Brinks And The Single Girl By kateri27 on - Updated Oct 15, 2011
When I bought my first house in Cleveland I was living alone. I had the choice between buying a dog or getting an alarm system. I chose to get Brinks put into my new home.
I was fortunate enough to get free installation (a $99.99 value) of the two keypads and the monitor system in my house. It was installed in less then a day and I felt like I could finally sleep a t night.
Brinks gave me a lovely little yard sign and more "Protected by Brinks" stickers for windows then I would ever need to use.
The security system also came with a feature called glass break. If a window shatters, even if no one enters the house, the security system goes off. This feature is great, but if you have cats like I do, you might want to disable it. I actually ended up getting a call that my alarm was going off in the middle of the night. i was so very frightened, and it turned out just to be my cat knocking down and shattering a glass vase in the kitchen.
I found the price for piece of mind well worth it. I would highly recommend getting a Brinks system in your home if you live by yourself. Just think twice about the glass break feature if your pets like to knock things over.
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Brinks Monthly Monitoring With Window Break Purchased at: Brinks Price: 29.99 per month
This is the perfect service for women or the elderly who live alone. It does give you a measure of peace and security. My only nit with them is at least here in California you can't just pre pay each year. How frustrating that is!
I would have this if I lived alone too.... and probably should have it anyway.
If I was living alone I would definitely want this installed where I lived. Thanks for sharing how this works and what the cost is, that's great information to know. Also, glad it was only the kitty :O)
I live alone and had the same concerns. I do sleep better at night knowing I have an alarm system. I never checked into brinks but my contract is coming up and I am going to look around. Mine is a little more expensive! Thanks for the information.
The glass break feature that Brinks offers is a great one! Thankfully when yours went off it was because of your cat! My heart would have been going a mile a minute!
When I was single, I used to wish I had something like this. I had no idea it was so inexpensive! Thanks for sharing your experience with this product!
I seem to be the type that would have chosen the dog and had to dealt with the poo for years and years, lol. Brinks seems like a good choice tho if you lived alone without a dog (as long as your cats weren't too clumsy, lol).