Flaw number 1 - (Detects vehicles) bypass this issue by simply using the zoning option to just record the area you want, ie, your garden.. I had the same issue, and just highlighted my property. Not the road!.. Flaw number 2 - Just reduce sensitivity of the camera, has a range setting from something like 1 to 9! Flaw number 3 - If you want 24hr recording, get a wired camera from the EUFY range instead. The solar panel range is excellent, but that power is limited! Hence time restrictions! Good luck :)
I do know about Zones but the corner where I place my camera needs to capture both the left side which covers my fence gate and the right side where my driveway is, which unfortunately requires me to record part of the street as well. I also want it not to skip any people that may wonder around my property, even if near the road. I just wish they had a way to record vehicles but just not get notified about them. I do wish to have the recordings. Flaw number 2, I did reduce the sensitivity to help out but then you may miss some events. Flaw number 3, I do not wish to record 24 hours. I do want it to record the entire event of someone walking around my property even if it lasts 1 minute 20 seconds let's say, or even for a minute but that doesn't happen. It'll just end the video even if the person is still there and then resume after like 5 seconds of a pause, that doesn't make any sense to me.
@@UltratecJS Yeah the 5 second skipping between doesn't make sense. So far I have google nest battery outdoor and the Eufy S340 for wire-free install. Going to try Aosu wire-free solar one next, I have had good luck with Aosu indoor stuff.
I liked their idea so much & style of their cameras, they even have outdoor lights that make sense as well that have 3 leads in them one is just for white light so you get good color & they link to the cameras as well
I think one other flaw I noticed is that the zoom camera is on the bottom so then it does not have enough vertical rotation to see things the cameras probably should be swapped positions
For your first issue, you can stop getting notifications while still recording vehicles under the security tab. Click on security, choose your camera, and edit whatever mode you are in. The down side to this is that you won't get notified about anything, but it'll still record.
I just installed one of these today and am surprised at how bad the bracket is. First of all it is a weak bracket for such a heavy device that is expected to weather all seasons. The main thing that I am concerned with though is how easy it is to detach the camera from the bracket. Any chancer who can get to the camera can steal the device and it is no harder than unplugging a phone from a charging cable. I am going to make a metal collar to fit around the bracket release buttons with the hope that it might put somebody off stealling it even though they could still just snap it off. My camera is about 10 feet high so it's just out of reach but I do thing Eufy should have made this with a strong metal.bracket. Apart from this and the issues mentioned in this video I think the.device is pretty good.
I'm considering installing a security camera. A criticism that I have of Eufy is the lack of documentation. Installing it is rather simple but I can't find anything about the app settings and how to control the camera.
@@billv39 Try this link: support.eufy.com/s/article/eufySecurity-App-Function-Guide?Pmax&M3_hight&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw1Yy5BhD-ARIsAI0RbXZqC0CHqBwRSWh8toEgydJ8VZLhfrTTh5x8isjz-FIKprmUAf7zxJ0aAhb7EALw_wcB
A big reason is because updates happen all the time. The app does give you a walkthrough, but any documentation will literally become outdated in a matter of months or after a major update.
In Norway you are not alowed to let your camera to record outside your own private property, so if your camera is recording out on a road, you have to adjust it away from that road, or away from neighbours' properties
@@UltratecJS Then you can describe the area for detection, so it does not react to motions in areas you dont want. At least you can do so with the E340...
@@TerjeNormann The way my property is setup I need to be able to capture the left corner of my gate and the driveway area which ultimately ends up catching the street too.
I have skit of these and my biggest likes about this is the fact that their is no monthly charge . My biggest problem that I face is motion issue , I don’t have them higher than about 14ft no obstacle in the way I have gone through the settings and turn up the sensitivity and still can pull into my driveway slowly and it does not go off. I need help if anyone have any insight.
@@udithawickrematilake9870 The issue stated on the video is turning off notification only for vehicles while still recording the events. Turning off notifications completely will disable people notifications which I do not want.
Does everyone set up a preset positions on each window and have a default? I’m having trouble with my s340 detecting movement till you almost in front of the camera. Then it follows you
A flaw with a unit I have. I'll meet it randomly tilted almost full down then when I try to select default position or manually tilt it up, it says tilt limit reached. It will pan left and right but won't tilt up just stays stuck down. I was about to fling it in the trash but I found a work around aka a little trick by pressing the down arrow in the app to tilt full down until it says limit reached then I hit the up arrow and it magically tilts up and operates as normal once you reach the tilt up limit. I also removed all preset positions except the default one since the tilt down issue seems to happen after the cam auto moves from a preset position back to the default position.
Another weird issue with this camera a second unit I have the battery stays between 85%-98% all year round but I noticed whenever my wifi goes out for a fews days due to power outages or Internet provider issues, the darn cam battery drains rapidly. Yes it makes zero sense because it's a wire free solar powered camera but it happens. It's like because camera can't talk to the internet it gets sad and die. When I look at the solar dashboard it shows a big drop in power the days the wifi was out and soon as the wifi comes back up the camera starts charging again. Yes it makes no sense lol.
I tried these cameras and the sound is horrible! I contacted them about & just got a bunch of crap like make sure the mic is on. No shit it is on that is why I am contacting you about the sound. I bought the doorbell camera as well with 2 cameras & the sound is worse on it. In live view you do not hear anything so there must be a lot of noise suppression or something. I even bought the s230 with the solar panel on it. This one was OK but it was like when there was an event the mic came on real load then normalized. Since their customer service cannot help & has no idea what you are talking about after sending them the videos I am returning & bought RELINK cameras & doorbell camera. They have the option to turn on & off what you want to get notified on. They also revoked as long as there is movement or you can continously record. I set to record 15-30 after movement & some videos are 15 secs & some will go to over a minute what ever it detects & the sound is superb. The doorbell records the conversation so Yiu hear your response as well as the person at the door the Eufy one does not there are skips & mutes it is annoying. I was wondering what the person was saying at the door & who ever was talking to them from in my house were talking about but you cannot as you only hear one side of the conversation. It is kinda dumb they some good features but need some work on all their cameras.
Great Camera's I have 2 of them. One on solar one on mains. In the App sometimes it's not easy to find what you are looking for lot's of menu's. We have short daylight in the winter. Hopefully one solar panel is enough to power the camera.
@@Bus2000 Overall I am loving my camera, it's just mostly software that seems to be handicapped. Any issues with the short daylight? Just going to experience winter with this camera for the first time.
@@UltratecJS For now the camera keeps working at about 65% charge. But the shortest day is in December. We have to see if it keeps working. Have a second panel from the camera powered by mains. Maybe I can hookup 2 panels to the camera
Hey me again i just installed the S340 camera, but i getting the Motion Alarm Alert siren every time it detect someone, im looking in the App to see how to turn it off but i don't see anything, trying to contact eufy guessing they're closed you have any suggestions.
@@UltratecJS you could setup a schedule and have it record but don't send notifications. it would be nice if we could enable/disable notifications per type of motions individually though (humans, vehicles, etc)
I am looking for a camera system but don't want to pay a subscription. I'm not high on solar powered systems because one, they record in segments to save on battery life. Two, if batteries wear out then it will likely not be worth paying for new batteries assuming they can be changed out. Three, have to place in area where there is sunlight. Four, may be a problem living in an area where winter doesn't get optimal sunlight and snow can cover up the solar panels. I have Eufy doorbell camera. Worked great at first but now lags in notifying me at times. Sometimes I don't get notifications till hours later. And the zone, sensitivity etc. settings dont exactly work that great. Mine will pick up a cars wheels parked in the street at night and think they are heads and i will get notifications every few minutes. And will pick up the movements of my plants in a planter on the porch. So sounds like these cameras have similar issues.
I don't want to give up on Eufy just yet. I just ordered the Homebase to see if it improves things and I might add the wired Floodlight E340 or the S330 to another section of my home.
Their support it terrible.! They have a canned answer for any problem you send in. 1 update the software. 2 down load the app again. 3. Uninstall the device and reinstall the device. I have done this five times to fix a problem.
@@allenrutherford989 The response I got from a request I made to them felt like a generic A.I. response. I did have better luck calling their support by phone, they replaced a bad camera for me.
Can't you just deactivate the vehicle check mark and get NO notifications re: cars? I don't care about cars. I only want notifications re: trespassers; people and animals.
I have this, ima let you know after a year of use, it begins to stop charging and camera stops holding a charge. First one acted this way on the first full year. The second camera began acting up on a year 1 month. The second one, I brought inside to charge and it’s been at 4% for 30minutws now. It won’t hold a charge anymore. Don’t waste your money on this. Unless you only like having for a year.
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Flaw number 1 - (Detects vehicles) bypass this issue by simply using the zoning option to just record the area you want, ie, your garden.. I had the same issue, and just highlighted my property. Not the road!..
Flaw number 2 - Just reduce sensitivity of the camera, has a range setting from something like 1 to 9!
Flaw number 3 - If you want 24hr recording, get a wired camera from the EUFY range instead. The solar panel range is excellent, but that power is limited! Hence time restrictions!
Good luck :)
I do know about Zones but the corner where I place my camera needs to capture both the left side which covers my fence gate and the right side where my driveway is, which unfortunately requires me to record part of the street as well. I also want it not to skip any people that may wonder around my property, even if near the road. I just wish they had a way to record vehicles but just not get notified about them. I do wish to have the recordings.
Flaw number 2, I did reduce the sensitivity to help out but then you may miss some events.
Flaw number 3, I do not wish to record 24 hours. I do want it to record the entire event of someone walking around my property even if it lasts 1 minute 20 seconds let's say, or even for a minute but that doesn't happen. It'll just end the video even if the person is still there and then resume after like 5 seconds of a pause, that doesn't make any sense to me.
@@UltratecJS Yeah the 5 second skipping between doesn't make sense. So far I have google nest battery outdoor and the Eufy S340 for wire-free install. Going to try Aosu wire-free solar one next, I have had good luck with Aosu indoor stuff.
I have two connected to a home base 3 and don’t have any of these issues.
You should get the homebase trust me. It works way better.!
@@michaelandrewmartins3897 I asked Eufy if the Homebase would give me this option but they didn't say yes.
I liked their idea so much & style of their cameras, they even have outdoor lights that make sense as well that have 3 leads in them one is just for white light so you get good color & they link to the cameras as well
I think one other flaw I noticed is that the zoom camera is on the bottom so then it does not have enough vertical rotation to see things the cameras probably should be swapped positions
For your first issue, you can stop getting notifications while still recording vehicles under the security tab. Click on security, choose your camera, and edit whatever mode you are in. The down side to this is that you won't get notified about anything, but it'll still record.
@@vd2597 I do still want to get notified for people so it doesn't work for me.
I do not have these issues, but I have mine connected to HomeBase S380, and motion zones set.
I reached out to support if this would be solved with the Homebase but they did not provide a clear answer.
I just installed one of these today and am surprised at how bad the bracket is.
First of all it is a weak bracket for such a heavy device that is expected to weather all seasons.
The main thing that I am concerned with though is how easy it is to detach the camera from the bracket. Any chancer who can get to the camera can steal the device and it is no harder than unplugging a phone from a charging cable.
I am going to make a metal collar to fit around the bracket release buttons with the hope that it might put somebody off stealling it even though they could still just snap it off.
My camera is about 10 feet high so it's just out of reach but I do thing Eufy should have made this with a strong metal.bracket.
Apart from this and the issues mentioned in this video I think the.device is pretty good.
I'm considering installing a security camera. A criticism that I have of Eufy is the lack of documentation. Installing it is rather simple but I can't find anything about the app settings and how to control the camera.
@@billv39 Try this link: support.eufy.com/s/article/eufySecurity-App-Function-Guide?Pmax&M3_hight&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw1Yy5BhD-ARIsAI0RbXZqC0CHqBwRSWh8toEgydJ8VZLhfrTTh5x8isjz-FIKprmUAf7zxJ0aAhb7EALw_wcB
A big reason is because updates happen all the time. The app does give you a walkthrough, but any documentation will literally become outdated in a matter of months or after a major update.
In Norway you are not alowed to let your camera to record outside your own private property, so if your camera is recording out on a road, you have to adjust it away from that road, or away from neighbours' properties
@@TerjeNormann It's allowed here in the U.S. but mine is mostly recording my property and it does grab some of the street.
@@UltratecJS Then you can describe the area for detection, so it does not react to motions in areas you dont want.
At least you can do so with the E340...
@@TerjeNormann The way my property is setup I need to be able to capture the left corner of my gate and the driveway area which ultimately ends up catching the street too.
What's the reasoning behind that?
@@mad-meh2719 privacy rules
I have skit of these and my biggest likes about this is the fact that their is no monthly charge .
My biggest problem that I face is motion issue , I don’t have them higher than about 14ft no obstacle in the way I have gone through the settings and turn up the sensitivity and still can pull into my driveway slowly and it does not go off. I need help if anyone have any insight.
Thank you Jesse. I am considering buying a camera system.
@davie2983 No problem!
notification can be disable - go security and select the camera and select home and you see the notification on off
@@udithawickrematilake9870 The issue stated on the video is turning off notification only for vehicles while still recording the events. Turning off notifications completely will disable people notifications which I do not want.
Does everyone set up a preset positions on each window and have a default?
I’m having trouble with my s340 detecting movement till you almost in front of the camera. Then it follows you
I only use one default preset. Maybe your camera is too high up? The recommended height is 7-10'.
A flaw with a unit I have. I'll meet it randomly tilted almost full down then when I try to select default position or manually tilt it up, it says tilt limit reached. It will pan left and right but won't tilt up just stays stuck down. I was about to fling it in the trash but I found a work around aka a little trick by pressing the down arrow in the app to tilt full down until it says limit reached then I hit the up arrow and it magically tilts up and operates as normal once you reach the tilt up limit. I also removed all preset positions except the default one since the tilt down issue seems to happen after the cam auto moves from a preset position back to the default position.
How far do you have it from the ground?
@@UltratecJS It's mounted on the edge of the roof about 10 feet up
Another weird issue with this camera a second unit I have the battery stays between 85%-98% all year round but I noticed whenever my wifi goes out for a fews days due to power outages or Internet provider issues, the darn cam battery drains rapidly. Yes it makes zero sense because it's a wire free solar powered camera but it happens. It's like because camera can't talk to the internet it gets sad and die. When I look at the solar dashboard it shows a big drop in power the days the wifi was out and soon as the wifi comes back up the camera starts charging again. Yes it makes no sense lol.
@@DustyRolle That's a weird one for sure that doesn't make sense lol.
@@DustyRolle Maybe the camera stays looking for the wifi network and doesn't go to power save mode. This should be an easy fix for Eufy.
I tried these cameras and the sound is horrible! I contacted them about & just got a bunch of crap like make sure the mic is on. No shit it is on that is why I am contacting you about the sound. I bought the doorbell camera as well with 2 cameras & the sound is worse on it. In live view you do not hear anything so there must be a lot of noise suppression or something. I even bought the s230 with the solar panel on it. This one was OK but it was like when there was an event the mic came on real load then normalized. Since their customer service cannot help & has no idea what you are talking about after sending them the videos I am returning & bought RELINK cameras & doorbell camera. They have the option to turn on & off what you want to get notified on. They also revoked as long as there is movement or you can continously record. I set to record 15-30 after movement & some videos are 15 secs & some will go to over a minute what ever it detects & the sound is superb. The doorbell records the
conversation so Yiu hear your response as well as the person at the door the Eufy one does not there are skips & mutes it is annoying. I was wondering what the person was saying at the door & who ever was talking to them from in my house were talking about but you cannot as you only hear one side of the conversation. It is kinda dumb they some good features but need some work on all their cameras.
Good points. I’ll try those settings 1st.
I have the S220 and same stupidity it's starts recording when the person is already in the frame and stops when he's still there.
@@FreedoomRock Very annoying!
Great Camera's I have 2 of them. One on solar one on mains. In the App sometimes it's not easy to find what you are looking for lot's of menu's. We have short daylight in the winter. Hopefully one solar panel is enough to power the camera.
@@Bus2000 Overall I am loving my camera, it's just mostly software that seems to be handicapped. Any issues with the short daylight? Just going to experience winter with this camera for the first time.
@@UltratecJS For now the camera keeps working at about 65% charge. But the shortest day is in December. We have to see if it keeps working. Have a second panel from the camera powered by mains. Maybe I can hookup 2 panels to the camera
Hey me again i just installed the S340 camera, but i getting the Motion Alarm Alert siren every time it detect someone, im looking in the App to see how to turn it off but i don't see anything, trying to contact eufy guessing they're closed you have any suggestions.
@@polofunk In the Eufy App go to Security, click the camera, I have mine set to Home with alarm off.
Yes there is in the settings you can turn off the notification
@@livelrge1 Not for the S340.
@@UltratecJS you could setup a schedule and have it record but don't send notifications. it would be nice if we could enable/disable notifications per type of motions individually though (humans, vehicles, etc)
Good video, real world experience
Thanks!!
Eight months in and the solar panel has water inside.
@@joshwayborn1100 That's unfortunate. This is probably my only solar camera and getting wired on my next ones.
I’ve had mines for a year now and it’s beginning to not charge no more. Pretty upset.
@@tomnguyen1802 Funny you say that. Mine just stopped completely charging, they're sending me a new replacement.
I am looking for a camera system but don't want to pay a subscription. I'm not high on solar powered systems because one, they record in segments to save on battery life. Two, if batteries wear out then it will likely not be worth paying for new batteries assuming they can be changed out. Three, have to place in area where there is sunlight. Four, may be a problem living in an area where winter doesn't get optimal sunlight and snow can cover up the solar panels.
I have Eufy doorbell camera. Worked great at first but now lags in notifying me at times. Sometimes I don't get notifications till hours later.
And the zone, sensitivity etc. settings dont exactly work that great. Mine will pick up a cars wheels parked in the street at night and think they are heads and i will get notifications every few minutes. And will pick up the movements of my plants in a planter on the porch. So sounds like these cameras have similar issues.
I don't want to give up on Eufy just yet. I just ordered the Homebase to see if it improves things and I might add the wired Floodlight E340 or the S330 to another section of my home.
Good honest review
@LionTribeBullies Why Thank you kind gentle sir.
Set activity zones
@@raylegend808 Yeah I know about these but the way I have my camera I don't want to exclude the angle it's in.
Thats a wifi issue with the freezing
@@johnhsconiers3308 I don't agree with this since the camera has an SD card where it saves to. The video is still chopped in the file that it saves.
The Google cameras are just as bad mine does the same thing
@@firstlast1732 I just bought the base and hoping it fixes some of the annoyances.
Thank you
@@troutstag no problem!
Eufy Customer Service people has really Bad Attitudes, great review.
@@polofunk I emailed them asking this question and I received an AI auto response smh.
You better off setting the clip length to 120…..i wish my E340 had this option in fact 160 seconds would be a lot better………….
@@BIG_DRU I just got the Homebase, I'm going to make a video on what it unlocks.
Their support it terrible.! They have a canned answer for any problem you send in. 1 update the software. 2 down load the app again. 3. Uninstall the device and reinstall the device. I have done this five times to fix a problem.
@@allenrutherford989 The response I got from a request I made to them felt like a generic A.I. response. I did have better luck calling their support by phone, they replaced a bad camera for me.
There website make me feel like they are a scam company. Its really weird site.
Can't you just deactivate the vehicle check mark and get NO notifications re: cars?
I don't care about cars. I only want notifications re: trespassers; people and animals.
@@karenbcz22 Yes you can just deactivate cars but in my case I do want to record cars but not get a notification every time a car passes.
I have this, ima let you know after a year of use, it begins to stop charging and camera stops holding a charge. First one acted this way on the first full year. The second camera began acting up on a year 1 month. The second one, I brought inside to charge and it’s been at 4% for 30minutws now. It won’t hold a charge anymore. Don’t waste your money on this. Unless you only like having for a year.