ZDNET Highlights
- The Eufy Security E340 normally retails for $150 but is currently on sale.
- This doorbell has two cameras that give you complete visibility of the person at your door and any packages left on your porch, all with no monthly fees.
- Although the doorbell comes with 8GB of built-in local storage (enough for up to 60 days of event recording), you’ll need to add a Eufy Security Homebase to get the most out of it.
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If you are looking for a reliable video doorbell that can help protect your home and packages and provide local storage, let me introduce you to Eufy Security Video Doorbell E340. This doorbell has two cameras: one to give you traditional visibility into who’s at your front door, and the other points downwards to let you know when a package has been delivered.
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The Eufy E340’s two cameras deliver real-time notifications to your mobile device when a person is detected and a package is delivered. This doorbell camera will also send real-time motion notifications to your mobile device. It offers the option to use two-way talk to communicate with whoever is at the door from your mobile phone or automatically respond when the doorbell is rung.
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The camera above the doorbell button records events at 2048 x 1536 resolution, delivering 2K footage that’s clear and gives you a detailed view of whatever’s at the door. The doorbell has two motion-activated lights, one at the top and one at the bottom – where the second camera is – to illuminate the way in the dark, to alert visitors or potential intruders that the camera has been activated, and supports the camera’s color night vision recording.
Aside from package detection, the biggest improvement I’ve noticed after replacing my old Eufy Security Video Doorbell with this dual E340 is night vision recording. The doorbell can accurately determine whether the motion it detects is a person, an animal, a vehicle or just wind, with very few false alerts. For example, when I tested this doorbell, my family and I placed pirate skeletons all over the porch for Halloween, and the doorbell only mistook one for a person a few times.
add homebase 3 and the E340 Dual Doorbell, which can confidently identify who is at the door even by name. It’s powered by the AI technology in HomeBase 3, which allows users to name faces recognized by the camera, so you know when the front door detects “Maria” instead of just “a person.”
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Eufy’s Delivery Guard technology notifies you when packages are delivered and picked up and lets you set zone restrictions to avoid false alerts. You can also set the Eufy Video Doorbell E340 to trigger an alarm – a siren or a voice response – when someone approaches your door with a package, with the option to activate it at a custom time. I also have my own set that alerts me every night about uncollected packages left at the front door and reminds me to get them before I go to sleep.
On the left, both video doorbell cameras show that a package was delivered. Activity history is on the right.
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Doorbell’s local storage means you don’t have to pay cloud storage fees and you can easily access your video recordings. With the addition of the HomeBase 3, you can expand that storage to 16GB and later add an SSD to 16TB if that’s more your speed.
ZDNET’s shopping advice
usually, Eufy Security Video Doorbell E340 Sells for $150. But at the time of this writing, you can get it from Amazon for $130, $20 off.
The Video Doorbell E340 is perfect for those who want a doorbell camera to alert them when visitors arrive and help protect their packages. It features 2K resolution video recording, 8GB of local storage, color night vision with a clear viewing distance of up to 16 feet, and, my personal favorite, no monthly fees.
This doorbell has helped alert us when a package arrives so that we can bring it inside immediately. Most drivers don’t ring the doorbell during deliveries, which we appreciate, considering we have three small children and a feisty dog.
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Now, I get an alert on my phone or smartwatch when “a package was delivered”, which is much better than finding a bulky package when I’m in a hurry to get out of the house. This video doorbell isn’t helpful for my situation, but it is helpful for anyone who lives in a place where porch pirates frequently target, as it can prevent packages from sitting out overnight and strangers from coming near it.
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