I’ve been waiting to buy a video doorbell until the price was right — and this Prime Day, it is

Blink Video Doorbell prime day — (Image credit: Blink)

Prime Day is here, consisting of thousands of deals screaming for your attention at once. Every year it gets bigger, every year the discount percentages get bolder, and every year the challenge is finding the ones that are actually worth your time.

Right now, the Blink Video Doorbell is 60% off at Amazon, dropping from $59 to just $23. To put it in perspective, $23 these days will get you a nice lunch at a cafe, maybe a couple of cocktails at dinner. The fact that it also buys you a video doorbell with two years of battery life is the kind of deal you can't turn away from.

Here's exactly why I've removed it from my Wishlist and popped it straight in the cart.

I've recently become a homeowner, and a video doorbell has been at the top of my purchase list. I knew I wanted one, I just wanted to wait until the price was right. And thanks to Prime Day 2026, that time is now.

The Blink Video Doorbell comes with a Sync Module Core included in the box, which matters more than it sounds. Without it, you're limited in what the doorbell can do. With it, you get local storage, better connectivity, and a system that functions as advertised from day one.

So what do you get? Well, actually, quite a lot. The doorbell shoots HD video with a head-to-toe field of view, meaning you see the person at your door and the package they're holding, not just a face floating in the frame.

Blink Video Doorbell on frame — (Image credit: Tom's Guide)

Night vision is handled by infrared, while two-way audio works through the Blink app, and setup takes minutes, whether you wire it into your existing doorbell or go completely wireless. Battery life runs up to two years on three AA lithium batteries, which are included. Nice.

It's not the most feature-packed video doorbell on the market. Person detection and clip storage require a subscription, and you'll need an Alexa-enabled device to get the most out of the voice controls. But at this price, it doesn't need to be perfect. It just needs to show you who's at the door, and it does that very well.

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Kaycee is Tom's Guide's How-To Editor, known for tutorials that get straight to what works. She writes across phones, homes, TVs and everything in between — because life doesn't stick to categories and neither should good advice. She's spent years in content creation doing one thing really well: making complicated things click. Kaycee is also an award-winning poet and co-editor at Fox and Star Books.