Chamberlain RWA-300R Wireless Alert System
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Chamberlain RWA-300R Wireless Alert System
Customer Review: Works Great!
Summary: 5 Stars
Needed a new driveway monitor and chose "The Reporter".
It was very easy to assemble with a screwdriver (only
to put in batteries). Then it was quite easy to attach
the sensor to a post at the driveway gate, in less than
15 minutes. The best part is that it has excellent range,
and works very well. It uses a buzzer, rather than a
doorbell sound, to indicate a visitor, and my Mom prefers
the buzzer. (it's easier for her to hear) The buzzer isn't
obnoxious. And there is a feature to mute the buzzer for
an hour, if you're expecting alot of visitors. False signals
are no trouble, as it is high enough to eliminate cats, most
dogs, muskrats, opposums and the like. Deer will set it off,
but we like deer.
Overall we're very satisfied with "The Reporter", and we already
recommended it to others(who are also happy with it).
Customer Review: Reporter helps catch thieves!
Summary: 5 Stars
On our 60 acres, thieves had broken into our new home under construction, stealing $19,000 worth of equipment, tools and supplies. After installing the Reporter, a problem arose, every time deer moved about, the alarm would sound and my husband would have to go check it. After many false alarms much to our surprise, one late night, instead of the 4-legged kind of deer, it turned out to be a couple of 2-legged "dears" back again to steal more. We held them at gunpoint until the police arrived and hauled them off to jail for trespassing, burglary and grand theft. We don't care about the times the deer make the alarm go off because we finally caught the thieves. The Reporter lets us know any movement on the driveway coming and going. We are grateful for this little device which has helped us stop the robberies. We're still checking every time the alarm sounds.Customer Review: Gets The Job Done
Summary: 5 Stars
Having had a brand new set of cordless power tools stolen from our garage, we wanted to make sure we were aware when someone walked into our garage from then on and NOT have the alarm set off by our pet dog or cats. "The Reporter" gets the job done. We purchased a base station receiver with a motion sensor and an extra motion sensor. This way both the garage door and the back door to our garage are protected. It's inexpensive and easy to install. No wires to run. We like it so much we purchased a second base station receiver with motion sensor to install in our utility barn. Now we have a base station receiver in our kitchen and our bedroom. Our garage and utility barn are protected. If any of the three motion sensors detected movement both base stations receivers sound of the alert. "The Reporter" gets the job done to our liking.Customer Review: It's workin 100% again - 2nd Update from "Dan on the farm"
Summary: 5 Stars
THis is a second review and an update to my previous review written By "Dan on the Farm" in Oct 04.
About 48 hrs after I had the intial problems of it being intermitent, it started working again and has been about 99% effective since then. The only times that it misses a few alerts is on a REALLY foggy, damp, misty condition. Almost like it can't transmit through the pea soup. But other than that, it works great. It just had that 24 hr period in October when it became unreliable.
Today is 14 Jan, 05 and the temp here is -1 F. Works great even in these low temps. Had it about 6 months now and am very pleased. Again, our radio shack in central Illinois has it for around $75. Good luck and email if you have questions: 60745@myswa.com
See my other review for how I installed ours - Dan
Customer Review: I have 2 of these items.
Summary: 5 Stars
I have 2 of the Reporters, one at home and another at camp. I bought the one for home intending to use it at camp then I decided to mount it near my deer feeding station. So now we know when the deer have come to feed and don't miss watching them. So I bought another for camp and it is about 300 feet through woods from the sender to the receiver. It works flawlessly though once in a while we'll notice it doesn't announce and it can go off from leaves and birds passing by. There are others that will only detect heavy metal objects like vehicles. Make sure you choose which you need before buying one as the false alarms are a nuisance. I agree with one reviewer who said the noise was loud and obnoxous and has no volume control. Otherwise this has been a dependable product for years with few battery replacements, maybe one each.