DAYTECH Wireless Caregiver Pager Alert System SOS Call Bell Button Alarm for Elderly Personal Home Attendant Nurse Seniors and Disabilities, 2 Receiver & 3 Portable Panic Buttons

I bought this alarm for my elderly next-door neighbour who is quite frail and lives alone. The alarm works very well through the brick wall and from different floors. It also worked very well from outside and across the road. The instructions state it will work up to a distance of 1,000 feet.The alarm worked straight out of the box with the fobs already paired to a 'ding-dong' alarm. I chose a longer siren-type option as it only ding-donged once and I was worried I might not hear it. The unit is quite loud with five different volume settings including a silent option where the unit just flashes. There is a wide range of melodies to choose from and, if you want to, you can program the unit to play different melodies from each of the two fobs. The melodies sound for about ten seconds before cancelling automatically.The instructions are clear enough but are for a plug-in mains powered version whereas this unit is battery operated. The unit takes three AAA batteries but the cheap alkaline batteries supplied didn't work. I usually replace cheap batteries with branded ones anyway, especially on something important like an alarm. I then save the cheap ones for something less important like the TV remote.There is no obvious hole in the recess on the fobs to pass the lanyard through. To get round this, I looped the string on the end of the lanyard around the the battery cover screw before tightening it up. Luckily this screw is located at the top and centre of the fob so the fob still hangs straight from the lanyard. You have to loosen this screw anyway to remove the battery tab before use. The unit redeems itself by coming with a handy small screwdriver and also with double-sided sticky tabs for mounting on a flat surface.I have only just started using this alarm so I have no idea how long the batteries will last. I find that in battery-powered wireless door bells the batteries in the receiver usually last about a year. They always run down quicker than those in the transmitter as the receiver is always on to 'listen' for a signal. Another reason to swap the cheap batteries for good ones.You could describe it as a glorified doorbell but I don't know how well a cheaper doorbell would work through a brick wall to another house. It was quick and easy to set up and does everything I need it to. I am very pleased with it and despite the slight problem attaching the lanyard to the fobs I am happy to give this alarm five stars.

We didn't need a voice ability pager, just a simple ding-dong, for my Dad to call his carer. Works fine throughout his large house.

This has been brilliant. I need it desperately as hubby unwell and confined to bed. The sound is great. And now he can press a button which always works and I can go to him. So easy to set up and great value.

It gives me that bit of freedom from being constantly called for nothing, just wanting to know where I was. I can knoiw be upstairs or outside and when I am needed, the button is pressed, the receiver plays a lovely tune in my pocket or bag and I respond. Fantastic. You are allowed the freedom instead of 'Popping' in constantly to ask if they are alright.

works well and easy to carry around

We bought this to replace another (discontinued) brand that we had had for five years with few problems. This one was fairly easy to set up, and the range is okay (upstairs/downstairs), but I have discovered one annoying problem. I carry the receiver around the house with me, and it is very easy when picking it up to accidentally press the sound selection buttons so that the so-called tune changes and you then have to pair the two devices again. There are only one or two sounds that are halfway acceptable, so it takes a while to get back to one of them. Who on earth wants to hear accordians? (Or worse.)

I thought they mite not work in my old house with flint in the walls. Most things don't work but these work just fine. Love all the tones you can pick. Fell a lot better knowing my wife can get a hold of me if she needs help.

The product itself feels of reasonable quality. Care has been taken in the design to make the call buttons as functional as possible without being too cumbersome. There are loads of tunes to choose from and from what I have seen so far each push button can trigger a different tune. I particularly liked the rather loud siren which definitely attracts your attention. However, that' s where the 'good' stops. The responsiveness of the receivers is poor with clear line of site they respond intermittently at around 70ft and don't work at all at 100ft +. Responsiveness indoors,if you have solid walls like we do is also sketchy. So as a safety aid they are a complete fail for me and as such I have sent them back.