This kit comes with a base station to keep your system online, two keypads for in-home control, and a range extender to ensure your Alarm devices have signal. When paired with contact sensors to cover eight doors or windows and motion detectors to cover two rooms, it's a great fit for 2-4 bedroom homes.
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This kit comes with a base station to keep your system online, two keypads for in-home control, and a range extender to ensure your Alarm devices have signal. When paired with contact sensors to cover eight doors or windows and motion detectors to cover two rooms, it's a great fit for 2-4 bedroom homes.
Refer to forum thread for additional deals and deal discussion. -slickdewmaster
something to watch out for during shipping is that they will send you the 10 piece kit and separate additional pieces. well, with those additional pieces you might get charged for faster shipping even if you have prime. I had to chat and put my foot down to get that additional shipping back.
i did have 2 different motion sensors trigger a tamper alarm in the middle of the night. a simple open and close of the sensor fixed that. so, at pairing when you pull the first time plastic battery tabs you might want to open and close the sensor.
ebay has good prices on additional pieces like 2 contacts for ~$25, motion for $20-25, and others.
you do not have to buy the gen2 first alert smoke alarm with the scanable QR code. you can use the gen1 without the QR code. ~$30 ebay
The Ecolink garage door tilt sensor can be had for $16-30 ebay.
when it comes to the dome sensor, it definitely is NOT worth $40. battery operated and not loud at all. they can sometimes be found on ebay for $20-30. i plan to hack a couple with a relay to trigger a siren horn.
if you get the ring cam, there is a known bricking issue where when you set them up and they immediately update the firmware they can brick. I did have to exchange one.
if you get the Lighting hub, there is a known issue where the hub will not communicate with older android cells during setup when it links to your cell to get your router ssid and password. if you have that happen just use a newer cell or tablet.
if you have keypads chime in addition to the hub they will be slightly out of sync (if even tells you this). sounds like an echoing effect.
if the keypad red wifi light comes on then you need to use the plugin range extender between the hub and keypad. rule of thumb if you have a good sized house you want to use one repeater in each room or so. additional can be had for $20-25 ebay.
i use the new ring keypad 2nd gen for both ring and smartthings. to differentiate between i put a transparent colored dot on the ones for smartthings.
I added 1 keypad, 2 sensor and 1 motion detector, the keypad price i got it from costco while the other parts I grabbed it from amazon
Sometimes Office Depot used to have them on clearance. I think they got rid of all of their security devices. Ring being part of it so was marked down like 70 percent
so extra Montion Sensor = $25, contact sensors 2x20=40, keypad=$50 so saving about $55 if you need additional accessories. looks like this might be a better deal than Costco 130 for 10 pieces. Tks OP.
Ring Black Friday deal for ring secure 14 piece $199 is back till Nov 30. Was going to purchase the Costco deal but this has extra sensors and motion detector and keypad. All other items including cameras are also on sale including floodlight for $189.
Comes with free security yard sign for $14.99! Checkout with Paypal for additional 5% cb with freedom effectively dropping this to $190 for some folks.
Looks like Amazon has the 14 piece with free echo dot back at $199 as well. You won't be able to check out with PayPal for $10 cash back and won't get the security yard sign but it's a free echo dot. I can't decide which to pull the trigger on..
If you have the amazon card, can't you knock 5% off it basically?
In the same pickle as you...not sure which one I should get. I think i'm going to lean for the free echo dot so that it can serve as a sensor as well..
What is Alexa Guard?
With Guard, Alexa can help you keep your home safe. When you set Guard to Away mode, Alexa can send you Smart Alerts via notifications to your phone if an Echo device detects the sound of smoke alarms, carbon monoxide alarms, or glass breaking. Guard also works with Ring Alarm. To learn more about Guard, open the Alexa app, go to Settings, and tap Guard.
I got two Costco packages. I need four more sensors to cover all our windows, but I will just use the motion sensors in those areas. We have one set up with all our doors. I love having an alert when a door is opened or if the motion sensor is activated while we are away.
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Got it for $160 during last ring.com deal using a 20% seniors code. Love it so far. The contact sensors are more versatile than they look in pictures. You can literally put them anywhere and they don't have to line up perfectly.
so extra Montion Sensor = $25, contact sensors 2x20=40, keypad=$50 so saving about $55 if you need additional accessories. looks like this might be a better deal than Costco 130 for 10 pieces. Tks OP.
outside of the base package you can good deals on additional sensors (sealed) from ebay. a 2-pack of contacts is ~$25 and a motion is ~$25.
This or the Costco 10 piece? Which one is better deal?
my understanding is that if you want a two pad system you have to buy this one. you can not buy two single pads from costco and make them work together.
Some newbie questions. I have home security system prewired when the home was built. I am getting ripped off paying $39 a month and use Alarm.com app for full control. I am debating on getting one of these kits instead to replace the system. Can the system be setup to alert you with voice on which doors open ? For example my current system just chimes anytime a door opens. I rather know which door opened say garage door, porch door etc. How do the sensors communicate? are they using bluetooth or wifi?
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got this last time and so far so good.
something to watch out for during shipping is that they will send you the 10 piece kit and separate additional pieces. well, with those additional pieces you might get charged for faster shipping even if you have prime. I had to chat and put my foot down to get that additional shipping back.
i did have 2 different motion sensors trigger a tamper alarm in the middle of the night. a simple open and close of the sensor fixed that. so, at pairing when you pull the first time plastic battery tabs you might want to open and close the sensor.
ebay has good prices on additional pieces like 2 contacts for ~$25, motion for $20-25, and others.
you do not have to buy the gen2 first alert smoke alarm with the scanable QR code. you can use the gen1 without the QR code. ~$30 ebay
The Ecolink garage door tilt sensor can be had for $16-30 ebay.
when it comes to the dome sensor, it definitely is NOT worth $40. battery operated and not loud at all. they can sometimes be found on ebay for $20-30. i plan to hack a couple with a relay to trigger a siren horn.
if you get the ring cam, there is a known bricking issue where when you set them up and they immediately update the firmware they can brick. I did have to exchange one.
if you get the Lighting hub, there is a known issue where the hub will not communicate with older android cells during setup when it links to your cell to get your router ssid and password. if you have that happen just use a newer cell or tablet.
if you have keypads chime in addition to the hub they will be slightly out of sync (if even tells you this). sounds like an echoing effect.
if the keypad red wifi light comes on then you need to use the plugin range extender between the hub and keypad. rule of thumb if you have a good sized house you want to use one repeater in each room or so. additional can be had for $20-25 ebay.
i use the new ring keypad 2nd gen for both ring and smartthings. to differentiate between i put a transparent colored dot on the ones for smartthings.
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Does ring have glass break sensor ?
Comes with free security yard sign for $14.99! Checkout with Paypal for additional 5% cb with freedom effectively dropping this to $190 for some folks.
https://shop.ring.com/products/se...m-alarm-14
Looks like Amazon has the 14 piece with free echo dot back at $199 as well. You won't be able to check out with PayPal for $10 cash back and won't get the security yard sign but it's a free echo dot. I can't decide which to pull the trigger on..
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product...0DER&
In the same pickle as you...not sure which one I should get. I think i'm going to lean for the free echo dot so that it can serve as a sensor as well..
What is Alexa Guard?
With Guard, Alexa can help you keep your home safe. When you set Guard to Away mode, Alexa can send you Smart Alerts via notifications to your phone if an Echo device detects the sound of smoke alarms, carbon monoxide alarms, or glass breaking. Guard also works with Ring Alarm. To learn more about Guard, open the Alexa app, go to Settings, and tap Guard.
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i use the new ring keypad 2nd gen for both ring and smartthings. to differentiate between i put a transparent colored dot on the ones for smartthings.
Edit. found this link which looks interesting
https://community.smart
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