Does anyone have a Honeywell or HMS Security system?

[shance]

I've had a Honeywell security system for some years now. The past two years or so, Ive had some interesting incidents with my system and the service has not been all that great.

If anyone has had any experience with the company or the security system, I'd be interested to know.

[in_cog_ni_to]

1. We have a Honeywell system and it's been great.

What kind of problems are you having?

[shance]

4. I've had problems with the security system just not working and

trying to get someone out to fix it has been troublesome.

I also have not been too glad to see its connections to other companies. I have looked into changing from Honeywell to other systems because of this.

[htuttle]

2. Never tried one of those

We use an organic burgler alarm:



She works great, but you get a lot of false alarms...

(that's not actually a picture of our alarm, but it's the same model as ours).

[shance]

5. No greater system than the one you have Tutt**

I have one myself. :)

[in_cog_ni_to]

8. : ) See my little Isabelle?

She would LICK a burglar to death! She loves everyone. ;)

[MadHound]

3. Call me paranoid, but I don't trust any such electronic security system

First off, with the lessons I learned during my "misspent youth" I realized long ago how easy it is to get past these security systems. It isn't hard to do if you know what you're doing. Secondly, many of the agencies involved with the sneak and peek searches, and other nefarious government activity are bosom buddies with the higher ups at ADT, Honeywell and other such places. The better to allow their goons in.

Give me a good dog anyday. Ninety nine percent of your burglars are going to move on to another house as soon as they hear a dog barking. Dogs are noisy, not easily intimidated, and quite possibly lethal. No crook wants to deal with that when he can go down the street and spend a quiet ten minutes disarming the security system before breaking in and stealing the entire household contents.

And a dog cannot be remotely turned off. When Homeland security comes to my door, they're going to have to deal with my dogs, who normally aren't vicious, but they do not, under any circumstance, allow strangers to enter the house when we're not home. Sure, somebody could shoot my babies(and god help him when I get ahold of that person), but they aren't getting into my house easily, and not without leaving a lot of evidence that they were there.

I suggest that if you can, ditch the electronics and get yourself at least one big dog. They are the best security system I've run across.

[shance]

6. I think 'paranoid' is pretty much the place to be these days unfortunately

Like I said Ive had a few interesting things happen and Im just wondering a bit about my security system and the company itself.

Just checking the 'climate' to see if others have had any problems.

I actually have a golden retriever. He's an older boy but he's still got a little pep in his step.

I'd have twenty dogs if I could.

[MadHound]

7. Don't discount your older boy, it is amazing what dogs can do

Once their adrenalin is flowing. My sister and brother in law used to own a boxer-pitbull mix. Friendliest dog in the world, loved kids, cats, etc. But one day while they were a work a couple of lowlifes decided to break into some out of the way rural homes, including my sister's.

They got in through the basement sliding door without waking Ozzie, who was thirteen at the time, a bit hard of hearing and somewhat arthritic. But something alerted him, because he went tearing down the stairs and attacked these two guys with everything he got. He bit both of them severely enough that they needed stiches, in multiple places, and bit off the ring and little finger of one of the fools.

They managed to make it up the stairs and get the door shut between themselves and Ozzy, but were so injured and bleeding that they just left without taking anything. In fact Ozzie stopped their little crime spree dead in it's tracks, because while four other houses had been broken into that morning on their road, theirs was the last. The burglars were caught and prosecuted because they had to go to the hospital for medical attention.

BIL came home at lunch, and said that poor Ozzie was just dead tired, panting hard and was in a bit of pain. Slept for three days straight, just getting up long enough to eat and go outside, where he proceeded to throw up what was left of a couple of fingers that night.

RIP Ozzie, a kind and gentle friend, and to the last of his days, a fine protector.

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9. Thank you for posting that experience MH. Ozzie was quite the protector.

What would we do without them?

They give us everything they have and they teach us so much.