Blink Add-On Sync Module 2

4.4 | 43,684 ratings

Price: 49.99

Last update: 12-23-2024

About this item

Conveniently control all of your Blink devices right from the Blink Home Monitor app with the Blink Sync Module 2. The Sync Module 2 connects up to 10 of any Blink Indoor, Blink Outdoor, XT2, XT, Video Doorbell and Blink Mini devices (not required for Mini).
Supports local video storage for up to 10 Outdoor, Indoor, Video Doorbell and Mini devices. Record and store motion clips when you insert a USB flash drive (up to 256 GB – sold separately) into the Blink Sync Module 2. Does not support live view recording.
View, share, and download locally stored motion alerts from Outdoor, Indoor, Video Doorbell and Mini devices through the Blink app anytime or watch the footage on your computer by plugging in the USB flash drive (sold separately).
No monthly fees are required to use local video storage functionality. Local video storage functionality is not compatible with Blink XT2, XT, and 1st generation Indoor cameras.

Top reviews from the United States

Dawn Marie

Must have to use cameras

Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2023

I received a blink 4 outdoor camera for my birthday. I was all excited and realized very quickly that I needed a sync module for it to work. I'm not really all that tech savvy. So for me to get it up and going is saying a lot. It's fairly simple to do. The night vision itself is fantastic. Black and white but that's all good. It doesn't go off with bugs but does pick up the neighborhood cats. I've had no issues with the sync module itself which is what I'm doing the review on. I plug it in and that's all I've done. I have two blink 4 cameras for my front yard and back yard and both are connected to the one sync module. The only negative I can say is that you cannot see both live views at the same time. It's one or the other. I can bring the blink app on my phone and see both cameras but only one can be viewed at a time. There's also a bit of a lag. Maybe 5 to 10 seconds on each camera. I'm sure a psychotic serial killer cannot possibly hack me up in tiny pieces in that time frame so I feel relatively safe. I do like if there's a person or movement it can decipher the difference. The phone will alert me if there's movement and at any time I can see live views. The plans were a bit confusing to me. You do get a trial for each camera which is nice. But after that you have to figure out which plan you want. Otherwise if you don't pay for it you only get very limited service
that for me isn't going to work or give me the peace of mind I need which is why I wanted a system in the first place. Overall, I think it's worth it. It's great for what you get and not too expensive. I don't need a professional to install it and don't need to put a bunch of wires and holes in my house. It's easy to use as long as you have wifi. No real issues with it. Definitely recommend.

Gigi

2 out of 3 worked - Good Device - Good Eco System

Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2022

This is a general review of Blink camera system and Sync module itself.
After researching the available products, ring, wyze, etc. I selected Blink system for setting up my video perimeter. It had all the right features at a very affordable overall price.

When you purchase their cameras they give a month of cloud service so you can try things out. Their cloud pricing is also very affordable and competitive.

At the same time, Blink offers this thing called a Sync module in case you don't want to pay for cloud subscription. Initially I couldn't find documentation of how / what this thing does so what I'm writing here is based on experimentation.

At a high level, Sync module offers a subset of feature of the cloud and is basically designed to do one thing: Record and store videos when a camera detects motion. Other features such as periodic taking pictures and storing is not not supported.

Here's how things work with Blink app. It organizes the various cameras (outdoor, mini, doorbell, etc.) into what they call a "System". A "System" is pretty much a way to group things together. A group of cameras have the same on/off schedule, can be armed/disarmed at the same time, show up on the app on the same page, etc. Most importantly, a group of cameras share a single Sync module.
For example, let's say you want to use blink to monitor two separate physical locations. If you are using the cloud, you can create a single group and add all the cameras to it even though they are located apart. But, if you don't want to use the cloud and instead use a sync module, you'll need to create two "Systems", each with its own Sync Module.

Once you decide how to group your cameras, adding them to the account / app is easy. First, you add the Sync Module, then each individual camera. The process is very quick. I've done it a dozen times already and it's gone without a problem every time.

Once created, you can arm the group for motion detection and recording. Every time motion is detected, the camera saves the video footage to the Sync Module. Once saved, you can look at saved video clips from the app, just like you'd if you had the cloud subscription.
I've been very happy with the functionality of the Syn Module. I've recommended it to a bunch of other people and can say that so far, I know about 5 households that bought the Sync Module + a bunch of cameras and been using them with success.
I've attached a few pictures of the app to show what you'll see if you setup a group and some of the adjustments available for an individual camera.
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The only problem i've had so far is one of the Sync Modules I purchased had a really strange issue. Everything worked except that it wouldn't actually record video to the USB. Camera would detect motion, send a notification, but no recorded video would show up. I did all the troubleshooting steps, called their support a few times, and unfortunately it wasn't solved. Also, there are no troubleshooting indicators available to figure out what was going on. Things either work or don't. I wish they provided some logs or other indicators to the user.

At the end, I returned the thing, bought a new one, and it worked. So my conclusion is that specific Sync Module had an issue (hardware / software / who knows).

Tibor O. Biro

NSA devices

Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2022

NSA devices 2.0 Works great. Added 2- more gen 2 cameras and nearly completes the outside. No subscription setup using a thumb drive for memory storage.

UPDATE: We have gen 1 and gen 2 cameras with 2 different sync modules to accommodate them- Called NSA 1 and NSA 2. (not our idea). This has been an arduous journey to troubleshoot the NEW Blink Sync Module 2 to work without a subscription. 3-months of trying different configurations/setups with USB drive. Not to bore you with details and post a diary of my experiences, it turns out "MY ISSUE" why the Blink Sync 2 camera would not work with USB and without a subscription-was wifi related. After exhausting all potential fixes recommended by Blink and others posting online, we noticed that we started to have connectivity issues with other devices. Our modem gateway was ~6 years old and seemed to work well. Until -1-month ago, all was well. Then, we noticed wifi speed tests were appearing "throttled" by something??? And, was there an issue with "non Blink USB jump drive"???

So, giving up and letting go of my pride-thinking it wasn't connectivity issues, and as time allowed- I purchased a NEW Cable modem -Gateway to a newer, more powerful Arris. It was like a switch was flipped. Newer gen 2 Cameras work as designed and we dont have issues with the Blink cameras and saving clips to USB.

Just save a clip to usb when activated by motion. That's all we need with gen 2 cameras. Please note, take a look at everything. Maybe, it was a couple issues , because our Blink cameras did get a (~6-8 weeks ago- I think) firmware update recently - too. Blink may have found a fix and sent out a patch?? I read other reviewers very frustrated with their setups, and I experienced some if not all they described.

I doubted a fix was available and felt like we wasted hard earned money on 2cameras/sync module 2- almost gave up and was going to remove the gen 2 cameras and post a crappy review to Amazon. It works well now and will update on any changes.

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