Door bell

Door bells...wired or wireless what are your experiences.

I'm thinking of running a cat5e just in case. Will this do the job?

I got wiring done for my door bell during build of the house but never got wired bell installed. I bought wireless bell from Bunnings and happy with that. Now I take that wireless bell in any room, wherever I am.

I call on many houses in a week and find doorbells very unreliable so make sure you get a quality bell push and locate it so it is out of the weather.

Definitely avoid the cheaper DIY ones like this (http://www.anewhouse.com.au/2013/06/bell-push-fail/)

Maybe just a good future proof thing then I can decide later. I just want to know with the larger houses do you get much electrical interference with wireless

we have a wireless doorbell, bought it from burnings around three years ago for $15.

Works like a charm, keep indoor unit within 5m from front door and no interference. It's loud enough, plus guest can hear it too as confirmation that it's working.

I won't pay $200 to builder to install a basic wired doorbell.

Good feedback.

Lol I hope u guys don't have those musical tones

My one barks like a dog whenever anyone presses the button.

Hahaha

Ours is plain ding dong

I think it can be changed, but never bothered. It's just a doorbell at the end of the day.

If you are planning to install an intercom later on then it's worth running cat6.

Just to let you know our is HPM brand.

They are fairly reputable.

I think a wireless one would be more practical if you need the bell to be mobile and you always have to move it around from one place to another. Else, a wired one would do the trick. For our storage facility, it is a wireless one which can be used within a maximum of 1 meter distance. It costs less than 20 bucks and it is still working fine after a few years now. Something usable does not need to be expensive.

Doesn't sound like too many folk are having issues with the wireless ones.

Might just go down that route.

Thanks guys

I got mine wired up with Cat6 cable, so I can install an internet enabled doorphone. We can make it ring our mobile phones, or any house phone (if we install one). Mobiles will even ring even when we're not at home, so we can speak to say, couriers

Wow that's funky

Cool, but couriers hardly bother to ring bells these days.i should rather not start may rant on couriers.

Can you provide the brand, model & cost. Does it use VoIP or do you need a landline.

Thanks.

There are quite a few on the market, but be warned, they aren't cheap (range between $600 to $1400). Here are some links:
http://www.2n.cz/en/products/intercom-s ... tView=menu
http://nesscorporation.com/ness-interco ... -131b.html
http://www.mobotix.com/eng_AU/content/view/full/225139
http://www.amroad.com.tw/
http://www.advanceip.com.au/shop/index.php

To make it ring any or all phones in a house, I've got a cheap computer running what is effectively a telephone exchange doing the call routing (I'm tech savvy enough to set this up myself, otherwise it would be an additional cost to get someone to do this for you). Without this, I think you can only do a peer-to-peer connection, i.e. ring a single phone.

The models above do SIP/VoIP, which is a standard. There are cheaper alternatives, but I suspect they use proprietry protocols.

woooow, i'm speechless mate