What's up guys Chigz here from Chigz Tech Reviews.
So today I've got my hands on a newly launched home security camera the Blink XT 2.
Now I've already heard a lot of great things about Blink but when I found out about the new XT2 model
I just could not wait to get my hands on it to find out exactly how good it really is.
Now a single camera system costs only $99.99 but what makes blink
special is how they provide some amazing premium features all included in that
initial low price so nothing extra to pay afterwards now in front of me I have
the triple whammy this is a three camera system it costs only 259 so it's great
that you can actually save money by buying a multiple camera pack like this
one to begin with so without any further ado let's just get this out of the box
and see what it looks like so very nicely presented we've got a three
camera system here so first of all if we just take everything else so this is
everything you get in the box now before your user manuals you even get a window
sticker which says protected by blink video security so you can peel that and
put on your window a micro USB charging cable you've got a single charging cable
and that charging cable is actually for the sync module so you only need one
sync module plug it in and as soon as you download the app to your smart phone
you're basically going to connect to the sync module and then you'll be able to
add your cameras one by one so the sync module is just a small box with a USB
charger and on the top you have a power light and a Wi-Fi night to let you know
your connection status on the side there is a single USB as well and nothing on
the bottom this comes with a UK adapter and a European adapter of course I'm
only going to need the UK one and they are USB adapters standard five watts one
amp so very low powered system now with the cameras you get a bag with two
screws in it so you can mount it to the wall you're getting two double-a
batteries and the incredible thing is these two double-a batteries will power
this camera for up to two years so that's quite impressive so here is your
wall mount and stand they are made completely from plastic and you've got a
matte finish so here's the camera itself you've got your full HD lens on the
front so this will shoot 1080p videos at 30 frames per second you've got your
infrared night vision and your motion detection now if we have a look at the
sides we have nothing and on the back of the unit so I'm just going to remove
this sticker first of all now the instructions on the sticker simply tells
you to push this latch down so you can remove the back and I'll show you push
the latch down and lift and there you go so it's a bit tight a few tries so
basically you push it down use a bit of force and then you're pulling it up from
the bottom and you'll get it open insert your two batteries now you can use
batteries but you've also got a micro USB charging port in the centre so if
you want to go wired you can go wired now this camera does not have an SD card
slot or any type of memory card slot everything is saved to the cloud more on
that in a bit let's quickly pair up and I'll show you how easy it is to go to
the app store search for blink there it is
blink home monitor so the blink home monitor is installed I'm going to open
the app so you can sign in if you've already got one or click create account
so I've just created my account and this is where it's brought me by at the
moment it says tap the link to begin so I've tapped the link alright so we're
going to add a system before we add a system we need to plug the sync module
in so let's quickly plug this in so here's the sync module I just plugged it
in directly to a USB port okay we're going to go back to our smartphone and
click add a system now give you a system a name I'm calling it office at the wall
missus add sync module so I'm but to do that okay I'm ready so we're entering
the serial number it just wants me to scan the QR code so here is the bottom
of the sink module just scan that code and it's already done
so put that down and it says it's connecting to the blink servers st.
module has been added press done and now we are ready to add our cameras so we
got one camera ready to use and if you look at the camera you can see a red
light flashing near the sensor so that's ready click add click ready and enter
the serial number so there's your serial number so you scan that so you can see
one camera has connected successfully and we are live and it's working great
so I very easily connected up two cameras they are live they are ready
they're set up one is in this room and the other one is in my living room right
now so all you do is tap on image it will give you the latest image of that
camera if you want to see a live feed you just click on the live feed buttons
here now I just want to show you the settings and how extensive the settings
are so you can change the name of the camera so living room bedroom etc you've
got the battery information it says ok motion detection enable activity zones
over here you can decide which zones are actually active for motion control
so right now highlighted these zones if any motion appears in these zones
it will active it will start recording anything out of these zones it won't
record so I really like that feature that is such a premium feature so
surprised to get that in this system so every trigger time is set to 10 so what
that means there'll be a 10-second delay before it can give you another retrigger
sensitivity can also be turned up and down right now it's on 6 maximum is 9
I'm going to just take it down to 6 again so clip length is 5 seconds you
can take it all the way up to 60 seconds now end clip early if motion stops yes
control night vision is on automatic so if it's a dark room it will
automatically switch to infrared night vision you can enable the microphone
speaker volume so that each camera has a built-in microphone and a speaker for
two-way talking so it's a hands-free conversation they can have with you
through your phone so again quite a premium feature to have
included in this camera if we keep going quality is on best right now but you can
have enhanced or saver so if you wanted a bit lower quality and you could do
that as well and this tells you so camera to Wi-Fi
signal and camera to sync module signal you can see about full bars because
that's this camera here and the sync module is right next to it this one over
here is my living room if we have a look at the reception there because it's well
away from the sink module and it's like another floor down if we go over here
you can see camera two Wi-Fi one bar less that's because the router is here
I've got two Reuters in the house and camera two sync module full bars so it
shows you how powerful that sync module is even though it's on a different floor
it will connect so you can have your camera anywhere in the house you can
have the sync module in just one room and it will be able to communicate with
each other quite easily so that's pretty good now let's go back and do a live
test we're going to do a two-way conversation I do have a member of the
family in that living room who's not going to show themselves because they're
a bit shy but we will have a quick conversation with them at least we'll
try so I'm loading up to live feed so that is the current live feed so
anything they're doing you'll be able to hear but they can't hear you if you want
them to hear you you have to click on talk so I'm going to try and disturb
them and hopefully I don't scare them here we go hello hello hello how are you
today
yeah I'm fine thanks I'm just testing out this camera so were you were you up
to are you gonna watch a movie tonight or anything
okay so I'm just going to cut that off the two-way was flawless you heard how
clear the microphone is so each of these have a built-in microphone and speaker
and they are very loud and you saw in settings that the volume of the speaker
was not even max so you could turn that up even more if you wanted so absolutely
amazed by the two-way audio now let's quickly talk about some of the features
of this camera I'm going to put the features on the screen for your
convenience and what I find amazing about this product is how affordable it
is you can get a single camera system for only $99.99 and that is actually
half the price of comparable competitors out there and also way cheaper than
traditional home security camera systems but this is a very versatile product now
there are no wires so no drilling through walls this is a completely
wireless home security camera with up to two years
battery life now this new blink XT 2 model also brings full HD 1080p video
recording during the day and infrared HD night vision after dark giving you peace
of mind day and night and look on the floor you can see in pitch-black
darkness everything is visible clear crystal clear there my tripod legs and
there's a bag there there's a tech bag on the floor awesome stuff a two-way
audio motion detection live streaming from anywhere in the world now you have
an incredible battery life which is typically two years on two double-a
batteries of course the battery life will still vary depending on your usage
and the amount of triggers and motion activations but the coated two years
means it's going to be very energy-efficient free cloud storage no
memory card needed ever so everything you record automatically uploads itself
to the cloud and you can manage it all from your smart phone now you do not
need any memory cards this system works entirely with the cloud no hidden costs
or contracts you simply get a free cloud service which is quite incredible
knoblauch does not just give you alerts you actually get HD quality video clips
directly on your smart phone and then you're free
to watch these clips see and then you can go ahead and share these clips with
anyone you like and you can view them from anywhere in the world and if that's
not enough you've got Amazon and LexA voice support indoor and outdoor use
weatherproof easy DIY installation and probably the most important thing is it
works on both Android and iOS devices now this is what I call super bang for
your buck so there you have it guys and that was the amazing blink xt2 wireless
home security camera the links for this product will be in the description box
below so this is now officially launched everywhere so you can pick it up from
Amazon Argos Curry's PC world John Lewis screw
fix and even very now no doubt you have the options single camera double triple
camera or even a five camera system now the beauty of it is the more cameras you
buy at the same time you actually save a considerable amount of money so I hope
you enjoyed the video and found it useful and if you did then don't forget
to hit that like button to let me know meanwhile thank you so much for watching
and I hope you all have a brilliant day see you guys in the next one