Eufy Floodlight Camera E340 review

Eufy Floodlight Camera E340 review


A superb all-in-one security device, the Eufy Floodlight Camera E340 combines a powerful security light with a clever subscription-free camera. Hardwired, this dual-camera device has two lenses (wide-angle and telephoto) so you can see more of what’s going on. Its smart features are impressive: people and pet detection, plus motorised pan-and-tilt that automatically tracks objects. This is an excellent choice if you’re looking for the best and have external wiring.


  • No subscription fees

  • Excellent image quality

  • Onboard smart detection and tracking

  • Bright security light


  • Dual View reduces image quality

  • Security lights can reflect off faces, reducing detail

Product name: Introduction

  • Type: Outdoor mains-powered security camera and light
  • Connectivity: Dual bands Wi-Fi 6, 5 and 2.4GHz
  • Ecosystems: Amazon Alexa, Google Home

Following a range of successful dual cameras such as the Solocam S340 and the Indoor S350 comes the big boy of the bunch: the Eufy Floodlight Camera E340.

It has all of the same motorised pan-and-tilt functions as the other products in Anker Innovations security specialist’s recent line-up, but adds two powerful motion-operated security lights, making it a great multi-purpose security tool.

Subscription-free recording and brilliant image quality, including full-color night vision, make this a great choice where you need to monitor a location and have the added benefit of security lighting.

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Read on for our full Eufy Floodlight Camera E340 review.

Design and installation

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  • Mains powered
  • Wall or ceiling-mount options
  • Dual-lens with motorised pan-and-tilt

While most of Eufy’s dual-camera models are battery-powered, such as the Eufy SoloCam S340, the Eufy Floodlight Camera E340 is mains-powered and must be hard-wired.

If you already have a security light, then it should be a simple matter of switching the dumb one for this one; if you don’t have wiring to the outside, you’ll probably need an electrician to do the job or opt for a battery-powered model instead.

Mains powered devices do have their advantages: there’s no battery to recharge, and the E340 can use its dual 1000-lumen lights as many times as necessary, or even run them permanently.

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To help make installation easy, the Eufy Floodlight Camera E340 has a USB-C port that can be used for temporary power. This should be used to connect the camera to Wi-Fi before you physically install it.

Although a fairly bulky product, installation isn’t too hard, there’s a mounting bracket that lets the Eufy Floodlight Camera E340 be mounted to a wall or a ceiling if you have an overhang.

As with the S340, which has a similar camera setup, the Eufy Floodlight Camera E340 should be mounted relatively high so that its cameras can be angled correctly to detect motion without cutting people’s heads off.

Features

  • Programmable positions with home location
  • AI object detection and tracking
  • No monthly fees with upgradeable storage

As with Eufy’s other motorised pan-and-tilt dual camera models, the Eufy Floodlight Camera E340 has similar features, including programmable favorite locations and a home location.

Configurable through the app, you can choose a set of favourite positions for the camera to look at and which camera should be used. That then gives a quick way to jump to the various views from the live view section of the app.

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I found this helpful, as I could quickly move from looking down the garden to checking that the shed door was shut.

It’s good to see that there’s a home position. This is the location to which the camera will swing back after a period of inactivity or after a motion-tracking event.

This feature is crucial, as it lets the E340 return to your default monitoring position so that you don’t miss an important event because, for example, you’ve left the camera pointing at the ground.

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With a 70-degree vertical adjustment and 360-degree rotation, it’s easy to align the camera with your desired view. For the home position, I recommend sticking with the 3K wide-angle camera to capture as much as possible.

When using the live view, the 2K telephoto camera comes in use for zooming in to get a close-up of what’s happening.

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There’s no onboard storage on this camera, but there are two options for recording storage. First, you can add up to a 128GB microSD card to the camera via the slot underneath.

That storage level should provide enough space for 256 days of recordings (assuming around 45 events per day).

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Alternatively, the Eufy Floodlight Camera E340 can be connected straight to a Eufy HomeBase S380 using a direct Wi-Fi connection.

That lets the E340 record to the HomeBase’s storage, either built-in or upgraded with a 2.5-inch hard drive. Adding a HomeBase also upgrades the E340 to include facial recognition, tagging stored events with recognised people.

If that wasn’t enough, the footage the E340 tracks can be combined with your other Eufy Cams to provide multi-camera mashups of an event from different viewing angles.

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Eufy’s AI software combines all of the images captured to provide edited clips that combine footage from across your Eufy cameras, so you get videos of the same event and/or person, organized chronologically into a single clip.

Eufy tells us that this proprietary AI cross-camera tracking is the “world’s first home surveillance mesh powered by local AI”.

For example, you could get a notification of a clip whereby you see your children arrive safely home from school, make themselves a snack in the kitchen, do their homework in the lounge and play football in the garden.

It’s like having your own security officer on the job 24/7, except this one won’t miss key events while he naps.

The good news is that this cross-camera tracking will also work with older Eufy security cameras such as the excellent EufyCam S330 that we recently reviewed.

Essentially, if your Eufy camera works with the HomeBase 3, it’ll work with the new AI cross-tracking tech

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It’s not that the E340 is short on smarts itself if you don’t add the HomeBase though. Out of the box, it has AI detection that can detect and warn you about your choice of people, pets, and other motion. Much of the competition requires a subscription to a cloud service to offer something similar.

Eufy Floodlight Camera E340 detection settingsEufy Floodlight Camera E340 detection settings
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Add activity zones, and the E340 is relatively easy to configure to send alerts only about motion events you’re interested in.

That said, it’s still worth pointing the camera away from busy areas, such as a street outside your home, to reduce the number of alerts you need.

If that’s not possible, the Ring Floodlight Cam Wired Pro might be a better choice, as its 3D Motion Detection system, which uses radar, can be programmed to ignore motion based on how far from the camera it is.

AI motion tracking uses the camera’s motorised pan-and-tilt to follow an object like a person. It’s well done, and the E340 moves smoothly. I’m a big fan of this feature, as it shows more of what happened; with a fixed-view camera, a person inevitably drops out of view quite quickly.

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All recorded motion is available through the app in two places. First, a section in the live view gets a timeline view, which is very hard to navigate. I found the Events section of the app easier to use, as it gives a list of events with thumbnails that are filterable by device, date, and event type.

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While the default option is to record using the 3K camera, there is an option to turn on Dual View, which captures footage from both cameras at the same time. It sounds nice in theory, but as the resulting video is highly compressed, the quality of the footage isn’t very good. I turned this feature on to test and then turned Dual View off again.

The app has modes similar to those on a smart alarm that lets you control when your cameras can and can’t record. These can be set manually, scheduled, or triggered by your location. IFTTT or integration with third-party systems, such as SmartThings or Alexa, would be nice to give more options, such as setting Away mode when a smart alarm is turned on.

Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant support are available, for live-streaming the camera’s footage to a compatible smart display.

Finally, there’s a lot of control over how the dual LEDs work. Individually positionable, the lights can be directed where you want them to go.

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The default option is to turn the lights on when motion is detected and turn them off again after 30 seconds at half brightness. The auto-shutoff time and brightness can be tweaked. Alternatively, the lights can be set to turn on permanently on a schedule.

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Performance

  • Sharp 3K video
  • Excellent night vision (provided lights are angled correctly)
  • Dual View mode is disappointing

With the same camera set-up as the SoloCam S340, the Eufy Floodlight Camera E340 shoots very similar daytime footage via its 3K camera (2880 x 1616).

Pointing towards the sun, I was impressed by the quality of the video, with sharp, well-balanced footage with plenty of detail throughout the frame. Motion tracking works brilliantly, with the E340 smoothly moving to keep the motion centre of the frame.

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At night, the camera records using IR lights in black and white until there’s enough ambient light.

To maximise the color footage, it’s worth turning on the color night vision setting, which is available in the live view section rather than in settings.

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With dual security lights, the E340 provides plenty of light, so it can shoot video almost as clearly as during the day.

I have one warning: be careful how the lights are angled. As you can see from the footage below, the lights shining off my face obscure details for a short period.

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With Dual View mode, you can see it squeezes the footage from both cameras into a 2304 x 2592 video and the image quality is dramatically reduced.

Final thoughts

If you’re after a single multi-purpose security device, the Eufy Floodlight Camera E340 is a great choice.

With bright security lights and a powerful subscription-free pan-and-tilt security camera, the E340 does everything. If you don’t have a wired security light already, a battery-powered model may make more sense.

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How we test

When we publish our reviews, you can rest assured that they are the result of “living with” long term tests.

Smart security cameras usually live within an ecosystem, or a range of products that – supposedly – all work in harmony. Therefore, it’s impossible to use a security camera for a week and deliver a verdict.

Because we’re testing smart home kit all day, everyday, we know what matters and how a particular camera compares to alternatives that you might also be considering.

Our reviews are comprehensive, objective and fair and, of course, we are never paid directly to review a device.

Read our guide on our review process for smart security cameras to learn more.

FAQs

Do you need a Eufy HomeBase with the Floodlight Camera E340?

The E340 works out of the box with plenty of bells and whistles but adding an Eufy HomeBase to the mix adds a bunch of extra AI and tracking features.

How do you power the Eufy Floodlight Camera E340?

You can use existing light wiring to power the E340.

Does the Eufy Floodlight Camera E340 have local storage?

Yes, you can store up to 128 GB with a microSD card on the device itself, or add up to 16 TB of storage if you connect to the Eufy HomeBase S380.

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Eufy Floodlight Camera E340: Specifications

Type Outdoor floodlight security camera
UK RRP £219.99
US RRP $219.99
Size 12.6 × 7.3 × 8.5 in (320.8 × 186.6 × 216.1 mm)
Weight 1.38kg
Resolution 3K and 2K
Viewing angle 360 degrees with pan feature
Night vision Full color
Weatherproof IP65
Motion sensor Yes and 100dB siren
Release Date 2023
Smart home Ecosystems Amazon Alexa and Google Home
Connectivity Dual band Wi-Fi 6, 5GHz and 2.4GHz Wi-Fi
Battery size No battery

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