Wasserstein Solar Charger and Mount - Compatible with Blink Video Doorbell - Solar Power for your Blink Video Doorbell (Black)

Easy to install and great design looks amazing. Very convenient.

Don’t expect it to last long. Less than two years and it will not take a charge. Save the money and stay with the batteries. You don’t have to worry about direct sunlight, cloudy days and it finally failing within two years.

This is what it looks like after 2 years. It still works but looks horrible is there anything to do about it?

Works great, uses a integrated battery pack.

This works great. Not sure why the other solar panels don't work for the regular cameras but this solar panel for the doorbell works really well. Worth the buy. You'll save lots of money not having to buy batteries.

The mount has been up for a few weeks now and it's registered the battery at 100% ever since. I followed the instructions and let it sit in the sun charging, although instead of 8 hours I left it out for two full days were it got sun all day and then installed it on the third day. It was very easy to install and the batteries are holding. I don't think it will last though because within a few days it started developing marks on the solar panels like they're delaminating... It doesn't seem to affect the operation, but eventually it'll delaminate completely and stop working. Right now the weather is mild in Southern California, but time will tell how it'll hold up to the summer sun. It's a great product and I am happy with the performance at the moment.

(Update 2/24/23 AM): Status quo. Nothing has changed since the previous post. Just verified the connection. This will be the 8th and final update unless it stops functioning again or suddenly improves drastically.(Update 2/21/23 PM): Still connected. I'm slightly less pessimistic although no matter what, I've had to compromise by making a drastic reduction in my preferred settings. I'm just going to reframe that negative thought with: "at least I'm not wasting vast amounts of AA batteries."(Update 2/20/23 PM): I tested the doorbell itself and it worked as designed. A connection test immediately after found the unit still working. The battery status is still where it's been (see below). No changes have been made to the configuration below, and at the time of the test was not receiving direct sunlight. [the saga continues and I enjoy letting potential buyers know the ups and downs of my experience]. Based on the doorbell working, I've added a star to go from 2 ->3.(Update 2/18/23 PM): I was as shocked as anyone that I have NOT gotten a failed connection notification yet. The settings are still much lower than I would like but I'm compromising for now. (retrigger: 30, Sensitivity 4, Clip Length 10 w/ end early enabled). As part of the cloud service, it takes one photo every hour. I further have just taken a photo to ensure the connection was good. It still shows REPLACE but at least it still works. One day I'll get brave and push the doorbell to see if that pushes it out of homeostasis.(Update 2/15/23 AM): I lowered all the settings a bit but still have the motion detection on. The doorbell is still showing "REPLACE" but it is still connected and working. I had it take a quick cover photo in order to verify the connection.(Update 2/13/23 PM): Power is currently at "replace". Still connected but fading fast. I'm starting to think that the panels don't convert energy at a high enough rate; thus, unless it gets direct sunlight for a large portion of the day, you're in for problems. Just a hypothesis.(Update 2/13/23 AM): I removed the doorbell yesterday in anticipation of replacing the solar mount. The doorbell worked on the new mount out of the box, so I tried the original mount and it worked. I lowered the photo quality, increased the retrigger time, decreased the sensitivity, and lowered the recording time. All was well until this morning when I got a low-battery notification [while it was getting direct sunlight]. It hasn't died entirely but I'm no longer optimistic about my chances. I'll be sure to update you.(Update 2/11/23): Spoke too soon. The thing died this morning. Craptacular.Original:I wasn’t expecting much when I ordered it but it’s kept my doorbell fully charged, even at night when the temps are in the 30s. Not so much as a low-battery message. It’s only been a few days but I’m optimistic.What I like: Installation was 1-2-3 and done. As mentioned earlier, my doorbell is full charged; to give you an idea, mine faces a main road and I have it set to best picture quality and quick retrigger times.I don’t like that the doorbell must sit within the solar unit itself. It makes direct contact with the doorbell and has no mechanism for using any tilt or extender.Overall though, I’m happy with it. I’ll definitely update if something changes.

Wouldn't connect to the camera. I sent an email to customer service and never got a response. Didn't see a number to call. Returning hopefully will get a refund