Cheap as Chinese alarm - A review

ddchris · 13th October 2011, 19:08

Hi,Suntoucher .Maybe you happen to meet one unofficial website from China.Not all the website from China are bad.
Many friends around me are buying goods from the internet,and they often give it a good review.such as
http://www.dinodirect.com/~p.2c0/
http://www.dealextreme.com

They are the largest website in China.

**almoto** · 16th October 2011, 09:56

bought a $6 alarm from dealextreme a while ago...has its own 9volt battery, remote control/on/off, attaches with inbuild magnet or double sided tape, is the size of a cigarette packet, loud as, etc...awesome esp for that price...i have too many alu bits on the bike so i glued a magnet under the mudguard...
when i get off the bike i take the alarm out of jacket pocket, switch it on and put it under mudguard, use the remote (clipped onto belt) to activate it...done.

they make a more expensive one ($14) where the alarm goes off for only 40 seconds then reactivates (...but i thought i check the cheaper version out first and see if its any good) while the cheaper version has the alarm going until the battery is flat (not funny...)
there are good and bad ones on dealextreme...read the reviews and check how many stars each item has...
here is the sku: 33474 for the basic one, sku 33475 or 23633 for the one that turns off after 40 seconds.
as with most stuff on dealextreme this is not a high quality product and its not idiot safe...eg. the lid for the battery compartment is not secure (put a bit of tape on one side) the battery is hard to take out, doesn't sit as good as it should in there etc...and the alarm needs to be checked occasionally to make sure it still works...
but if you don't mind tinkering a bit you can get some good deals...(all knifes i bought from them needed the srews locktided...they fell out after 2 days, torches needed the pill and switches tightened etc.etc.)

the consensus is that if you buy 6 of the same items one will be faulty... i had a faulty torch and after dealextreme asked me to check their forum for a fix i send them a photo of the torch pulled to pieces...they then send me a new one... no sending the old one back...I like dealextreme...its not for everybody (i bought such things as bluetooth headphones, bikelights, rifle mounts, li-ion batteries (not charger), torches, knifes, mirrors, gloves, balaclavas, facemasks, mp3 player with speakers etc.etc.
beware: postage time (free postage) can be from 3 weeks to 2 month, if you pay for popstage you'l get it faster