Alarm kits
More sensors, or a system that knows when a sensor goes quiet?
One kit gives more sensors. The other gives fewer but sounder engineering: a radio band reserved for the purpose, a hub that notices when a sensor goes quiet, and a photo of what set it off. Both include a keypad.
| Compared on | AS12 | Basic AirShield Starter Set |
|---|---|---|
| Sensors supplied | 8 contacts, 2 motion detectors | Camera motion detector and contact |
| Keypad | Keypad included, panic button | RFID keypad and remote included |
| Radio link | Not stated | 868 MHz two-way |
| Supervision | Not stated | Two-way confirms each sensor |
| Visual verification | Not stated | Photo on trigger |
| Siren | 100 dB in the hub | Indoor siren, decibels not stated |
| Expansion | Not stated | Up to 150 devices |
| Professional monitoring | Not stated | Optional, SIA protocol |
| Modes | Home, away, disarmed, schedules | Not stated |
| Listed on amazon.com | No | No |
A tick marks the better answer on that line only. Counting ticks does not decide the page — the two verdicts below do, because these products answer different questions.
No amazon.com listing was found for this one. We hold references for other markets but none for the United States, so it may not be buyable here — which is the first thing to weigh against anything below.
Buy the AS12 for a house with a lot of openings and more than one adult. Ten sensors and a keypad is what makes a system that gets armed every night rather than occasionally.
No amazon.com listing was found for this one. We hold references for other markets but none for the United States, so it may not be buyable here — which is the first thing to weigh against anything below.
Buy the Goliath set for the radio and the snapshot. Knowing whether it was a person or the cat is what stops you driving home, and a hub that reports a silent sensor is a hub that cannot be quietly defeated.
The hub and each sensor confirm one another, so a dead battery, a removed sensor or a jammed radio is reported rather than assumed. One-way systems treat silence as normal — which is precisely the state an intruder is trying to produce.
Because an alarm run only from an app is run only by the people who have the app. A household where a cleaner, a visitor or an elderly parent cannot disarm is a household that stops arming. Both kits include one: a code keypad on the X-Sense, an RFID keypad on the Goliath.
8 contacts, 2 motion detectors, keypad · app control · arm and disarm by keypad or app
An X-Sense alarm kit: eight door and window sensors, two motion detectors and a keypad, with app monitoring and control.
Best for: A household that wants a physical keypad by the door rather than only a phone.
868 MHz two-way radio · motion camera with snapshot · contact · app and cloud
Goliath uses 868 MHz two-way radio rather than Wi-Fi for its sensors, and includes a motion detector with a camera that takes a snapshot when triggered.
Best for: A house where false alarms need to be verifiable rather than guessed at.
