A floodlight camera is the one upgrade that changes a dark driveway twice: it records who walked up, and it throws 2,000 to 3,000 lumens of light on them while it does. Replace the motion light that is already wired above the garage and the camera gets permanent power, continuous recording and a deterrent that a battery camera on the fence cannot match.
We ranked the floodlight cameras in our camera catalog by light output, video resolution and night colour, where the footage is stored and whether that needs a monthly plan, how the camera is powered, and what owners report after a season outdoors. We have not wired every one of these to our own house; the verdicts rest on spec sheets and owner review history. Prices are not printed because they change daily; every button opens the live Amazon page. For cameras without a light, start with our outdoor security cameras guide.
How we picked
- Real light output. 800 lumens for a porch, 2,000 to 3,000 for a driveway or a yard. We list the figure for each.
- 2K or better with colour at night, because a floodlight camera is often the one that has to read a face at the car.
- Storage without a plan. Local recording on a card, a hub or continuous recording where the camera is wired.
- Power that matches the spot. Hardwired to a junction box for most; solar for places with no wiring.
- Owner ratings of 4.2 stars or better with hundreds to thousands of reviews, complaints included.
The picks
eufy Security Floodlight Camera E340, Dual-Lens, 360 Coverage, 8X Zoom, 2,000 Lumens
The E340 is the floodlight camera that does the job of two cameras. A 3K wide lens watches the whole yard while a 2K telephoto lens zooms up to 8x to read a face or a plate at 50 feet, and the head pans a full 360 degrees and tracks whoever triggered it. The 2,000-lumen light is adjustable and can stay on dimly as porch lighting, the 95dB siren is loud, and because it is hardwired it records 24/7 to a microSD card or a eufy HomeBase with no subscription anywhere. The price is the main complaint in the reviews, along with the size of the unit. Owners rate it 4.3 stars across 2,300 reviews, and most of the five-star ones mention replacing a Ring or Arlo and dropping the monthly plan.
- Two lenses: a 3K wide view and a 2K telephoto that reads detail at 50 ft
- Pans a full 360 degrees and tracks people and cars automatically
- Continuous 24/7 recording to a card or hub with no monthly fee
- 95dB siren and a light that doubles as porch lighting
- Needs a junction box and a wiring job
- Costs about twice the Wyze
- Big unit; looks industrial on a small porch
WYZE Floodlight Camera v2, 2K HD Outdoor Security Camera with 2800 Lumens
The Wyze Floodlight Camera v2 is the cheapest way to put a 2K camera and 2,800 lumens on a junction box. The 160-degree lens covers a two-car driveway, a 270-degree PIR sensor turns the lights on before the camera sees you, and a microSD card records continuously for up to a month with no plan. What you give up is the clever stuff: person and package detection sit behind the Cam Plus subscription, Wi-Fi is 2.4GHz only, and the camera does not move. For a plain “light it up and record it” install it is the one most people should buy; nearly 3,000 owners rate it 4.2 stars.
- 2,800 lumens and 2K for the price of a plain motion light
- Continuous 24/7 local recording on a microSD card
- Wide 160-degree lens plus a 270-degree motion sensor
- Nearly 3,000 owners at 4.2 stars
- 2.4GHz Wi-Fi only
- AI person detection needs the Cam Plus plan
- Fixed camera, no pan or zoom
WYZE Floodlight Camera Pro, 2.5K HD Outdoor Security Camera, 3000-Lumen LEDs, 180-degree View
The Floodlight Pro is the Wyze to buy for a corner mount: its 180-degree panoramic lens covers two sides of a house at once, and three adjustable LED panels put out 3,000 lumens, the most on this page. Unlike the v2 it has on-device AI, so you can set the lights to trigger only for people or vehicles and it plays a “you are being recorded” warning backed by a 105dB siren. Owners rate it 4.2 stars; the trade-off is the fish-eye stretch at the edges of such a wide lens, which is the price of seeing everything.
- 180-degree view sees the whole front of a house from one corner
- 3,000 lumens, the brightest here
- On-device AI picks which motion turns the lights on
- Voice alert and siren for deterrence
- 180-degree lenses distort at the edges
- More expensive than the v2 for a fixed camera
- Wyze app nudges toward the subscription
Google Nest Cam with Floodlight - Outdoor Camera, Floodlight Security Camera, White
The Nest Cam with Floodlight is the one to buy if the house already runs on Google Home. Setup and alerts are the best in class, the on-device AI tells people from cars from animals without a plan, three hours of event clips are free, and a battery inside the camera keeps it recording through a power cut. The limits are a 1080p sensor, the lowest resolution on this page, and no local storage, so continuous recording and a 30-day history need Nest Aware. Owners rate it 4.4 stars, the highest here, which says a lot about how it feels to use even with those limits.
- The cleanest app and the best smart alerts of any floodlight camera
- On-device detection with three hours of event history free
- Works natively with Google Home, Nest Hub and Assistant
- Battery backup keeps recording through a power cut
- 1080p only, the lowest resolution here
- No local storage: 24/7 and long history need Nest Aware
- Premium price
eufy Security Floodlight Camera E30, 2K, AI Detection and Tracking, 360 Patrol, 2,000 Lumens
The E30 is the E340’s little brother: the same 2,000-lumen light, 360-degree pan with auto-tracking and hardwired 24/7 local recording, with a single 2K lens instead of the dual 3K-plus-telephoto setup, at a much lower price. A built-in power amplifier gives it about half again the Wi-Fi range of a typical camera, which matters on a detached garage. It can patrol on a schedule, sweeping the yard, which owners either love or turn off. At 4.4 stars it is the best-rated eufy on this page; buy it when you want a moving floodlight camera without paying for the E340’s zoom.
- 360-degree pan with automatic patrols and tracking
- Hardwired 24/7 recording with no monthly fee
- Boosted Wi-Fi reaches a detached garage
- 4.4 stars from owners
- Single 2K lens, no telephoto like the E340
- Patrol mode wears on the motor if left on all night
- Fewer reviews than the E340
Tapo 2K Outdoor Pan/Tilt Wireless Floodlight Security Camera, Solar Panel, C615F KIT
The C615F is the floodlight camera for the spot with no junction box: a 2K pan-tilt camera with an 800-lumen light, a 10,000mAh battery and a solar panel in the kit, mounted anywhere a screw will go. It tracks motion across 360 degrees, detects people and vehicles without a plan, and records to a card or a Tapo hub. Be realistic about the light: 800 lumens is a bright porch light, not the 2,000 to 3,000 of the wired picks, and as a battery camera it records events rather than a continuous stream. Owners rate it 4.4 stars, and at its price it is the easiest floodlight camera on this page to install.
- No wiring at all: battery, solar panel and floodlight in one kit
- Pans and tilts 360 degrees and tracks motion
- Subscription-free person and vehicle detection
- 4.4 stars, named a best budget floodlight camera by reviewers
- 800 lumens: a porch or path light, not a driveway flood
- Battery camera, so motion clips rather than continuous recording
- 2.4GHz only
ieGeek Floodlight Camera Outdoor, 2K Wired Security Camera, 2600 Lumens, Color Night Vision, Siren, 2-Way Audio
The ieGeek is the floodlight camera to buy when the budget stops at the price of a good motion light. It still delivers 2K video with colour night vision to 82 feet, 2,600 lumens, a 110dB siren and two-way audio, all hardwired with local recording to a card. The compromises are the ones you would expect: a simpler app, no person detection, 2.4GHz Wi-Fi only. Over 2,000 owners rate it 4.2 stars; the critical reviews mostly want a better app, not a better camera.
- 2,600 lumens and 2K colour night video at the lowest price here
- Rotatable base aims light and camera separately
- Loud siren and two-way talk
- Over 2,000 owners at 4.2 stars
- App and firmware are a step below Wyze and eufy
- 2.4GHz only
- Fixed lens, no AI person detection
Compare the picks
| Product | Video | Lumens | Power | Local storage | Owner rating | Our score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| eufy Floodlight E340eufy Security | 3K + 2K dual, 360 pan | 2,000 | Wired | microSD / HomeBase, 24/7 | 4.3 (2,300+) | 8.6 | See price |
| Wyze Floodlight v2WYZE | 2K, 160 degrees | 2,800 | Wired | microSD, 24/7 | 4.2 (2,900+) | 8.4 | See price |
| Wyze Floodlight ProWYZE | 2.5K, 180 degrees | 3,000 | Wired | microSD | 4.2 (1,900+) | 8.4 | See price |
| Google Nest Cam FloodlightGoogle | 1080p HDR | 2,400 | Wired + battery backup | Cloud only | 4.4 (1,800+) | 8.8 | See price |
| eufy Floodlight E30eufy Security | 2K, 360 pan | 2,000 | Wired | Local, 24/7 | 4.4 (990+) | 8.8 | See price |
| Tapo C615F solarTapo | 2K, 360 pan | 800 | Battery + solar | microSD / hub | 4.4 (540+) | 8.8 | See price |
| ieGeek 2K floodlightieGeek | 2K, 130 degrees | 2,600 | Wired | microSD | 4.2 (2,000+) | 8.4 | See price |
How many lumens does a floodlight camera need?
A porch or a path is lit well by 800 to 1,200 lumens (the Tapo C615F). A one or two-car driveway wants 2,000 or more, which is where the eufy and Wyze models sit, and a wide yard or a corner mount benefits from the Wyze Pro’s 3,000 lumens across three panels. More lumens is not always better: a 3,000-lumen light aimed at the street annoys neighbours and washes out the camera’s own image with glare, so look for adjustable heads and a dimming setting, which all the wired picks here have. The light also matters for the video: the floodlight gives the camera full colour at night, so even a 2K sensor shows a jacket colour that an infrared-only camera would record in grey.
Wired or solar floodlight camera?
Wired (eufy E340 and E30, both Wyze models, Nest, ieGeek) means mounting on an existing exterior junction box, usually where a motion light already hangs. You get permanent power, bright light and continuous recording, at the cost of turning off the breaker and connecting three wires; most owners manage it in half an hour, and an electrician charges about an hour’s labour. Solar (Tapo C615F) screws anywhere and needs no electrician, but the light is dimmer, the camera sleeps between events, and it needs a few hours of sun. If there is a box, go wired. If there is not, the Tapo is a genuinely good camera that happens to have a light, and our solar security cameras guide covers the wire-free field in full.
Storage and subscriptions
Five of the seven record locally with no plan: the eufy models to a microSD card or HomeBase, the Wyze models and the ieGeek to a microSD card. The Google Nest Cam is the exception: it keeps three hours of events free and needs Nest Aware for history and 24/7 recording. Wyze offers Cam Plus for AI detection and cloud clips, but the v2 records continuously to its card without it. If avoiding fees is the goal, our security cameras without a subscription guide lists every no-fee option; for sharper detail at distance, see the 4K security cameras picks.
Can I replace my existing motion-sensor light with a floodlight camera?
Yes. Every wired pick here mounts on a standard exterior junction box and uses the same three wires (line, neutral, ground). Turn off the breaker, swap the fixture, connect the wires and the camera gets permanent power. If the old light is on a switch, leave the switch on so the camera stays powered.
Do floodlight cameras record 24/7?
The wired eufy E340 and E30 and the Wyze v2 record continuously to a microSD card or hub. The Nest Cam records 24/7 only with a Nest Aware plan. The solar Tapo C615F records motion events, like every battery camera.
Which floodlight camera has no subscription?
The eufy E340 and E30, the Wyze Floodlight v2 and Pro, the Tapo C615F and the ieGeek all record locally with no monthly plan. Wyze and Tapo sell optional cloud plans; eufy does not need one at all.
Do I need Wi-Fi at the driveway for a floodlight camera?
Yes, every pick here is a Wi-Fi camera. Most need a usable 2.4GHz signal at the mounting spot; the eufy E340 also uses 5GHz Wi-Fi 6, and the eufy E30 has a boosted radio for detached garages. Test the signal with a phone at the spot before mounting.
Will a floodlight camera scare off burglars?
Bright motion-activated light plus a visible camera is the combination insurers and police recommend. The Wyze Pro and eufy E340 add a siren and a voice warning, which owners report works on both intruders and raccoons.
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