Arlec Home Care
I do NOT recommend this product. I've had to have it replaced twice already in a year and because the button unit is mounted with strong adhesive,… Read more
you wind up with mess and/or damage at your door. Also when you eventually need to replace batteries in the button unit - good luck with that. I've tried twice on these units and both times the button unit was destroyed trying to get it open as the plastic is very poor quality. Lastly, the chime units need batteies every few months at my place, which gets expensive.
Don't waste your money – The door bell doesn't get a lot of use, but after a few months a visitor alerted us to the fact they got no response when they pushed it. Checked… Read more
the battery and that was fully charged. LED lit up when the button was pressed, but there was no response from the receiving unit, even when they were side by side. Changed the batteries and re-set the chimes. Still no communication. Sounds like a similar issue to that experienced by the Hobart reviewer a year ago.
I’ve had a number of doorbell sets that rely on a doorbell with a battery that must be changed every year or so. Every time the battery is changed,… Read more
the actual bells need to be reprogrammed to get the bell sound you want. It’s both long winded and tedious. The units also tend to expire in part over a few years, and I’m forced to buy a new one. This includes Arlec branded items. Not quality. For this reason I’ve been a bit wary of buying yet another “wireless” doorbell. However, this one appears to work with very little setup hasstle. The button part is simply stuck on the appropriate place on the door frame. Let’s hope it stays that way. The press switch also seems impressively solid, and the press action requires an obvious solid press - so that you actually know by the click (and a light) that it has been presses. The bells that plug in at the power point have a few different loudness levels - good, and 38 tune choices which can be changed relatively easily. The only criticism is that there is no list in the package that says what each tune is - and to go back to tune number 1 after your passed it, you need to press the button another 37 times. I was irritated enough to make a list of the tunes for my own records so that I could select them more easily. I’d give it as many stars as possible, but I’m still a little wary of its longevity. It seems robust - more solid than previous ones I’ve had to purchase. Time will tell. Recommended.
Had this for some 6 years, but after a power failure, it continuously beeps, pushing the button makes no difference, nor does unplugging for a… Read more
minute, nor an hour. Looking inside, there is a yellow 0.82microfarad capacitor, looks like there is some brown oozing out of one end, that one is probably the problem.