George Langabeer
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BEST Home Security: Monitored Alarm Systems Vs. DIY Alarm Systems
Smart Home Security System 2022: Monitored Home Security Systems Vs. DIY Home Security Systems.
In this video we discuss home alarm systems (sometimes referred to as burglar alarm systems). When it comes to these systems there are two options. 1. Monitored alarm systems. 2. DIY alarm…
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Any wired options for self-monitoring?
So the Abode hub works with the Aqara accessries? Is that the best combo?
Dropping out of helicopters and jamming wifi is insane !!! 🤣🤣🤣 these people with these examples just stirring 💩 up.
All security companies are legal scam.
Bruh can we get the video without the overwhelming cringe
I want Monitored Alarm Systems, great for my home
Cameras are great for live viewing but in my experience in the industry, it rarely does anything to help the police catch the criminals.
I will never say dont get cameras though, thats absolutely wrong. Just understand that they will not mecessarily help
Love your videos and have been binge watching them to make my decision to buy a home security system. For this video though I do not quite follow some of the logic. How would a DIY system work if you are in situations where you are not able to pick up or respond to call law enforcement? For example if you are on a flight, or in a location with bad cellphone signal, or in a movie theater with silenced phone, or in business meetings where sometimes they make you keep your phone on silent, or driving and can't safely make the calls, or phone lost charge. These are not crazy scenarios and do happen in normal life. Do you recommend both a DIY, plus a monitoring service in that case? Are there better cameras than Ring, but also with good monitoring service that goes with it? Thanks again for your videos and learning a lot.
When you say “some companies do this” or “ some systems are lacking” etc is too broad a statement. I think I expected to get more direction from this video.
Can you be more in detail on what would be a good camera a hub using Alexa nd a good cloud storage for a moderate pricing?
Thanks for the wonderfull video. What about the some of the home security products Aliexpress has?
Aqara doesn't have exterior cameras, George? which ones do you recommend for outside? ty!
Hey George, thank you for this great video. In your opinion, if someone were to layer their security system, what would you go with, not including the monitoring system. I know Aqara for the cameras but what about the actual alarm system, without monitoring
Talk too much about nothing… get to what it is youre trying to say!
Really liked the combo of the Honeywell Vista20p and the eyeson daughter board. Can monitor remotely and get alarms and activate/deactivate the panel. The Vista20p is the work horse of the industry, add the eyeson board and you have a solid self monitoring system.
Vivint Home Security took a 3,400 loan out in my name without my knowledge and never said anything about a contact. I have court today and I want to expose them.
Yes, sir 100% the camera effing sucks with Vivint
In the snow you can see how some one tried stealing my trailer with two car top carriers in side it last night in the snow you can see it got moved 3 feet the hitch towards the road but my vehical was parked in front of the hitch and my other vehical was parked behind it it looks like they gave up stealing the trailer because it was hard to move in the snow . I need sacerity cams
All I’ll say, is you’ve never listened to recordings of real life calls from monitoring stations.
1) I listened to a recording of a person who was off their meds, stabbing themselves. But they couldn’t stop. So they pressed their medical pendant and the monitoring station had the police there. They didn’t think to call 911. But they used their alarm.
2) a house on fire, your first instinct is get your family or yourself or your dogs out first. It’s not calling 911. If your house is burning behind you, 911 is the last thing until everyone is safe. Whereas an alarm has already done it through the monitoring station.
3) there’s more to alarms than just intrusions, people have real life issues, mental health issues, etc. the alarm is quick, easy, and dispatched appropriately. 911, needs questions ; location, emergency, what happened, where are they, when did it happen, you need minutes to explain. An alarm is faster
I don't know how to wire an nvr system. Where in your opinion is a good place to have someone do this? Also, what is your favorite nvr camera system? How much roughly would some charge to set up/wire a nvr system? I understand everyone company and state are different.
Always great content
I completely agree. Currently paying a monthly fee for the security firm to call me to let me know the alarm has gone off. I already know as insite gold app just alerted me through the gprs. So why pay? They cannot call the police due to their policies of getting charged for false alarms. I need to call the police.
I'm just about cancel my service with them, keep the paradox alarm and system, install a trikdis 4g gprs with protegus.
Also got my Blueiris with codeproject ai alerts etc.
Thanks!
I wanna catch bad girls too.
I’m in limbo between going back to Xfinity home security (I live in Chicago) or Vivint. Vivint cameras are awesome af lol but so is xfinity. My only concern is in a real life emergency situation, will Vivint be dependable
If they cover there face which they do then there’s no ID🤷🏽♂️
I bought into simpli safe and added many sensors. Soon after the some sensors stopped working, but I lived with it. Then the base unit went nuts and continued repeating itself. I had to take the batterys out of it. I got ahold of simpli safe and they said I was a customer. Then they couldnt help me. Avoid avoid avoid, you have been warned.
I’m so confused now.
Hey buddy, question, I have a wired system in place and simply wanted to upgrade my panel to allow for self monitoring virtually. Currently, my system doesn’t have the ability to communicate to me if I’m at work.
Great Video
thanks for your videos! I am a new young home owner and I always wanted a security system when I finally got a house. however I ended up calling Vivint one day for a quote and by that afternoon I found myself fully "Vivintified" with cameras, door bell, motion sensors, smoke alarms, glass break sensor….. with a fee of 126 a month for 5 years until all equipment is paid off (total of over 3k) and then after 5 years I can go month to month with $69/mo monitoring fee…..
and this just seems like overkill? even if I can afford it…y? especially since I can not understand why their cameras cost $400 each? and additional 249 for motion sensing lights…..
I have 3 days to make a decision and I think at this point I should cancel. I can not understand how Vivint is allowed to get away with their prices in a world where so many cheaper, good options exist
Thanks for your expertise! Great video!
I work for a home security company and i agree. We will have a fire alarm and we talk to the homeowner and lets say it went off because they took a shower, obviously no fire. It can go off a minute later and then the homeowner doesn't answer, they have one chance to answer before the fd is dispatched, either through the real time response or phone call. Then you send the fire department clearly seeing through cams or seeing it was disarmed but for fire you have to make contact with customer, so waste of resources. The fire department has been dispatched and you continue calling the call list and the spouse answers getting all mad because fd was dispatched and they just said no fd a few minutes ago. Now they want to cancel the fd and 9 times out of 10 the fire department will still show up regardless wasting resources all because a simple shower… same thing with some burg alarms. Out of about 1500 alarms about 7 are real, so that tells you something needs to change. Ive been on hold with the police department FOR OVER AN HOUR at times trying to get a dispatch for another false alarm. its super frustrating because we are just following the guidelines and now the customer is super frustrated. Usually just a faulty device or user error. Its all about the money…
In South Africa, Monitored alarm systems works a little bit differently Yeah if the alarm goes off I control room just call you to make sure everything is fine. But if you are in trouble, they won't send the police They will send their own, armed guards for us, it's important because our police is useless.
GREAT, great video!!! I will tell you that Aqara does connect to non-local networks where it gives out your privacy data. What are your thoughts on that?
I have both systems. My cameras are hooked up to a dedicated monitor that hooks up to that first then to my Wi-Fi and phone so even if my phone is not on the monitor is working. I prefer to have my alarm system hooked up to a server because I told them if it goes off don't bother calling me call the police right away. That way if someone's kicking down my door I could attend to them knowing that the police are already on the way. plus you can have Panic buttons all around the house. And last and least is my useless guard cat.
I agree I just finished my 3 year contract and I’m not renewing. I feel like you can get much better equipment and have a way lower monthly fee for self monitoring.
Did you just completely forget about Ring.
I agree with you, however, most insurance companies require a monitored system for a premium reduction.
I don’t like diy systems because there always seems to be issues. Dealing with camera batteries and wifi based sensors that go out if the wifi goes out. I’d rather pay $30 more to not have to touch anything
No take on ARLO ?
I went with Vivint…i have a 2 fam rental and i live in one of the units…the wired fire alarm that the tenant cannot remove is great…the water sensor has also saved us from disasters and I do like the recordings…having a live person on the system asking if all is ok is priceless…the cameras are not as great as others but they are still ok…they are not horrible, you can see clearly and I’ve posted some funnies on my social media…i had brinks and they were atrocious, the customer service is nonexistent…and adt was also lackluster…Vivint is actually excellent…I did end up getting floodlights with motion sensor from Ring and yes they’re camera capabilities and playback options are superb and compared to Vivint, yes definitely better. I really was wrestling with whether or not to pay the extra subscription also for Ring since it records new angles and adds another layer of security. What gave me pause was thinking that maybe I was overdoing it and being redundant. But after watching your vid, I’m sold on having and paying for both as the idea to layer your security was the soundest thing I’ve heard all week. It is not redundant at all…it’s reinforcing an already good thing to make it even better. Thank you!
Do you know of an individual or company in the Northwest Arkansas area who will install a DIY wired home monitoring system?