How to choose a home alarm

Schoose the best alarm system for your home requires an in-depth knowledge of the characteristics of the home and the context in which it is located, but also of the needs that you intend to satisfy and the potential threats to be thwarted.It is therefore a matter of taking into consideration the size of the apartment - or villa, or any other type of housing solution you are dealing with - and evaluating how long it is uninhabited each day; other factors not to be underestimated are the presence of pets and the number of rooms in the house.

The proposals on the market

The variety of solutions that can be found on the market allows you to satisfy any type of need.

Those who are passionate about DIY or have a certain familiarity with manual work can opt, for example, for the DIY kit, which are quite simple to install but have the defect of being not very effective in the case of very expert thieves. These kits can be useful for small homes but not for villas or in any case larger contexts, such as for example corporate ones, which end up in the sights of criminals who already know that they will find themselves dealing with a surveillance system.

Is a wired or wireless system better?

One alternative that must be considered is that between the wired systems and the wireless ones.

Solutions that have a wired connection are appreciated for the fact that they do not require excessive maintenance and, moreover, are not a source of problems due to possible interference; on the other hand, they presuppose a more elaborate and complex installation, which may often require masonry work for the passage of the wires. The case of wireless models: in this circumstance, in fact, there is nothing else to do than place the sensors near the areas that need to be monitored.

I alarm systems they can be made intelligent through solutions such as gsm kits that can be managed remotely. If, for example, the alarm is activated in the absence of the homeowner, the latter is immediately notified with a phone call or an sms.

The system, in practice, can be activated or deactivated remotely, simply via telephone. Here, therefore, even home alarms can become part of those home automation systems that make smart homes and equipped with a wide range of features.

The most advanced proposals can even be equipped with a biometric scanner, with fingerprint scanners and, of course, with video cameras.

What to do in an emergency

After installing a home alarm with Iren, you can feel protected and safe, although the quality of the product risks being jeopardised by an inadequate installation: this is why it is necessary to always rely on a specialized technician.If you want, you can consider integrating the burglar alarms with a call to a private security station, to ensure that any alarm reports can be forwarded in real time to the rescue operations centers.

These control panels are active every day and at all hours: when a signal is received from an alarm system, the police are alerted. As mentioned, when choosing an alarm system for your home, it is a good idea to take into account the possible presence of pets: there are devices that are able to identify their presence and their passage, and which therefore do not activate the siren because of their "fault".