[jyl]

Setup is simple.
- Download the Blink app for smartphone. Register with Blink.
- Plug in Sync Module (the base station for the cameras). It temporarily becomes a wifi access point. Connect to it with your smartphone. Tell the Sync Module which Wi-Fi network to use for your house. Give it a name or use the default name.
- Put batteries in the camera. Register camera with the Blink app, using the camera's serial number. Place camera where you want it. Use Live View to see what camera is capturing. Take a photo from the camera, that becomes the camera's "icon" in Blink app. Name the camera, e.g. "Living Room" or "Cheerleaders Locker Room" - just kidding.
- Repeat for other cameras.
- Schedule when you want the cameras to be armed, that means looking for motion. I chose 1 am to 4 am. You can also arm or disarm the cameras at any time in the Blink app.
- When camera is armed and sees motion, it takes a short (5-10 sec) video clip and alerts you via the app. You can watch the clip. At any time, you can command the camera to show a live view (more like a time lapse: not fluid full motion video). You can be away from the house, as long as the Blink system is on internet via your home wifi system and your smartphone has internet via Wi-Fi or cellular. Video is stored on Blink's servers.

There were some glitches during this process. The Sync Module had to be reset, means sticking a toothpick into the reset hole. The cameras were slow to respond to initial command. But these weren't more than brief inconveniences. Ditto the occasional slow response of a camera during operation. I think the camera is operating at such low power during standby, they take a little while to respond to commands.

All in all, it seems to work okay. The basic system with two cameras and Sync Module costs $160. Additional cameras cost $70. No monthly fee. Resolution is okay, not 4K or anything awesome. No night vision, each camera has a little light, but I disabled that as it gives the camera away. Each camera also has a bright blue warning LED when recording; I'll put tape over it, not reason to alert the cheerleaders that they are being videoed. The cameras are small (2" x 2") and white, actually not that inconspicuous, but you could disguise them or conceal them. I haven't decided where to put them, whether to cover the entrances, or to cover places where thieves would go as they search the house.