Which alarm is better?

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Topic: Which alarm is better?

Posted By: mickey513
Subject: Which alarm is better?
Date Posted: July 16, 2006 at 10:56 PM

Of these two alarms, which one is better and more reliable?
Prestige APS plantinum 997 (made by audiovox-Jensen)
https://www.audiovox.com/webapp...Id=-1
or
DEI Hornet 564T
https://www.directed.com/securi...y.asp
Both are about the same price and same features. Which one would be the better systeM?

Replies:

Posted By: captainzab
Date Posted: July 17, 2006 at 12:02 AM

If they are they same price, get the DEI Hornet.
1)Bigger company with rock solid systems (never had to replace a brain)
2)you can always find cheap replacement remotes (anything that says DEI usually works)
3)i personally find programming feature is much easier on DEI products
4)you can get a responder antenna and remote and call it a Viper 791 if you want.
I have installed prestige alarm in the past and i dont find it hard or complicated in any ways, and never had a customer come back about it either.
But watever you choose, you cant go wrong. Both of these systems are really good and popular.

Posted By: bdl666
Date Posted: July 17, 2006 at 7:16 AM

captainzab wrote:

If they are they same price, get the DEI Hornet.

I'll have to second that!

If they're not the same price then go with the Aps-997. It's less expensive and it has the the same features. Actually if you had ask about the the Viper 791 I would have told you to go with the Aps-997. I believe that hornet has better remotes than the ugly looking thing that comes with the Viper. And you get two instead of one, that cost the same as the Aps-997 on the net.

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Posted By: spookiestylez
Date Posted: July 17, 2006 at 9:29 AM

I'd lean more to the DEI products before I thought about audiovox.Im not trying to be one sided but I think DEI products are more responsive,reliable,versitile, and there are alot of alarms to choose from.The audiovox install book is ass backwards, and most of the product that I installed felt cheap an fragile..they do offer alot of features, but to me w/ a cheap product thats not saying alot. They're probally some die hard audiovox fans out there, im just not one of them.

*IMO*

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Posted By: 12voltmaster
Date Posted: July 17, 2006 at 10:38 AM

mickey513 wrote:

Of these two alarms, which one is better and more reliable?
Prestige APS plantinum 997 (made by audiovox-Jensen)
https://www.audiovox.com/webapp...Id=-1
or
DEI Hornet 564T
https://www.directed.com/securi...y.asp
Both are about the same price and same features. Which one would be the better systeM?

All alarm is good Today , Your installation is the most important, Between cheap and good alarm is : CODE OPING for the remote and FEATURE : AUX , TILT SENSOR, BACKUP SIREN, harness quality, etc.