![]() ![]() The approach to smoke/C02 detection is slightly different. Both systems have a base station, keypad, entry sensors, and motion detectors. Buy the hardware that you need, add on at any time and pay month to month for monitoring. Both Ring and SimpliSafe offer a contract-free ala-cart approach to home security. It’s probably easier to spend time on their differences, but let me confirm the things that are the same. Things that Ring and SimpliSafe have in common ![]() I installed the whole thing in about an hour as this included the time it took to remove SimpliSafe sensors as I installed Ring Sensors. There is no particular order you must follow, but once you set up the base station, you can then add the rest of the devices/sensors in any order you want as long as you do them one at a time. In other words, don’t try to install multiple sensors at once. For best success, install each piece one at a time. I read many reviews of Ring Alarm and they all pretty much said the same thing. Setup was easy and straight forward Ring entry sensor – they are bigger and more robust than SimpliSafe sensors Like SimpliSafe you can configure the system with any number of additional devices/sensors that you need for your system. I also ordered more entry sensors, another motion detector, a panic button, and a smoke and CO listener. I ordered the main Ring Alarm 5 piece kit (which includes a base station, contact sensor, motion detector, keypad, and range extender). ![]() I simply had enough (pun intended) and I ordered a Ring Alarm system. Ring Alarm was my second choice to SimpliSafe and it was time to give Ring a shot. I had no issues with connectivity with my prior Brinks system and figured that I could go with a different system and have better luck. However, we’re talking about a security system and I just didn’t really feel secure. As a matter of fact, I installed a SimpliSafe system in my sister’s house and hers is working perfectly with none of these issues. This is not something that the average SimpliSafe user faces. ![]() It would warn about doors/windows being open that were no longer open. It also appears that SimpliSafe has a relatively short wireless range compared to other systems.Įvery day that I used SimpliSafe, there was some issue or warning about something not connecting. This seemed to be too much for SimpliSafe to compete with. Not only do I have well over 75 WiFi connected devices, but I also have a ton of RF wireless devices too. Now to be fair, my house is loaded with wireless devices. This was also coupled with the base station constantly alerting me to “ wireless interference” problems. As a matter of fact, the new sensors started having the same issues like the ones they replaced as well as other sensors sporadically would disconnect and reconnect. After talking with support, they shipped me two replacement sensors and I thought that the problem was solved. Why I switched to Ring AlarmĪs I mentioned in my review of SimpliSafe, I was having issues with a couple of entry sensors losing their connection to the SimpliSafe base station. While I do still stand by that review and everything I said, I have actually switched to Ring Alarm! It’s rare that after I do my research and make a tech decision that I end up switching to something else so soon after, but this is one of those cases. It was just one month ago that I wrote a review of SimpliSafe. ![]()
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