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作成日: 2022/07/24 14:41

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Best DIY Home Security Systems of 2022
Daniel Wroclawski
Consumer Reports' tests reveal the best choices to protect your home

By Daniel Wroclawski

Today’s home security systems do far more than protect your home from potential break-ins or trespassers. They also integrate a variety of convenience and safety features that include lights, locks, thermostats, smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, video doorbells, and more. What’s more, they allow you to monitor and control all of these remotely, with an app on your smartphone.

But that variety of features can also make it difficult for consumers to compare home security systems because of their different components and pricing.

To help you make sense of your options, Consumer Reports has tested a variety of do-it-yourself systems from brands big and small, such as Abode, Blue by ADT, Cove, Ecobee, Eufy, Honeywell Home, Kangaroo, Ring, and SimpliSafe.

In our lab tests, CR grades each system based on its array of security features to see if it meets a minimum feature set that CR views as essential to the job of securing a home. It includes the ability to monitor a system yourself via a smartphone app, keypads and key fobs, and e911 so that you can contact your local emergency dispatcher regardless of your location. In addition to those essentials, our test engineers judge add-on security features geared toward environmental and personal safety, smart home capabilities, ease of use, ease of setup, and motion detection.

Because these systems also connect to the internet, we think it’s important to also evaluate their digital privacy and security to make sure both your data and your home are protected from the prying eyes of manufacturers and attacks from hackers. As a result, each DIY home security system receives four types of digital privacy and security scores: data privacy, data security, replay disarm resistance, and jamming resistance.

For more information on our testing and advice on choosing a security system, consult CR’s home security system buying guide.

5 Best DIY Home Security Systems
The top models from our tests include systems with optional professional monitoring. With professional monitoring, dispatchers at alarm-monitoring centers immediately notify you and the police when your alarm goes off. Self-monitored systems send an alert to your smartphone, but it’s up to you to contact the police.

We note each system’s type of monitoring and the monitoring costs. Because these DIY systems are sold as kits, we also list the components included in the box.

For even more options, check out our complete DIY home security system ratings.

SimpliSafe The Essentials SS3-01

Professional monitoring: Optional.
Optional professional monitoring and cellular backup cost: $18 to $28 per month.
What’s in the box: A base station, a keypad, four contact sensors, and a motion sensor.

CR’s take: The SimpliSafe security system receives ratings of Very Good or higher across the board, with the exception of a less-than-ideal Fair rating for data privacy (a common result for a majority of systems we’ve tested). Of course, the system also works with SimpliSafe’s security cameras, the CR-tested SimpliSafe Doorbell Pro SS3 video doorbell, and the brand’s smart lock. Additional features require a paid plan, though.

SimpliSafe offers three subscription plans: Self-Monitoring ($10 per month); Standard Monitoring ($18 per month); and Interactive Monitoring ($28 per month). The Self-Monitoring plan lacks professional monitoring but adds voice control via Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, 30 days of cloud video storage for up to five cameras, and arming reminders. The Standard Monitoring plan lacks the features of the Self-Monitoring plan but adds professional monitoring and cellular backup. The Interactive Monitoring plan gives you all the features of both the Self-Monitoring and Standard Monitoring plans, plus video alarm verification and cloud video storage for up to 10 cameras total. Additional contact sensors and motion sensors cost $15 and $30, respectively.

Kangaroo Front Door Security Kit

Professional monitoring: Optional.
Optional professional monitoring cost: $99 per year.
What’s in the box: A base station with keypad, two combination contact/motion sensors, two key fobs, and a Kangaroo Doorbell Camera.

CR’s take: The Kangaroo Front Door Security Kit is one of the lower-priced systems in our ratings, as well as one of the most technologically unique. Unlike other systems, where each sensor connects to the base station, Kangaroo sensors connect directly to WiFi so that you can use them independently. If all you want to do is monitor a single door, you can buy a single Kangaroo motion and entry sensor, $30, and connect it to WiFi, no extra hardware required.

In our tests, the Kangaroo earns Excellent ratings for ease of setup, replay disarm resistance, and jamming resistance; Very Good scores for security essentials, ease of use, and data privacy; and Good ratings for smart home add-ons, motion detection, and data security. But it receives an unfavorable Fair rating for security add-ons. That’s not surprising, though. Kangaroo doesn’t offer as many types of security sensors as competitors.

This kit also includes the CR-tested Kangaroo Doorbell Camera, which doesn’t record video but instead takes still images when motion is detected and turns them into GIFs. With a Kangaroo Complete Protect plan, you’ll also get professional monitoring, 30 days of cloud storage for Kangaroo doorbells and security cameras, and voice control via Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. The Complete Protect plan costs $99 per year. Additional contact/motion sensors cost $30.

Ring Alarm Security Kit 4K19SZ-0EN0 (2nd Gen)

Professional monitoring: Optional.
Optional professional monitoring and cellular backup cost: $20 per month or $200 per year.
What’s in the box: A base station, a keypad, a motion detector, four contact sensors, a range extender, a window decal, and a Ring Indoor Cam.

CR’s take: The Ring Alarm (second-generation) is a terrific system for the money. It receives Excellent or Very Good ratings in all but three tests. The exceptions are security add-ons, data privacy, and jamming resistance, with ratings of Good, Fair, and Fair, respectively. Its scores for data privacy and jamming resistance might seem concerning, but most of the systems we’ve tested have Fair ratings for data privacy, and jamming attacks are very uncommon (to the point where the industry isn’t worried about them). One of the Ring Alarm’s Excellent ratings is for smart home add-ons, because it has a small but growing smart home ecosystem called the Works With Ring program. This security system also works with Amazon Alexa for voice control, as well as Ring video doorbells and security cameras (the kit we evaluated includes the CR-tested Ring Indoor Cam, $60), allowing you to set them to automatically record any activity when the alarm goes off.

If you sign up for optional professional monitoring, you’ll receive 60 days of cloud video storage for any Ring security cameras or video doorbells you own. The monitoring plan also gives you access to Alexa Guard Plus, a set of security features for Amazon Echo smart speakers that includes an emergency helpline you can call hands-free just by saying, “Alexa, call for help.” Additional contact sensors and motion sensors cost $20 and $30, respectively.

ecobee Home Security Solution

Professional monitoring: Optional, but a monthly fee is still required for self-monitoring.
Optional professional monitoring and cellular backup cost: $10 per month.
What’s in the box: An Ecobee smart camera, two motion sensors, and four contact sensors.

CR’s take: The Ecobee Home Security Solution breaks the mold of your typical home security system. It doesn’t have a base station, a keypad, key fobs, or a menu of specialized sensors. Instead, the system relies on the Ecobee Smart Camera or an Ecobee smart thermostat (not included in this kit), in concert with Ecobee’s motion and contact sensors. The system can even work without motion or contact sensors as long as you have an Ecobee Smart Camera, Ecobee4 smart thermostat, or Ecobee Smart Thermostat with Voice Control. But you’ll probably want motion and contact sensors to cover your home effectively. (If you use an Ecobee3 or Ecobee3 Lite smart thermostat as the hub of the system, you’ll have to use the sensors.)

In our tests, the Ecobee system earns Excellent ratings for ease of setup, data security, replay disarm resistance, and jamming resistance, as well as Good ratings for security essentials, ease of use, motion detection, and data privacy. But it earns a Fair rating for security add-ons and a Poor rating for smart home add-ons because of its lack of additional sensors and support for controlling smart home devices.

Ecobee offers two plans and requires you to subscribe to one of them for the system to function. The Standard plan costs $5 per month and adds 30 days of cloud video storage for one camera, smoke alarm detection, freeze detection (only with Ecobee thermostats), smartphone app controls, and voice control via Amazon Alexa and Apple HomeKit/Siri (and more if you have an Ecobee thermostat). The Standard plan doesn’t include professional monitoring. The Complete plan costs $10 per month and offers the same features, plus professional monitoring and cloud video storage for an unlimited number of cameras. Additional contact sensors and motion sensors are sold in two-packs for $80 and $100, respectively.

Blue by ADT Starter Plus System

Professional monitoring: Optional.
Optional professional monitoring and cellular backup cost: $20 per month.
What’s in the box: A base station with a built-in keypad, two motion sensors, four contact sensors, a yard sign, and four window decals.

CR’s take: The Blue by ADT Starter Plus System is a great option for fans of ADT who want to ditch the long-term monitoring contract. It performs fairly well in our tests, with Excellent ratings for motion detection, replay disarm resistance, and jamming resistance; Very Good ratings for security essentials and data security; and Good ratings for security add-ons, smart home add-ons, ease of setup, and ease of use. Its only real weak spot is data privacy, where it garners an unfavorable Fair rating, but that’s in line with most of the other systems in our ratings.

The Blue by ADT system also features battery backup, app and web controls, voice control via Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, and the ability to connect Z-Wave smart home devices, such as locks, lights, and thermostats. The system also works with Blue by ADT security cameras and video doorbells, such as the CR-tested Blue by ADT Indoor Camera, Blue by ADT Wireless Outdoor Camera, and Blue by ADT Video Doorbell.

Blue by ADT offers one optional monitoring plan that costs $20 per month and gives you professional monitoring and cellular backup service. Additional contact sensors and motion sensors cost $15 and $25, respectively.

Security System Jamming
Consumer Reports’ Digital Lab has tested DIY home security systems for digital privacy and security and found that a number of systems are vulnerable to jamming attacks. The video below explains how jamming attacks work and what you can do to prevent them.

Security Systems 101
Self-installed security systems are becoming more popular, but there are a few things to consider. On the “Consumer 101” TV show, Consumer Reports expert Dan Wroclawski explains to host Jack Rico what to look for when buying one.

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