Post by secretlyevil on Aug 24, 2019 13:44:40 GMT -5
We have a ring and blinks in a few locations. Also, all doors have a code lock. The house comes with a traditional alarm system but it isn’t activated. However, we left the sign up outside.
We just...don't. We thought about it, but don't feel like we need it. We also live at the end of a cul de sac, where literally no crimes have occurred in the 13 years we've been here.
So, I guess be looking for my post about getting robbed, since I just jinxed us all.
Post by goldengirlz on Aug 24, 2019 16:09:11 GMT -5
We didn’t at our old house but we do for this one — basic monitored system, no cameras or anything fancy. It wasn’t that expensive and the insurance discount made it basically a wash (insurance costs, unlike alarms, are pretty steep here).
It’s a bit basic suburban biddy but we do set it almost everyday when we leave the house and when we’re asleep. This is a mostly quiet neighborhood but I wouldn’t say it’s the kind of place where people leave their doors unlocked. It’s more like the kind of place where you don’t leave valuables visible in your car.
We have Blink cameras. DH travels a lot and I like that when he’s gone and I have one of those nights where I keep waking up in a panic to every sound I can just check the cameras on my phone and reassure myself that nothing is up. We aren’t paying for monitoring right now but are considering it.
We have hard wired cameras outside, a ring door bell, and cameras inside the house on the main floor only. We don't actually have a security system though, which is kind of shameful since that is what my H does for a living. That said, we do lock our doors at night, but I haven't locked my car in the 4 years that we've lived here. We're in a dead end neighborhood which apparently makes us safer by default because criminals allegedly prefer to work neighborhoods that have multiple escape routes, or so I've been told. Not sure how true that is.
We have a ring doorbell, plus multiple cameras and full alarm system. I couldn’t live without the ring but everything else seems like overkill. It’s my husbands thing. I think he more wants to see what neighbors let their dogs shit on our lawn vs catching crooks.