eufy HomeBase Professional S1

Love the Tech ,running both hb3 & hb pro s1 is working for me both are Amazing ,thank you eufy for another great item at a great price
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We live in a remote area with no police patrols (which is pretty standard in any area of the UK these days) and unreliable, overhead wired electricity - which has cut out 5 times over the last 2 years! The 24 hr backup battery in the Homebase Pro S1 is must have. We currently fun 6 cameras around our property, which does not benefit from council street lighting. Our security system is a necessity for monitoring what is happening around us in the dead of the night. I can't say Eufy doesn't have issues every now and then - cameras randomly going offline for half an hour, buffing crashes every so often - but for the price and the non subscription aspect, it's the best we've found!

All my videos , open slower like when I had homebase 3 , S1 need improvement regarding access to motion clips and all devices connected to it , Don get me wrong it's great peace of equipment and with upcoming AI module definitely will be worth to buy 👍

So let me start off by saying the my old Eufy Homebase 3 was very frustrating to use, constant drop outs.

I was very cautious about getting this Homebase Pro S1 especially at the price, but I have to say it has impressed me so far, the connection issues have nearly gone, with the exception of one of my internal cameras which is due to poor WiFi in that room and the equipment being old.

Previously I would have to restart the app constantly to get the cameras to connect, now they connect within seconds.

Transferring from my Homebase 3 to the Pro S1 was seamless(it did take two tries) but it is very straight forward.
I have put a 4TB WD RED Hardrive within it, which was easy to install.

So to my surprise it also comes with a preload sim card within it, which has 400MB of data which can be used when you WiFi goes down, this is an ongoing cost if you need it, but it is very much a pay as you go top up model that can be cancelled any time.

So this has been a pleasant surprise, would I say paying £600 is worth it, it depends on your needs, but you do have to factor in that this is packed with features, it has POE as well, and the ability that it will have the the option to add a LLM to it.

I had a few few teething issues setting it up, but these have been ironed out. I had the homebase three and this is a big improvement when accessing life videos the response time is brilliant.. is downside that it doesn’t currently have Wi-Fi, but I have a strong wide connection. I’ve not experienced any disconnections and it is serving several cameras a doorbell and the alarm sensors.

I’m sure with a few more firmware updates this will be a great device.

You have to manually set up, re-sync, and reconnect every single feature from scratch. There is simply no easy migration process like there was between HomeBase 2 and 3. Also, the fact that the hard drive slot is limited to 3.5 inches is just plain silly. As thee are macanical and your advised to usSSHD shower they do fit in 2.5 but wobble if moved ( okay if not moved) My least favorite thing, however, is that the Wi-Fi or wireless signal to cameras signal isn't as strong as the older HomeBase models. That is a real shame because some of my cameras keep dropping off and reconnecting now, whereas they used to be perfectly stable. To make matters worse, a week after setting it up, I lost everything and couldn't connect to it, forcing me to do a hard reset. I am just hoping this does not happen again. On top of that, the cost of the 4G SIM card isn't revealed until after you buy the unit. Bizarrely, no matter what currency you switch it to, the price stays exactly the same. You get an initial 400MB of data, to be fair last one year, but after that, a one-year subscription so much per month, will run you 111 Euros or 111 Pounds. There no info to say what you have connected to, just the activation goes away, when done . Be good if there was a test feature to toggle to mobile and see if a 1 sec video sends. I’m still not sure it will work. It is a bit peculiar that you can't just use your own SIM card, especially since there is a second SIM slot that isn't even active yet. Sloppy really, you’ve always had good stuff before

I bought this to upgrade from the Homebase 3 linked to the S340 and the wall light cam S120.

One issue that many have mentioned that I feel is a major downgrade, is that it does not connect to your router wirelessly and I only saw that after I bought the S1 Pro. The other downgrade is also the wireless connectivity strength to my cameras compared to the home base 3, it is much worse.

Another downgrade is that there is considerable lag when trying to control the pan and tilt on the S340 as well as waiting for the preset zones load for you to select when live streaming. This also applies to when using gestures, it take up to a minute to work. Basically becomes pointless now.

Only benefit is the built in battery.. I could not even see how to “recharge” the sim.

I should have kept the Homebase 3. My wife isn’t happy with this purchase unfortunately.

Even the playback of recording is laggy and slow.

I would not recommend this at all.

Good system, but it doesn't connect to wifi, only Ethernet. So it has to stay near the BT socket, been through all the settings still doesn't connection to Wifi

I am disappointed that I had to buy another hdd because the S1 takes a 3.5" not a 2.5" like the S380.
Also it would be useful to be able to transfer all my settings from S380 to S2 without doing all manually

Product looks great but the delivery nit the best,the product cardboard wass smashed every single corner and i hope would not be nothing wrong with the base.