home alarm and CCTV system

longwalks1

Are there any decent, easy to set up home alarm and/orCCTV systems for home use you'd recommend? moving soon and just want to be as safe as possible (even though its a very safe area)

Or are these things better left to professionals to fit?

smifffy1989

I would recommend the Yale Premium wireless alarm system for DIY installation. It is relatively cheap, does not require any wires to be run and simple to use.

As for CCTV I am not sure how easy this is DIY

longwalks1

all moved now so looking for an alarm, does anyone else know if the self fit DIY alarms will still work well with a small dog in the house (cav king charles spaniel)

or are there 'pet friendly' ones?

muckybutt

Infinite prime system comes with pet immune detectors and in my opinion a far far better system than any other diy mill systems http://www.tlc-direct.co.uk/Main_Index/Alarm_Index/Wireless_index/ESP_InfinitePrime/index.html?source=msn&kw=16327799149
As for the CCTV although they are diyable they do take a bit of setting up right.

ic

I've got a Yale alarm, and did try the pet friendly sensors, but they still got triggered with two cats. They'd climb curtains swing around and set the alarm off. In the end I just removed the PIRs from the rooms they had access to. I would also recommend making sure whatever system you get has the ability to tell you on screen which units need new batteries - saves you replacing early, or waiting too long until the flat batteries cause false alarms. It was very easy to install.