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re: Home Security System Questions
Posted on 3/5/22 at 5:40 pm to TacoNash
Posted on 3/5/22 at 5:40 pm to TacoNash
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am honestly asking what an actually live monitoring service provides? I just don’t see the benefit.
Alarm on phone when anyone enters my backyard or approaches front door.
Can let anyone in home with touch of a button (from phone).
Live view with alert back & front yard.
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Posted on 3/5/22 at 6:13 pm to Requiem For A Dawg
If there’s one worthwhile close to you, go with a local company. The company I work for’s monitoring is in the low 40’s and you can add in a maintenance agreement for 6 bucks. Better equipment than you’re gonna get with Vivint or ADT and will last longer. Just my biased opinion. Also, get a hardwired system.
Posted on 3/5/22 at 6:17 pm to mikelbr
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I have LA Alarms who installed ours. It's Alert360 system. Two cameras and alarm. But it Sucks donkey dicks for $56 a month. Two sensors have gone bad in 3 years and it's not free/covered under contract. And the camera alerts are slow as frick, sometimes taking 45 minutes to alert me to someone ringing door bell or walking up driveway.
My contract is almost up and I'm not renewing it.
I'd go stand alone cameras and local company for alarm system
Jeez you’re getting taken to the cleaners! Again, opt for a hardwired system. You won’t have nearly as many issues.
Posted on 3/5/22 at 6:23 pm to Requiem For A Dawg
SimpliSafe is $10 a month and I have zero issues with it
Posted on 3/5/22 at 6:34 pm to Requiem For A Dawg
I have the ring system in my house, only the sensors. Pro monitoring is $14/month. You can either buy their branded smoke detectors, or buy this little sensor that sticks onto the ceiling right next to an existing smoke alarm and listens for it. Zero issues with it. It's all wireless, but going on two years and have yet to replace a battery or have a single wireless issue. Just works. It's got it's own battery backup, and an LTE modem that it will switch to when the internet fails. Lasts something like 48 hours - I was able to ping it after hurricane Ida while I was out of town, long after the power and net had gone out.
You can add cameras too, but I opted to run my own cameras and record to a DVR in the house. I have it set up so I get motion notifications, and can watch live over the internet. That plus the router are on a battery backup that lasts a couple hours. $0/month, but startup cost varies.
You can add cameras too, but I opted to run my own cameras and record to a DVR in the house. I have it set up so I get motion notifications, and can watch live over the internet. That plus the router are on a battery backup that lasts a couple hours. $0/month, but startup cost varies.
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