Yale IA-330 Sync Smart Home Alarm 9 piece kit.

I have used another alarm system in my previous home and paid a monthly contract for over 5 years.When we moved I decided to analyse and see what are available in the market.At the outset the monthly paid alarm systems are expensive in long run, cheaper Chinese products does not tend have good support/instructions and Yale stood out for me with the smart system what they offer and a long standing brand.It does exactly what the monthly paid command center based alarm systems do - send you notification when there is movement in house (when armed), allows partial arming, device outside showing protected house and all this at one time low cost.Installation super easy, no wires to run, clean instructions and tech support. Only difficult part is installing the siren box outside as I had to go high up the ladder on a windy day. Yale also offer installation support (engineers to come and install) at an extra support price.I have tested the app several times now and really smart, you can arm, partial arm and disarm from a distance through your phone too (plus you can do the same with traditional keypad when you leave and enter) . There is lot of configurations you can play with. (don't worry most of it comes with a default value) .The motion sensors works perfect and really appreciate the walk tests I can do with my phone app.Feel good that I decided for Yale after comparing with others. Not disappointed at all ..Well done YALE.. !!

This alarm system was incredibly easy to set up. Everything comes pre-paired, so all you have to do is pull out the plastic tabs that keep the batteries from draining during transit. You can stick the components up with the adhesive pads provided or use plugs and screws if you want something more permanent, I just used the sticky pads. The whole installation took me less than 30 minutes. Honestly, it took longer to get the ladder out than to screw in the outdoor siren! If your bundle includes a fob, it’s a brilliant little extra that makes arming and disarming the system so much easier, whether you’re coming home or heading downstairs in the morning.We’ve been dealing with a string of burglaries in the area, and they’ve been targeting back doors. Ours is very accessible, so I’ve configured the alarm to go off instantly with no delay if the door is opened. It gives me real peace of mind, and I sleep much better at night knowing it’s in place. I’ve turned off the motion sensors because I don’t want to have to disarm the alarm every time I walk into the living room or risk forgetting to rearm it during the night. For me, securing the doors is the priority, if someone tries to break in through a window, it would be noisy enough that the alarm wouldn’t even be necessary.At the end of the day, you can’t put a price on feeling comfortable in your own home, especially at night. Knowing you’ve got a good theft deterrent is priceless. Although, I’m not too concerned if someone does manage to break in. What matters to me is that I’d know about it right away so I can deal with them personally, rather than being asleep and unaware while my children are sleeping too.I can confidently recommend this to anyone. This is one of those items your gut tells you that you need, and you should always listen. Plus, the hub doubles as a siren, so it’s not just the outdoor one making noise. Together, they are incredibly loud, especially at night, when the sound would be insanely jarring, My kit also came with a dummy siren. Personally, I didn’t see the need for it, (AKA I didn't want to climb up the ladder again) so I gave it to my parents to use as a deterrent. Even though it doesn’t make any noise, its presence alone is likely enough to put off some thieves

​We previously used a Friedland alarm system which is now over 15 years old, so when two of the sensors stopped responding, we decided to replace it with a "smart" system which would integrate with our other devices (Alexa, Hue and so on).After deciding on key criteria (wireless, over 15 metres wireless signal detection range, integration with smart home, no monthly subscription, door chimes, ability to handle significant number of sensors (3 door contacts, 8 PIR for home and outbuildings), we settled on this unit. Some of the products we looked at from other vendors said "80 metre wireless signal range" but when you read their manuals, this was 80 metres "clear" i.e. when used in the middle of a field, and went down to 15 metres if you were foolish enough to use the product inside a building with actual walls in it!).On unboxing the kit, it seemed quite straight forward so we went for it, and let it walk us through the smart installation wizard. The steps were fairly simple and within 30 minutes the system was up and running. Another 10 / 15 minutes of playing around we got the Alexa integration running, plus the Apple watch functionality working.The "strange" design decisions were:on the hub, for the backup battery, there's a switch that needs to be toggled in order to enable the battery. The toggle label, unlike every other switch I've ever come across, gives instructions for using the switch rather than showing the state of the switch. So, instead of showing On / Off with the switch being positioned under the relevant value (like everyone else does), it shows a left pointing arrow followed by the word "on", indicating (I think) that you need to slide the switch to the left such that it's NOT under the word "On" in order to activate the backup battery. That's just plain daft, and even worse, until you switch it to On, you'll get an orange light on the front of the hub and a beep every 30 seconds until you figure out what's wrong, which is pretty annoying.There's a door chime function whereby the hub emits a chime sound whenever entry points are used. The chime sound (accessed from top left waffle button, settings, alarm settings, system settings, general configuration) was initially set to "No Sound". I turned on the door chime for both door contact points and couldn't figure out why it wasn't making a noise until I went searching on the net and found someone who'd turned it on. Questions are a) what's the point of having a door chime function if you're going to default it to "no sound" and b) if you're going to be idiosyncratic enough to default it to silent, why hide the setting under five levels of menus? Another daftness.the watch app stopped working overnight, so we couldn't disarm the system from the watch. I can only assume that it timed out, but I'll check that tomorrow and update the review if necessary. As things stand, having a watch app that can time out turns the watch integration into a novelty that is of no use in the real world. Edit: after digging around, I found that by going to top left waffle menu, settings, users, app security, and switching on "Enable touch ID", the watch stopped needing the phone to log onto Yale before it maintained sync with the alarm, so the watch integration is now a useful addition to the ways to interrogate / arm / disarm the alarm, and it isn't just a novelty any more.Anyway, after spending a minimal amount of time setting the system up and then AGES figuring out the daftnesses, we've finished up with a system that integrates with the rest of the house, has a good range, and first impressions are very favourable.The first thing we did on registering with the Alexa skill was to change the names of the devices to "Yale security", "Yale front" and "Yale back" to simplify arming and disarming by voice. Now, by saying "Alexa arm Yale security", the alarm is set and "Alexa disarm Yale security" causes her to ask for the pin and when you give it, the alarm is unset. Nice. We also did a routine which is triggered by the "arming of the system" event, which causes the "Messaging" action in the routine to broadcast "the alarm is now set" to all Alexa devices, as well as an "unset" equivalent, to let everyone know that the alarm isn't set anymore.Additionally, the chime function is an irrelevance if you have an Alexa device or two, since you can set up a routine that is triggered by doors opening. When the "Yale front" contact sensor is triggered, the routine broadcasts "the front door has been opened" to all Alexa devices and similarly a message for back door opening is in place. Lots better than a "dinkdink" noise coming out of the hub...The Alexa integration means the keypad and fob provided with the kit are redundant, so we'll just take the batteries out of those and stick them in a drawer somewhere. The rest of the kit is great, though, so I'd recommend this system to anyone who wants a flexible, extensible, alarm system that they can install themselves and integrates well into a smart home