Hello again fellow security conscious ladies & gentlemen. We have the Skylink SC-1000 alarm review today we hope you enjoy it and find some useful information. We are going to talk about the Skylink SC-1000 Complete Wireless Home Security Alarm System and will share our thoughts on the product and whether or not you should give this one a go.
The manufacturer of this product claims that due to its new “rolling-code” technology it can give its owner higher security and will get rid of any wrongly set or false alarms. Sounds good so far! They also make sure that you are aware of the fact that it comes easy to unpack & install and won’t cost you a penny in future fees when using the product. Still sounds good!
Let us start by diving straight into what that technology is that they call “rolling-code”. Basically, Skylink (The name of the manufacture of the SC-1000) are the first ones to incorporate this into their security systems. The technology itself is recognises radio waves from the assigned remote sensors set by you the user, this can be your door, the house window etc. This prevents the need of having a security key for your device and gets rid of the threat of having anyone near looking at your code and using it later maliciously.
Other features that Skylink purr over are its cutting edge wireless system (whatever that means!) apparently it is damage proof to things like fires or floods yet we took a standard lighter to the product and it melted before our very eyes. Needless to say, in a full blown fire that may well be an issue!
Other points they mention are the obvious no service fees charge which we think is great and they should get credit for this. Many of you will no doubt already be learning that for some Wireless Home Security Alarm Systems you actually have to pay a monthly fee. We at Cool Home Security are always opposed to monthly fees, they are a rip off.
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So we had set this system up in our testing warehouse for a few weeks and began to critically analyse its performance. We have to say that the Skylink does offer a really good amount of protection for home users. It is by no means a professional grade system, by that we mean that we would recommend something else for an office or a large building. But if you are a home owner and you need to secure your domestic living quarters, you will be happy with this alarms performance.
One of the reasons we don’t recommend this for professional use is because of a couple of features that were missing from the product that we would have genuinely liked to have seen. The first of these features is the alarms overall durability.
When we were testing stages for the Skylink SC-1000 alarm review we were not convinced that this hardware could take much impact and it would have been relatively easy for any intruder to physically destroy the components of the alarm to stop the loud noise. This is a big flaw in our eyes. On top of this the manufacturer’s guidelines actually advise you to keep the alarm right at your door. We would advise you not to do this so you can prevent any harm coming its way.
Instead you can hide the alarm somewhere safe yet keep the remote control near the door. In our time using the wireless capability we saw no problems. In actual fact the remote function of this alarm was one of the highlights of the product, not once did we have an issue of communication between devices.
The other feature we would have loved the Skylink SC-1000 Complete Wireless Alarm System to have was the ability to record and store which area or zone had actually set the alarm off in the first place. We found this to be a great aspect of the Wireless Home Security Alarm System from Proctor Plus and is sadly missed in this wireless alarm.
It is great to have this information presented to the user of alarms as it can be used for solving problems that you may encounter with the alarm such as it being falsely set off. It is also great for evidence and information to be shown to the authorities if they are investigating your break in.
One of the things that this alarm system does great however is the noise of the siren. When we first heard it we thought there may have been a possibility of being reported to the police for noise pollution from the neighbouring town!
Some of you may think you don’t want an alarm with this kind of kick but in our experience, the louder the better. It may be a slight inconvenience for you with any potential false alarms, but in a real world scenario you need people to hear that the house is being breached. It will also give any would be burglar a fright, which is always a good thing in our eyes.
This wireless home security alarm system is great for anyone wishing to add a decent amount of home security to their own domestic area. Like we said, there would be no real need for employing this at an office as it’s simply not good enough. It’s at a competitive price so we are still going to give the Skylink SC-1000 alarm review a fine 5 out of 10.
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