Blink USB flash drive for local video storage with the Blink Sync Module 2
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "It's amazing! You plug this little guy in and it does your laundry, cleans the toilet, and makes one heck of a grilled cheese sandwich! Thanks USB!"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I didn't know how much video this little chip could house but it is A LOT and I'm thankful I got this! We use the cameras with my mom (who has Alzheimers) and it has been such a blessing to be able to check in on her and also rewind video to see where she hides stuff. GREAT product and WORTH it!"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Bought with my Blink system. Has a lot of storage. I have my Blinks set for 30 second clips...have saved about 30 clips with only 7% of the storage used.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'this review is not for the quality of the memory module but for the Blink Software itself. I have the Module 1 that stores video on the cloud for free and the software has the capability of deleting all videos at the same time and also overwrite old one to continue recording. I installed Module 2 and this one requires $100/year for cloud recording. You also have the option of installing the USB Memory into the Module 2 to keep recording for free storage but when the memory is full you have to remove it and connect it to your computer to delete the old recordings. It will not let you do it on the App which is really sucks! It can be done of the App but Blink just didn’t do it because they’re not going to make money out of you so they make it harder for you to manage your recording. Bad business.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Purchased after diligent research. I wanted a sec. system that didn\'t require a monthly monitoring fee or cloud storage. BLINK offered the system with an add-on SD card to use WITHOUT subscription.....\n\nWorked great for 90-days.... then..... ALL CAMERAS STOPPED RECORDING - YOU MUST BUY $100 Membership to see camera activity" from now on....\n\nWOULD HAVE NEVER PURCHASED 6 CAMERAS AND SYSTEM IF I KNEW THE RULES WOULD CHANGE! SHAMEFUL AMAZON - SHAME ON YOU!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 4, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "This just stores your videos. It's not anything more. It's nice that it's color-matched to the Blink sync module."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-3 review-rating', 'review_body': "In the beginning the flash drive was working. But beginning a week ago I got notifications everyday backup has failed. So today I got a notification that the Blink flash drive made by Amazon is not compatible. So I wasted my money because the window to return has closed last month. So unfortunate. Can I get my money back or an exchange? Probably not.\nUPDATE-I inserted drive into my laptop and was able to fix the error on the drive. It is working correctly again. I just hope the error doesn't happen in the future."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Great Additional storage. Will not need cloud.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I bought the Blink 2 several months ago. When the first few months of free cloud service ended I purchased the Blink USB drive to avoid the $100 per year charge to continue viewing my security system. I was apprehensive at first. Very easy to install (no instructions came with it). The videos didn’t seem to work, until I noticed at the top of the screen (second picture) it said Cloud (icon) and Daniel1 (my Blinks system name/icon). So I ‘pushed’ the Danile1 icon which took me to another screen and Wala, my videos worked just like before!!! I’ve been using it the same as before, but free now. And Ive been able to delete the videos I do not want from my iPhone also… so far, so good!!! If I have problems later, I will update this post 😉'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Had the system for a little over a year now, and a good 6 months were with the free cloud storage. I like the cloud storage, but I just don’t need another bill. At the time, the USB storage was not ready, but finally it came and for 14.99, it’s well worth the price! Click it in, get a notification, confirm the code and your recording clips again!\n\nIn testing the process, it records exactly as the cloud did, the clips are 100% viewable and deletable on the app. The only note, the clips load almost instantly on the cloud, but take maybe and extra second using the USB (who cares). All other functions (zones, clip length, sensitivity, etc…) are all present. The only features I noticed not available are the “snapshot” mode, which takes a photo each hour and plays them back, and the “Edit” mode for the cloud (where you can delete large groups of clips at once, instead of each one during view on the USB). Would I like these features, yes, do I consider it a deal breaker for paying the subscription fee? Absolutely not.\n\nGreat system for the price, and incredibly easy to use. The USB gives the recording back at a great price!'}]