eufy Security HomeBase S380(HomeBase 3),eufy Edge Security Center, Local Expandable Storage up to 16TB, eufy Security Product Compatibility, Advanced Encryption, No Monthly Fee (Renewed)

As a tech enthusiast, having tried Blink, Arlo, Lorex and even Tuya camera systems, I wanted to try the S380Home base 3 as many fellow tech bloggers had something noteworthy to mention about it.The home base 3 is cute and has a sturdy build.I got the S380 Home base3 with s220 video doorbell. Adding homebase to app was a breeze. Pairing the video door bell to home base was just a few clicks and flawless.Recorded video’s were of very high quality. Unlike many others who provide local storage, Eufy home base3 stored video’s can be remotely viewed without buffering or loading delays which I thought was amazing.The homebase 3 works with Ethernet (recommended) but once paired, if Ethernet connection fails, device will automatically switch to WIFI!What is even more amazing is Eufy Homebase 3’s Ai functionality. It’s truly Ai! Its human identification is near perfect and am yet to find a wrong identification. What is even more remarkable is that it has a built in Ai learning algorithms and it keeps asking the user to verify if it detected the humans correctly thereby fine tuning its Ai capability.The app also has built in video search history based on identified persons which is a very helpful feature. For example, if i want to know how many times ‘xyc’ was detected to my camera, the app will provide a detailed history with related videos. Very important feature.I would have liked if eufy human detection could trigger an push notification or an action to Alexa or google if a known (identfied) person of choice or family member is detected. This is not difficult for eufy engineers to achieve considering the advanced Ai detection that is already incorporated to home base3. Its just that this kind of notifications or automatic responses can be activated, the advantage will be un measurable!!Eufy cameras responds to Amazon Alexa and Google home commands very well. Response time to load a video is also good.However, an important feature, motion alerts on Amazon Alexa and google home is not working. Alexa app shows a tab for motion alerts but it seems eufy servers don't push these alerts to amazon and google. This is a major flaw on eufy’s part which I hope they will correct very soon.The upgrade to additional storage was very easy and a breeze to format and get the ssd to start recording.Overall, it’s a very good product although a little costly but still a worthwhile long term investment.I am planning on getting down the eufy e340 wired flood light camera which allows 24x7 recording of which I will write a separate review once done.I will continue to update this review with new developments.

I replaced a Ring video doorbell that was on a new property with a Eufy HomeBase S380 and Eufy dual camera video doorbell for 4 reasons: Consistency with my other doorbells, the Ring didn't have local storage, the Ring required a pay-for service to be able to record and re-play history, and because I couldn't get the microphone on the Ring doorbell to function after re-installation and multiple.I installed the newest HomeBase S380 units at one property 2 weeks ago and the previous generation HomeBase at another property over 1 year ago. In both cases I am using Eufy dual camera video doorbells. My high praise is for the combination of these units in serving my needs when I'm home and away. I like the ability to drop-in to monitor activity anytime and to receive rapid notification of doorbell ringing, package delivery, and other motion/activities taking place.Given the face recognition of these devices, my hope is that it will one day be possible to search historical video to find all instances of where a particular person was recorded.

I have deployed over 50 cameras to my clients.Solar and Pro cams.The product is great.Support is spotty. I have had some good experiences and some bad.The phone app is not pleasent to use.Too many ads and pop up banners.I hope they build out their web portal to be me more integrated with the settings of the devices. Being required to use an app on a phone for nearly everything is not efficient from a technical stand point.The home base works well but has very limited wireless capabilities.Overall, great product, worth the money. Expect to experience some annoyances.

I have been extremely happy with my Eufy devices, including the home base. I have two cameras connected to it over a solar wireless repeater; it just works. The automation is also excellent.

I bought this unit to have 5 cameras recording to it. Then I bought a 1tb hard drive based on the spec advertised by Eufy. I placed the hard-drive and formatted it via the Eufy applications. However all my recording remained at the internal storage and none went to the Hard Drive. After 2 days of use, the hard-drive status is showing 100% available. None of the Camera revordings went through it.If you search the web, you see lot of people have run into the same issue. Unacceptable!After several emails back and forth with Eufy tech support, they told me to return the unit for refund. They also said they don't have a replacement unit as they do not have any left in their stock. To buy a brand new homebase 3 and to take the time to synch up 5 cameras is major effort. It was a waits of time.Add insult to injury, if I replace it with another unit, then I have to go through the camera synch up. Their method is not a software synch. One has to actually climb a ladder to push a sync button on each camera to get the camera to synch up with a new homwbase 3. It was a big mistake buying this product.Eufy need to fix this.

I was able to upgrade my doorbell system with the newer Homebase. So far, it works great. It appears to be able to work further away from the door bells than the old homebase.