Smart floodlight cameras are ideal for monitoring the exterior of your home at night. When the Eufy Floodlight Camera detects motion events, it illuminates your property with bright LEDs and records 1080p footage. And unlike most competitors, it stores the video locally, not in the cloud. However, you can’t control the lights with your voice, and the camera doesn’t work with many third-party platforms.
The Eufy Floodlight Camera uses a white, IP65 weatherproof housing that measures 9.0 x 11.0 x 7.0 inches (HWD). Both the Wyze Cam Floodlight and the Ezviz LC1C Smart Floodlight Camera have the same waterproof rating. Two square LEDs sit on the adjustable arms of the light. The lamps are dimmable, emit 2,500 lumens each, and have a white color temperature of 5,000K. Three cables protrude from the back for power. For comparison, the Arlo Pro 3 Floodlight Camera uses brighter bulbs with 3,000 lumens.
An adjustable arm just below the lamps supports the camera assembly. The housing houses a 1080p camera that provides a 130-degree vertical field of view and uses infrared LEDs for black-and-white night vision. When you activate the floodlights or when there is a sufficient amount of ambient light, the camera switches to night vision in color. The assembly also includes a passive infrared (PIR) motion sensor, a speaker and microphone, and an LED indicator.
The LED flashes white when the camera detects motion or records an event; it glows solid white when in idle but working mode, and flashes red rapidly when an alarm is triggered. A 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi radio for connecting to your home network and a 100 dB siren complete the components of the assembly. When the flood camera detects motion, it records video and sends a push alarm. It even uses pre-buffer technology to capture the three seconds of activity before the event.
It has 4GB of eMMC memory and can store up to 14 days of video. The Eufy Floodlight Camera works with Alexa and Google Assistant voice commands and routines, and you can stream video to an Amazon Echo Show or Google Hub device. However, it doesn’t support Apple’s HomeKit platform or IFTTT integrations, doesn’t integrate with other Eufy devices, and you can’t control the floodlights with your voice like you can with the Google Nest Cam With Floodlight.