GE Home Security System

GE Home Security Systems provides four standard product packages and offers additional equipment at an extra cost. After checking various agencies online, there are no complaints about GE Home Security Systems service or support. But you can find plenty of complaints about GE Home Security System equipment failures such as the carbon monoxide detector recall.

The GE Home Security Systems items you'll really want to pay attention to are the motion detector and the wireless door and window contacts. The interior siren is helpful because it alerts you to an unwanted presence but every package includes this feature along with the talking command station. It's interesting to note that you must purchase motion detectors separately for all but the GE Home Security System bronze package.

At first you may wonder why. The limitation makes sense because the other packages are for larger houses with complex setups. When buying any of the other GE Home Security system packages, you need to customize the setup at $150 per motion detector. If you have three rooms that require motion detectors, the GE Home Security system upgraded platinum package suddenly becomes a lot more expensive, even at the promotional price.

You also need to consider what GE Home Security system means by "lifetime equipment warranty." When you read the fine print, you'll find that GE Home Security system will pay up to $250 of your home deductible. This means that you need home insurance that has a deductible of $250 or less to have everything covered; otherwise, you're responsible for paying for anything else. In addition, GE Home Security system will replace faulty equipment, assuming you still have the faulty equipment to replace. GE Home Security won't cover any stolen equipment.

A hidden cost for each GE Home Security system is the two-way talking keypad. This device resides on the outside of your home. The keypad portion lets you enter a number outside your home to gain entry without tripping the alarms. Of course, you can also enter this information inside the house after entering as long as you do it before the alarm timer expires.

In addition, GE Home Security Systems offers a keychain keypad that you can carry with you. The speaker portion of the device lets you talk with someone outside the house - a nice feature that lets you communicate without exposing yourself to potential danger.

Another nice feature of the GE Home Security system is that you can set it to page you when certain events either occur or don't occur. For example, you can set it to page you if your child hasn't entered your home and turned the alarm off by a certain time. Many off-the-shelf systems offer these bonus features that can help extend the benefits of the security system.