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Review on 🏒 Honeywell 5816OD Outdoor Wireless Magnetic Contact Sensor by Sean Garrison

Revainrating 1 out of 5

**Rating changed, Doesn't withstand outdoors

New part, less than 4 months later the plastic part is falling off due to outdoor exposure to the sun. See photo, I'm really disappointed with the product as it costs almost $70 and seems to use cheap plastic. I went to the Honeywell website to look at the warranty and essentially what you have to do is mail the old product or call 800 or fax. There is no email or posting a photo online to show the problem. I use this as a pool alarm to prevent my two toddlers from accessing the pool unsupervised. I find it insane that the alarms they sell for home security systems come with such a terrible warranty and a clear disinterest in maintaining the warranty. Old review, this part is still valid. control alarm. There is another review that says how to set it up and it works great! I get an alarm when the gate opens, but even if it stays open for more than a minute, my alarm system sends me an SMS to notify me. Having 2 children under 3 years old in the house gives me a little more confidence that they will not have access to the pool without adult supervision.

Pros
  • Consistent results in test
Cons
  • Could have chosen a newer model