Threw away $150 on a cheap motion detector that kept false alarming at 2 AM

After swapping to the DSC unit my supplier recommended, I realized the extra $40 was saving me three return trips a month - anyone else learn this lesson the hard way?

3 comments

3 Comments

faithwalker1mo ago

nah man, sometimes cheap stuff works fine if you know what you're doing. i bought a basic hunter brand sensor for $35 three years ago and it's never given me a single false alarm once i aimed it right. sounds like you just got a bad unit.

the_patricia1mo ago

oh totally, @faithwalker, you're not wrong. i once bought a $25 motion light from a discount bin and spent three weekends trying to aim it so my neighbor's cat wouldn't set it off every night. ended up pointing it at my own door and it still lit up the whole yard like a stadium. guess my aiming skills are about as good as my cooking. three years no issues though, that's impressive. i'd probably break it trying to adjust it again.

josephl6718d ago

Ha, yeah that's the thing with cheap stuff, you roll the dice every time you plug it in. I had a buddy who swore by those no-name sensors from Amazon, he went through three of them in six months before he finally gave up and bought a Honeywell. The extra cash upfront sucks but man, the peace of mind is worth it when you're not getting jolted awake at 3 AM by a ghost or a squirrel. Did yours ever false alarm during the day too, or was it strictly a nighttime thing?