The effectiveness of a burglar alarm system in securing your home depends on the kind of features it was replaced with. Your desire should be to choose a system with all the necessary features, including extra add-ons, to give you the peace of mind in the knowledge that your home will be safe at all times.
To help you choose the right system, here are some of the features you should look out for in a good alarm system:
Video Monitoring
This is a good surveillance feature worth having equipped with every home alarm system. It allows you to monitor events surrounding your home in real time via your mobile devices, and your laptop.
Wireless Systems
Wireless alarm systems overcome one of the major disadvantages of wired systems. In wired systems, it is possible for burglars to breach the wires, and to compromise the system and avoid detection when entering your home. But with a wireless system, the possibility of such a breach is non-existant, since it uses a cellular chip or broadband for connectivity, and will send an alert to your mobile devices or monitoring station every time the alarm goes off.
Motion Detectors
A good system should also include a motion detector to detect movements, both inside and outside the house. Some motion detectors will have automatic lights, which will go off every time motion is detected within a given range from the house.
Sirens
Sirens are designed to alert everyone around, whenever the alarm system is triggered. Some sirens can produce a very loud noise, which will alert everyone in the neighborhood, including the authorities.
Intercom System
This is to allow for communication between different rooms within the same house.
Kindly note that the more features are included any given alarm system, the more effective it will be, but you will need to incur additional fees to get access to all the features you may need, included in the system. On the plus side, your home insurance premium might come down a bit.
