I've been thinking and Im not really sure if its time to get a car alarm yet. i dont really have too much Valuable stuff in my car. i just have a system and little things like that. but the crime rate is going up very rappidly and i need to do something. And if so what kind of car alarm is the best for the money.

 

Most "brand name" alarms are good, and are the best bang for the $, because of the lifetime warranty that you get with them, http://www.dei.com makers of Clifford, Viper and others are good ones and so is http://www.compustar.com, both make very good dependable alarms, alarm/starters and starters with lifetime warranty's, [if you get them and have them installed at authorized dealers.

BTW it's not so much the alarm you get as the installation of the alarm that makes it a good system, and the best defense is a layered system alarm, kill and bypass relays and switch's, some controlled by the alarm but others, [layers] controlled independent of the alarm, some active, [you have to turn them "on"] and others passive, [they will turn themselfs "on" and you have to turn them "off"] 94

 

Hey I am an installer at Best Buy it does have a lot to do with the installation but only go with a DEI alarm VIPER CLIFFORD, etc. . . the compustar is a peice of crap, DEI is the only way to go I have put them all in. . . best bang for the buck is a CLIFFORD ARROW 5 around $160.00 and a proximity sensor around $60-80, and a good installer and your will be good to go. . . all the LCD alarms tend to be peices of **** because they use all of the money in the LCD, and none in the technology of the alarm, they are usually the companies most basic model alarm with an LCD screen on it if you want the best of the best CLIFFORD Avante Garde 5 full featured and comes with every important option you will need. . . Need to know anything else PM me

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EGmmBAH &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Hey I am an installer at Best Buy it does have a lot to do with the installation but only go with a DEI alarm VIPER CLIFFORD, etc. . . the compustar is a peice of crap, DEI is the only way to go I have put them all in. . . best bang for the buck is a CLIFFORD ARROW 5 around $160.00 and a proximity sensor around $60-80, and a good installer and your will be good to go. . . all the LCD alarms tend to be peices of **** because they use all of the money in the LCD, and none in the technology of the alarm, they are usually the companies most basic model alarm with an LCD screen on it if you want the best of the best CLIFFORD Avante Garde 5 full featured and comes with every important option you will need. . . Need to know anything else PM me</TD></TR></TABLE> Well if you have "installed them all", [ I have, and we sell both DEI and Compustar] you would know that the Compustar is not a POS and that it walks all over the DEI's 2 way units.

Compustar does one thing, it makes alarms, remote starters and alarm/remote starter combo's and that's it, on the other hand DEI is a company who buys up alarm companies and car audio companies, [like Orion, PPI, ADS] they also have there "own" lines like Audio essentials, [ car audio cable, wire and connectors and things] even home audio, [ Definitive Technology].

Now like I said the DEI alarm brands are good dependable units, [I have been installing them for a long time, long before there was DEI, I have been installing Compustar ever since it was available in Canada and I would put any Compustar up against any DEI unit anytime, under any condition, and the Compustar would walk all over the DEI unit on all points. 94

 

all are pretty good its just how u install them and what options they have

 

what the hell do you mean LCD are POS. They are great cause they page you when alarm is activated and lets you know the status of the system. Go with a two way paging alarm from DEI. They make the best security stsyems around. Dont ever go with codealarms from ciecuit city they suck ***.

 

people spend hundreds on alarms.....this is wat i did i put a 1 hundred alarm in my car with an air horn that u can here for blocks with back up batt then 450 for gps 2000 u can monitor ur car from ur computer or cell phone it also has a tracking devise it'll show where ur car is on the map then u call the cops and they go get it and bust who took it....and if its moving on the map u can shut it off and make the alarm and horn go off the theif has no choice but to leave the car there and RUN.....the alarm is to let people know that its protected and the gps 2000 is the surprise for the theif haha . oh and gps is about 10 bucks a month well well worth it i think ... and if some1 f@cks with ur car the car calls u on ur cell phone....now thats tight

 

Ok first of all I think that the DEI LCD units are garbage also, I think they all are and dont ever work how they are meant to. . . .And as far as you will put the compustar up against andy DEI, ok clifford G5 Avante Garde 5, find anything remotly close in performane, dependability, or anything else at all. . .

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EGmmBAH &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Ok first of all I think that the DEI LCD units are garbage also, I think they all are and dont ever work how they are meant to. . . .And as far as you will put the compustar up against andy DEI, ok clifford G5 Avante Garde 5, find anything remotly close in performane, dependability, or anything else at all. . . </TD></TR></TABLE>Geez, you just don't know when to stop

We carry both DEI and Compustar at our store, and as I said DEI is a good product, but I would put Compustar's entry level alarm/remote start up against the, and I have corrected you on your other post, Avantguard 5, or any other DEI alarm any day of the week.
As for the performance of 2way alarms alarm/remote starts, maybe you have a problem with them, not because they are "garbage", but you just don't know how to install them properly, or ma b wen u vas a little child u hav de bad experienc vit one, und now u haf a fear ov tem. @%*^!%#* vat dus tis lok lik to hu. 94

 

im thinking about getting the basic Viper 350 HV. Is this a good alarm and is there any way to get a proximity sensor as well?

 

Short answer, yes and yes. 94

 

yup that is a great alarm. Plus you get the super bright Blue led instead of red.

 

how much is the gps unit?

 

about 450-500 it depends where u get it...i think its great and its not about which alarm is better its what options they have and what the person can aford for there buck.alarms have so many options these days its so hard to find what u want.But theres always room for improvment