Chamberlain PIR2-300S Sensor for Reporter Wireless Alert System
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Chamberlain PIR2-300S Sensor for Reporter Wireless Alert System
Customer Review: Making it smarter
Summary: 5 Stars
I've had this unit for about a year and it works very well to detect folks coming up my long driveway. I'm still on my first set of used batteries. My only problem is false alarms from deer at night and other "little forest creatures". I've decided to get a second transmitter and place it further up the drive. It's unlikely that a deer would trip both alerts, at least not as quickly as a car would, so only the proper sequence of alerts will indicate a real visitor. Either alert alone is just another deer.Customer Review: NOT up to the standards of the original
Summary: 1 Stars
Beware these must have been farmed out to China for production as they have significantly less range than what was on the market as "The Reporter" just a year or more ago. Having owned several reporters and always being pleased we were disappointed when a set of batteries corroded a unit. We bought a replacement package and were shocked that the effective range could no longer work where we had the original system set up. This was approx 300' and now they cannot reach 100'!!! We bought an additional sensor and it to cannot achieve over 100'. The sensors have been downgraded somehow as I've set it up to work with either the old or new base station and the range stinks with either. I understand that advertised ranges are a pipe dream (1200' for this unit) but there is no reason a replacement unit should be of inferior quality to the original.Customer Review: Not as advertised
Summary: 2 Stars
On 1/6/08 I purchased a Chamberlain Wireless alert system with a Receiver.
I installed the receiver in my den and the PIR sensor outside about 120ft from the receiver. The unit worked pretty much as advertised. It is important to note both this receiver and PIR sensor had 12 inch antennas.
On 1/14/09 I ordered three additional PIR sensors. I installed these units the same distance from the receiver as the original PIR sensor. None of the three new sensors could communicate with the receiver. I took the receiver outside and placed it on my lower rear deck. The distance between the PIR sensors, all four, and the receiver was now less than 100 feet. Now the receiver worked with all four PIR sensors. The three new PIR sensors had 6 inch antennas. I tryed making the three new PIR sensors antennas 12 inches long to see if this would correct the problem. It did not. Nothing I tryed would allow the receiver to receive a signal from the three new PIR sensors once the receiver was placed inside my house. My lower rear deck is accessed via my master bedroom. Putting the receiver inside my master bedroom, less than 100 feet from the three new PIR sensors, didn't work either. I've had to leave the receiver in a water proof compartment on my lower rear deck with the antenna exposed to get all four PIR sensors to work.
Maybe the 1,200ft range is a miss print and it should read less than
120ft.
Customer Review: Not as reliable as I had hoped
Summary: 3 Stars
I recently purchased The Reporter Alert System for my driveway. It was easy to install and fairly simple to set up. The only issue I have is that the system doesn't always work. I have two of the extra sensors directed at my driveway but the system only alerts about half the time. Even after adjusting the sensitivity and locations (repeatedly) I cannot get consistent results. It's very frustrating. Overall still I gave this product 3 out of 5 stars because of price and it's simplicity.Customer Review: Not dependable in Desert temps over 100
Summary: 4 Stars
Overall a good unit. It is an IR detector (temp diff) in desert hot summer works sometimes and sometimes not. Works good in winter..
I added a X10 sensor unit to receiver and it sends a signal to the X10 Ding Dong unit plugged into any wall plug around the house and garage. This will wake you up...
The X10 units must be plugged into same ac circuit to work. Most houses have 2 circuits 220V.
Note: The detector comes with sensitivity and range set to (on) max (switches down with head pointed to ceiling). After 5 years the plastic lens gets brittle and decreases sensitivity.