Originally bought this alarm after realising the walls to my house are half a metre thick. Not good for drilling cable holes.
Anyway, it was easy to install and looks just like a wired alarm. However, after only a week, we had real trouble disarming the system. This was particularly problematic when coming back from a night out at 3am, not something the neighnours appreciate at all. The key ring disamer and the keypad intermittantly fail to disarm the system.
Spoke to Micromark who suggested lots of little things that didnt work, even suggested changing batteries which were just a week old!
I took it back in the end, to Argos where I bough it who gave me a new shiny one. This I installed using instructions to the letter and had no problems for about a week.
Then the system managed to find a mind of its own and armed itself at about 5am one Wednesday morning. This then set off the siren which I was lucky enough to be able to disarm.
However, today, I finally lost it with the thing as it failed to disarm despite a number of attempts with all means possible. I have written to Micromark (although dont expect a great deal of response) and Argos explaining my predicament. I havnt decided what to do but it is more than likely it will go straight back.
I would not recommend this as a purchase, its is fraught with flaws and bad design!!
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Subsequently have been in touch with Micromark who seemed very helpful. They have even sent a team out to the far east where the system is manufactured to investigate the problem. Watch this space!
ray52 16.09.2004 22:15
Hi and a warm welcome to ciao. A good first review. I hope you enjoy the ciao experience. Ray
Sep 15th, 2004
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