Eufy S340 Solar Camera

Pros

• Articulation range ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 1 review 5.0
  A 360 degree pan mechanism lets the camera scan from the house wall out across the street, maintaining coverage as people walk through the front yard or along the sidewalk.
• Optical zoom performance ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 1 review 5.0
  The S340’s 3X optical telephoto lens adds useful detail on people, vehicles, and license plates at the far end of a typical driveway before digital zoom is needed.
• Installation ease ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2 reviews 4.8
  Installation is simple thanks to the wire-free design, typically requiring only mounting the bracket and panel, which makes it accessible for homeowners who want to avoid electrical work.
• Video resolution & detail ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3 reviews 4.7
  Dual-lens 3K wide and 2K tele footage offers detailed results suitable for ID, with digital zoom limited by crop at higher levels.
• Power options (solar panel) ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3 reviews 4.5
  Included solar panel keeps the battery topped up; around two hours of direct sun can fully recharge, with an extension cable available for better panel placement.
• Local storage option convenience ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2 reviews 4.5
  Supports local recording on internal storage or via HomeBase, letting you keep clips in-house without a subscription if desired.
• App controls & settings ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 1 review 4.5
  Using the Eufy app, owners can adjust solar cam light behavior, motion sensitivity, AI detection targets, and privacy zones, tailoring notifications and recording to their driveway or yard.
• Battery life ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 1 review 4.5
  When positioned for a few hours of daily sun, the S340’s battery can stay fully charged for weeks, even with a partially shaded panel, minimizing the need for manual recharging.
• On-device processing (AI) ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 1 review 4.5
  AI processing can run locally on the camera or be offloaded to HomeBase 3, which improves classification of people, pets, and vehicles while keeping analysis inside the home.
• PTZ (pan/tilt/zoom) control responsiveness ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3 reviews 4.3
  PTZ follows subjects across a wide arc and returns to presets quickly, now also swinging through a full 360 degrees and moving between user-defined zones to aid review of motion clips.
• Detection features ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3 reviews 4.2
  On-device AI detects people and vehicles and improves further with HomeBase 3, and now also recognizes pets while infrared-assisted tracking and fine-tuned rules help cut false alerts.
• Digital zoom clarity ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 1 review 4.0
  Digital zoom beyond the 3X optical range still produces legible license plates and recognizable faces at roughly 60–70 feet, though sharpness drops compared with the base 3K/2K view.
• False alert filter effectiveness ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 1 review 4.0
  Person detection generally ignores background movement, but in Wi-Fi only mode it can occasionally tag yard lights or trash cans as people until privacy zones and HomeBase 3 tuning reduce those false alerts.
• Field of view ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 1 review 3.5
• Floodlight brightness ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 1 review 3.5
  The integrated light is bright enough to illuminate a driveway and deter intruders when motion is detected, but it is dimmer than wired floodlight cams and cannot be left on continuously.