eufy Security HomeBase S380 (HomeBase 3),eufy Edge Security Center, Local Expandable Storage up to 16TB, eufy Security Product Compatibility, Advanced Encryption,2.4 GHz Wi-Fi, No Monthly Fee

It's a little quirky, but it works and is reliable. You have to connect it to your router with a ethernet cable (although I heard that new updates allow you to just connect to WiFi--not sure). It doubles as a chime if you have the Eufy S340 doorbell, which I do. I connects beautifully and delivers fast video from my Eufy floodlight. You can upgrade the storage with a 2.5 hard drive, which I did. It's small device and that's a good thing. App is good and functional. I call it quirky because it does several things at once, and I don't mean that as a pejorative. The chime, the storage, the hub for all of your Eufy cameras. Plus it has some AI features as well that center on identifying familiar faces. They call it a home base because I'm not sure if they have a single name to describe its functionality. I give it 5 stars because local storage is hard to come by in a subscription-based, cloud storage world. In fact, I bought Eufy products for that very reason. I use the cloud, but I'm tired of it. I want hardware. I want storage I can hold. You barely get local storage on your phones or computers anymore. I'm glad to see something where you can toss few TBs in the case and call it a day.

I now have 15 EUFY cameras in my setup; 3x SoloCam S3 PTZ and 12x S220 cameras. I'm not sure how many cameras I can attach before this whole setup falls over in a heap, but so far so good. I have no problems archiving footage from every camera individually, it's easy enough, but I did want to see if I would prefer to access/archive every single clip from a central point. I can certainly do that with the HomeBase S380. I installed a spare 160GB HDD I had lying a around and it easily recognised it. If I need any more storage I have a 500GB and it can go up to something like 16TB. Not likely to need that much space, but it's nice to know. It's all working really well right now, setup is super easy and quick, access is easy, archiving is easy, I can attach a thumb drive to the back of the Homebase to batch-archive every single clip from Day One. That's all I need. It sits there and does its job. Works for me. I've had great luck with EUFY products and if this is what you've been looking for, I can positively recommend it.

I should note, that I am only a week into usage after my purchase and setup/install of the cameras and Homebase. If anything collapses and my cameras assist Skynet in the takeover on August 29, 2025, then I'll update later. I ordered the S380 Homebase to accompany three Eufy S340 Solocams. Then I ordered a Samsung 870EVO 1TB SSD. Hooking up the Homebase was a simple as a) installing the app on my iPhone 15Pro Max. b) plugging the ether-net cord into my router and then into the Homebase c) plugging the Homebase into a power source and d) following the instructions in the app to gain access to the Homebase and the cameras (pushing the sync button, scanning the QR codes on the base and cameras). I cannot vouch for anyone else's experience, as I have only mine, but the walk-through on the app was straightforward and worked easily. I had no issue getting the Homebase to recognize my router and then getting the Homebase to recognize the cameras. Even after I accidentally turned off the power to it, it was nothing more than ensuring that it was plugged back in. Less than two minutes later, all cameras were communicating with the Homebase again and I could run through the menus and playbacks without a problem. Installing the extra storage drive - on the face of it - was super easy. Just unplug the base, attach the drive and slide it back into the base. The Homebase recognized my SSD right away (Use the app to check the status and whether or not it 'sees' it), and all I had to do after that was format it. Boom, I have enough storage I won't have to worry about it for an extended period. Again, I cannot speak to anyone else's issues, but my set up and experience so far has been seamless. I do wonder if firmware updates have resolved some of the issues other folks experienced. So far so good and I have no complaints at the moment. I do believe that having your router centrally located in your home will help with connectivity. Also, I noted that by simply moving the Homebase out from BEHIND a TV and instead to the left of it and thus closer to two cameras, connectivity improved immediately for one camera. Knock on wood, ALL three cameras are solidly connected. This system was a relatively easy choice for me. I had two people I trust recommend it. It was on par with or a little less than other brands with similar capabilities and features (Nest, Ring, Arlo). There is no subscription fee and with the ability to dramatically upgrade storage, you likely will never need cloud storage if you're just using it for home security (I would say a business might have different needs). Not having to pay a subscription fee will (albeit slowly) offset the cost of the system and SSD I purchased.

I think this is a great add on for my Eufy floodlight camera for saving my videos. With just a 2TB drive and lots of recordings during the day I still had plenty of storage space. The videos pull up pretty quickly and run very smoothly from the home base. I do not notice any lag or degradation of video quality with it either which is very impressive. I will say that the facial recognition is more of a gimmick than a real thing. Most the time it just calls me human instead of recognizing me showing my picture. You have to be pretty close to the floodlight for it to notice me or my wife. It does recognize my dogs as pets which is impressive. Maybe other Eufy cameras work better for this. All in all I am very happy with it. I will also say that the ease of use for the homebase is also very good. We will see how it holds up. On a side note the only thing I would not recommend is using a Crucial BX500 2TB drive for storage. The drive died in just over 20 days with very minimal use. I could understand if it was being written over and over again but it was not even 20GB written of the 2TB. The drive was pretty warm coming out of the homebase so maybe heat killed it. I am replacing it with a Samsung 870 SSD to see how that goes.

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Great upgrade from the older model. Connected to all cameras & doorbell with no issues. Expandable storage is great option.

Excelente producto facil de instalar y muy útil

Arrived safely and packaged well. Operates as advertised. Happy so far.

Funciona con la red 2.4 Ghz, considera cambiar la red de tu celular si estas usando el 5G a 2.4 cuando estés configurando este aparato. El disco duro de 16gb ya viene listo para grabar. como comente en mi reseña de la camara E30, Alexa deja algo que desear, por lo que no puedo ver la imagen de la camara en la EcoShow , y el otro 50% se lo doy a la skill de Eufy. De momento solo me limito a ver los eventos grabados desde el celular, no utilizo el LiveView ya que la camara puede consumir mucha energía y es de batería. Tuve un detalle cuando llego el paquete porque la conexión eléctrica venia con adaptador europeo, pero el proveedor me mando un kit de conversion.