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am seen that's right Crist and this is the sky link net alarm system starter kit this is a 150 dollar kit that you can purchase to put up sensors around your home and monitor what's going on while you're away if something is amiss if someone comes in and they're not supposed to the alarm will go off a siren will sound and you'll be notified by a smartphone push notification now the system doesn't offer live monitoring it's not a system that will call the police on your behalf like simply say for ATT if something goes wrong if the alarm goes off you'll get that notification and it's up to you to decide whether or not to call the police of course that also means that the system costs a lot less you won't have to pay any monthly fees and there are no long-term contracts to sign you just buy the system and use it as you see fit the system itself consists of a centralized hub this thing here to plug that into your router plug it into power and that'll be the brains of your system controlling all the sensors and monitoring everything it's also got a 110 decibels siren built right in so this is the thing that's gonna make all the noise when things go wrong you get to open closed sensors you put these on the frame of a door or window and they'll let you know when that door window gets open you also get a motion sensor you can stick this on a table you can stick it up to the wall whatever you want it'll keep track of when people are coming and going and let you know when it detects motion finally you get a keychain remote that'll let you turn the system on and off right from your keys as you come and go you can also arm and disarm the system from the smartphone app where you'll also find controls for all the sensors you can dictate exactly when you want them to notify you if they give you push notifications only during an alarm or all the time that's all up to you that's a nice feature I like that about this system when I tested the system out of my apartment it was snappy and responsive all the notifications came through as expected they didn't take long to get to my phone so I liked that quite a bit for a small apartment small home I think this could be a good kid however testing it out in a bigger space here at the CNET appliances offices things were a little more sluggish everything still worked I still have confidence in the system but it was slower so maybe not the greatest system for a larger home you can also add extra sensors to your system a la carte style including some sky links existing hardware which will turn lamps on and off things like that it's kind of dated though so I'm not sure that I would go that route all in all sky link net does the job perfectly well doesn't look that great doing it but it does cost less than competitors like eye smart alarm and certainly less than competitors that charge you a monthly fee so if you want minimum coverage I think this is a kit that merits consideration thanks for watching check out my full review at cnet.com for seen at appliances I'm Rui Chris you