Remember when alarm panels were built like tanks?

I pulled an old Radionics panel out of a basement last week that was still running fine after 27 years. These new all-in-one touchscreen panels are sleek and all, but I had to replace three of them just this year because some kid hit one with a basketball and the screen cracked. We traded durability for looks somewhere along the way, didn't we? Anybody else still running into those old dinosaurs on service calls?

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lilyt905d ago

A cracked screen from a basketball doesn't make the whole industry a tragedy.

wyatt_fox685d ago

Read a tech blog saying repair costs are the real issue here.