- Frontpoint home security is a boutique DIY brand
that's been on our radar for years.
While it's a little on the pricier side,
they have a ton of products to choose from
that you can tailor to your home security needs.
They've also added unique monitoring extras
like protection for identity theft.
Today I'll be unboxing this Frontpoint kit
and going over some of the basics about this brand.
Then I'll share my review in a couple of weeks
after I've set it up and spent more time with this system.
So if you have any questions about Frontpoint
or if there's anything you wanna see in my tests coming up,
let me know in the comments,
and subscribe to catch our full review in August.
But before I crack this baby open,
let's go over some quick details
about Frontpoint home security.
Frontpoint has a super comprehensive catalog
of cameras, sensors, and keypads
to keep your home protected.
With four cameras to choose from,
you can keep an eye on things inside
and outside the house.
And since it's a DIY brand,
it's easy to expand your system
if you move to a new place.
Plus, Frontpoint has its own smart home stuff
like smart thermostats, locks, and lights.
With all this stuff to choose from,
you can either build your own Frontpoint system
based on what you want to protect
or choose from one of the three equipment packages.
There's The Starter Pack, Home Shield,
and Family Lookout kit,
all with more stuff than the next.
As of this video, professional monitoring
for Frontpoint ranges between 45 and $50 a month,
which is around $10 over the national average.
But check the link in the description
to get a deal on monitoring through us.
Okay, now that we've gone over some of the basics,
let's see what's in this box.
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It's the box within the box.
"Welcome to Frontpoint."
All right.
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Ooh, ah.
Here we go.
I've got a yard sign,
lots of bubble wrap, big fan.
(bubble wrap pops)
So let's see, we've got a system overview.
This will tell you all about your equipment
and the mobile app, which is pretty cool.
So everything you'll need is all written down
and ready to go.
Let's dive in.
First is all these little accessories.
We've got a keychain remote which,
honestly, is one of my favorite things
in home security systems.
You don't have to deal with punching your number
in the keypad or fidgeting with stuff.
So if you have your hands full,
all you have to do is, like a car alarm,
just beep-beep and you're done.
So let's start with the Hub.
This is the brains of the operation.
You'll need this up and running first
before any of this other stuff.
So let's see what it looks like.
Oop.
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So it's probably about the size
of, hmm, I don't know, probably
about the size of a router.
The ports here, we've got what looks like a reset button.
They aren't labeled, but I'm guessing that's the power jack,
and then the Ethernet cable.
We've got all the details on here.
Yep, I was right.
We've got Ethernet and power cables,
and those will go in the back, over here.
This kind of unboxing's really fun
because it's more like a unboxing, unboxing, unbox.
We've got a whole bunch of boxes to unbox.
We also have a door and window sensor and a motion sensor.
So these are both, they're pretty self-explanatory.
These are contact sensors or entry sensors.
You stick them on the edge of a door or a cabinet,
or anything that opens and closes,
and they're magnets, and once that magnetic seal is broken,
the alarm goes off.
These are standard with most home security systems.
Don't go for a home security system
if they don't include something like this,
because this is an industry standard.
Looks like we've got three of these individual guys in here.
Oh, they're nice and slim.
So I would stick, probably, one of these pieces on here,
and then, when the door opens and closes,
I'm excited to set this up,
because we have three in this one kit.
So that means I can stick two on a window
and one on my front door or on my front and back doors,
and then one on the window.
It just kind of depends on what works,
and they're peel-and-stick, so I won't have
to drill any holes or anything on there.
So that's pretty easy to set up.
All right, and we have motion sensors.
These are really helpful for,
you wanna put them, like it has in the diagram here,
put them high up into the wall
so you can see as much of the room as you can.
This one, I believe, is an infrared one,
and it's got 90 degrees field of view
and detects motion from 40 feet away.
So I've got a pretty wide living room,
so I would imagine that would be a good spot
to put that in there.
So here we go.
This is the motion sensor.
It looks like we've got wall anchors,
if we want to put up on the wall.
They're a little more secure, permanent situation,
and then adhesive stickers.
Well, as a renter, I will probably use those.
Yeah, this one's pretty straightforward.
Frontpoint Keypad.
So with this one, it has programmable PIN codes,
that you can have a different code
for everybody in your family.
So you can have your own PIN code,
say it's your birthday, and then your spouse can have
their birthday as their PIN code
and your kids can have different PIN codes,
'cause that way, you know,
when that specific PIN code is entered,
that your spouse or your kids are home.
So let's see what this one looks like.
This one, also, I believe this is the one
with crash and smash technology in it,
so if it is tampered with,
you will get a notification that something is amiss.
So it's got, you can stick it on the wall.
We've got a battery notification light,
and it looks like, I'm guessing
that might be the tamper thing.
So lemme know in the comments
if you want me to try and tamper with this thing.
That could be kinda fun.
Looks pretty straightforward.
I like the size of this.
It's small enough that you can stick it
on the side of the wall.
Probably, it's maybe about the size
of like a big outlet, like a big light switch.
Yeah, or maybe about the size of a cellphone.
So it's pretty compact.
A lotta these keypads can be pretty big.
We got two cameras in here.
We have the Indoor and the Outdoor Camera.
So let's take a look at the Indoor Camera first.
See, it's 1080p, which is pretty standard industry.
Its night vision can see up to 15 feet in the dark.
So I'm excited to test that out.
It works with 2.4 gigahertz internet.
So if you're working on the 5,
you'll have to switch that over, trade it out.
So let's see how it works.
The trick is not to rip this box open, either.
I don't know if you guys can see that,
but it's one of those where it's folded in
and it won't come open.
I have to be very delicate about it.
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There we go.
Figured it out.
It took me long enough.
All right.
So with this camera,
we've got a starter kit information right here,
and here is the camera itself.
It looks like about the size of the Wyze Cam.
It kinda has that similar design
that I'm seeing a lot in indoor cams,
where it's kind of a big square with the swivel head.
It's a popular design for a reason,
because you can hold it, you can mount it up to walls
and move it from there.
So it doesn't have to stay on a shelf
or on a counter or anything.
You can stick it on the wall.
We've got the infrared sensor and the microphone
or the speaker in here.
It's go two-way voice.
There's a spot for an SD card
if you want to use local storage.
I'm gonna have to try that out.
And you can see here where it swivels really easily,
up and down and over.
I like the way this is designed.
It's maybe, let's see,
about the size of the palm of my hand.
So it's a pretty small camera.
I would imagine, a lotta these kinds of cameras
I recommend for nurseries, like a small baby monitor,
kids' rooms, the front hallway, that kinda thing.
And along with this, we've also got a power cable.
So I'm assuming this needs to stay plugged in.
And then a mounting bracket and screws and wall anchors.
So you can stick this on the wall, as well.
Now to the Outdoor Camera.
Let's see how they compare.
I'm on to you, Frontpoint.
You're not gonna trick me this time.
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Just like the Indoor Camera,
we've got some literature at the front,
ready to go, and here she is.
Oh, it's big.
Okay, so this is a little heftier.
It's even a little heavier, too,
and it's also got that ball-and-socket joint.
But it looks like it rotates in several different spots,
where it rotates here and here.
That's really stiff.
Ooh, okay, so that, it looks like stainless steel
and it's supposed to move.
It doesn't move very smoothly.
So maybe that's something I'll have to adjust a little bit,
but we've got a reset button.
There we go.
It's got an icon for an SD card here, too,
and a reset button and a speaker,
'cause it's got two-way talk.
So maybe compared to,
let's just do a quick little size comparison,
so here's the Indoor and here's the Outdoor.
And it's a pretty significant size different.
But I'm excited.
I'm thinking I'm gonna put this on my front porch,
or maybe even on the side.
We've got a parking space near the door
that we like to keep a camera on.
I think that'll be a good spot for it.
All right, and then, in here, along with the camera,
our final box, of all the boxes.
There's been so many boxes today, in this unboxing.
Pretty standard.
We've got wall anchors, pretty long screws
to make sure it's nice and secure,
'cause this thing's so big,
and then it looks like a power cable.
So it doesn't look like it's battery-powered is
what I'm gathering from this.
So this might be an issue if you don't have outdoor outlets,
or you might need to feed this cord through a window,
which is what I think I'm gonna have to do.
Not that that's a total problem,
but it's a little annoying.
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There it is.
Now that I've unpacked all of these Frontpoint devices,
I'll take this kit home and set it up
through the Frontpoint app.
Be sure to subscribe to see
how my setup and review went in a couple weeks.
And if you have any questions about Frontpoint
or suggestions for testing,
drop a comment below and I'll give you a shout-out
in our review video.
Thanks for watching and stay safe.
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