https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo/Improve-battery-life-to-compare-with-Blink-XT/m-p/1193994#M26116 The original Blink had an LED for night illumination, but the new Blink XT has IR illumination and they still get up to 2 years. Thu, 22 Dec 2016 19:35:25 GMT CJ180 2016-12-22T19:35:25Z https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo/Improve-battery-life-to-compare-with-Blink-XT/m-p/1193541#M26114 <P>Why cant Arlo improve the battery life to compare with Blink XT which quotes 2 years? The size of the Arlo Pro battery is much larger than the Blink XT which should allow it to last longer as both&nbsp;cameras do very similar things, essentially PIR triggered video recording and transmission. In addition the Blink XT camera has 1080 resolution.</P> Thu, 22 Dec 2016 08:03:23 GMT https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo/Improve-battery-life-to-compare-with-Blink-XT/m-p/1193541#M26114 CJ180 2016-12-22T08:03:23Z https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo/Improve-battery-life-to-compare-with-Blink-XT/m-p/1193649#M26115 <P>No IR illumination in Blink...just a low light camera....so power draw is lower</P> Thu, 22 Dec 2016 13:51:29 GMT https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo/Improve-battery-life-to-compare-with-Blink-XT/m-p/1193649#M26115 TomMac 2016-12-22T13:51:29Z https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo/Improve-battery-life-to-compare-with-Blink-XT/m-p/1193994#M26116 The original Blink had an LED for night illumination, but the new Blink XT has IR illumination and they still get up to 2 years. Thu, 22 Dec 2016 19:35:25 GMT https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo/Improve-battery-life-to-compare-with-Blink-XT/m-p/1193994#M26116 CJ180 2016-12-22T19:35:25Z