Customer Reviews

Sonin 00700 Water Alarm with Remote Sensor

5 star:		(21)
4 star:		(12)
3 star:		(6)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(8)

 

 

I bought this about 2 years ago to detect a leak from my water heater. Well, today I noticed wet carpet outside the closet where the water heater is but no alarm had gone off. I pressed the test button and it went off as expected. I then set the sensor in a pool of water and nothing. I Replaced the battery and tried again. Nothing. So the product doesn't do the one thing it's designed to do. Look elsewhere.

I purchased the Sonin 700 last month. Before I started using the unit, I tested it and it correctly sounded the siren. This month I tested it again and the siren now emits a weak and useless clicking sound (even after replacing the battery). My take - beware the Sonin 700 is 'false security'.

We got one of these for the basement after our humidifier occasionally leaked all over the floor (about 6 months ago). I'd test it regularly and replaced the battery at least once. Recently, my wife called me at work to say the washer had leaked some water on the floor. When I asked her if the alarm went off (it was located very near the washer and on a downgrade from the washer toward the floor drain), she said it was wet but hadn't alarmed. Later, I replaced the battery and neither water nor the test button generated any alarm. Great idea, but useless if the mean time to failure is so much shorter than that for the devices whose failures you're trying to detect...

Seemed to work for about 6 years, then the alarm sounder pooped out in 2004. It seems to still detect, but it's possible that the dust, dirt and humidity of the basement was too much for the alarm itself. I think I might try the remote - have the sensor in the basement and the actual alarm up somewhere drier and cleaner

I ordered two Sonin 00700 Water Alarms. After one month, one of the alarms siren no longer makes sound. The other one still works. I guess you get what you pay for. Cheap product, poor quality.

Sonin water Alarm - Failed to work 1 minute after usin.
Ooperated long enough to test it out, then started a low buzz noise and never alarmed again after multiple trys,including replacing battery.

I can not recomend, seller refused any contact or replacement.
jeff Clausius@leantrak.com

The best money I have spent on my house. I put one in my second story laundry room and one next to my air handler, and I sleep much better now. The one in the laundry room has already alerted us to a splashing situation caused by an overfilled washer and I am sure it saved us more time and money than it cost.

This is a pretty basic item. Put in the battery, mount the main unit and them position the sensor. It works (I tested it). I wish the battery life was longer (I get about 9 months out of 1 alkaline battery). I haven't seen a better unit, but this is so basic that I just gave it 3 stars.

product works as stated - but is not as loud as I'd like.
Hard to hear the product in the basement when on the first floor with the TV at a moderate level - can't hear it at all from the second floor

I purchased 3 different products wanting to compare and find a good warning device and all are about the same - bottom line is its better than nothing but far from optimal

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This device has saved me hundreds of dollars and countless hours of cleanup! My basement floods periodically. Before, we only found out when someone went downstarirs and stepped in water. Now, the alarm goes off when the problem starts (before it becomes a disaster) and we are able to stop the water and clean it up in a few minutes instead of days.