Re: New toys :-)

["Justin" <justin@xxxxxxx>]

Neil,
my bits did come from Canada and no I didn't get stung by customs :-)
I purchased them from a dealer who sells on Ebay, I contacted him directly
to check on shipping etc and ended up buying directly. Check out his Ebay
store http://www.ebaystores.com/id=2993521
The order took about 12 days to arrive.

I'm wondering if a few people want stuff from this guy, it might be worth
placing one collective order and saving a bit on shipping, perhaps even a
bit of a discount?

Justin.

----- Original Message -----
From: Neil F <automated@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 10:24 AM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] New toys :-)


> Where did you order from, Justin? Did customs take their slice?
Everytime
> Iv'e ordered DVD's from the US I've been hit by customs, but never
been
hit
> when ordering from Canada...Are there any home automation companies in
> Canada that anyone can recommend?
>
> Thanks
> Neil
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Justin" <justin@xxxxxxx>
> To: "UKHA" <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 1:53 PM
> Subject: [ukha_d] New toys :-)
>
>
> > 3 x EagleEye PIR sensors
> > 2 x Outdoor PIR sensors
> > 2 x Slimfire remotes
> > 1 x MP3 remote keypad + MR26A ALL HOUSECODE RF receiver.
> >
> > This little lot weighted in at $128 including postage of $35. I
dread to
> > think what the equivalent UK pricing would be!
> >
> > Impressions:
> > Hawkeye's - Smaller than I thought, easy to set up, can be used
> externally.
> >
> > Outdoor PIRs - Better range to MR26A than EagleEye, Bloody huge,
will
look
> > stupid!
> >
> > Slimfires - Poor range compared to EagleEye
> >
> > MR26A - This brings it all together as this unit 'hears' all the
other
> stuff
> > which uses 310MHz. Initially I was very disappointed with the
range of
> this
> > thing, it was perhaps 15 feet to the farthest EagleEye when
testing, but
> > simply stripping back some of the pigtail antenna and connecting
it to
an
> FM
> > arial helped quite a bit. I am going to try and improve this
further.
> >
> > The MR26A does not transmit X10 signals over the powerline, it
simply
> plugs
> > in to a serial port so you have to have software that can
communicate
with
> > it. HomeSeer comes with a plugin which does just that.
> >
> > Justin.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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