New alarm system

asakura797 · 18 Jan 2010 at 13:35

Basically my current burglar alarm is a bit ill and dated. We also have a cat now which causes it to go off.
I'm looking to purchase a new one. Either one installed by a company or one done by myself.
Does anyone have any good suggestions?
I'm looking for a 4 sensor alarm system preferably a wireless one. My budget is about £250 for one. I also don't want it monitored.

Thanks

Biohazard · 18 Jan 2010 at 13:35

Yale stuff from B&Q?

I'd really want all the sensors wired in tbh. Personally.

Jimmy1983 · 18 Jan 2010 at 15:22

I fit them, and generally the best ones are galaxy ones. Past yourbudget tho.

asakura797 · 18 Jan 2010 at 15:40

Jimmy1983 said:
I fit them, and generally the best ones are galaxy ones. Past yourbudget tho.

How much do the ones you fit cost?

SB118 · 18 Jan 2010 at 16:08

Look around on ebay for a Veritas system. Good kit and blindly easy to fit (like most alarms tbh)

Jez · 18 Jan 2010 at 16:13

Dont see the point. Always gone for "fake" boxes myself, which have exactly the same effect of scaring off youth's and chancers. Pro's will defeat any system anyway.

Point illustrated perfectly by the spate of youth/messy burglaries at one of my parents places, and not a single one since fitting alarm boxes, other than a professional jewelery job, which also hit neighbours houses which were alarmed at the time. Touch wood i have installed fake boxes on every house we have since, and not one has had a single burglary.

dmsims · 18 Jan 2010 at 16:15

I had one of these and it seemed fairly good

http://www.diy-alarms.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=21_22_62&products_id=653&osCsid=k2hrqr029f8i20j6mhe4hb6gc1

Gavin · 18 Jan 2010 at 16:25

Your get nothing for your budget installed.

SB118 · 18 Jan 2010 at 16:43

£100 gets you this kit, it's not a bad starter system.

moawan · 18 Jan 2010 at 16:47

Try these...
http://www.responseelectronics.com/store/SA5-Friedland-Response-Wireless-Alarm-pr-4.html

I have one not any problems

Pinter75 · 18 Jan 2010 at 17:32

asakura797 said:
Basically my current burglar alarm is a bit ill and dated. We also have a cat now which causes it to go off.
I'm looking to purchase a new one. Either one installed by a company or one done by myself.
Does anyone have any good suggestions?
I'm looking for a 4 sensor alarm system preferably a wireless one. My budget is about £250 for one. I also don't want it monitored.

Thanks

Does your system support double knock sensing? When i moved into this place it had a scantronic system from the early 1990's All hard wired with smoke detectors and panic buttons. Even the Ultrasonics were vintage.

I thought I needed to update all the PIRs as we have 3 cats. Luckily I just enabled the double knock feature and the old PIRs will now not trigger when they move about.

There is no way I would have a wireless system, I am lucky that this was pro installed when the loft conversion was done.

Apparantly the old Scantronic system is bullet proof and with an Arduino and ethernet board I can access and control it over TCP-IP - all for < £30

RFID Arm/Disarm Entry next :-)

You can get pet safe detectors, but you also can use electrical tape to obscure the lower parts of the floor sensing ;-)

Jimmy1983 · 18 Jan 2010 at 19:40

asakura797 said:
How much do the ones you fit cost?

Basic system 800-£1000.

Jez said:
Dont see the point. Always gone for "fake" boxes myself, which have exactly the same effect of scaring off youth's and chancers. Pro's will defeat any system anyway.

Point illustrated perfectly by the spate of youth/messy burglaries at one of my parents places, and not a single one since fitting alarm boxes, other than a professional jewelery job, which also hit neighbours houses which were alarmed at the time. Touch wood i have installed fake boxes on every house we have since, and not one has had a single burglary.

Good advice