Control Products HS-700 Freezealarm Homesitter Multi-Functional Alarm Dialer with Audible Alarm

by Control Products

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The HomeSitter Alarm is a multi-functional alarm dialer that is perfect for protecting any home whether it is a vacation property, rental, multi-unit home, or your primary home that needs protection while you are away or at work. This unit will call up to three telephone numbers to notify you if the temperature in the home gets too hot or too cold. (if your furnace or air conditioner fails) This can prevent burst/frozen pipes, water damage, and mildew. The unit comes with a water sensor to monitor leaky pipes, burst washing machine hoses, or over-flowing sump pumps. You will also be notified if upon a power outage which can affect appliances spoil freezers worth of food. This unit not only calls you, but also sounds an audible alarm for when you are home. This unit runs on regular power and requires 2-AA back-up batteries. (batteries not included) You will receive phone call notification if your batteries need replacing as well. This all-in-one home protection unit requires no installation and no monitoring fees. It comes with a one-year warranty from the manufacturer.

Product Description

HOME SITTER 4 WAY ALARM SYSTEM * Four way alarm protection for your home * Alerts you of low or high temperatures, water leaks, power outages with power out delay timer and low back up battery * Uses phone system to alert you remotely

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002MUAIP8
• Item model number: HS-700
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,731 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great product, January 26, 2011

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Wildeboare - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Control Products HS-700 Freezealarm Homesitter Multi-Functional Alarm Dialer with Audible Alarm (Tools & Home Improvement)

The Homesitter exceeded my expectations in every way. It called me a week after I installed it and advised me of a power failure. Later on it called again and told me there was a power failure and a low temperature condition. After going to the property and lighting an auxiliary heater, it called me to say that there was a power failure, but no temperature alarm. Finally it called to tell me that its batteries were getting low (power was still out). At one point I called the phone at the property to see if the answering machine would pick up. If it did, I would know that the power had been restored. To my surprise, the Homesitter answered and said there was a power failure.
The only negative is the wire on the water sensor is very short, but it does tell you what gauge wire to use to extend it. The supplied wire is not long enough to extend the water sensor to a basement sump while positioning the Homesitter unit in the house proper for temperature sensing.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great product - minor complaint, June 18, 2011

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Alex Mcphail "konacq" (Ottawa, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Control Products HS-700 Freezealarm Homesitter Multi-Functional Alarm Dialer with Audible Alarm (Tools & Home Improvement)

I tested this product before going away on vacation. I poured a tiny amount of water on the sensor, and it dialed out IMMEDIATELY and sent a water alarm voice message. I also pulled the plug, and after an hour, it dialed out again and issued a power failure alarm. I like that you can call it remotely and get status.

My insurance company approves of this device, meaning I do not have to arrange for someone to come into the house every 24 hours when I am away on vacation. That alone saves a lot of troulbe for me.

My one complaint (4 stars instead of 5) is the audible alarm - it is not loud enough to hear unless you are standing right beside it. I don't care, because I bought it for the telephone alert, but if you are expecting the adible alarm to wake you in the middle of the night when basement starts flooding, it won't do the trick. If you don't care about that, then this is a great product.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Worked fine, for just one year, July 2, 2011

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Windy City Psychologist (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Control Products HS-700 Freezealarm Homesitter Multi-Functional Alarm Dialer with Audible Alarm (Tools & Home Improvement)

This product was just the thing I was looking for for my rural second home. Set up and programming was not particularly easy, but I tested it and overall it seemed to be working fine. Unfortunately today, roughly a year after purchase, it sounded an alarm indicating water leakage. Thankfully I was onsite when this false alarm sounded; it would have been an embarrassing imposition to ask someone to check on the house only to discover that everything was fine. As far as I'm concerned this product is not reliable, and for such items reliability is paramount.