For several decades now car alarms have been an important measure against car theft as well as for keeping belongings left in our cars safe (costly car audio and multimedia systems for instance). As with many other security devices, car alarms had to become more and more advanced in order to beat efforts made by would be burglars to overcome them. Alarms that were considered top of the line became obsolete as car thieves devised ways for disabling them. In recent years it seems that car alarms are finally getting the upper hand with top ranking alarms posing formidable barriers and making our vehicles ever less auto theft prone. It is still important to choose wisely in order to ensure you are investing in a truly effective system. In this blog post we bring you brief reviews of five of the best car alarm systems available today.
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Pyle PWD501
this new model from Pyle has all the latest car alarm features including keyless entry, remote starting and starter-kill. A remote you carry around lets you know when anything happens to your car. This could have been an excellent car alarm system but it seems to be plagued by radio frequency issues (between remote and alarm) and sensitivity to radio interference.
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Crime stopper SP-600
one of the most popular car alarms today, has all the latest features and is equipped with multiple sensors which provide detailed info in real time (displayed on the remote’s small LCD screen).
The only cons to this system are a poor user experience with the manufacturer’s website and limited customer support options.
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Avital 3300
An Excellent car alarm system manufactured by Direct Electronics (who also manufacture Viper and Python car alarms, both also top notch systems). Easy to use, many useful features, an extremely user friendly remote with large, easy to read LCD screen. The Avital 3300 does not have any “integration with smartphone” features.
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Python 991
Essentially the Python 991 is quite similar to the Viper 5901 (our number one choice) only without the smartphone integration features. An extremely reliable system, all the features you could hope for (other than the ones which involve smartphone integration) such as remote start, starter-kill, keyless entry etc. You will probably also like the rechargeable remote.
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Viper 5901
our number one choice to date. Extremely reliable, an impressive array of features including ones involving smartphone integration, user friendly remote with large LCD Screen (it is still easy to carry around). This system will keep you informed of anything that happens to your car, you will be able to take immediate action thus making it extremely difficult for anyone to mess with your ride.
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