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Review on Swann Wireless Doorway Security SWADS Alarms GL by Mark Lodge

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Lots of problems with motion sensors

I bought two of these kits from Revain and one from Lowes which only had a motion sensor. I gave my son one of Revain's. We programmed 3 sensors to a receiver and everything worked fine for about two weeks. Then they began to work sporadically. Then you stopped completely. I had one in my driveway, one in my yard, and one on my porch. I called Swann three times and asked questions. What they tell us doesn't work. You've got all those calls too, but the motion sensors come with sound by default. You cannot change this. Our 3 sensors make different sounds. We eventually concluded that the frequency of more than one receiver was interfering with other motion sensors. Since we have two receivers, let's try a motion sensor on one receiver and another motion sensor on the other receiver to see if they still work. This means we can't use 3. Out of the 3 sounds they made, I only like 1. We're discussing sending them all back. If they are unreliable, then why would you use them? Let's see how they deal with what we've done now. I too saw? about turning off the sound. I did it right at one of theirs while my husband was mowing the backyard. Then I went to turn the sound back on when it was done. It beeped and then turned off again. He did it again and again. So we had to take out the batteries and start over. Then program it again. My dIl says the same about its 2 sensors on the same receiver. One wants to cancel the other.

Pros
  • Everything is fine!
Cons
  • Expensive