Gabe: Hey, this is Gabe at Security Baron.
Today we're checking out one of the new kids on the block, the abode starter kit.
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I'm just going to tear right into it.
We're supposed to get an Abode gateway, an ethernet cable, a power adapter, an mini door
sensor, a remote feed key fob and a motion sensor.
Please keep this card.
Start with this piece, motion sensor.
Oh, cool, checking all these pieces out.
Key fob, got our door sensor, our motion detector.
You can screw these in.
Some directions, of course, my favorite.
Got a little window decal action here, a power adapter and an ethernet cable.
Let's see how this looks all together.
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Let's check out what we got in our Abode starter kit.
Now it's a pretty nifty system.
A few things I want to note right off the bat.
It was really efficiently packaged.
That's something I appreciate and something I like to see.
I wish more companies would do that, then, for the most part, they do.
Now in terms of color scheme, it's pretty interesting.
Generally, you get this pretty minimalist aesthetic in this, either white or black for
our cameras, but Abode went with white and black and I'm not mad at it.
I like it.
It's like those black and white cookies that we all love here in New York, popularized
by series such as "Seinfeld."
Now the black and white, we got our key fob.
Love the design and I can't wait to try this out.
Like you put it in like a Mercedes or a BMW key fob even though you don't have a car that's
the thing I want to do with this abode key fob.
Then we got our mini door sensors.
We'll put this on our door and it'll let us know when it's been opened or closed, so I'm
anxious to see how that works.
Now they gave us a lot of different pieces to install on the door and in various places.
I do want to note that even with our, for example, motion detector here, it's separate.
That's interesting because generally when you install a system, it comes with these
pieces already pre-adhered to the objects.
Here, it looks like there's a two-step process of adhering this to the actual device and
then adhering that device to a wall.
I don't think that's positive or negative just something to note.
It's a little bit of an extra step and something that we've not actually seen too much of.
Speaking of adhering, they also gave us some screws and some anchors.
I'm sure we could install these different pieces in a variety of ways.
Now for the system itself your gateway, your hub to the Abode, it does come with this power
adapter and this ethernet cable.
In the back here I see a few different pieces that have a place for a usb.
I've got my ethernet cable.
I've got an on switch, which is a little bit interesting, and my port for the power adapter.
This is a little bit different than things that I'm used to seeing with the home security
system market, and I'm really anxious to check it out.
It does seem very important to keep this card so you can keep your system activated and
set it up.
Make sure you look at that, but otherwise there's not too much in terms of literature.
We've got, of course, our favorite window decals so people know that you're protected.
Then there are a little bit of literature discussing the pairing process, pairing the
pieces together, or the devices together, something about the warranty.
Then how to use your key fob.
This is something you may not see unless I go like this.
There are actually four buttons on the key fob.
You got away, home, disarm and future use alarm.
I'm anxious to see how well this works because that's definitely something we've not seen.
Typically, you see one or two buttons -- arm, disarm, panic button -- and here we've got
four buttons none of which, at least from the outset, seems to be a panic button.
That's our unboxing of the Abode starter kit.
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As always, this is Gabe at Security Baron, be secure.
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