Good: Very loud (adjustable) & realistic barking sound. Fairly compact unit with pleasing design. Handy remote arm/disarm keyfob Optional external motion detector a MUST as without it main unit tends to go off all the time (if armed) even if sensitivity is set to low! Very easy to use once you get hang of it and provides very effective deterrent! (I bought Beware Of The Dog sign to go with it!) Bad: Instructions a bit basic. For example the procedure to pair optional external motion sensor is incorrect. Main unit needs a lot of batteries to work without mains (advise to use high-capacity rechargeables!) and VERY hard to get the batteries to stay in unit while trying to put on back cover! Main unit supplied with mains adapter that cannot be used in UK without some sort of adapter (not pricey from fleabay or amaze-on) Arm/Disarm remote bit bulky & not very well made. I wouldn't hang it off a keyring as it will probably fall apart very quickly (battery cover not very secure either - tape it up!) Mount for optional external motion sensor is bit flimsy/thin plastic and not very tight on adjustment joint - but just about gets the job done. Had to pay EXTRA £22 to HMRC import duty! Makes item fairly expensive with US shipping charges! But, I couldn't find this unit from UK supplier/importer WITH the optional external motion detector unit so had no choice! All in all I'm pretty happy with this (albeit relatively expensive) purchase.Read full review
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First my door is metal so won't go through it. All houses in my neighbor hood made that way. All porch trim is wood grain- look sheet metal too so doesn't help. My next house will be normal wood so maybe work better!! Put next to exterior wall and kept going off over and over. Something in wall? Has to be 3' up or higher so can't put on floor but nothing to put it on near front door! Can't put in front of window cause burglar can see it! Works when I walk past it but haven't got it to work thru wall yet. Appears to require a lot of playing with location and sensitivity to get it right. Barking sounds recorded to me but maybe fool someone when heard through door but I can't get it to go off when I'm outside even waving at it through window! May have to put sensor outside but of course burglar can see that too. Only two different bark patterns that repeat with 15 sec playback, a "two bark Ruf ruf" and a 5 bark "ru-ru-ru-ru-ruf". Not sure it would fool a burglar? Need to throw in some growling and single barks and mix it up more. Volume does go up very high if desired. Didn't know main unit has sensor in it and bought two extra separate sensors that I don't need. Remote works fine.Read full review
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The dog sounds very realistic, enough in my opinion, to make the bad guy pick another house. The only problem I've had with it is that the microwave oven will set it to barking even though I have tried to adjust it out. However, this is not a major problem because we only use the microwave when we're here. I have it pointed at the back patio and I'm considering buying another one for the front of the house.
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Item works well and detection range is about 10 feet beyond the door area that it is intended to cover. The "bark" volume is good and realistic. Unit is easy to install and was up and running very quickly. The addition settings of "chime" and "alarm" are useful options. Knowing what I know now, I would buy it again and may, in fact, buy one as a present for a friend.
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We call him Rusty. It works pretty good. Initially there were a lot of false barks, but after turning the sensitivity down to about 50%, false alarms are much lower. Still every now and then he will bark some when nothing is there. But it's not too bad. When someone is really there, he works perfect. The dog bark sounds realistic and ferocious. The closer you get, the bark response. We only have him activated when we are away. When we are hear, my 12 gauge shotgun is the deterrent.
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