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Keep an eye on your home with these Blink video doorbells and outdoor camera deals
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Fall is here, and that can mean something potentially spookier than Halloween: The threat of home invaders. Now that the seasons are changing and fall travel is in the offing, you might want to consider grabbing a video doorbell or security camera.
One great option is a Blink home security device to help keep your home, family and important items safe. The Amazon brand offers indoor and outdoor cameras as well as video doorbells that you can mix and match to work with your home and budget. No matter which equipment you use, they all come equipped with night vision, a live video feed and motion alerts that go straight to your smartphone so you can see what’s happening at home or on the go.
Tap the button below to see all the current Blink deals at Amazon and check out our top Blink deal picks and bundles.
Blink video doorbell and outside camera bundle: $160
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The Blink video doorbell is a great option to help protect your home (and your packages) by using your smartphone. It can even be used in tandem with other easy-to-install home security cameras from Blink for additional coverage.
This bundle deal serves up the bestselling Blink video doorbell and one Blink outdoor video camera for comprehensive coverage outside your home. This way, you can keep track of everything that goes bump in the night.
Even if you leave home, you can keep tabs on what’s going on. Plus, you can answer your door regardless of where you are, be instantly alerted if the doorbell picks up any motion near your door, and even communicate with people via the app’s two-way comms system.
Need to save footage? You’ll get 1080p resolution recordings with both the doorbell camera and a separate outdoor camera, so nothing will go unseen if you need to be extra vigilant.
Blink Mini cameras (set of three): $70 (12% off)
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The Blink Mini is a compact version of the Blink camera, and it’s small but quite mighty.
Unlike the larger, battery-powered versions, the Mini needs to be plugged in, but that doesn’t mean it skimps on functionality. You’ll still be able to view your surroundings with live video as well as two-way audio and night vision.
The Mini can also chime and provide alerts from the Blink video doorbell if you have one. That makes it a great companion option to go with your main camera setup or if you have larger areas in your home that need satellite cameras.
Right now, you can get this set of three Blink Mini cameras for 14% off, which makes them just $70.
Blink Outdoor (4th generation) 5-camera bundle: $400
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Secure your home with this set of five Blink Outdoor cameras at a significant discount. You get plenty of cameras to post up across a large home and beyond, so you don’t have to deal with as many blind spots.
The Blink Outdoor is a water-resistant security camera designed to monitor the outside of your home. It features two-way audio, motion detection and a live video stream. It’s also battery-operated and has a two-year battery life, so you don’t have to worry about finding somewhere to power each camera.
You can get all five cameras right now for $400. If you have a large home and need additional coverage for every nook and cranny of your property, this is an excellent deal.
Blink whole home bundle: $190
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Secure a bundle with everything you need to keep a watchful eye over your home: the Blink video doorbell, Outdoor 4, Mini, and Sync Module 2.
Set up the Blink video doorbell to interact with whoever is at your door, and set up the Outdoor 4 to catch everything that happens beyond your front porch. You can set up a satellite camera view with the Mini, and use the Sync Module 2 to control everything from one central hub.
This bundle is available right now for $190. If you’re not sure which devices to buy, start with this package for whole-home protection and you’ll be doing just fine.
Blink video doorbell and Sync Module 2: $70
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Don’t need anything complicated? Get a wireless Blink video doorbell bundled with a Sync Module 2 and you’ll be set to see anything that happens outside your door, night or day.
See who’s at your door (and answer if you want to) anytime using your smartphone with this crystal clear, battery-powered camera. It offers custom alerts, a variety of privacy settings, and other convenient options.
Plus, the Sync Module 2 connects to your Wi-Fi network to handle your doorbell’s activity (and up to 10 if you have them). That means you can save clips from your doorbell without needing an additional subscription — and handle multiple devices if you need to.
You can get this bundle for just $70.
At least 11 employees were taken to hospitals and residents were urged to shelter in place on Tuesday after an explosion at a Louisville, Kentucky, business.
The Louisville Metro Emergency Services reported on social media a “hazardous materials incident” at 1901 Payne St., in Louisville. The address belongs to a facility operated by Givaudan Sense Colour, a manufacturer of food colorings for soft drinks and other products, according to officials and online records.
Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said emergency teams responded to the blast around 3 p.m. News outlets reported that neighbors heard what sounded like an explosion coming from the business. Overhead news video footage showed an industrial building with a large hole in its roof.
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“The cause at this point of the explosion is unknown,” Greenberg said in a news conference. No one died in the explosion, he added.
Greenberg said officials spoke to employees inside the plant. “They have initially conveyed that everything was normal activity when the explosion occurred,” he said.
The Louisville Fire Department said in a post on the social platform X that multiple agencies were responding to a “large-scale incident.”
The Louisville Metro Emergency Services first urged people within a mile of the business to shelter in place, but that order was lifted in the afternoon. An evacuation order for the two surrounding blocks around the site of the explosion was still in place Tuesday afternoon.
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A rare square 37-carat emerald owned by the Aga Khan fetched nearly $9 million at auction in Geneva on Tuesday, making it the world’s most expensive green stone.
Sold by Christie’s, the Cartier diamond and emerald brooch, which can also be worn as a pendant, dethrones a piece of jewelry made by the fashion house Bulgari, which Richard Burton gave as a wedding gift to fellow actor Elizabeth Taylor, as the most precious emerald.
In 1960, Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan commissioned Cartier to set the emerald in a brooch with 20 marquise-cut diamonds for British socialite Nina Dyer, to whom he was briefly married.
Dyer then auctioned off the emerald to raise money for animals in 1969.
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By chance that was Christie’s very first such sale in Switzerland on the shores of Lake Geneva, with the emerald finding its way back to the 110th edition this year.
It was bought by jeweler Van Cleef & Arpels before passing a few years later into the hands of Harry Winston, nicknamed the “King of Diamonds.”
“Emeralds are hot right now, and this one ticks all the boxes,” said Christie’s EMEA Head of Jewellery Max Fawcett. “…We might see an emerald of this quality come up for sale once every five or six years.”
Also set with diamonds, the previous record-holder fetched $6.5 million at an auction of part of Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor’s renowned jewelry collection in New York.
