[fintstone]

I use Blink as well. I have accumulated a lot of them over the years.

The wireless ones can go almost anywhere. I have them indoors and outdoors since I divide my time between a few homes. I can see if lights are on, if there are mice/snakes/bats moving around, etc. Outside, I can watch for prowlers, to see if a tree/limb hits my house, if we get a package left on the porch, if someone stops by and we are not at home, etc.

I mostly use the wired ones inside because they are cheap, but the wireless ones also relay the temperature so I can tell if my heat/cooling is working remotely (so I mix them). Inside, I generally don't even mount most of them because I move them around constantly to get the angle of what I need to observe...or move to another room or house. I set them on the floor or a shelf/countertop.

We see a lot of wild animals at night that one would never know are around. Usually racoons or foxes, but we were surprised at how often we had large bears on the front porch standing at our door late at night. It made me start being a bit more careful about going out in the dark without a light.

In one house, we do not even have a monitored alarm (as at the others) because they give us plenty of notice if anything happens (and can call the police ourselves). I think that having them in view is enough to keep most people/problems away. So far it has.