Home Security Providers

[Eagle Eye]

Hey guys,

Just wondering if anyone has any recomendations for a home security provider. I am looking at 1 keypad, motion sensors, door sensors, and smoke detector (the usual stuff). My house is already prewired for the system, I just need to price things out.

Thanks

[Eagle Eye]

I see a conflict of interest here (haha Kidding Fotze). I will definitly check them out. Right now through our builder we get a pretty good deal with AAA but I just wanted to check around.

[shoestring]

Leave your doors open. When the burglar tries your door handle he will think somebody is home and run down the street to try a less dangerous place. lol

Worked for me and buddy for a couple of years even when we were on extended road trips.

And get one of those foggers so if they do break in ,your doors lock,the alarm goes off at dispatch and the guy is blinded and confused till the cops get there.

Sorry I guess I 'm not much help. A big dog with a big bark helps,but my guy would greet the bad guys with a teddy bear in his mouth and carry out the bags of jewels I leave laying around.

[RougeUnderoos]

I had to change a battery in a sensor recently in my parent's Chubb system (old people just can't do it) and it was a rather tricky operation. I had to make at least 10 phone calls because every time I'd talk to someone they'd tell me something different.

It went a little like this... I called them up

RougeUnderoos: "I've got a dead battery in the system somewhere".
Service Person 1: "What does it say when you push the status button".
RougeUnderoos: "Sensor 8-9 battery dead"
SP1: "You've got a dead battery"
RU: "Yeah, I kind figured.... so which one is it"
SP1: "Sensor 8-9"
RU: "Yeah, but where 8-9, these things are all over the house, and it's not on the list"
SP1: "Don't know. You'll have to phone during the week to figure that out. Just turn it off".
RU: "Goodbye".

Then like 20 minutes later some other guy phones the house...

Service Person 2: "You know you have a dead battery in your system?".
RU: "Uh, yeah".
SP2: "What does it say when you press the status button"?
RU: "Sensor 8-9 battery dead".
SP2: "That's just a generic code for a dead battery. Which sensor is it"?
RU: "I don't know, they told me to phone on Monday".
SP2: "That's right".
RU: "Thanks for your help".

It went on and on and on. Finally I figured out which one was out (even on Monday they weren't able to figure that out for me) and changed it myself after an interesting conversation with the service guy on the phone.

Service Guy: "So you know where the dead battery is"?
RU: "Yep. Second keypad, not a sensor".
SG: "Nope, it's in the basement".
RU: "No, I'm pretty sure this is it"
SG: "How do you know".
RU: "Because it doesn't work. Push the buttons it doesn't make a noise, nothing"
SG: "Yep, that's the one"
RU: "So now what"?
SG: "Take it off the wall. You see that little tab on the bottom? Pull that and at the same time, push up"
RU: "It's not coming off".
SG: "Are you pulling the little tab"?
RU: "Yep"
SG: "And pushing up"
RU: "Yep"
SG: "Are you sure you are pushing the little tab"?
RU: "Pushing? You said pull"
SG: "No, push"

And the rest is history.

Holy smokes I have too much time on my hands to type all that.

They've had the system for 8 years and not a single complaint from the old geezers about the service. Had the fire department out once or twice but other than that it's been tip top until I had to change the battery, which really wasn't a big deal at all.

If I asked him, my old man would say Chubb is pretty good I think, so if you trust my old man...

[Incinerator]

You can rig your door handle like in "Home Alone" with a steaming hot iron lol...

[Incinerator]

Originally posted by fotze+Apr 21 2005, 03:40 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (fotze @ Apr 21 2005, 03:40 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Incinerator@Apr 20 2005, 09:20 PM
You can rig your door handle like in "Home Alone" with a steaming hot iron lol...

If you can train the dog to sniff ankles you are set. [/b][/quote]
That wouldn't do you any good unless I was the one trying to break into your house buddy :P