Gabe Turner: Hello folks, this is Gabe at Security Baron, and today we're unboxing the
Link Interactive Home Security System.
Let's dive in.
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Let's jump into this unboxing of the Link Interactive Home Security System.
If you'll note, it comes in a pretty nondescript box.
We just have our address on the top and otherwise it's just
a cardboard.
A placard that looks kind of like a fake license plate.
This part says, "Home automation and security sensors."
This part says, "Home automation and cameras."
In the middle we have our Hub, camera, doorbell, big old Kwikset Smart Lock, and a host of
sensors.
Let's get this out of the way.
Now I'm going to clean this up a little bit and get a look at what pieces I've got with
my Link Interactive System.
I've got some door contacts, these actually look like versions I've that seen before with
other home security systems.
Got my Hub, which also looks very familiar to me in terms of the way it's laid out.
I have another piece to my Hub in case you want to mount it separately in a different
way.
My electronic deadbolt, alarm.com, WiFi doorbell with a camera, indoor security camera, and
my literature.
Here we are with the Link Interactive Hub, some may say it's the most important part
of any system.
We have a speaker, a couple of actual buttons here.
A home and a plus sign are touch screen, and the Link Interactive logo at the bottom.
I will note that the Link Interactive logo looks a lot like the alarm.com logo which
we're getting for a lot of the products in this system.
They've outsourced it to alarm.com.
I'm interested to look at those products next.
Let's look at our WiFi indoor camera.
It's got an alarm.com camera, let's check it out.
This camera comes with an aesthetic similar to many that we've seen before.
We've got the white on the black, though there does seem to be some pretty significant rotation
and articulation capacity for this camera.
I can go like this.
I can move it this way.
On the bottom I see a rubber mat which is useful.
On the back I've got, it looks to be an Ethernet cable and a power adapter.
We've got this glossy perimeter.
We've got matte surrounding the lens.
There's matte surrounding the lens and most of it is actually pretty flush.
There's nothing protruding which I like.
If you look at the profile, you'll note that I can actually put my finger all of the way
across it, no issues.
It looks like that's the slot for possibly an SD card.
Maybe that denotes some local storage on this camera.
This is pretty classic indoor security camera.
The box tells that it's 10 ADT so I'm looking forward to seeing what that looks like.
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Here's our video doorbell.
It says I have WiFi video doorbell, SkyBell HD edition.
I like HD, I like having high definition video.
Color night vision, two-way audio, motion sensor, records video, that is useful.
Here we go.
It's very snug.
There's not a lot to that.
We've seen a few SkyBells and this seems to be pretty straightforward in terms of a doorbell
camera.
This is a SkyBell and I'm interested to see how well it works.
Next we've got the Kwikset Smartcode touchpad electronic deadbolt.
Try saying that three times fast.
Wow, this is a heavy box.
I'm not going to say any different.
This is heavy, there's a lot going on in here.
Here we go.
Got our deadbolt here and a few other elements.
I do love bubble wrap.
That has two on each one so we're going to get five.
One, two, three, four, five, numeric buttons for this keypad with a lock button in the
middle.
You always want to have a physical backup to your digital system, so here we are with
our keys.
In case you have someone in your family who doesn't really like to use technology.
You all have one, no judgment here.
Other part of our lock, these two pieces will connect, hopefully quickly for you.
Hopefully, it's not a long installation process, and the actual deadbolt itself.
All these pieces together make for our Smartlock.
I'm interested to see how it all works together.
Motion sensors you're going to want to place in the frames of your windows and your doors.
With the small piece on the part of the window or door that moves.
The actual window or the actual door.
This is the part that you'll place on your frame.
These are always are set to the same exact device.
A larger white piece to blend in, and a smaller piece.
Usually, you'll use 3M, as I see here you use 3M, and you'll attach it to your frame.
This is the same thing here, but I'll probably put one on my door and one on my window during
my setup process.
Let's go to my favorite part and the last thing, and that's your yard sign.
Don't forget your yard sign is an effective deterrent.
People will see, "Hey, this person's protected by Link Interactive" and they might say, "Hey,
you know what I might want to get one too", to protect what they have.
Your potential intruders will always see the Link Interactive and think, "OK, this is a
house that maybe I don't want to mess with because they have a team of professionals
at their disposal."
Now you see all the components that we received with our Link Interactive Home Security System.
I'm looking forward to setting it up and see how well this whole system works.
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