Arm and disarm alerts will tell you when a person arrives at your home and when they leave
Motion sensors are designed to detect the specific heat signature of humans, so pets can enjoy 24/7 home security
Wireless mounting
Base Station: Plug it in and it will locate and control all of your sensors. It’s responsible for sending all your alarm signals to the SimpliSafe 24/7 alarm monitoring center. Your Base Station will arrive equipped with the same cellular technology that’s in your cellphone
Keypad: Many wireless alarm systems have an Achilles heel, if a burglar smashes the keypad quickly enough, the police don’t get alerted. SimpliSafe took the “brains” out of the Keypad and put them into a separate Base Station, which is hidden somewhere in your home or office building
2x Motion Sensors: Detects motion within 30 feet. The sensor has a “field of vision” of 90 degrees. Dogs and cats under 50 lb won’t trigger the alarm.
6x Entry Sensors: Detects whenever the magnet moves more than two inches away from it, so it knows whenever the door or window opens.
Keychain Remote: Arm and disarm your alarm with a push of a button. Set your alarm to away after you leave, and press “off” to disarm your system as you approach your front door.
Max Number Of Sensors Accommodated: 41
Remote Monitoring Capabilities: Yes
Network Connectivity: CDMA, GSM
Power Source: Battery-powered, Plug-in
Operating System Compatibility: Android, Apple iOS, Mac, Windows, Windows Mobile
What’s in the Box?
2x Motion Sensors
6x Entry Sensors
1x Base Station
1x Key Pad
1x Master Keychain
@nolrak@TehChrisReed
I guess it would depend on your house, other sensor layout, and what is stored upstairs. I didn’t alarm mine, but I have motion sensor coverage in the upstairs hallway and where the stairs are on the first floor. I guess if they came in an upper window and didn’t leave that room they could grab as much bedding and clothes/shoes they could carry down a ladder. I do have a closet upstairs where I store some nicer stuff, but I have that door specifically alarmed.
@jayman007 Not a “plan”… but there is a monthly monitoring fee of $15 which includes the cellular connection. You can go with no plan at all, but cellular won’t be there.
@jayman007
No, the cell connection to the monitoring station is free. You can also elect to not have monitoring (it costs me $15 a month) but then no one will know if there is a breakin or fire, unless they here your siren.
@andyw@jayman007 AFAIK - at least it was like that a year ago - the cell connection is not free, you only get it for the $15 per month plan. Real monitoring is about $25 per month. Ring Alarm for that reason is cheaper in total cost of ownership after a few years.
@datruandi@jayman007 It depends on how you look at the cell connection. It is only for the monitoring system-you can’t use it to make calls or download phone data. If you order the monitoring, it is part of the package, (you can’t get the monitoring without having the cell connection) that is why I said it is free. My monitoring is $15 a month and there is a $25 a month monitoring package that is more extensive. With no contract, you can quit any time without a penalty (except for the month you already started).
@andyw@jayman007 what you call “monitoring” is just the ability of you getting notifications and access it remotely. So, if you are traveling and asleep and someone breaks in, unless you have a very light sleep, and/or are a different time zone, there is quite a probability you will miss the alarm.
So, I am comparing it with professionally monitored alarm systems [by an alarm call center], not with self-monitored alarm systems here. You do not get professionally monitoring for $15 a month with Simplisafe last time I checked - or has that changed?
@andyw@datruandi@jayman007 - soooo… my kids sneak stuff and I’m just looking for something to tell me when they open a snack cabinet after bedtime or a room I’ve put their electronics in… will this give me the notifications on my cellphone if a door sensor is tripped? Do I need “monitoring” for that? Can I leave it armed 24/7 for these purposes? Will a loud siren go off every time?
@andyw@brettpeirce@jayman007 if you do not need home security to actually protect your home and break&entering is not a big issue where you are at, good for you. Nevertheless, for that issue, you could just get a bunch of Wyzecam’s with their noise and motion detection for $20 and change per camera and get notifications through the app.
Or use Ring Alarm, which is less per year for professional monitoring.
@datruandi@jayman007 “Monitoring” at the basic level is $15 a month. For this, when an intrusion occurs, or the fire, or CO alarms are triggered, or you push the panic button on a base station or the remote, the Call Center is notified. They call you to try to confirm that it is a real alarm and not just you wandering into a protected area with the alarm on.
If you confirm it is real or if you don’t answer, they call the police. So it is real notification. If you sleep through it, the police get called by the Center. I have heard the police are more likely to respond to this type of notification than if a system calls them directly from a home without confirmation.
The $15/mo plan is alarm call center monitored, always has been. They called me last week while I was out of town and a family member set off the alarm by mistake.
Because it’s monitored and includes smoke and water leak detectors in my case the plan cost is slightly more than offset by homeowners premium savings.
I can’t speak for gen 1, but I’ve got gen 2, and it’s the best DIY alarm I’ve ever used. Everything is incredibly simple to setup, and the accessories don’t lose connection, even through thick concrete walls.
@venussuz String tripwires are also better. The inside of my house is basically a web of string, so burglars both get caught and have nothing to steal anyway unless they’re really into string.
I have had this version of the system for at least 5 years and find it to be excellent. I easily moved it from our former home to our new one. I have additional motion sensors and fire and CO sensors as well as an auxiliary siren in the house (you can put another outside). There have been virtually no false alarms. It is easy to set up. If you get the monthly monitoring (mine is $15 a month with no long term contract) there is no cost for the cellular connection.
I just checked their site. This is for sale for $334 now. They are selling additional sensors and cameras as well.
@jonfisher7
It looks like it is indoors to me. There is a stuffed chair nearby that would not do well in the rain.
The base station needs to be indoors and should not be within easy reaching distance from a door or window. It could be in a closet or on another floor.
There are apparently some vulnerabilities, but people would really want to target you specifically (no Renoirs in my house!) and have the tools and knowledge. Since most burglaries are the random type of whatever looks easy, I am not very worried. They would also have to know you use a Simplisafe. I put up non-Simplisafe alarm warnings to make it less apparent.
@davidpond when I see something sold at higher prices, I just think of how overpriced it is in the first place. remember, meh makes a profit on this sale as well.
Meh, you tempter. I thought this system included that advertising sign, the camera monitored by the app, and a thermostat. When will I ever learn the football is taken away at the last moment.
Like cellphones, keep in mind that the real cost of a home security system isn’t the hardware, it’s the recurring monthly cost of the monitoring.
It’s worth a couple hundred extra bucks to go with the Gen 2 SimpliSafe. You get better (encrypted) hardware and a system that should integrate with other smart home platforms in the future.
With Gen 1, you’re not going to see any enhancements to the platform. Yes, it will do the job, and do it well, but if you’re just getting into DIY home security now, look at Gen 2 SimpliSafe, or Abode, Nest, Ring, etc…
@GenCurmudgeon
Concur, this is the same hardware that I (and many others) bought 5+ years ago. I am sure this is technologically a dead-end platform and will have no future support. They way things go, I would not be surprised if it was to become obsolete and unsupported in the mid-term future with some sort of “trade-in” program offered or something.
Actually isn’t it Gen 3 that is sold right now new (by Simplisafe direct or on Amazon or in most regular stores)? And meh.com has Gen 2? (Gen 3 and Gen 2 are not compatible with each other)
Reviews on the Best Buy site says that a cell phone jammer prevents it from operating and it was hard to impossible (depending on the review) to get it to set up with a mac.
@Kidsandliz same is true for pretty much all modern DYI systems that are “affordable”.
If you want to be really “safe”, you would have multiple ways that serve as fallback for the alarm to be sent to the alarm company.
internet
dedicated phone line (that either is “old school” on its own electricity circuit)
wireless backup
a really, really, really loud siren and neighbors that care
and you put everything on UPS if the attacker cuts your power.
@datruandi@Kidsandliz Th newest SimpliSafe hub/base/tower has internal battery backup and cellular failover, and its own alarm - but you can always pick up additional 105dB alarms.
@sschong Most areas require a permit for alarms that notify the police by a call of some kind. If you don’t use the monitoring, it might not, but check your town.
Also, can one combine 2 sets and have 12 door/window sensors, 4 motion detectors and 2 Base Stations, 2 Keypads and 2 Remote Controls working together? The specifications do state “Max Number Of Sensors Accommodated: 41”
@aarond12@sschong I got the SimpliSafe Gen 2 (the one sold here) form SimpliSafe direct, on a sale - and in my case the sensors were preconfigured at the base station.
@robtg722 I agree, and we bought a second. That being said, my wife uses hers and I almost never use mine since I don’t like carrying extra things in my pockets.
Anyone else look at this thinking it was tech from the early 90s? That keychain remote is bigger than modern TV remotes. The keypad looks like a dick tracy character. This better work awesome because they certainly weren’t wasting any time on design.
@goldnectar The keychain remote isn’t that big. It’s just a little bigger than a USB thumb drive… because it is a USB thumb drive. It’s how you transfer config settings from your PC to the base station on this older version of their hardware. (Or at least, that’s how it was on my old system. It’s OTA on the newer systems, like the one I upgraded to.)
@goldnectar The remote, as mentioned above, is a thumb drive with buttons and is not big. It is 2.5 inches long and 1 inch wide, not counting the ring attachment.
Have had and used an original Simplisafe system ever since the company began offering them. Very reliable, very easy to operate, very easy to set up and/or move, inexpensive for the monitoring service (the best I’ve found - so good I gave my daughter a system for her home). Highly recommended at this price. If you want smartphone control you will need a next-gen system and the monthly fee is essentially double. I haven’t found a need for remote control or monitoring. My home (one-story) is protected by five motion sensors and three door entry sensors plus the base unit. My base unit has Verizon cell service as the primary connection to the monitoring center, this is backed up with a landline (which I keep basically for this purpose). I’m a fan.
This version works well for me. If you have the $25 monitoring plan, you can manage it from the SS website and smart phone app. That plan also sends text alerts for events, including power outage, failures to connect to the service, alarm events, “secret” events (a sensor that you don’t have trip the alarm, but instead just notify you that the door/window/other was opened), etc. The base does have both cell (the default) and land line phone capability as well as a battery backup (4 rechargeable AA batteries). At my mom’s home, the built-in cellular didn’t work very well, so they sent her a different card to install that was for a different carrier.
I’m considering buying this just to get the sensors, motion detectors and extra keypad to add to my existing unit.
And they do have cameras now, though they aren’t implemented the best.
If I were buying new, though, I would buy the current generation.
@Teddydogno1 I’m also on the fence on this as a way to add a keypad and sensors, but am just unsure when they’re going to kill off the gen2s. Also my one and only motion sensor falses like crazy.
@kuoh@Teddydogno1 I have had a false alarm on motion sensor. After having worked great for over a year, I was not pleased to be woken up at 3am while on vacation to ask if I wanted to send the cops. I had them check, but it made no sense that only the upstairs motion sensor tripped and no other entry or motion sensors. My city send a warning and will charge for multiple false alarms, so I ended up deactivating that sensor just in case.
@bcraig15@Teddydogno1 I’ve relegated the motion sensor to the garage and set it to secret alert only since it can’t be relied on. There are periods where it seems fine, then there are times where it falses a dozen times in a day. If i had pets or put it in front of an AC vent or drafty are, I might understand, but that’s not the case.
Also, lately I’ve been getting the text alerts from several minutes to hours later where it used to be near instantaneous and I haven’t moved or changed cell providers. I don’t know what’s going on with them, but the text message format changed to something resembling an email a few of months ago and I think that’s when the problem started.
Our house has a n old 2002 ADT system wire in…however the previous owner did not disclose to us the current out all the sensors when they replaced the windows and doors. Should have sued them for it.
So only thing left is wiring to no way and a keypad and siren that are still running 24/7.
Has anyone changed over from a situation like this to a simplysafe?
@msujp That is what I had, except the ADT was from about 1990 and it was wired. This system is simple to instal because there are no wires for the sensors. You will have to replace batteries from time to time.
See the above comments near the top. You only have to pay for monitoring if you want it (you probably should). It is cheaper ($15 a month-no long term contract) than my earlier ADT was.
Specs
What’s in the Box?
2x Motion Sensors
6x Entry Sensors
1x Base Station
1x Key Pad
1x Master Keychain
Price Comparison
Was $295.99 at Best Buy
Warranty
3 Years SimpliSafe
Estimated Delivery
Monday, July 13th - Thursday, July 16th
Alarming!
Excellent for anyone with no more than a total of six doors or windows I suppose?
@nolrak oh yeah look at mister big shot here with his two doors and six windows
@nolrak Do people typically arm upstairs windows?
@nolrak @TehChrisReed Ooo, look at the bigshot with multiple stories.
@nolrak @TehChrisReed
I guess it would depend on your house, other sensor layout, and what is stored upstairs. I didn’t alarm mine, but I have motion sensor coverage in the upstairs hallway and where the stairs are on the first floor. I guess if they came in an upper window and didn’t leave that room they could grab as much bedding and clothes/shoes they could carry down a ladder. I do have a closet upstairs where I store some nicer stuff, but I have that door specifically alarmed.
Network Connectivity: CDMA, GSM.
Does this require a cell service plan?
@jayman007 Not a “plan”… but there is a monthly monitoring fee of $15 which includes the cellular connection. You can go with no plan at all, but cellular won’t be there.
@jayman007
No, the cell connection to the monitoring station is free. You can also elect to not have monitoring (it costs me $15 a month) but then no one will know if there is a breakin or fire, unless they here your siren.
@andyw @jayman007 AFAIK - at least it was like that a year ago - the cell connection is not free, you only get it for the $15 per month plan. Real monitoring is about $25 per month. Ring Alarm for that reason is cheaper in total cost of ownership after a few years.
@datruandi @jayman007 It depends on how you look at the cell connection. It is only for the monitoring system-you can’t use it to make calls or download phone data. If you order the monitoring, it is part of the package, (you can’t get the monitoring without having the cell connection) that is why I said it is free. My monitoring is $15 a month and there is a $25 a month monitoring package that is more extensive. With no contract, you can quit any time without a penalty (except for the month you already started).
@andyw @jayman007 what you call “monitoring” is just the ability of you getting notifications and access it remotely. So, if you are traveling and asleep and someone breaks in, unless you have a very light sleep, and/or are a different time zone, there is quite a probability you will miss the alarm.
So, I am comparing it with professionally monitored alarm systems [by an alarm call center], not with self-monitored alarm systems here. You do not get professionally monitoring for $15 a month with Simplisafe last time I checked - or has that changed?
@andyw @datruandi @jayman007 - soooo… my kids sneak stuff and I’m just looking for something to tell me when they open a snack cabinet after bedtime or a room I’ve put their electronics in… will this give me the notifications on my cellphone if a door sensor is tripped? Do I need “monitoring” for that? Can I leave it armed 24/7 for these purposes? Will a loud siren go off every time?
@andyw @brettpeirce @jayman007 if you do not need home security to actually protect your home and break&entering is not a big issue where you are at, good for you. Nevertheless, for that issue, you could just get a bunch of Wyzecam’s with their noise and motion detection for $20 and change per camera and get notifications through the app.
Or use Ring Alarm, which is less per year for professional monitoring.
@datruandi @jayman007 “Monitoring” at the basic level is $15 a month. For this, when an intrusion occurs, or the fire, or CO alarms are triggered, or you push the panic button on a base station or the remote, the Call Center is notified. They call you to try to confirm that it is a real alarm and not just you wandering into a protected area with the alarm on.
If you confirm it is real or if you don’t answer, they call the police. So it is real notification. If you sleep through it, the police get called by the Center. I have heard the police are more likely to respond to this type of notification than if a system calls them directly from a home without confirmation.
@datruandi
The $15/mo plan is alarm call center monitored, always has been. They called me last week while I was out of town and a family member set off the alarm by mistake.
Because it’s monitored and includes smoke and water leak detectors in my case the plan cost is slightly more than offset by homeowners premium savings.
Box with buttons! Small white things! Big white things!
@awk what more can you ask for
I can’t speak for gen 1, but I’ve got gen 2, and it’s the best DIY alarm I’ve ever used. Everything is incredibly simple to setup, and the accessories don’t lose connection, even through thick concrete walls.
Why is it always a home DEFENSE system? Maybe I want some offensive systems, ever think of that?
Call me when I can connect this to a fleet of armed roomba knockoffs that release on a tripped alarm.
@uninflammable That would still be defense.
Offense would be when the fleet of armed Roomba knockoffs attack passersby for no apparent reason.
@yakkoTDI fair point, I retract my criticism but I still want the roomba’s
@uninflammable @yakkoTDI
Actually that would an a active system as opposed to a passive system.
Just like the second amendment solutions Simplisafe actively chose to resist.
Yeah, those tin cans and glasses of water on top of the door work MUCH better than cameras, which this system happens to lack.
@venussuz String tripwires are also better. The inside of my house is basically a web of string, so burglars both get caught and have nothing to steal anyway unless they’re really into string.
I have had this version of the system for at least 5 years and find it to be excellent. I easily moved it from our former home to our new one. I have additional motion sensors and fire and CO sensors as well as an auxiliary siren in the house (you can put another outside). There have been virtually no false alarms. It is easy to set up. If you get the monthly monitoring (mine is $15 a month with no long term contract) there is no cost for the cellular connection.
I just checked their site. This is for sale for $334 now. They are selling additional sensors and cameras as well.
@andyw in my opinion: forget the cameras - as they have an unreasonably high monthly charge per camera.
I found a 105 lb dog works quite well. I’ve had zero breaks in. Coincidence? Maybe, maybe not.
@Darrell2
Whats the monthly maintenance and monitoring fee on that?
@Darrell2 @someguynamedmat
Whatever the monthly cost, dogs pay back many times over - even without their security benefits.
@Darrell2
But a security system doesn’t bathe you in dog breath while you eat dinner.
@Darrell2 @shaconaqe And can’t be disarmed by a well tossed hamburger patty mixed with tranquilizer pills.
KuoH
Why is the base in the picture on the patio? I mean, on top of the rain and elements, wouldn’t someone breaking in easily unplug the system?
@jonfisher7 pretty sure they could just disable it using one of the many design flaws even if it was inside the house
@jonfisher7
It looks like it is indoors to me. There is a stuffed chair nearby that would not do well in the rain.
The base station needs to be indoors and should not be within easy reaching distance from a door or window. It could be in a closet or on another floor.
There are apparently some vulnerabilities, but people would really want to target you specifically (no Renoirs in my house!) and have the tools and knowledge. Since most burglaries are the random type of whatever looks easy, I am not very worried. They would also have to know you use a Simplisafe. I put up non-Simplisafe alarm warnings to make it less apparent.
This is only $150 on Amazon. Meh.
$349 on Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/SimpliSafe-Defend-Wireless-Security-System/dp/B07L9D36BR/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?keywords=simplisafe+ss2-def2&qid=1552277879&s=hi&sr=1-1-fkmrnull
@davidpond when I see something sold at higher prices, I just think of how overpriced it is in the first place. remember, meh makes a profit on this sale as well.
@username For sure, this is not a charity site.
Meh, you tempter. I thought this system included that advertising sign, the camera monitored by the app, and a thermostat. When will I ever learn the football is taken away at the last moment.
I’d only buy this if the cactus and glasses were included
Like cellphones, keep in mind that the real cost of a home security system isn’t the hardware, it’s the recurring monthly cost of the monitoring.
It’s worth a couple hundred extra bucks to go with the Gen 2 SimpliSafe. You get better (encrypted) hardware and a system that should integrate with other smart home platforms in the future.
With Gen 1, you’re not going to see any enhancements to the platform. Yes, it will do the job, and do it well, but if you’re just getting into DIY home security now, look at Gen 2 SimpliSafe, or Abode, Nest, Ring, etc…
@GenCurmudgeon
Concur, this is the same hardware that I (and many others) bought 5+ years ago. I am sure this is technologically a dead-end platform and will have no future support. They way things go, I would not be surprised if it was to become obsolete and unsupported in the mid-term future with some sort of “trade-in” program offered or something.
Actually isn’t it Gen 3 that is sold right now new (by Simplisafe direct or on Amazon or in most regular stores)? And meh.com has Gen 2? (Gen 3 and Gen 2 are not compatible with each other)
Reviews on the Best Buy site says that a cell phone jammer prevents it from operating and it was hard to impossible (depending on the review) to get it to set up with a mac.
@Kidsandliz same is true for pretty much all modern DYI systems that are “affordable”.
If you want to be really “safe”, you would have multiple ways that serve as fallback for the alarm to be sent to the alarm company.
and you put everything on UPS if the attacker cuts your power.
@Kidsandliz I had no problems getting it set up using a Mac.
@datruandi @Kidsandliz Th newest SimpliSafe hub/base/tower has internal battery backup and cellular failover, and its own alarm - but you can always pick up additional 105dB alarms.
@etj91 @Kidsandliz AFAIK the older versions had that too
Can still be bought on the SimpliSafe’s Website:
https://simplisafe.com/home-security-shop-simplisafe-original
This seems to be the “Elite” model…
$334 on the site, but with 50% off coupon (Original50), it comes in at $167…
So a $38 MEH savings…
btw, simplisafe offers FREE standard shipping, so savings a bit less with MEH, unless you got the $5/month plan for free shipping…
Does this SimpliSafe Security System require a permit from the city/police to use?
@sschong In most areas, yes.
@sschong Most areas require a permit for alarms that notify the police by a call of some kind. If you don’t use the monitoring, it might not, but check your town.
@aarond12 Thank you.
@andyw Thank you.
Also, can one combine 2 sets and have 12 door/window sensors, 4 motion detectors and 2 Base Stations, 2 Keypads and 2 Remote Controls working together? The specifications do state “Max Number Of Sensors Accommodated: 41”
@sschong Yes, you can. The sensors aren’t even “connected” to the base station initially. You add them in by the code on the device itself.
@aarond12 Thank you.
@aarond12 @sschong I got the SimpliSafe Gen 2 (the one sold here) form SimpliSafe direct, on a sale - and in my case the sensors were preconfigured at the base station.
Can I use this to protect my pile of potato peelings and back hair shavings???
Does this support honeycrisp apples or just your traditional red delicious?
Seems like there should be at least two key chain remotes. Just saying…
@robtg722 I agree, and we bought a second. That being said, my wife uses hers and I almost never use mine since I don’t like carrying extra things in my pockets.
Anyone else look at this thinking it was tech from the early 90s? That keychain remote is bigger than modern TV remotes. The keypad looks like a dick tracy character. This better work awesome because they certainly weren’t wasting any time on design.
VAN MURALS! GROUND SQUIRRELS! SPIT CURLS! AWESOME!
@goldnectar The keychain remote isn’t that big. It’s just a little bigger than a USB thumb drive… because it is a USB thumb drive. It’s how you transfer config settings from your PC to the base station on this older version of their hardware. (Or at least, that’s how it was on my old system. It’s OTA on the newer systems, like the one I upgraded to.)
@goldnectar The remote, as mentioned above, is a thumb drive with buttons and is not big. It is 2.5 inches long and 1 inch wide, not counting the ring attachment.
A bustle in your hedgerow, eh?
Don’t be alarmed now.
Have had and used an original Simplisafe system ever since the company began offering them. Very reliable, very easy to operate, very easy to set up and/or move, inexpensive for the monitoring service (the best I’ve found - so good I gave my daughter a system for her home). Highly recommended at this price. If you want smartphone control you will need a next-gen system and the monthly fee is essentially double. I haven’t found a need for remote control or monitoring. My home (one-story) is protected by five motion sensors and three door entry sensors plus the base unit. My base unit has Verizon cell service as the primary connection to the monitoring center, this is backed up with a landline (which I keep basically for this purpose). I’m a fan.
This version works well for me. If you have the $25 monitoring plan, you can manage it from the SS website and smart phone app. That plan also sends text alerts for events, including power outage, failures to connect to the service, alarm events, “secret” events (a sensor that you don’t have trip the alarm, but instead just notify you that the door/window/other was opened), etc. The base does have both cell (the default) and land line phone capability as well as a battery backup (4 rechargeable AA batteries). At my mom’s home, the built-in cellular didn’t work very well, so they sent her a different card to install that was for a different carrier.
I’m considering buying this just to get the sensors, motion detectors and extra keypad to add to my existing unit.
And they do have cameras now, though they aren’t implemented the best.
If I were buying new, though, I would buy the current generation.
@Teddydogno1 I’m also on the fence on this as a way to add a keypad and sensors, but am just unsure when they’re going to kill off the gen2s. Also my one and only motion sensor falses like crazy.
KuoH
@kuoh @Teddydogno1 I have had a false alarm on motion sensor. After having worked great for over a year, I was not pleased to be woken up at 3am while on vacation to ask if I wanted to send the cops. I had them check, but it made no sense that only the upstairs motion sensor tripped and no other entry or motion sensors. My city send a warning and will charge for multiple false alarms, so I ended up deactivating that sensor just in case.
@bcraig15 @Teddydogno1 I’ve relegated the motion sensor to the garage and set it to secret alert only since it can’t be relied on. There are periods where it seems fine, then there are times where it falses a dozen times in a day. If i had pets or put it in front of an AC vent or drafty are, I might understand, but that’s not the case.
Also, lately I’ve been getting the text alerts from several minutes to hours later where it used to be near instantaneous and I haven’t moved or changed cell providers. I don’t know what’s going on with them, but the text message format changed to something resembling an email a few of months ago and I think that’s when the problem started.
KuoH
Our house has a n old 2002 ADT system wire in…however the previous owner did not disclose to us the current out all the sensors when they replaced the windows and doors. Should have sued them for it.
So only thing left is wiring to no way and a keypad and siren that are still running 24/7.
Has anyone changed over from a situation like this to a simplysafe?
@msujp That is what I had, except the ADT was from about 1990 and it was wired. This system is simple to instal because there are no wires for the sensors. You will have to replace batteries from time to time.
My cell only has one “door” and one window that doesn’t open. Anyone want to buy my extra parts?
@houstonbeerman what do you have?
Easily hacked, sends passcode in plaintext, many features require subscription
See the above comments near the top. You only have to pay for monitoring if you want it (you probably should). It is cheaper ($15 a month-no long term contract) than my earlier ADT was.