Hi fishes. 1st time home buyer. Any leads on home security system? The market is flooded with options and I am little overwhelmed. What have you installed

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@Deloitte, I'm in the process of setting this up for my house. Depending on the size and number of doors leading outside, the doorbell might not be sufficient.

Look into either Vivint or ADT. Vivint sets up your smart home system on an app, plus a 24/7 monitoring system that activates the authorities in case of a breakin. You can stop this at any time to self monitor.

It's slightly more pricey, but it's worth it.

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Congrats! I also just bought a house and curious on the responses. I have installed a ring camera at the front door and feel like it works well enough for me. Probably depends on how complex of a system you are looking for.

I use a Ring camera, too, and feel that is sufficient for me. Are you looking for a system for the entire house, or do you think something like that might work fine for you?

I am little more than ring doorbell. Like couple of cameras in the front and back.

OP we also use the Ring camera system and we really like it. We have it set in a way so that it really does pick up any little movement, even sometimes little animals and critters. We feel pretty secure with that

Thanks everyone for your responses. I have a decent size backyard too and would like to cover both front and back. I will post whatever I finalize with. For now, I will use couple of blink cameras which I purchased few years ago

Any update? :)

ADT and Ring! :) 👍

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