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Item Description
Mace 80355 Wireless Household Security System
Buyer Critiques
What I liked:
- Value of the kit
- Quick to install and operate
- Integrated telephone call unit
- Range of the sensors
- No false alarms
- WIndow/door sensor can effortlessly be modified to manage two or significantly more wired magnetic sensors. All you desire to do is connect the new dispositives in serie with the existing 1
- I can call the manage unity with my mobile phone and disarm the alarm prior to get property when I'm not with the remote control
- My telephone rings within 9 seconds soon after the alarm is triggered
- The manage unity saves a history with the information and zone of the five final times it was triggered
- Operates with 9V batteries
What I dislike:
- Only a single remote control
- Not rather loud. I can barely hear it outside my apartment if the front door and the area door (where it is installed) are closed Issues get much better if I install it close the door, but this way an individual can simply smash it or unplug the phone cable in a few seconds. I'd rather to have an external siren
- Manual have two completely different procedures for remote operation of the alarm. The appropriate is the second a single in the end of the manual exactly where you ought to press a quantity + to operate the control unity
- Additional accessories (primarily the remote control) can be high priced and tricky to find
- Window/door sensor could be smaller
- There is a smal screw in the back of the manage unity that entered inside it by means of a smal hole the first time I opened it to insert the battery. It was a discomfort to remove it later
- I'd like to have a keyboard outside dwelling so that I can disarm the alarm with out the remote control.
- I didn't uncover how to disarm zones with no deleting the sensor from the control unity database
What was a plus (capabilities not informed in the manual or in the product description):
- Window/door sensor have a glass break detector. It triggers the control unity with impact
- WIndow/door sensor have a switch to locally play an alarm sound even if the control unity is not armed.
- Control unity have 4 wire connections in the back: 1 for external siren and 3 triggers (1 normally closed and 2 usually open for extra sensors)
Updated on 02/26/2011
Just after 6 months, the 9V battery of the motion sensors are over. The battery of the window/door sensors are nonetheless OK.
Updated on 6/17/2011
The control unity alerts you when the battery of the sensors are also low. If you do not repair, it can give false alarms.
I removed the batteries from the motion sensors and connected to the 9V output in the manage unity. Anything is operating fine and I do not want to replace the batteries every 6 months anymore.
This evaluation consists of the Mace Household Safety unit PLUS the optional external speaker.
I bought this method about a month ago. It came with each an instructional DVD plus written instructions. Each had been fairly straightforward to comply with. It may take a couple of tries on some of the items to be programed mainly because it will revert back to the principal menu if you take also lengthy but this is not a dilemma. Producing confident the detectors are appropriately set up is a should otherwise it will not arm effectively. Make certain the door/window sensor is no alot more than 1/four inch apart. If either is set up incorrectly it will tell you on the lcd to please close and gives the sensor quantity that's not appropriate (included motion detector is 1 and door/window sensor is 2). It's sensible to double check telephone number entries,delay occasions, and so on upon completion. I have the door/window sensor positioned in my outdoor shop about 125 feet away past 3 walls from the principal manage and it operates fine. I've employed motion detectors prior to and they can be a difficulty due to the fact they will detect pets or even rodents. It's ideal to find them in narrow locations (such as a narrow hallway) to decrease the danger of a non human triggering it. The alarm is very loud and can be heard all through my house but considering the fact that I live in a rural area and also wanted to safeguard my detached shop, I chose the external alarm. I would say that when set up it can have an effective range of about 200-250 feet, based on neighborhood noises. This hopefully would scare away intruders but not certain my neighbors (about 900 feet away) would notice it.
My only complaint concerns the instructions. During my initial set up I had concerns arming the system and had to contact buyer assistance. The instructions indicated that troubleshooting facts was attainable on their internet site but there was none. I was in a position to get a troubleshooting guide from tech support and he indicated that hopefully this would be put on their website in the future.
Also, the directions for the external siren indicated there are 3 various versions of software created more than the years that needed distinct programing strategies and the serial quantity of the main control unit indicated which version I had. This proved to be incorrect and once more I had to contact tech assistance to get the appropriate programing procedure. The really good news is that Mick at tech assistance was excellent. He responded promptly to my calls and walked me via the couple of minor difficulties I had. For me, it's not just about a good cost (I paid about $72 including shipping for the Property Safety package and about $42 for the optional siren) but client support and I rate both at A+. Again, my only challenge was with the instructions and hopefully these will be corrected by Mace. I decided it still earned five stars based on the good assistance they supplied.
I researched a quantity of alarm systems and identified this unit to really be an fantastic obtain based on it is quality and attributes and I'm extremely satisfied with it.
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