Wasted $400 on a pair of wireless door sensors that never worked right

Bought a set of six from a company called SecureTech back in July. The idea was great - no wiring, easy install. But every single one dropped signal if they were more than 15 feet from the panel. Called support four times, went through three replacements. Finally gave up and threw them in the trash. Anyone else gotten burned by wireless sensors that promised more than they delivered?

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pat_roberts554d ago

Wireless was 15 feet max for me too. Old houses with plaster walls kill the signal completely. Wired is the only way to go if you want it to actually work.

alice_allen53d ago

Plaster walls with metal lath basically turn your house into a Faraday cage. That's the real problem nobody talks about. The metal strips they used to hold the plaster up act like a giant antenna that absorbs and scatters wireless signals. You could have the strongest router on the market and it still won't punch through that stuff. It's not really a product quality issue, it's just physics working against you in those old houses.

wendy_lee484d ago

My brother had the same trouble with a wireless system from a company called EZHome last year. He lives in an old house with plaster walls and lath, and those sensors just could not get through the walls. The signal would drop every time he walked past the thermostat or the fridge. He spent a full Saturday trying different spots, moving the panel closer, even wrapping the sensors in tinfoil like some hack online suggested. Nothing worked. He finally went back to wired sensors and hasnt had a single problem since. Sometimes the simple old stuff really does work better.

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