Back in November 2014, I described my selection and installation of a wireless home security system from SimpliSafe, (“Testing out a home alarm system“).

It has worked very well, including the time an alarm was triggered while we were in Auckland. The monitoring company called my cell phone, which rang in our hotel in Auckland, and while on the phone I was able use my laptop to check one of the cameras in our living room and determine that there wasn’t an intruder. I cancelled the alarm, the police were not called, and all was well.

And here’s another good thing about this SimpliSafe system. When we moved, the alarm system moved with us. I removed the sensors, one at a time, noting the identifying number on each. Then, in the new house, I reinstalled them using good, double-sided tape. Then all I had to do was go online to my Simplisafe account, change their labels to describe the new location of each (“front door”, “garage door”, “laundry window,” etc.) and run the system on a “test” mode for a while, just to make sure everything was being recognized properly. It took less than an hour for me to put the alarm sensors in place, update their locations, and turn the system back on.

Then I went online and registered the system at the new location with the Honolulu Police Department.

Any of the other alarm systems I had originally considered would have required a technician to come to the house in Kaaawa, remove the sensors, then come to the new house and reinstall them.

So in our circumstances, SimpliSafe has proven to be a very good choice.

I’m sure the system isn’t perfect, but it’s done a very good job for us at a very reasonable price.