Gabe: Hi folks, this Gabe at Security Baron.
Today we're unboxing the ADT home security system.
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Let's jump in.
Let's see here, got these taken care of already, there we go.
Already coming at me.
First thing you see, Protection 1, smart lock, and our system.
Make sure that thing is [inaudible 0:47] , put this out away.
This cardboard we do not need.
This we don't right now, but it's always good to have.
This set-up, of course, is your yard sign, so people know that you're protected.
You got your Smartcode Touchpad Protection 1.
This I'm familiar with, the Alarm.com, indoor WiFi camera 1080P, a quick-start guide, looks
like our hub is here, our key ring remote, and our three door and window sensors, along
with mounting hardware.
This is our motion detection sensor here, and our Ethernet cable.
We're going to take an inventory of all the pieces that we have for our ADT/Protection
1 series.
It may be a little weird for me to be calling this the ADT unboxing, considering that everything
says Protection 1, but just so you know, there was a merger between the two companies, and
now, they're actually owned by Protection 1.
That's the way it went.
There was a private equity firm that bought ADT, yadda, yadda, but just for our purposes
understand that Protection 1 and ADT are the same company.
Moving into each of the pieces, what we would see with our ADT system is a smart lock.
This is a deadbolt that has WiFi that allows for keyless entry into your home.
This is really cool to have.
It's something we've seen different versions of, though, I will say, while we've seen a
few Kwikset Smart Locks, we have not done this version yet, the Smartcode 914 Touchpad
Electric, or Electronic Deadbolt.
I'm interested to jump into that.
I am familiar, however, with the 1080p indoor WiFi camera from Alarm.com.
A lot of the security systems companies do outsource some elements of their, especially,
video equipment as related to video doorbells and indoor cameras.
That's something we see here, with this camera.
We've got our four-button key ring remote.
I'm anxious to see that.
It's definitely got a different look than a lot the key fobs that we've seen for security
systems, but I'm sure it will work relatively similarly to those.
Then, we have our touchpad, which also serves as our hub.
That is here.
I'm anxious to see how it works.
It's an interesting design, very focused on the speaker.
The speaker is almost as big as the touchpad itself, and you have a plus, and a home.
It's not very many buttons, and the LED screen is a little bit small, so I'm actually a little
bit anxious as to how well this is going to function as a hub and keypad.
We'll see when we do our review.
Then, we have our motion sensor here, which strangely has come in all of its pieces separated.
I'll put that together, and see how well it functions.
Here we have our various window and door contacts.
This is your sensors for your door, your windows, so that you know when it's opened or closed.
We received three for this one as I do live in a small one-bedroom apartment.
I don't need too many, fortunately, or unfortunately.
An Ethernet cable, which will be used to set up some of the system, and our yard sign.
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Let's get back to the video.
Let's unpack some of these components.
You can essentially see everything for the hub.
We'll clearly move that out of the way for a moment.
We got our yard sign, move that out of the way.
You've seen an Ethernet cable before, so I'll put that out of the way, but I do want to
look at our motion detector.
First of all, I like that it's numbered.
In fact, many of the pieces are numbered.
Let's see -- one, two, three, and four.
I take this out.
Place this in here, voila, and that says, "Please remove this after installation."
Honestly, this is a pretty interesting design.
I'm pretty sure this is the motion detector, but, typically, it does not look like this.
I'm already into it, just, because it's something a little different than what I've seen, and
I'm eager to see how well it works.
Let's take a look at one of our sensors.
I know that on the top of it, it says, "Thin Door/Window Contact."
I wonder if it will be different if we had a larger door.
This is also a system I'm very familiar with, in terms of how it works.
As usual, it is white.
You place this big piece on the frame, and you place this piece underneath, on the door
itself.
If it were a window, you'd place this on the window frame and this on the window, and keep
them about a pencil width apart.
Anytime they were opened, you would get an alert.
That is what these three pieces look like.
Let's jump into the key fob.
You got four buttons, you got your arm lock, your door, a person going out the door, which
denotes your way, your stay, and your panic button.
That's pretty straight-forward.
It's a little different in that this one is black with white lettering.
Typically, you would see them as white with black.
That's interesting.
I'll open up this Alarm.com video camera, and there's a video camera.
It's got 1080p.
I'm actually familiar with it from looking at other camera systems.
It's got a pretty cool aesthetic -- white and black, pretty straight-forward.
It's got very good motion, pretty good.
I'm really excited to jump into something I've not seen before, which is this Kwikset
Smart Lock.
That is heavy.
It's the outside, face of the outside, your deadbolt, some of your other pieces, lock,
and your keys.
That's a lot of pieces for this ADT/Protection 1 home security system, but I'm really excited
to actually jump in, and figure it out, and just see how this whole process goes, and
how well it works as a home security system.
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