Mini cam review
If you just want a simple little camera to keep an eye on your pets or kids, then the Blink Mini will get the job done.
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Just download the Blink app, create an account, and follow the in-app instructions. Installation: The Blink Mini should take you only a few minutes to set up. There’s no Google integration to be found here. The Blink Mini works with Alexa and IFTTT, but that’s it. Home automation: Blink’s a slacker on the smart home front. Just remember you’ll have to pay a separate, monthly subscription fee if you want cloud storage. You’ll pay less than $40 for this little cam. Pricing: It doesn’t get much more affordable than the Blink Mini. It’s also very small-and even smaller if you take the camera off its stand. The Blink app gives you plenty of custom setting options, and daytime footage from the Blink Mini looks sharp and clear.įeatures: The Blink Mini has just about everything you’d expect from an indoor camera, including night vision and two-way audio. Be aware that faces start to get blurry at more than a few feet away from the camera.įor the price, the Blink Mini is a solid little camera. But Blink cameras don’t have the best night vision. In our tests, we had no complaints about the Blink Mini’s daytime image quality. Compatible with product type, Instant cameras, Instant cameras.
If you want to see, talk to, and hear your kids or pets while you’re away from home, then the Blink Mini can keep you in the loop. You get HD resolution that gives you clear images of indoor spaces, as well as two-way audio and OK night vision. Power cords aside, the Blink Mini has just about everything we expect in a decent home security camera. But on the bright side, you never have to worry about changing the batteries. The video is still very good, and perfectly usable legally, but if you’re looking for top-notch, get the Dash Cam 57.The power cord makes this snack-size camera a little more restricted than other Blink models as far as placement goes. The Dash Cam Mini 2 is limited to 1080p, so there is a drop in detail. PerformanceĪfter reviewing Garmin’s Dash Cam 57, I must admit that I grew used to the 1440p captures. Because the Mini 2 is so small and hard to spot, you may be able to leave it in the car with less risk of theft. You can pop the Mini 2 off of the mounting arm at the ball-joint coupling (on the camera), but it doesn’t part ways as easily as the magnetic alternative and is likely to break from stress sooner. I actually stuck it to the mounting disk from the recently reviewed Dash Cam 57. Instead, it uses a semi-permanent adhesive disk of the same size. I was a little disappointed that the Mini 2 doesn’t use the same magnetic disk and mount that Garmin’s other dash cams employ. Installing any dash cam involves largely the same steps, though with different mounts and positioning. Garmin’s Dash Cam Mini 2 from the front, showing its wide 140-degree-FOV lens.
The latter two features require a constant power source. Other notable features include temporary cloud storage (up to 30 days) through Garmin’s Vault portal, Live View with the aforementioned Drive app, and Parking Guard. Voice control allows you to save a video, take a picture, and turn audio recording on and off. Indeed, while testing (and before reading the specs) I was under the impression that there was a battery.
However, the supercapacitor is hefty enough to keep the Mini 2 running for a good two to three seconds after you pull the plug. The Dash Cam Mini 2 opts for a supercapacitor, likely because there isn’t enough room for the lithium-ion battery found in Garmin’s larger dash cams. The included cable orients upward when plugged in. Garmin’s Dash Cam Mini 2 with its micro-B USB port.
The only thing it doesn’t fit into its tiny frame is GPS, which is disappointing though understandable given the size. It sports a wide 140-degree field of view.
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The camera is capable of 1080p at 30 frames per second.