Reviewer: Arm

08/14/2010 11:43pm

They are easy to install, easy to operate. Battery life has been good. Dependable and inexpensive. Try not to mount the sensor tightly to anything, this seemed to cause alot of false alarms. Also, sunlight hitting a moving tree branch tends to activate the alarm, so trim away any moving limbs or branches and I think you will be satisfied with this product. I have owned one of these for a couple years and it does nothing like the description says. As far as the previous review about going through a window...NO MOTION SENSOR WILL WORK THROUGH GLASS. Don't blame the product for your ignorance. The item works very well for me. I have a large yard with a detached garage and this inexpensive device lets me know when anyone is coming near my home. Mailman, newspaper guy, whoever. It will pick up animals, but with the right mounting height and electrical tape the sensor works as desired. Sensor takes (1)9V while receiver takes three)C batteries. The only option is the volume of the chime on the receiver. It will continually chime when something enters the sensor area.

Reviewer: Forjeck

08/14/2010 11:41pm

sometimes I just forgot to check to see if the cat wanted back in. The Driveway Patrol fixed all that. Setup about a foot or less off the ground in a relatively sheltered location by the front door, it does a great job of watching the front of the driveay and the front door. I originally set the sensor up to look down the entire length of the drive but it proved much too sensitive for this to be useful so I aimed the sensor low ACROSS the driveway near the front door and this has worked out fine. It now tells me when the cat is ready to come in as well as when a pizza or package delivery has arrived.

The Driveway Patrol actually saved me quite a bit of trouble one day when I had been waiting the entire afternoon for the cable guy -- he eventually showed up late, didn't even bother to knock or ring the bell and only stayed just long enough to leave a note telling me I wasn't home. Due to the Drveway Patrol, I managed to wave him down at the end of the drive. This alone made the gadget worth the price.

As I've said, the Driveway Patrol does exactly what I need it to do. The only false alarms I get are from visiting neighbor cats, racoons and the odd bird. The only things I would change about the gadget would be to add a volume control that had more settings than 'loud' and 'very loud' and the fact that the chimes will ring continuously while being triggered and then for another 10-15 seconds beyond that.