happy user here.
All alarms use magnetic switches, nothing is perfect, and if master thieves want your stuff, they are gonna get it.
This is great to scare off small time thug types.
re folks having problems with motion sensors- try flipping them over (leaving space under the beam for your critters) and also, there is a sensitivity adjustment switch under the battery – some folks are unaware of that. Try medium or low, default is high I think.
I like the flexibility of wireless sensors and on the fly changes in configuration from the website. I also use the app all the time.
I have a sensor on a drawer that when I’m home, I want to know if anyone opens. It’s set to just text me, not trigger the alarm-- the possibilities for that are broad. Know if guests are snooping in the med cabinet at a party… know if somebody’s in the booze drawer. Parents know if the under sink door guarding poisonous chemicals has been breached by a toddler that likes to eat stuff…
No alarm is undefeatable. Use some common sense, this is a good, flexible system.
The monitoring, by the way, has been excellent. The few times I’ve set it off myself, they’ve called me before I could disarm.
Check with your local gov, you might have to get an alarm permit (I did).
Oh, and re flexibility- you can tell the system which sensors to arm when. Which are instant triggers and which have delay. All from the web interface. Very handy. When I had an issue with a motion sensor (fat cat) I was on vacation. After the false alarm, I was able to set that sensor to only text me until I got home and relocated it and adjusted it to not get set off by the cat. From the website I could see that although one interior motion had been tripped, all doors were closed, and no other motions had been set off, so the odds of anyone being there were very, very low (because the Mission Impossible folks do not want my junk).
You can hide the “brain” anywhere it has good signal. Inside an attic hatch. On a shelf in a wicker basket…
But the only concern with somebody getting your base station is this: they have to know your entry door that has a delay, and know that’s how the alarm is set up, and know where to find the base station, and disable it within 30 seconds of entering (away mode, less time can be set for home mode). Since the base is wireless and has back up battery in it, they have to smash it to bits in that time, not only find it. If they hit an instant trigger (which all should be except the door you open first) the signal is already sent. You could even set all sensors to “instant” and arm/ disarm through the app and not need an entry delay-- if that makes you feel better.
A few other nice things- set guest/ worker PIN codes easily. Family visiting? Give them a PIN code for their stay, then deactivate it in case your mother in law wrote it down on a note with your address…