House Alarm Advice

graemewh

Me and my new wife are moving into a new build home and need to get it alarmed I have read about wired and wireless and I think we will go with a good wirelss alarm but my question is which is a decent one? I have read about the Yale premium one and it seems really good? would a local company come and install it? ANy ideas greatly welcomed

ormus

a wireless alarm is a very simple diy job.
if you cannot do it then get a handyman in.

an alarm engineer will charge you a small fortune for a very simple job.

Dan_Iggulden

Loads of decent wireless alarms around now, I bought one from a company called Global Gadgets, one of their defender alarms, it's wireless and GSM too, allows me to arm and disarm via text message which for me is a really handy feature.
They are very easy to fit and as ormus says, a fitter will charge you a small fortune for a job which any basic handyman can do.

rob7475

I can recommend the infinite prime system. Mine cost about £400 but that included some extra sensors and a GSM module so it will call me when the alarm is activated and I can listen in etc.

Avoid cheap wireless alarms as they do suffer interferance. I've had an infinite prime for about 5 years and never had a single false alarm. They also have good battery life.

Installation is fairly straightforward and they have a good helpline if you need any advice.

Cheers

Rob

Dan_Iggulden

£400 seems alot, mine was £190 with GSM built in, same function being able to listen in to surrounding etc, I got 4 of the motion sensors, 4 door sensors, a smoke alarm and a wireless bell box, all for £190!! No interference and not one false alarm, system has been great a cost of fraction of others!

ormus

wickes were selling their own brand for 100 quid recently.

Dan_Iggulden

ormus wrote: »

wickes were selling their own brand for 100 quid recently.

Looks ok, but only 1 PIR included, no auto dialler either and by the looks of it, no entry/exit delay or any other settings either..... There are alot better options for not alot more money.

27col

I've had a Wickes wireless alarm for many years, couldn't be simpler to install.

muckybutt

Infinate Prime gets my vote

graemewh

had first quote for wireless 4 Sensors and a contact on the front door also ket 2 fobs with it and notifies telephone numbers if it goes off £595

Dan_Iggulden

Thats very expensive. Shop around, you will find one much cheaper.