Blink Mini 2 vs Ring Floodlight Cam Wired Plus

The Ring Floodlight Cam Wired Plus wins overall, with bright floodlights, better owner ratings, customizable motion zones and privacy zones in a permanently mounted outdoor camera. The Blink Mini 2 is far cheaper and can store clips locally with a Sync Module.

Lighting and installation. The Ring is hardwired outdoors with powerful floodlights that turn night into day, while the Blink Mini 2 is a small plug-in camera with a modest spotlight, intended mainly for indoor use.

The Blink Mini 2, through a Sync Module with a microSD card. The Ring Floodlight Cam Wired Plus has no card slot or internal storage, so all recorded video depends on a Ring subscription.

Yes, both include a siren, and both offer two-way talk. The Ring Floodlight Cam Wired Plus pairs its siren with floodlights, which is a much stronger deterrent than the Blink's small spotlight.

Buy the Ring Floodlight Cam Wired Plus if you want to light and monitor a driveway, garden or side passage, with color night vision, a siren, motion and privacy zones and Ring's app, and you accept a subscription for recorded video.

Buy the Blink Mini 2 if you want the cheapest way to add an Alexa-friendly camera to a room, with color night vision, a spotlight, a siren and the option of local backup on a Sync Module with a microSD card.