Friend of mine. Centennial home robbery yesterday

[kwando]

Seems to me that there are a lot more burglarys these last 18 months. Personally I think people should invest in home security systems whether a monitoring service or a self monitoring service. Just fortifying and making things difficult for a potential burglar can help to. Either way another good reason to have a CCW since this woman came upon something in her home unkowningly.

Bingo! Not just a basic monitoring system that over priced ADT charges for... What good is 2 doors with no window sensors. You need all windows, motion on basement and floor levels. Garage door as well and the door from outside into the garage. I can monitor my alarm on my phone, i can turn on lights, open and close my garage door, i get a txt when someone rings my doorbell, etc. All with monitoring for 1/2 of what ADT charges... i have an alarm guy that does awesome work if anyone needs his info.

here are some screen shots from my phone this morning

[funkymonkey1111]

Bingo! Not just a basic monitoring system that over priced ADT charges for... What good is 2 doors with no window sensors. You need all windows, motion on basement and floor levels. Garage door as well and the door from outside into the garage. I can monitor my alarm on my phone, i can turn on lights, open and close my garage door, i get a txt when someone rings my doorbell, etc. All with monitoring for 1/2 of what ADT charges... i have an alarm guy that does awesome work if anyone needs his info.

here are some screen shots from my phone this morning

that looks like a great set up. do you have to have an Iphone to have that type of remote monitoring/control of the system?

[ChunkyMonkey]

What company is that? Doesn't do us much good to talk about it but not name it.

+1

[funkymonkey1111]

What company is that? Doesn't do us much good to talk about it but not name it.

Kwando, any chance you're going to provide this info?

[kwando]

Wow i didn't know there were that many questions about this setup.

that looks like a great set up. do you have to have an Iphone to have that type of remote monitoring/control of the system?

No, the app is separate from the alarm/automation system. The app is $50 on iTunes, and the have an android version as well. Monitoring is totally separate, you don't need monitoring at all, it can send you a txt for everything. i.e. when system is armed, garage door is left over after system is armed, temp in the house gets too cold/hot, etc.

What company is that? Doesn't do us much good to talk about it but not name it.

The alarm/automation system is ElkM1Gold.

My guy's name is Jason his contact info is 720-335-5983 (google voice).




ADT/Brinks will nickel and dime you for everything! You want no landline... +$5, you want to control it with your iPhone +5%, etc. They charge a lot for monitoring because they have staff that will roll out to fix your stuff if it goes bad. Jason can cut that cost by doing a quality install, and monitoring will be WAY lower. Same response time. Not to mention that i spent $1k when i bought the house, and when i cancelled with Brinks they wanted the equipment back. So i just paid for labor... BS!

[ChunkyMonkey]

Thanks kwando...