Recommend home security vendor/equipment?
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Caddywumpus
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Hire Eldritch. Downside is finding dead hookers stuffed in the cupboards.
Eldritch
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You ever see how long a burglar stays around after he finds his second hooker in a cupboard? I mean some hard motherfuckers let the first one slide, but after the second one tumbles out of an open cabinet, they all GTFO.
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Eldritch
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SteelerFanatic
TEAM BARF-MW2
Two big dogs. Works for me.
You'll just sub the work out to Fred.
Sub out the work, and I can still rake in the dead hookers (literally!).
Eldritch
is insensitive
Reminds me, I gotta get a new rake.
Aluisious
Well-known member
You can get these alarms for a few bucks from Walgreens that work magnetically. One half on the door frame, one half on the door. When it's on and they seperate they set off a siren.
Personally I think the way to go would be to rig something to set off an electric air horn and a bright strobe light pointed at the door/window/other entry area. Makes sure you wake up, and it's got to disorient and scare the bad guy.
I don't know why you'd want to pay a service to monitor your place, they'll just show up late anyway. Only takes a bad guy a minute to break in and kill you.
Personally I think the way to go would be to rig something to set off an electric air horn and a bright strobe light pointed at the door/window/other entry area. Makes sure you wake up, and it's got to disorient and scare the bad guy.
I don't know why you'd want to pay a service to monitor your place, they'll just show up late anyway. Only takes a bad guy a minute to break in and kill you.
fromeast2west
Well-known member
First you should break down your needs into two categories, security and alarm.
Security slows down the bad guy, an alarm (hopefully) scares them away.
Before doing anything you should check with your landlord. If you have a good relationship with them they may even be willing to help with the cost (or have a commercial account w/ a locksmith that will save you money).
For security you should look into upgrading locks you have. Bumping or raking will open pretty much any standard lock very quickly. If your landlord has the property master keyed you may not be able to do much to upgrade, and it would be illegal to essentially lock out the landlord.
If you can't change locks, look into getting some other type of chain or door stop.
From there you should look at the weakest points first: windows, areas with poor lighting... you're security is only as good as the weakest point of entry.
For alarm systems you'll have to decide if you want active monitoring or not. Check with your local PD about their policies. Some don't even respond to remote calls, and many have started charging fees for repeat false alarms.
If you decide against a monitored service, and everything is OK with your landlord, then most residential equipment from the well knows vendors should be easy to install, and will work as it should.
Camera systems have come down in price, and some of the wireless systems are easy to set up and affordable (and it's cool to check out your place from work).
Security slows down the bad guy, an alarm (hopefully) scares them away.
Before doing anything you should check with your landlord. If you have a good relationship with them they may even be willing to help with the cost (or have a commercial account w/ a locksmith that will save you money).
For security you should look into upgrading locks you have. Bumping or raking will open pretty much any standard lock very quickly. If your landlord has the property master keyed you may not be able to do much to upgrade, and it would be illegal to essentially lock out the landlord.
If you can't change locks, look into getting some other type of chain or door stop.
From there you should look at the weakest points first: windows, areas with poor lighting... you're security is only as good as the weakest point of entry.
For alarm systems you'll have to decide if you want active monitoring or not. Check with your local PD about their policies. Some don't even respond to remote calls, and many have started charging fees for repeat false alarms.
If you decide against a monitored service, and everything is OK with your landlord, then most residential equipment from the well knows vendors should be easy to install, and will work as it should.
Camera systems have come down in price, and some of the wireless systems are easy to set up and affordable (and it's cool to check out your place from work).
Traq
Well-known member
Oh yea, that's a good point that I forgot. There was a thread on home alarms a while back and this point was made there. You might be able to find their policy on your city's website...a lot of good an alarm would do if the cops don't even bother to check on it, huh?
City of Hayward's policy (assuming the OP's location is correct).
Mangoat
Well-known member
Please don't ever get Protect America. I was stuck with them for two years.
Two years of false alarms at 0200. Me pulling the gun out and searching the house.
I have ADT now, my only complaint is getting the run around with their customer service. You just need to get hard with them.
Two years of false alarms at 0200. Me pulling the gun out and searching the house.
I have ADT now, my only complaint is getting the run around with their customer service. You just need to get hard with them.
