eufy 4K NVR Security Camera System S4 Max, Power Over Ethernet, Wired, 24/7 Recording, Triple Lens Bullet-PTZ Cam, 360° PTZ, Up to 16CH, Cross-Cam Tracking, 8× Auto Zoom, Smart Video Search, 2TB HDD

Very high-end professional system, priced for the home market !
After extensive research and wanting to set up my first ever home security camera system, I found what I believe to be is the best one, which is this Eufy 4K NVR system. I bought this along with the additional two-pack of S4 Max cameras for a total of six cameras. I didn’t want to have to change batteries or run electrical to each camera, so a PoE system totally fit my needs. Probably the hardest part of the entire set-up was running all the cables from all the corners of my house, through the attic, down the pass-through to the basement to my tech box room under my stairs. Luckily, I did all of this in November of 2025 when the temperature in attic was very comfortable. I decided to use True CABLE Cat6A Direct Burial, Shielded FTP, Waterproof, Outdoor Rated CMX, White, 23AWG Solid Bare Copper, 750MHz, PoE++ (4PPoE),10Gbs max rated, ETL Listed, Bulk Ethernet Cable for the entire job. This was a bit overkill, but I figured that this would future proof the system for the rest of my life, giving it very high-power potential and amazing bandwidth potential. I made up my own ethernet ends with Cat6a rated shielded ends. Cat6a is a little hard to work with, but with practice, I was soon blasting all the wires and ends to their final conclusion. All the wires went to the tech room in the basement, into the NVR with a LAN connection to my Mesh Node Router which goes wirelessly to my Asus 11Gbs main router. Mounting the cameras was a snap and then simply clicking in the ethernet wires to the cameras, applying the supplied weatherproofing hook-up, aiming the fixed and the moveable cameras and done! I then followed the NVR set-up, which was very easy, and plugged in each camera’s ethernet, one at a time, into the NVR and set each one up for motion activation with activity zones. The cameras came on-line within a minute of plugging them in as they are each plug-and-play enabled. After a couple of days of playing with the system and figuring out several things, it is working flawlessly. I used to work at a business that had a PTZ security system that cost tens-of-thousands of dollars; this one is actually better than that one. My total cost of the entire system, wiring, ends, tools to make the ends; was under $2,000. I luckily scored the Amazon black-Friday pricing on most of it. The features, capabilities, analytics, tracking, zooming and so on of this system is truly over the top.One tip for you all: I am using the Eufy App without the system being hard wired to a monitor or anything, but I wanted to view it not only on my phone in the app, but on my smart TV and computer. The best way to view it on your TV is to cast it from your phone to TV (if your TV has Chrome Cast or equivalent). To view on your computer, all the literature stated to go to Eufy.com, go to the support tab, and then go to the Web Portal. I found that to be erroneous. I found a tab under the Web Portal tab, called the NVR Portal. I clicked on that, put in my username and password and the system came right up on the computer. If you then double-click a picture, and click on the play-back button, all kinds of tabs and buttons come up for you to set up all the settings right on your computer, which is very handy, as the screen is so much bigger than on your phone using the app. ABSOLUTELY TOTALLY AMAZING SYSTEM, I CAN’T RECOMMEND IT ENOUGH !!!

Great quality!
I would rate this 4.5 stars but the reason I’m giving it 5 is because I knew some of the limitations of this system.Pros: fast controls, excellent image quality, excellent tracking, great AI detection and recognition, great eufy App, so many cameras and being able to point the ptz a different direction than the top wide camera provides more coverage, NVR runs quiet and cool and is very responsiveCons: no HomeKit or Matter integration, small included hard drive (I upgraded to 8TB Seagate Nighthawk AI HD which suits my needs), no good web portal/can’t access the NVR unless it’s plugged directly into into a monitor which can be a pain if you mount it somewhere out of the wayOverall this is a great system, just know that you are going to want to put it somewhere easily accessible and if you are away you are relying solely on the app to control.

Buyers Beware!
You cannot see a live feed of all your cameras while using the IOS or Android app!Clearly, Eufy fails to mention this on their website!So if you buy this expensive security system, you only see live feed of 1 camera while you’ve selected it on the app. The rest of the cameras will only show a “picture still” of the last time you accessed that specific camera. So if you have 4 cameras that you access last night, that’s the still you will see from the cameras the following day and it will not update the “picture still” until you’ve accessed the camera.Pretty dumb if you ask me… in a world where everyone uses their phones for everything. If you want life video of all your cameras you have to be logged on to your NVR or log in to the webpage. The Apps will not do this and it is very disappointing!I expected better from Anker… Buyers beware!

Not working with homebase s380
Its very nice camera but it does NOT work wirh eufy homebase s380. Its a different system.Pictures quality ok. Not worth with homebase. Connectivity good and quick. Ease use. Battery life is charging long.

Cameras are really good we are very happy with them .

Good when it works.Pros:Good quality, lots of useful featuresCons:Good luck getting it to work the way you want it to work. So many glitches it’s not even funny.Do open source coding so any coder can work on the code because whoever you hired has no clue what they are doing.No user manual for the NVR or the app, it seems self explanatory but not really.If you want the camera to just record it might be ok, but if you want any features to work as they should good luck with it.Flood light, silencing notification, activity zones, etc. full of glitches, I use pixel 7 pro btw.