Deluxe Wireless Driveway Monitor
by Design Tech International
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Kitchen and Housewares Reviews of Deluxe Wireless Driveway Monitor
Customer Review: Design Tech Monitor 33370
Summary: 4 Stars
Am real happy with the unit, but I must say it's set up under ideal conditions. The receiver is on a window sill and has a direct line of sight to the sensor which is right at 100 feet away. Our driveway is fairly wide and the sensor sometimes did not detect our smaller car, changing the unit to high sensitivity cured this. Haven't taken the time to set the receiver down on an end table so it has to detect the sensor signal through our metal sided house wall to see how that goes. As stated, the way it's performed so far is great, especially since not too long ago various monitors were way over $150. I expect it to work intermittently when the weather gets extremely cold, but that's not the units fault, alkaline batteries quit working while they're super-cold, however the sensor sounded this AM when it was 12 above.Customer Review: Questionable
Summary: 2 Stars
I bought the 30074. It works great... most of the time. My 4x4 Toyota Tundra doesn't get noticed. My wife's Dodge Town and Country does. Why? Can't say. New batteries. Sensitivity set to HIGH. Mounted about 4 ft above the road and about 6 ft from the near edge. ALso tech support NEVER answers!!! grrrr Better than nothing but not perfect.Customer Review: Works for me!
Summary: 4 Stars
After much research on these items, I decided on the magnetometer-based design (rather than motion-sensors) because it senses only moving metal. (No false alarms from pets and farm animals near our driveway.) I installed the sensor about 300 ft from the receiver inside the house. The signal was weak and unreliable until I remounted it on the top fence rail next to our driveway. The radio range is greatly improved the higher above the ground you can mount it. Also I had to reset the internal magnetometer sensitivity to high because of the distance from the sensor to the driveway. (The manual tells you how to do that.) Overall, everything is working great now.Customer Review: Works for me!
Summary: 4 Stars
After much research on these items, I decided on the magnetometer-based design (rather than motion-sensors) because it senses only moving metal. (No false alarms from pets and farm animals near our driveway.) I installed the sensor about 300 ft from the receiver inside the house. The signal was weak and unreliable until I remounted it on the top fence rail next to our driveway. The radio range is greatly improved the higher above the ground you can mount it. Also I had to reset the internal magnetometer sensitivity to high because of the distance from the sensor to the driveway. (The manual tells you how to do that.) Overall, everything is working great now.And Amazon.com had the best price anywhere I found.