Any sugestions for home security burglar alarm?

[SilverShadow]

Hey again,

 

Thought i'd pop by again to this great forum for more great advice 😁

 

I wondered if anyone would mind sharing their thoughts around home security, please. We're looking for a system that can cover the house & garage, along with a freestanding brick workshop at the bottom of the garden (some 10m away from the house). There are some great articles on the web reviewing devices, but you can't beat 1st hand experience from folks with this sort of setup at home.

 

Our initial thoughts around requirements are:

 

• DIY self-installation preferred
• Battery powered (no need to connect to mains)
• Smart controlled via App (either bespoke or a free 3rd party app)
• Flexibility to plug in various add-ons (multiple sensors, doorbell, etc)
• Able to cover the house, garage & outbuilding (so either great wifi/ethernet connectivity, or able to connect separate control panels to 1 system in the app)
• Pet friendly (dog)
• No monthly subscription fees (or optional at least) / value for money
• Doesn't keep going off from 'false alarms' all the time

 

 

We're total novices to this aspect, so apologies for the daft questions. Please feel free to share experiences of your own systems, if this helps determine what is/isn't suitable

 

 

Many thanks for your time as always

Shadow

[Originaltwist]

A look on the Vesternet web site might give some ideas. Maybe a Z Wave controller and set up to give perimeter breach warnings 'flash the lights' before the real bells go off.

[MikeGrahamT21]

I'm planning on using a Tapo system at some point in the future. I have their video doorbell at the moment which works really well, comes with a hub which takes an SD card to hold recordings, there is a subscription option but it just gives cloud storage (not needed if you have a large SD card) and rich notifications.

 

Their external cameras double up as floodlights and 2 way audio/sirens which i think is pretty neat.