Review: Eufycam S3 Pro turns into night to the day

The best smart home security cameras offer two things: charging solar energy and a colorful night vision. Video 4K is a nice addition, but in most cases, 2K will do this task. My direct experience in dealing with night shots on a security camera (providing night footage for a police officer after I was a victim of theft) showing that the color in low -light shots is especially useful to determine the colors of vehicles or clothes.

Therefore, a camera like Eufycam S3 Pro is realized in each box. Visit the charger every two months is not necessary (something required by Google Nest cameras), thanks to the integrated solar panels. There is a new and improved colorful night vision, called Maxcolor by Eofy, and 4K as Cherry at the top. But with more than $ 500 for two cameras and a basic station, is the S3 Pro worth its price?

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EUFYCAM S3 Pro

8.5
/ 10

accuracy

3840 x 2160 (4K)

Communication

2.4 GHz Wi-Fi

Night vision

Night vision maxcolor

Power source

Shipping battery, solar powered

Eufycam S3 Pro is one of the most important security cameras that you have ever used, as it combines an already useful group of artificial intelligence features with a night vision wonderful colors and a sharp 4K flow. More importantly, you can use all these features without a monthly subscription. (Some require the base of the house, though). These cameras are an expensive solution, but they are a strong one.

Pros and negatives

• Knowing the consistent face
• No monthly fees
• Night vision is rich in details

• beloved
• Some features require home base

$ 550 in Amazon $ 550 in Eofy

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Price, availability and specifications

Eofycam S3 Pro requires HomeBase Eufy to work, and the smallest set is a single -base camera package at a cost of $ 550. The three and four to $ 700 and $ 800, respectively, jumps, and the last package option includes 1 TB. Additional cameras are available for $ 220.

One of the easiest places to shop on the S3 Pro is the Eufy’s Us, but the other main retailers, including Amazon and Best Buy, also have the camera in inventory.

What is good in Eufycam S3 Pro?

AI features useful and excellent night vision

The Eufycam S3 Pro test collection included two cameras, two (and the necessary devices), and the HomeBase S380. The installation is painless and moderate for any other solar -powered camera; Cameras and base are associated with my application after pressing the button and wiping the fast response code.

The choice of the installation site may add more time to installation, depending on knowing the best sites for direct sunlight. If these stains contradict the installation of cameras, there may not be enough to be exposed to solar energy to charge the batteries (in this case, you should pull the cameras down and charge them via the cable).

The site you chose for the S3 Pro received about three to four hours of direct sunlight, and four to five indirect sunlight, every day. I did not charge the device completely before the installation, so the camera rose with a 80 % battery, and the painting did not face any problem charging it to a full tank in the most sunny days, and about 95 to 97 % on those clouds. In my experience with the S3 Pro, using it on moderate notification and recording settings, the device is used somewhere between 7 and 15 % of the battery reserves per day.

Before S3 Pro, it was the last 4K security camera that is impressive to Redink Argus 4 Pro. Although it is the neck and neck with the ARGUS 4 Pro in terms of 4K performance and comprehensive video quality, some details drive the S3 Pro to tight progress. For one of them, the integrated S3 Pro solar panels work better for my settings from the separate plate that Argus 4 Pro uses. There are likely to be conditions in which independent solar panels are more useful – if you need a camera in an unjust area, but you have a sunny spot nearby, the Argus 4 Pro may work better for this design.

It is easy to navigate the Eufy’s Companion application from re -navigator, also, with more accurate and more embodiment lists and functions. None of them is close to the Arlo Security Companion app, but there was no little frustration in my years using the EFY app.

The daytime shots on this 4K camera are beautiful and sharp. On the S3 Pro on my garage, people usually do not come within about 10 to 15 feet from the camera, but it still constantly gets to know the well -known faces. Her long -distance performance is equally with Argus 4 Pro’s.

The best feature of this camera is its night vision, thanks to what Eufy Maxcolor calls, which describes the F/1.0 opening of the camera, the CMOS 1/1.8 -inch sensor, and the process of digital image AI. Eofycam S3 Pro provides four different modes for the night: standard, day -likened, lights, and infrared.

Today’s similar image, although it is somewhat likable, is excellent to capture more space, light, and color, even in low light conditions. An infrared night vision looks like infrared night vision. The Spotlight mode remains sharp, but only sheds light on a portion of the frame. The standard situation is what I finally left behind, although it was a happy way between the width of my corridor in full light in the middle of the night and the loss of details for the grains.

Eofy puts Amnesty International to work in S3 Pro. Its night vision is strengthened, for one, by enhancing the Acting Digital colors, the discovery of Amnesty International in EUFY faces, distinguished between strangers, population or well -known visitors, and reduces the wrong warnings. As a security camera test, cameras were seen listed by snow chips, bugs, and alleged tree branches, reducing the wrong warning is particularly impressive.

One of the AI ​​features of Eufy will be especially useful for people who have larger homes, swimming pools, external buildings, or other spaces on their property where another camera can be needed. If you use multiple S3 positives, a person walking in your corridor, through your backyard fence, and towards your shed, EUFY can prove all the manifestations of this person across every S3 Pro in the system to create a coherent video clip after a person’s movement.

What is bad in Eufycam S3 Pro?

There is no shortage of more options at reasonable prices

You can get what you pay for the perfect saying. Usually, high prices indicate a greater total value in the product. This is what we hope, however, but this is not always the case, badly in technology.

However, Eufycam S3 Pro is not conclusive in this regard. This camera justifies its price, but this price is to suspend all itself. Some people need everything that S3 Pro-wonderful night vision, identify the face-backed of artificial intelligence and sewing scraps, and the home base that can add terabyte and Terrabayte from local storage-but others may not need more than a low safety camera and high quality.

Eofy has some competitors in this medium term. Wyze, Switchbot, Reolink and ARLO are all options for wonderful safety cameras less than $ 200.

The price is aside, there is nothing mainly to complain with the S3 Pro. Facial recognition is fixed, and the solar plate maintains battery levels as expected, and the application is easy to use.

Should you buy it?

It is easy to recommend

Most users will not want anything with EUFYCAM S3 Pro, unless there are some advanced features in your wishlist, such as FTP transfer and movement follow -up. I usually doubt that the AI’s AI features will be a trick attached to the mark distinction, but Eufycam S3 Pro is a rare example as these features are really worthy of attention. This, in addition to the uninstitute of trouble, a home base with a local expandable storage, a wonderful night vision, and the lack of monthly fees, puts the latest EUFY camera at the top of my consumer monitoring location.

On the other hand, you can spend much lower than this and get a lower accurate safety camera, such as Switchbot Outdoor Stenight Cam 2K.

If the money is not any object, I recommend the EFYCAM S3 Pro package for the two to anyone on the market for home security, especially if you are in a larger house and need to enhance the setting. Although multiple camera systems may be exaggerated in smaller homes, the new MAXCOLOR night vision of Eufy is not overpowered.

Employee selection

EUFYCAM S3 Pro

8.5
/ 10

accuracy

3840 x 2160 (4K)

Communication

2.4 GHz Wi-Fi

Night vision

Night vision maxcolor

Power source

Shipping battery, solar powered

The night vision of Eufycam S3 Pro is the jewel of the crown, but there is a lot to enjoy it with these cameras, including a developmental system, and no monthly subscription requirements, and useful tracking features operating on behalf.

$ 550 in Amazon $ 550 in Eofy

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