Once in our old home we had an alarm system installed. It had wires and transmitters and was all quite confusing. Today it's much easier, with wireless types of systems. Wireless alarm benefits are plenty. They install easy, have a wide range of coverage, and it's easy to add points of security. Now you can buy kits and they are so simple to install you can do it yourself. Some types can even connect to your PC and you can monitor the entire house from a web site half way around the world. This is a great way to keep you peace of mind. You can click on and see that the monitors are still all connected and can even see with cameras what is not going on. Another nice thing is that you don't have to worry that if the power goes off that you won't have an alarm system. Most systems have a backup with battery, but who remembers to check those? Deb looked over all the systems and thought that we should go with a wireless system. That way we could install them ourselves and that would be that. We bought a system and had it installed in a couple of hours. We tested it and it worked. This was the best way to go, we thought.