How Far Can a eufy Camera Be From the HomeBase?

• Older guide: in most cases within 30 ft (about 9 m), depending on the walls, what else is in the way and where the HomeBase sits
• eufyCam 3 set-up FAQ: the camera about 30 ft from the HomeBase, and the HomeBase about 50 ft (15 m) from the router in theory, both less through thick walls
• Newer signal guide: 3–5 m is optimal; up to two walls from 5 to 15 m; beyond 15 m the signal is likely too weak for a direct connection
• First sync to a HomeBase S380: within 1 m

• Weaken: brick of about 240 mm, solid timber doors and metal roller doors
• Block: 240 mm concrete, steel doors and steel beams
• Houses built before about 1920 usually have solid walls, and a London terrace's solid wall of about 230 mm of brick comes close to the 240 mm eufy names once it is plastered
• A knocked-through ground floor can put a steel beam on the line from a front-room HomeBase to the garden
• Garages and garden offices add another wall at the far end, and sometimes a metal door

• HomeBase S380: raised 1–1.5 m on a table or shelf, well away from any wall, and out in the open because of its internal cooling fan
• HomeBase Mini: on a flat surface between the router and the cameras, not on a wall, and on a 5 V/2 A adapter, since eufy says 5 V/1 A is not enough
• At set-up, eufy's eufyCam 3 FAQ says the HomeBase must connect to the router by Ethernet
• Afterwards, a HomeBase 3 on firmware v3.1.5.1 or later can switch to Wi-Fi under General, About Device, Connection, Wi-Fi Setup, which lets it sit nearer the cameras

• Where the router is and whether an Ethernet cable can reach a good shelf, since eufy says the HomeBase must be cabled to the router during set-up
• Each camera spot's distance from the HomeBase, and the walls, doors and beams between them
• Each camera synced beside the HomeBase, then held at its spot with the live view running before any hole is drilled
• For the eufyCam S3 Pro: 2–3 m up, where the built-in panel will see 1.5 hours or more of direct sun daily

• Move the HomeBase somewhere more central, on Ethernet or, for a HomeBase 3, on Wi-Fi
• Add a mesh system or a 2.4 GHz extender roughly halfway, as eufy suggests
• Move the camera to a spot with fewer walls between, often the back wall of the house rather than the end of the garden
• Use a camera that does not need the HomeBase, such as the eufyCam S4, if your Wi-Fi reaches the spot

• Where the router is, and where the HomeBase could stand
• Each camera position, photographed from a distance that takes in the wall, the height and what stands between it and the house
• Which HomeBase you have (S380, Mini, Professional S1 or an older HomeBase 2) and which cameras

A vetted pro prices your job from the eufy model, photos of where each device goes and what power is there now, and the JACK app shows you that fixed price before you book.

The power and the walls move the price more than the device does. A battery doorbell on a brick reveal, or a SoloCam on a fence post, is a smaller job. An S4 Wired doorbell on a new transformer, a HomeBase moved to the middle of the house with a hard drive fitted, a Floodlight Camera E340 in place of an outside light, or four PoE cameras cabled through solid brick and a loft all take longer, and the price reflects that.

The eufy kit is yours to buy, since JACK sells no devices. A stronger transformer, a Chime 2, a wedge, a floodlight's weatherproof box or extra Cat cable is agreed with you and added at cost before you book, and several devices go on one booking for one price. Where parking has to be paid for, that is added at cost and agreed before you book too.

Prefer to pay for time? As a guide, smart home work is typically £45–£95 per hour, and electrical work such as a floodlight camera £55–£110 per hour. For a multi-camera system or a PoE NVR, a full-day booking is a flat £350–£400 for up to 8 hours on site.