Eufy’s new floodlight cam will watch over your backyard in HD for $150

Eufy’s new Floodlight Camera E30 attaches a 2K camera that can tilt and pan 360 degrees to a pair of 2,000-lumen LED floodlights and throws in local video capture without subscription fees. Although Eufy, the smart home brand of Anker, sells similar products with batteries and solar panels offering more flexibility on where they can be mounted, most homes already have a floodlight. That makes the hardwired E30 an easy replacement that is available now through the company’s website and Amazon for $149.99,

There are alternatives we currently recommend in our floodlight camera buyer’s guide, but for $150, the Eufy E30 offers several premium features without requiring ongoing fees to actually use them.

Being hardwired also means the E30, which has an IP65 dust and water resistance rating, can record all day and night no matter the weather. It accepts microSD cards up to 128GB in size, which Eufy says is large enough to store up to 144 hours, or six days, of video at the highest resolution. The E30 can also be wirelessly connected to Eufy’s $149.99 HomeBase S380, which can expand that storage to up to 16TB if you splurge on a larger hard drive.

In addition to rotating a full 360 degrees, the E30’s camera has a vertical tilt range of 70 degrees. Using “AI-powered detection,” the camera can recognize vehicles and humans and automatically track their movements. Eufy says the E30 can also “track moving objects outside the camera’s current field of view” using motion sensors and then automatically pan the camera over to ensure they’re recorded.

Through the Eufy app, you can define detection zones that automatically trigger the floodlight and a 105db alarm. During the day, you can also take a quieter approach and use the E30’s two-way communication capabilities to converse with unexpected visitors through the mobile app.

After serious security and privacy incidents in 2022, Eufy enlisted cybersecurity expert Ralph Echemendia to “audit and enhance its proactive security governance, operations, and reactive security response.” The company also published an updated privacy commitment statement on its website, outlining its responsible data practices.