eufy Security - Video Doorbell E340

I've owned a Ring, and now a Eufy. The 'out of the house' experience is almost the same. I can retrieve footage from the videos stored on the microSD card in my house. I can respond directly to people who've pressed the doorbell. The doorbell communicates to a plugged in chime, and the chime to your router. The chime holds the footage on a memory card.

The alarm.com platform costs Telus money, the doorbell is an alarm.com device. I have uses a eufy doorbell for the last 4 years with no issue and no subscription.

I have a Eufy doorbell for €150 and it comes with ample storage and no subscription needed. Highly recommend.

I have the E340 doorbell and love it. I had a Ring doorbell previously and the eufy E340 is a huge improvement. I like that it has a higher resolution camera, better motion detection, and an additional lower camera for packages. I also have the eufy HomeBase 3 which adds a lot of extra functionality, like more storage capacity, centralized storage, video playback speed, better motion detection, and a stronger wifi connection. For a doorbell chime I use the HomeBase 3 and a separate eufy E340 plug-in chime add-on. They are on separate levels so when someone pushes the doorbell button I can hear it on both floors of our house and on my phone. The E340 Doorbell plus the HomeBase 3 has proven to be a great doorbell/security camera setup. I would never go back to Ring. In my experience Eufy has been more reliable and advanced in so many ways.

I’ve had the same experience and made a really long post awhile ago about my switch from Ring to eufy. It was a huge upgrade for me. I only had one issue with my E340 doorbell giving error codes in the beginning and after troubleshooting it with eufy, they sent me a brand new one right away. So for me not only has the security camera system been working great overall, their customer service has been excellent. Each system has their own quirks, but overall I’ve been very happy with eufy.

I switched from Ring and my eufy E340 doorbell has been a huge upgrade. I hardwired mine and added the HomeBase 3 also.

im trying to get a refund on my eufy e340. its terrible for me anyway. been in contact with thm trying to sort it out and its just not working the way it should. i hve the wifi box 3 meters from it and the motion detection just doenst work most of the time and for whatever reason the battery drains so fast and this is on 2 cameras

S380 home base +2tb Doorbell, 5 wifi solar cameras, 2 doors, 3 interior cameras. Been flawless for a year plus.

Eufy user here. Camera quality is excellent. However, a good 5 second lag with alerts and bell ringing. Also impossible to speak via microphone as the lag is too long…. If anyone has some hints please tell me as the camera really is superb

We got a Eufy doorbell installed, its very good as it doesn't require subscription like some of the other brands, the one we got came with a base station (as we needed one to work with other wireless cameras) and its generally been good. The ones with internal storage seems to work faster than ones which take SD cards, but the SD card options are a bit cheaper. You can also get one with dual camera (2nd one points down) if you want to keep a view of courier packages.

I use Eufy extensively at two homes. Quality build, good UI, easy to install, and no cloud storage if add a storage card or their HomeBase (hard drive).

Definitely eufy. Saves like a month's worth of data, no subscription, decent quality camera and audio

The parcel alert isn't a feature I use. I have my phone on do not disturb most of the time and make people text me. I think it notified me for a parcel last monday but I didn't look at it. The parcel was there when I got home. My doorbell is watching a communal landing walkway rather than a garden path. I live in the middle of the block so it would ping me about sixty times every day as all the neighbours and their callers walk past my door. I am surprised how busy the landing is at night too. All this movement is recorded and the AI can name my favourite neighbours and spot their dogs and the odd seagull. It knows when the lower camera is used so treats parcels differently. I can check the post by looking at my phone from wherever I am. I have the basket so that parcels aren't just dumped in front of the door or taken back to the depot and the camera makes itself very obvious with two bright LEDs. I live in a sixties low rise concrete block. About 50 people live within 50 metres of me and many of those have their own Smart Home systems. It presents challenges to a smart home wi-fi system that typical low density American construction doesn't. I suspect there is very little testing for this situation.

Same here, very happy with Eufy doorbell and cams, plus they have some with solar panels, got the door light cam as well, you can schedule it and control the light color ?????

My Eufy without the home base has worked great.

Feels like I'm the lone warrior here recommending Tapo ?? I have the D235, and it's great. It does cover head to toe, but you need to be strategic with placing it to ensure it covers the toe area you need. I like the ring-to-call feature — instead of just a notification, I get an actual phone call. A doorbell press is important, so I think a call demands immediate attention, unlike a pop-up that you might miss. The lag is mimimal - it was the fastest among the ones i compared (Eufy e340 and Reolink). I did a similar test like you've done - i bought all three and returned the Eufy and Reolink. Reolink seems to have a lot of fans but it performed so poorly compared to the Tapo. It was significantly laggy and the app was bad. Tapo's app is so much more refined and polished. A few reasons I didn't go with Eufy are 1. No 24x7 recording (You'll need it sometimes if you don’t have a dedicated camera in the front) 2. No RTSP support and 3. Eufy has a history of lying about it's encryption. You can read about it online

(UK) I have a Eufy battery powered doorbell cam. My door is on the floor below the main living area of my flat. The building is made of reinforced concrete with rebar and the door has metal eight point locking built into it and the bell never loses a wifi signal. I have the Homebase three and a seperate chime in my kitchen. I always hear the bell and so does the courier, so they know it works. A quick check shows you can turn off the bell sound. Couriers here like to do a teeny tiny knock and then leave. One courier waited four seconds before leaving. It is physically impossible for anyone to get to the door in these flats in four seconds. I have fitted a wire basket of the type used on the backs of electric wheelchairs to my door (this is partially shielded by a downpipe so it doesn't protude where anyone would walk) The Royal Mail deliverer puts parcels into the basket but never rings the bell. The downward facing camera watches the parcel and I have a warning notice that the spot is being recorded in the basket to deter thieves. This set up is working great. I did buy a second battery pack and have snapped off one unlocking key by pulling down on it, but with no lasting damage. I am very happy with Eufy but wish it would work with Smart Things.

I'll also add, if you're on Android, expect the app to be forever buggy, not working correctly, and for them to promise to fix it, only to release another version that won't actually fix anything for you. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oceanwing.battery.cam Check out the critical reviews, many are recent (from the last months and years), it's obvious that the app isn't a priority to them, which makes these increasingly unusable

Don’t waste time on Eufy. It has good quality recording yes, but when you want to a answer a person, the delay its horrible. I just switched to Aqara G410, its very fast and no delay!

Which would rid well, is not expensive, and has end-end encryption.

I don't see why you wouldn't just get the E340. It's the best one they make right now. Ive got two on my house and they are great. I thought I'd hate that they aren't 4K but they look great at 2K. Just get the HB3 now. No reason to buy the older version.

Yep, that's the upgrade I made and my only regret was buying the original one. .... I've now moved to an Eufy E340, the detection is massively superior it never goes off for no reason & while less FoV compared to the Plus the image quality appears better, but I find people ringing the doorbell my Alexa's etc are slower to respond. Overall though I liked my Ring Doorbell Plus and if youre happy in the Ring ecosystem it's a solid purchase and swapping batteries is way more convenient.

My vote is for Eufy as well. Very questionable ownership and business dealings, but the products are good/great.

I have both. Would not bank on facial recognition working consistently.

I'll add one more, I have a Euphy door bell and a three floodlight camera. Both do awesome all winter, and haven't shown any signs of wearing down.

I mean this sounds mostly like a smart doorbell. Like any smart doorbell that works with Apple. Or are you looking for something smaller? I would think any smart doorbell (wired or battery) that works with the secure apple homekit video thing. I bought a Eufy E340 doorbell that can work with secure homekit and i like it so far. I didnt want to lose some of the features by tying it to homekit so i left it separate, so unfortunately i cant tell you how well it works just through apple, as i still use the Eufy app that pushes to my iPhone.

We use to have a nest, and have to say I did like it. But they greedy fookers upped the subscription so we recently changed to Eufy. Good. No subscription and the video is quality is really good. The other half did he due diligence on all this so he picked the Eufy.

I have a Eufy doorbell camera, based on my previous research of Ring alternatives. But you have to scroll quite far to see any mention of them.