Gabe: Hi folks, this is Gabe at Security Baron and today we're looking at two camera systems
go head to head; Minut versus Notion.
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Gabe: In today's comparison of Minut and Notion, I'm going to go over the key similarities,
key differences, installation processes, monitoring options, customer support and, finally, their
mobile applications so that you can make the right decision for you.
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Let's start today's comparison of Minut and Notion talking about the key similarities
between the systems.
Minut and Notion are both do-it-yourself installation.
That's pretty straightforward and easy to do with each system.
Neither system has professional monitoring.
Pivoting to the main difference between the systems, Minut is an all-in-one piece for
security system that is replicable if you have a larger home, whereas Notion starts
out with at least three to five pieces, and that too can be added to depending on what
you need throughout your home.
Let's pivot to the installation processes for both Minut and Notion.
Right off the bat, I want to say that they're both super simple processes.
I really enjoyed putting them together.
It was honestly fun.
Let's begin with the Notion.
The Notion has a few more components than the Minut.
You take your bridge, plug it in, take your mobile application, connect it to and then
begin syncing your sensors.
With Notion, you're going to have to give each sensor a job.
Before you can do any of that, you're going to take out the tab to let the sensor know
that it's about to be activated.
It starts to sync, then you give it a job and you're ready to go.
You do that for each sensor that you have.
Pretty straightforward.
In terms of pure time, the Minut wins here because the Minut is just one piece, and does
a lot of the same things as the Notion system.
You take out the Minut, you push this button, the button allows you to sync it to your WiFi.
I was able to do that right out of the box because it does come precharged.
If you wanted to give it a full charge, before you put it up on your ceiling, it takes about
five to six hours, and you're ready to go.
Full charge and that'll last for what they say is six months.
That's a pretty long time.
Now, you're thinking, "Well, I'm putting it on my ceiling.
Is that not going to be burdensome?"
Not at all.
When you get your Minut, there's a magnetic plate with 3M Adhesive on the back.
You peel off that 3M Adhesive, you just use a ladder, go to your ceiling, put it up.
The magnetic plate in the bottom of the Minut disconnects easily.
You don't have to worry about falling down.
It just works like a charm.
Despite them both being really easy processes, in terms of time, I'm going to have to give
the nod here to the Minut Point Smart Home Alarm.
At Security Baron, we love to see professional monitoring options with our home security
system, so that you don't have to do it all yourself.
With the Minut and the Notion, you're not going to find any professional monitoring
options.
They're both self-monitoring systems.
That is minimal and simple, but it's just something we want to note off the back.
With Minut and Notion, something that's interesting is that, there is no contract because there's
no cellular backup, there's no professional monitoring.
Once you buy your system, you're ready to go.
When it comes to the moving policies, it's just the difference between taking down one
component and taking down a few components.
With Minut, you're going to take that magnetic plate off your ceiling and just put it up
in your new apartment, your new house.
With Notion it's the same process.
Pretty straightforward and really easy.
In terms of picking a winner from monitoring options, we're going to have to call this
one a tie.
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Let's talk about customer support with Minut and Notion.
Minut and Notion actually give you pretty similar ways to get in touch with them.
They each have an online support center, with troubleshooting guides and FAQs.
They each also allow you to write them emails with any questions you have about your system.
Where they differ is that, Notion has a phone number you can call.
You can speak with the customer service representative to get the answers you need.
Whereas with Minut, it's just a live chat and no phone line that you can call.
That makes sense because Notion is based here in the United States, and Minut is based in
Sweden.
That actually bore out with our own questions.
We wrote emails to each company asking questions about our systems.
With Minut, they got back to us within a day, which makes sense because they're about seven
hours ahead of us in New York.
Whereas Notion, they got back to us within two hours which was pretty impressive.
That's our experience with each company.
We wanted to see if we can get more information, so we went on Amazon and looked at the Amazon
reviews.
Here it was interesting because neither of these companies is very old, so there's not
too much information out there.
We will note that Notion did have really positive customer reviews that specifically mentioned
customer support.
It has a 4.1 out of 5-star rating on Amazon.
Minut as well has a 4.1 out of 5-star rating on Amazon.
However, it has very few reviews.
The sample size is just not there yet.
When it comes to customer support and comparing the Minut and Notion Home Security Systems,
we call it a tie.
Let's finish today's comparison of Minut and Notion discussing their respective mobile
applications.
With self-monitoring systems like Minut and Notion, it's really important that they have
strong mobile applications because everything is done right there.
Everything you know about your home security is going to be right there in the mobile application.
Fortunately, each of these systems has great mobile app ratings.
Even in our own experience, we really enjoyed working within the mobile application.
Minut has a 4.2 out of 5-star rating in the Google Play Store, and a 4.8 out of 5-star
rating in the Apple App Store.
Honestly, Notion is no slouch either.
It has a 3.5 out of 5-star rating in the Google Play Store, and a 4.2 out of 5-star rating
in the Apple App Store.
That's pretty impressive.
However, we do have one concern.
Many of the Android users did say that the app was crashing a lot.
That would leave you without the ability to see what's going on within your home.
The winner here for mobile application is the Minut Point Smart Home Alarm System.
Let's do a recap of our comparison of Minut and Notion in each of the elements that we
looked at today.
Installation, we gave this one to Minut.
They're both very easy processes, but Minut is simply one piece and it was ready to go.
Professional monitoring, this was a draw.
Neither of these companies has professional monitoring as an option.
You'll self-monitor with each one.
Customer support, this one was a draw because Minut and Notion are pretty new companies
and there are not a ton of reviews out there.
Anecdotally, we had really positive experiences with each one of these companies.
Mobile application, the winner here is Minut with its 4.2 in the Google Play Store, and
4.8 in the Apple App Store.
It clearly has the superior mobile application.
We've gone over a lot of elements in our Minut versus Notion comparison.
If you've been paying attention, you'll note that we do have a bit of a winner here.
Minut edges out Notion when it comes to installation time because it's just one piece, and it does
have a superior mobile application.
I'll be honest with you, these systems are both really remarkable.
I actually really enjoyed putting each of them together.
It's hard for me to pick a winner.
If you live in a studio or a small one-bedroom, you might want to go with the Minut.
You can place that on your ceiling and not have to worry about doing anything else.
But if you have two-bedroom or a house, you might want to go with the Notion because,
with that bridge and those sensors that are very easy to replicate around your home, you're
going to know everything that's happening with those multifunctional sensors and that
home environment monitoring application.
I'm impressed with both of these companies and excited to see where they go from here.
That concludes our comparison of the Minut Point Smart Home Alarm and the Notion Starter
Kit.
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As always, this is Gabe at Security Baron.
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