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.
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.
@@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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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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 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.
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 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.
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.
Thank you Jesse. I am considering buying a camera system.
@davie2983 No problem!
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
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
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 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!
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!!
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.
Good honest review
@LionTribeBullies Why Thank you kind gentle sir.
Thank you
@@troutstag no problem!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.