life, then its function of only recording very short clips then waiting 10 seconds before switching back on to record again, would be worth the hassle of going through millions of clips, instead of being able to view a whole 24 hrs in fast forward then delete a whole 24 hrs at once. All you have is a very limited choice of "seconds" options to choose from. Then there's the gap of waiting 10 seconds to start recording again even if theres still motion going on, it only takes 10 seconds for someone to steal a package off my porch and be out of sight before the camera would even catch it. Say the camera senses someone walking up to or past your house and say they have intent to steal a package on your porch, ( which happens a lot more than you'd think), &per the devices instructions to make battery last you have it set to a 5 second clip, well then the camera only catches those few seconds of someone approaching then shuts off for 10 seconds and in that time you wouldnt be able to see or capture the thief on camera! And theyd be clean gone dodged a corner and you dont get any proof of thieves or hoodlums on your property! This is one of the main reasons i need an outdoor camera to begin with. Also needed this for spotting which animals are coming into our yard. See lots of feral cats, coons, possums, &dogs. I like to help doggos or lost cats who come to me, to find their homes and owners, so having constant monitoring in my back yard is also a necessary function needed of a camera. These cameras are kind of a fail for me. 😓 was really looking forward to using these over the next two years but apparently at the recording rate for which i need them to do, it just isnt possible. At this rate Amazon and Blink need to supply unlimited restock of these batteries for all customers because this is just ridiculous And the chincy usb cord they include is also a joke! If these are installed up high on house where one couldn't quite reach with out a ladder, theres no way on Gods green earth that the included cord would be able to reach any outlet! Now i need to find some new home security systems to look into darn it. Amazon please help fix this!!