Re: Allegro vs. Lynx for a small student apartment

["Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Bill" <lost.beach@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I'm preparing to move into a new apartment, and the time has come to
> choose a burglar alarm system.
>
> Alarms have been a bit of a hobby of mine for quite a few years, so
> while I'm going into this with far less knowledge than most of the
> regular posters here who have years of professional experience behind
> them, I'd like to think of myself as one who possesses enough knowledge
> to design and install a limited system for a small apartment.
>
> As a student, I lack the resources to contract this out to someone, so
> I really have no choice but to go the DIY route.
>
> The building is of historical significance, and the lease does not
> permit hardwire systems so my initial inclination to pursue a Vista
> hardwire or hybrid system is going to have to be set aside.
>
> My current options as I see them are:
>
> - GE Allegro
> - Ademco Lynx
> - GE Simon
> - Powermax

You've skipped the best choice available which of course is the AT&T 8000, a
system far ahead of it's time