myhome247.co.uk Standalone Starter Kit

I am using the system at the moment, I have a nice set up but when a camera failed I recieved no asssitance apart from buy another camera. I did, it is awful - nothing like previous one. They now have very limited stock, they were good at one point but I could not reccommend them now. Please be aware - I hope they sort it out but it's not looking good.

myhome247.co.uk Standalone Starter Kit is really good value for money - as much more functional than a normal just security system and the cameras really are very very good and the fact that you can control and view your home from your mobile much easier than a normal IP networked solution which i find impossible to set up so gave up and bought this instead.

Absolutely great system from myhome247.co.uk as you can use it for a million and one things due to all the different accessories. Once you've got your head around setting up the rules that you want it runs without fault. Mainly I can rely on myself checking in if anything happens and actually see what is going on live from my phone so this stops any paranoia straight away!

I've gone for the premium account ( '£11.95 per month for 250 MB online storage), but you can also go for the standard plus account which is '£9.99 per month for 50 megs of storage. There is no charge for heavy usage, it's a flat fee which works really well for me.

Must be a small company as I spent ages looking for a well priced solution so i could monitor my house remotely and found these guys after visiting grand designs in June.

The way it works is you connect the gateway to your broadband, buy the remote service account which is mandatory and they send you details of how to activate. Then you just discover each device one at a time. The kit contains an IP camera (that i connected by using a ethernet over power plug to avoid miles of cable) and a door sensor that just sticks on. It's really easy to install but I did use their online live chat facility to check i was installing correctly as you have to do things in a certain order.

I bought some power controllers that i put my audiovisual equipment on and set a rule for them to turn off at midnight and come back on the next day when we get in again as the telewest box came on and burnt onto my LCD screen last year - grrrr. The great feature really is the remote monitoring as i bought text bundles (only about 15p per text i think) and set up a rule for the system to text me when motion is detected and then i can log in on my mobile and see what's happening. Have caught the cat out so far when we forgot to put her out one day, but i know the system works well. Have had it up and running for 3 weeks now and plan to buy the thermostat before winter as i can then turn the heating on while I'm on the train home! Overall is a really clever system for a great price.