Blink Outdoor motion detection zones – how precise are they?

I haven’t mess with the zones much, but I did block out a corner of my yard and it seems to hold up okay. Not perfect, but good enough to stop most false triggers.

I blocked out a section of my backyard where my neighbor’s flood light was setting it off constantly and it’s worked perfectly since. Haven’t had a single false alert from that spot. For a tree branch I’d say give it a shot, the zones seem to do what they say.

I haven’t really tested the zones super carefully, but I blocked out a spot where my neighbor’s security light was hitting and it hasn’t triggered since. Seems to handle that kind of thing well enough.

I think people might be overthinking the precision a bit. For something like a tree branch moving around, the zones just aren’t that fine tuned in my experience. I’d probably try adjusting the camera angle slightly instead of relying on the zones to do all the heavy lifting.

I think people make it sound more complicated than it is. I just drew a box over the corner of my yard where a bush was triggering it and it stopped, driveway still works fine. You might have to play with the size a little but it’s not that fussy.

I keep meaning to mess around more with those zones but I haven’t really tested it that carefully. I just kind of drew a rough shape over a spot where a cat was always wandering through and it seems like it stopped, but I’m not totally sure if I got the edges right. Works fine for what I need though.

I just set mine to block out a streetlamp reflection and it worked fine, so the zones are decent enough for bigger things. For a thin branch moving around though, I could see it being tricky since the box shape might not match perfectly. Might be worth trying a slightly bigger zone around the branch to see if it still catches the driveway.