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simply safe is a popular do-it-yourself home security system you pick from a number of different packages with different configurations of sensors or you build your own custom package then you stick everything up around your home packages start around two hundred and fifty nine dollars and you get 24/7 live monitoring for fifteen bucks a month or twenty five a month if you want to be able to monitor everything from your phone to there's no contracts no installation fees customers to DIY monitored security the problem was that the devices themselves were ugly as held really dated designs now something safe is trying to fix that this year with third gen devices that look a lot better and also promise better battery life there's also a better variety of sensors to choose from in addition to the usual suspects like motion detectors contact sensors and the keypad you can also add in things like leak detectors freeze sensors and glass break sensors everything comes with sticky pads and detachable backs making it really easy to move sensors around as needed and you can fine-tune all of it right from your phone there's a lot of thought put into the system and it's really easy to use the base station talks to everything and then connects with your phone over Wi-Fi for security it also includes a battery backup and a fee free cellular connection with the company's monitoring service even if the Wi-Fi or the power goes out it can still call for help soon you'll be able to arm your system with Alexa voice commands - those are all strong points and simply saves favor but the system isn't perfect the contact sensors and leak detector worked perfectly in my test and the motion detector did a great job at distinguishing between people and pets but the free sensor was too slow to recognize temperature swings and the glass break sensor though it does work was a bit finicky you can add the motion sensing simply cambiar setup for $99 but we didn't like that one as much as competitors like the nest cam or Netgear are low and you can't add cameras like that to the system the system also doesn't do quite as much as competitors like ADT to bring home automation into play and let you incorporate things like smart lights into your systems that might soon change though along with that upcoming Alexa integration and an integration with the nest thermostat simply safe says it has its own smart lock coming soon simply say it has a lot of new competition now but it's still a very good home security system and a good budget option that doesn't feel like a budget option the bounty of features and options for customization give you plenty of control over how you use it and in the end it works reliably enough to provide peace of mind against fire flood and a variety of home invasion scenarios I liked it in 2014 and I like it now too