Yale EF-KIT4 Apartment Alarm

Five stars for this bit of kit as I sat down and read the instructions carefully and then installed the kit contents (Siren and false siren, control panel, 2 PIRs and 2 door/window switches) in about 3 hours. The instructions worked perfectly for me. If you are happy using a drill and screwdrivers and going up a ladder then that is all you need. I tested all the PIRs and switches by arming the system and walking through the PIR field of view or opening one of the doors and it all worked very well. The outside siren could be a bit louder but the inside siren (from the control panel) if VERY load when you standing next to it to disarm the system after an alarm activation but you can go into the control panel menu and switch that off, which I recommend while you are testing and then switch it back on again. One odd thing which I have not seen in any of the other reviews, so it may just have been a 'one off' with me, is that I also purchased an extra PIR, remote key pad and key fobs, and when I first used the 'Add Device' menu option it did not detect any of them (I did remove the battery protector first!). I therefore took the batteries out of all of them and left them for a while and then put the batteries back in and tried the 'Add Device' again and this time it detected all of them first time exactly as described in the manual. The dial out facility to mobile works well and the system is very configurable via the control panel menu which I also liked. All in all, easy to fit, works well and good value for money. Highly recommended.

I don’t usually write reviews for products I buy, but as I relied so heavily on consumer reviews before purchasing this alarm system that I felt I should share my opinion and experience now I have it. Just to be clear (as I’ve noticed reviews on amazon tend to be used across a range of products by the same manufacturer, rather than a specific model now), this is a review of the Yale YEFKIT2 (Telecommunication Alarm kit). The kit includes 2 PIRs, 2 Door/window contacts, 1 functioning Alarm/siren box, 1 “dummy” box and 1 control panel. This kit isn’t controllable via the app so you cannot use the PIRs with built in camera but it is compatible with all other YEF components. As the name implies, as well as the standard audible alarm sounding, this kit also calls you (on up to 3 phone numbers) to tell you when it goes off. It also allows you to arm or disarm it remotely by phone - which seemed like pretty useful additional functions to me. The kit is wireless apart from the main control panel which needs mains power and a telephone connection (it does have back-up batteries fitted to power it in the event of a power cut, but unlike the other components it cannot run on the batteries alone). So the position of the control panel was my biggest dilemma when planning out the system. I wanted the control panel to be near to the front door so that activating and deactivating it would be easy on exiting and entering the house. But if the wires are easily accessible, the phone line could be disconnected or cut by an intruder - and therefor the alarm wouldn’t be able to call me to alert me of its activation. I’d read about some people installing the main control panel in a hidden location and then positioning a remote keypad near the front door. I considered this option, but after viewing the remote keypad in a shop I decided that it wasn’t really what I wanted on display in my hall (this was a personal decision, based purely on aesthetics. I think from a practical point of view this is probably the simplest solution). However, as I have accessible crawl-space under my house and we were about to redecorate the hall, I decided to do something slightly more time-consuming. I added a power and telephone outlet under the house and then chased the wires up inside the wall to the point I wanted to mount the panel. I then plastered and painted over them when we decorated to leave the wall looking untouched. The wires were still accessible where they plug unto the underside of the unit however, and I don’t think a burglar would have too much problem removing the control panel from its mounting plate - so in addition to the supplied fitting I also filled the gap all the way around the unit with mastic. This had the desired effect of covering the mains and telephone plugs (where they enter the unit) and also makes removing the unit from the wall a much tougher task for any would-be intruder. The control unit itself is quite nice looking for an alarm system, and feels nice and sturdy. It’s all made of a pretty sturdy plastic with a ‘touch-screen’ style interface (although the buttons never actually change or move on the display) taking up most of the front panel and four physical buttons which are mostly used to navigate around the system set-up rather than the daily alarming and disarming the system. Once I had the control unit where I wanted it - and as secure as I could make it, fitting the rest of the system was genuinely a piece of cake. I would say I fitted the lot in about 45 minutes. I had read the instructions from cover to cover twice before I started - which I would recommend to anyone trying to install this kit. I would also recommend making a note of the preallocated names of each of the components and where you position them as you activate them. You can easily rename each part of the kit later (such as ‘LivingRoom 1’), but this is much easier if you already have a list of the names to be changed. The PIRs and door contacts that come in the box are already paired to the control panel so just need to be activated. I bought two additional PIRs which were really easy to pair and activate. You can name these at the point of pairing them, so make the set up really easy to keep a track of which bits are where. The PIRs and door contacts have guide marks in the plastic to punch through and screw them to the walls but I decided to use high-strength double sided sticky pads to fit them instead, so these were all up and in place in minutes. Ignoring my personal decision to mount the control panel in such a way, the trickiest bit of fitting the system is the siren box itself and that’s only because you have to do it up a ladder. For obvious reasons, the higher - and therefor more out-of-reach - you mount the siren, the better. But if you enjoy heights as little as I do, then marking fixing holes, fiddling around with the siren box and a cordless drill all while your legs steadily turn to jelly isn’t a whole lot of fun. But to their credit, Yale have made this as easy as possible by offering a range of fixing points on the base unit of the box and only one screw to finally secure the cover in place. Weighing up the benefits of the ‘dummy’ box and how much I disliked working at heights, I decided not to mount the second box. But if you have a property that is easily accessible from the front and back, I can see the dummy box could be a very useful additional deterrent. Once up and running the system set-up offers a lot of flexibility - allowing you to set up each of the components to your own preferences. There’s a ‘home’ setting where you can disable any number of the components to allow movement inside the house, but still not let intruders in. You can set some parts to instantly set off the siren, whilst others (mostly the front door sensor) start a countdown - giving you time to disarm the system before the siren activates. You can also set certain components to sound an internal chime to alert you in a slightly less alarming way if someone has come in through a door. You can add key-fobs, additional remote keypads, Alarm/help buttons and smoke alarms to the system, but I haven’t done this (yet). I’ve had the system installed for about a month now and in that time we went away for a week. It seems to work very well. We haven’t had any false alarms, but have managed to set it off once by accident when we opened the back door from inside, having forgotten that we had it set to ‘home’ mode. The alarm itself is very loud - both inside and outside the house, so our focus at the time was switching it off as quickly as possible. I only realised after the event that it did not dial out to my phone in this instance. I don’t know if this was due to the speed that we managed to switch it off or if it is a fault. As the alarm is so loud, and also activating it will obviously use the battery-life up, I haven’t yet done a secondary test to see how long it takes to dial out (there is a ‘call test’ as part of the system set-up which worked fine, so I know the functionality is there and working). My only complaint at this time is that the ‘every-day use’ noises from the control panel are far too loud, and there is no volume control for this. One of the first things I did was to turn the ‘key Tone’ off so it doesn’t beep at me every time I press a button. This still leaves the ‘alarm on’ sound - several short beeps to tell you the alarm is active once you have turned it on. I find it quite reassuring when leaving the house to shut the door and hear the beeps telling me the alarm is now on, but when setting the alarm to ‘home mode’ and people are in the house, or the kids are sleeping upstairs, the 3 short beeps are far too loud. Overall, I would thoroughly recommend this alarm. At £200 it’s exceptional value for money. It’s easy to install and offers that extra peace of mind when leaving the house for long periods of time, if you’re just popping out or even while you’re still inside sleeping. The telephone connection makes it more advanced than a basic alarm system, but doesn’t overcomplicate things or rely on the quality of an app or a wifi connection to be able to use it. You can expand the system as you need with up to 20 components, so offers a great amount of flexibility. Once installed, it’s also very easy to use with a nice clear display and touch-sensitive buttons to activate and deactivate the alarm. My main negative comments would be on the relative ease someone could disconnect the telephone cable from the control unit, unless you either go to some lengths to install it properly or opt for the additional remote keypad - which is nowhere near as nice as the control panel that comes with the kit.

Pros -This alarm is easy to fit and set up. As long as you know how to use a drill, you'll be fine. -Big yellow siren box, so burglars can't really miss it. -All devices are wireless apart from the main control panel. Having them wireless will mean that there no need to tidy any wires on the walls and burglars won't be able to trace where the main control panel is. -All devices have tamper proof. -Auto dials to your phone when alarm triggers. -Can delay the alarm trigger in order to give itself time to dial out to your phone before burglars pull the phone plug. -Can arm/disarm remotely via a phone. -Has low battery warnings for all wireless devices. -Should there be a power cut, the main control panel has backup battery that lasts up to 10 hours. -Instructions manual is easy to follow. -You can part alarm your house. I.e. arming ground floor only while people are sleeping upstairs. -There are various configurations that you can set on each device, i.e. activate alarm immediately, set entry timer, set to always alarm (for windows) regardless whether you arm or disarm your alarm. Cons -Since the siren box is wireless, you will have to climb up to change the batteries eventually. -LED flashing lights are off by default, but can be turned on at the expense of using up more battery. Depending on how big your house is, or how secure you want it to be, you may need to purchase additional sensors. Overall: I've been using this for the past 2 weeks and so far so good. Haven't experienced any false alarms so far. I would recommend that you purchase a wireless keypad, place this by the main entrance door and hide the main control panel as advised from [...] I would recommend that you fully read everything in the instructions manual to familiarise yourself with the settings before testing it out to avoid activating the alarm without the knowledge of turning it off. I would highly recommend that you give each sensor a name during the installation and not later, i.e. kitchen, living room etc. I made the mistake of naming them later and had trouble finding out which of the 6 sensors I had belonged to which room. I would prefer if there was an option that allows you to power the siren box from a main. That way, I wouldn't have to worry about climbing up my house to change the batteries when it goes dead. Also it will mean that I can leave the flashing LED on without worrying about changing the batteries too often. Additional comments added 6 months later... This alarm is still going great after 6 months of use. There is one important thing I would like to add is that in any alarm systems that is not connected to a police response system like ADT, the police will NOT go to your property to check. One time my mum accidentally triggered the alarm when she went through the front door and did not enter the pin properly, this resulted in the alarm system dialling to my phone. I panicked and called 999 while I was at work. The response I got from the police is that I need to be at home to verify that there was a break-in before they can send the police over. Thank god that the alarm was triggered by my mum, but anyway allow me to continue my point. The point I'm trying to make is that having just an alarm system alone is not enough for the police to arrive at your doorstep just because you called 999 to explain that your alarm was triggered. I have a friend who works for the police and he had told me that if you have a DIY alarm system combined with CCTV that you can connect remotely, then you can get an emergency police response from a 999 call. Provided that you can connect to your CCTV remotely via your phone and can verify that there is a burglar in your house, then that will be enough for an emergency police response without you being at home. Alternatively, if you don't want the hassle of self installation of a DIY alarm system as well as CCTV, you can always get ADT by paying a monthly fee endlessly. I would personally think that having a CCTV as an additional security measure is great to have nevertheless. In addition to having an alarm system and CCTV, you can also install locks on every single internal door in your house. Of course if the burglar really wants to break down your door, he will. The aim of having door locks is to slow down his time while the alarms are going off. My way of thinking is that the alarm and CCTV will deter burglars who just wants to have it easy and the internal door locks is just a way to delay the time for the persistent burglars from stealing your valuables. To delay time further you can even stick a cartoon drawing with the words 'mummy and daddy's room' to a locked room with the least valuables to fool the burglar and make him smash that door down first and realise there is nothing there. Ever since I had a break in 8 months ago that completely changed my sense of security. A break-in can happen to anyone.

Prodotto valido e sirena di buona potenza e fattura. Toppo deboli i bip di inserimento e disinserimento, udibili a fatica all'esterno di una porta blindata.

Antifurto di ottima qualità costruttiva e di facile installazione . Ha peró delle pecche . Non viene riconosciuto il movimento in soggetti bassi ad esempio animali ( e io non ho i sensori pet ) quindi se entra un bambino in casa dal balcone non lo riconosce .

Ottimo allarme wifi che non richiede nessun alimentatore per funzionare. E' un allarme a 868Mhz con anti-jamming. Ha solo un lato negativo che pero' non lo inserisce nei top di gamma: manca l'attivazione/disattivazione/avviso attraverso la sim gsm. Consigliato per installazioni in condominio, sconsigliato in ambienti isolati

l'unico dubbio che ho attualmente e' la funzionalità di chiamata di emergenza ai numeri impostati sui dispositivo, poi e' stato molto semplice la installazione di tutti i componenti, lo posso consigliare come antifurto