When it comes to the build quality and design, the difference between both cameras is negligible, or perhaps inexistent. Both cameras feel pretty solid in hand. When you try to apply pressure, whether diagonally or horizontally, they will neither creak nor loosen. For this reason, the weatherproof ability of both cameras will function throughout every season.

The solar panels charge the built-in battery while sunlight is available. If the camera's current operation uses more power than the solar panel can provide, the battery level will reduce.Again, the spotlight function of both cameras offers optimum illumination. It also allows you to tweak this function quality from high to medium and low. You can always leave it to medium or high and you’ll always get pretty crisp night videos.

The current operation of the camera is consuming power beyond what is normal. In this situation, you may need to adjust the configuration to reduce false triggers and excessive recording events. Try the following: There is a bit of a difference in the top view. The eufyCam 3 houses a pretty sizable solar panel. This panel is absent in the eufyCam 3C. Still, remember you can use an external solar panel for it. But you will need to use a USB-C cable to actualize this. Below both devices, you’ll find a functional loudspeaker. This is what enables you communicate with anyone at your door. The eufyCam 3 and eufyCam 3C with the HomeBase 3 Sample video: This daylight video sample is good enough quality to make plain the weeds have beaten the grass and the lawn needs attention.

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Finally, the eufyCam 3 and eufyCam 3C can record with a frame speed of 15FPS, which is more than enough to capture sufficient details. Furthermore, you can zoom in up to 8x with the zoom feature on either device. Comparison of the battery life Expandable Local Storage: With eufyCam 3C, you're in control of your own data with advanced encryption. Start with 16GB of inbuilt storage, and if that’s not enough, install a hard drive (not included) to expand to up to 16TB of storage, all for no monthly fee. Advisably, be sure to angle either camera’s body to about 7° down. With this, you can get a wide view. Even better, this positioning gives the body a gentle slope that allows water and snow to slide off without any hassle.

So, if you position the cameras where they can receive enough sunlight, they will almost always maintain a 100% battery life both day and night. It doesn’t matter if you use it with the 4k video setting or you set the spotlight to the highest brightness or you keep every setting running at maximum. Notice Every Small Detail in 4K: See crisp 4K images so powerful, you can see license plates up to 10m away. The solar panels are not charging the device enough. One possibility is that the position of the camera is not allowing enough access to direct sunlight. In this case, adjust the position or location. It may also be that the weather is not ideal for solar charging. In this case, there is no need to worry. When the weather becomes sunny, normal charging will resume.See Colour at Night: The built-in starlight sensor and F/1.4 aperture let in all available light to show you true colour. On top of that, there is the power manager. This is the feature that lets you change the lengths of your video footage. Longer clips tend to drain a battery. As such, to avoid this, you may have to reduce the lengths and this is where the power manager comes in handy. There is also the activity zone setting. When you enable this feature, you will only capture motion limited to particular areas. This is particularly great if you have to deal with a number of false triggers like dancing tree branches. Thanks to the AI processing mentioned earlier, you can further toggle the motion detection feature.

The eufyCam 3 and eufyCam 3C feature AI motion detection, allowing you to enjoy a wide range of sensitivity. You can tweak this sensitivity to your preference. However, if you’re not sure of what to do, you can leave this at the default setting. That works satisfactorily.The app is also very easy to navigate and contains a good range of features. We liked the ‘anti-theft protection’ which will encourage your camera to be suspicious if the view changes from the position you have chosen to mount it at. We have to admit that, during our testing, the facial recognition didn’t seem to work, though the pet detection certainly did (‘pet’ seems to include foxes).