Top 8 Must have Security Devices for your Home
A robust security system is the best way to enhance the security of our homes towards deterring criminals from making an attempt on our homes to threaten our lives and that of our children, or to delay entry when such attempts are eventually made and probably to initiate a response towards ensuring that whatever breach may have occurred does not succeed and the culprit caught immediately.
Although not totally replacing the traditional method of security, technology has made it possible to now use the computer and electronic systems to enhance and improve on security in the home. Alarms, glass break detection, fire detection, CCTV, Access Control, Electronic Safes, Motion Detections, and lighting are some of the ways in which electronic security systems are being used in our homes.
Whether you live alone or as a family, these devices ensure that you get an early warning of a security breach and enable you to take possible action or call for help.
Also, these security devices can help keep one updated with strange happenings around the environment. Security devices alert and put you at an advantage in case of danger.
The following devices are some of the very many security devices available for you to use in improving the security of your home. This list is by no means exhaustive.
1. Security Entry Defender with Chime Home
2. August Smart Lock
3. Master Lock Wide Bluetooth Smart Padlock
4. GE 56765 Automatic Security Light Kit
5. Carbon Monoxide/Smoke Alarm
6. Canary Smart Home Security Camera
7. Digoo Wireless Home and Business Security Alarm System
8. Doberman SE-0106 Window Alarm
Security Entry Defender With Chime Home Alert Infrared Motion Detection Sensor IR Doorbell Home Security Alarm System
Features:
- Magnetically triggered alarm to protect your entrance
- Alarm or chime sounds as soon as door or window is opened
- Protects your home, office, apartment or dormitory
- High pitched alarm sound up to 100dB
Product Description
If you sometimes have to live alone in the 
It is designed in such a way that it is able to create an invisible beam of up to 20 meters and has a very high pitched alarm sound that is up to 100dB. With its simple, compact design and loud alarm, this entry defender is an ideal security solution for any door or window in your home.
This device can be used to perform multiple security functions in the home, either as a solid entry defender or as a welcome doorbell in the day and as a burglar alarm in the night. With its dual mode security setting; it can function in alarm mode and chime mode. One good thing about this device is that it is very easy to install and use. This can be very effective in scaring away burglars from the home. It also gives an alert when the battery is low.
August Smart Lock
If you are one of those who does not mind 
With this door lock, there is no need to make copies of your keys when you have visitors, you simply create a virtual key with your device for your family members or visitors you want to have access to your apartment, you can even allocate time frame within which an assigned user can operate the door or days of the week your maid can have access.
These controls can all be done by installing a mobile app called August Home.
You basically are able to perform administrative duties that allow you assign users, decide who can use the door when the door can be opened, know who used the door and when the person did.
With August Smart Lock, you don’t have to leave your key under a footmat, stone, shoe, rock, or other location where it can be found by would-be intruders because there is no physical key and the door locks automatically after you as soon as you go out.
You can also use your Apple watch to lock/unlock your door, view your activity log, and receive instant notifications.
Did I forget to add, you can also use Google Talk and Alexa to command the door lock?
Master Lock Wide Bluetooth Smart Padlock
Do you want to use the age-long traditional 
With the world going keyless, this padlock helps you achieve that, no more carrying of bulky key holders. With an app on your phone, you as the master can assign users who can use their mobile phones to unlock the padlock. Authorised mobile devices unlock the padlock as soon as they come within range of the padlock. In situations where your phone is not available, you just enter your directional code on the lock keypad.
You no longer have to bother about losing keys or forgetting your key combination, your smartphone is both the key and combination. You can also allocate a temporal access to a user, guest or worker and monitor activity of entry and exit, receive the report of an attempted tamper and low-battery alert. The Master Lock Vault e-Locks app for Android and iOS enables you to perform all these operations.
The padlock is made of boron carbide shackle and has anti-shim locking mechanism for enhanced security Military-grade Bluetooth® authentication and encryption.
GE 56765 Automatic Security Light Kit
Most intruders will prefer to operate under 
The GE 56765 Automatic Security Light Kit is a very simple security device suitable for use in the home, relaxation pack, bars, and other locations. It is a basic device whose function in the home cannot be overemphasized.
It has a motion-sensing transmitter with receiver module that can control up to 8 areas of a lighting system using different channels. Motion can be detected for distances of more than 10 meters away and as soon as motion is detected it sends an “on” signal to the controller that puts on the light.
This simple device can save a home from burglars and other dangers and can protect lives and equipment that far exceed its cost with this simple function that it performs.
First Alert SCO5CN Battery Operated Combination Carbon Monoxide/Smoke Alarm
Features
- Photoelectric smoke sensing
technology
- Test/silence button
- Low battery warning
- 2 AA batteries
- End of life timer
technologyFire, smoke, carbon monoxide can become dangerous in a home when they are not detected very early. The carbon monoxide is a particularly silent killer and has sent lots of people to their early graves from their sleep.
The First Alert SCO5CN is able to detect smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) before they begin to pose a danger thereby providing a source of early warning as to its presence.
CO is particularly dangerous because you cannot see, smell or taste in the air.
This is a very useful and important security device, it is a must have for every home.
Some local regulation requires that house owners have it in their homes and offices. This alarm is designed to provide early warning of a fire or canon monoxide danger. The in-built horn-like alarm sets off immediately smoke or CO is sensed. It is able to reduce nuisance alarms from cooking and shower steam because it uses photoelectric smoke sensors.
The CO is detected using electrochemical sensors which increase the accuracy.
It can be hung on walls or ceiling. It uses battery and has a very loud alarm and low battery warning too. You are also able to mute the alarm and silence any nuisance alarm that may occur. It comes with mounting anchors and screw so it is very easy to install and also easy to change the batteries without bring it down. It is designed to UL standard.
Canary Smart Home Security Camera
If you ever wanted an all encompassing device 
Canary is not just a normal security or CCTV but a full security system that goes beyond being a CCTV. It comes with a camera that has a lot more other features that include high quality videos in full HD, location based notification, detects motion and has night vision. It is able to have up to four cameras on the network installed at strategic locations.
I was initially sceptical of how true the claims of the manufacturers about the features of the canary security system, but when I began to hear testimonies of the efficacy of the solution, I could not but try it out myself and like they say, seeing is believing. Not long after installing it did it immediately began to occur to me other ways I could put this device to a more productive use.
A digital visitor’s card can also be programmed and assigned to care givers so you can determine their time of entry and exit using your mobile device or computer.
Canary is not just a normal security or CCTV but a full security system that goes beyond being a CCTV. It comes with a camera that has a lot more other features that include high quality videos in full HD, location based notification, detects motion and has night vision. It is able to have up to four cameras on the network installed at strategic locations.
I was initially sceptical of how true the claims of the manufacturers about the features of the canary security system, but when I began to hear testimonies of the efficacy of the solution, I could not but try it out myself and like they say, seeing is believing. Not long after installing it did it immediately began to occur to me other ways I could put this device to a more productive use.
A digital visitor’s card can also be programmed and assigned to care givers so you can determine their time of entry and exit using your mobile device or computer.
Canary comes with apps that can be downloaded on an iOS and Android that allows control and monitors various aspects of the camera’s behaviour, measure the environmental readings and alert you of abnormal situations. It is a discreet system that can be installed by anyone. Anyone who has a sick loved one left alone in the house can still be cared for using the medium available with the canary security system.
I will give the testimony Mrs. Adams, who has used this device previously.
“My husband and I have always lived in fear about the welfare of my mother who happens to stay alone. More than once we had rung her up without her taking her calls, this usually left us fearing the worse. On some of these occasions we have had to take the long trip only to discover that the old woman did not even realise her phone had rang. Since we installed canary system at her place, we have had peace of mind.
Canary allows you install sensors at various locations in the house and join the Wi-Fi connection. It has allowed us to discretely determine her movement within the house without bothering her or her knowing from anywhere in the world. This is done using the motion detector and so her privacy is still preserved, what this does is allow us know that there is still activity within the house.”
Digoo Wireless Home and Business Security Alarm System
The Digoo wireless home and business security 
It supports up to 99 sensors that can accept inputs from your gate, SOS button, water leaking, smoke and gas detection system. The automatic timer allows homeowners to activate the alarm whether they’re home or not. It also allows you remotely activate or deactivate the alarms for all sensors, as well as offers real-time push notifications to your smart phone.
It can help protect children and senior citizens in the home with their loud alarm system that is able to attract attention and facilitate quick assistance.
This solution is a very fine system for those who intend to install it themselves as it comes with quite an extensive installation manual. It uses wireless sensors that take input from their environment and periodically send their status to a central control panel that then analyses the information and then decide if the status is a normal one or a security breach.
The basic system comes with two door/window magnetic sensors and a passive infrared motion sensor, 2 doorbell buttons, as well as two keychain remotes.
You can also download an app that you can use with it to monitor the system and get instant alert changes in status of the system.
Doberman SE-0106 Window Alarm
The Doberman SE-0106 window alarm device can 
For a lot of people just like me, the windows in our kitchen are intentionally left without protection when our home is occupied for fear of inadvertently tripping the motion sensors when any of us pay a night visit to the refrigerator.
Most criminals actually count on this.
To solve this you can have the alarm company add a glass break detector to cover this area. However, I have found out that it is a smarter idea to instead use the SE-0106 as the security device in such a situation and best of all, it is a DIY.
The SE-0106 operates on the same basic principles as a glass break detector, and will trigger a siren when it detects any tampering taking place.
However, unlike the low sounding alarm associated with glass break sensors, the 100 decibel alarm that comes with this product does not go unnoticed, so criminals who usually expect the low noise made by glass break detectors when they smash windows will however be disappointed when they have an encounter with the Doberman SE-0106, unless of course you live in a really isolated setting with no neighbors around. It also comes with a warning sign that can serve as a visual deterrent.
The installation is also a breeze…
Simply peel and stick the device to any window after installing the batteries. The whole installation process takes less than 2 hours.
It features four ultra-slim sensors that not only sound off when a window is opened, but will also detect vibration if someone is messing around without permission. They’re also highly tuned, so rain or sleet does not set them off accidentally.
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