Customer Ratings & Reviews

Honeywell is among the brands who continue to innovate with regards to home technology. Their new Smart Home Security Starter Kit,* for instance, brings many sought-after features, and not simply for those having a ‘smart home.’ For one, it’s Alexa-enabled, if you want to make use of that. And being able to control the Honeywell base unit from an app is super convenient. *Please note: this is a Starter Kit, but you are able to purchase additional accessories with which to supplement this basic home security system. Getting the Starter Kit connected and set up, was just as easy as described. This is one of many positives about the variety of home tech available on the market today. Companies really do seem to understand that we may have many devices on our home network, those which we use every day, and they need to be able to work together, as well as, be simple to set up and manage. So how does this work? Simply put - the Honeywell Smart Home camera base station senses motion and/or unexpected activity and records a video clip with audio, which is stored in your free 24-hour cloud storage (once you create a Honeywell Home account). Using the Honeywell Home mobile app you can set up facial recognition, change security modes, review video alerts and activity history, and look in on your home while you are away. There’s also the option to add other users, and the app even gives you the weather temperature for your local home area. One of the most useful (to me) and quite frankly, most fun aspects of this Honeywell security system, was being able to give the base unit voice commands - you can find a list of commands in the device settings. There are also corresponding lights and sounds, depending on the particular mode setting. Although the camera boasts 1080p HD video, I found the picture coming through on my smart phone to be a bit laggy, even with my high-speed internet connection. The remote control key fob is to be used when you are at home to change your security modes, and while this is a nice accessory, it was somewhat redundant to me, since you can do the same things via the app (which I prefer). Something I consider worth mentioning would be the cost. As more and more choices are becoming available on the market for home security technology, most specifically those in the “do-it-yourself” category, for what you get in this basic starter kit, it does seem a bit ‘pricey’ to me. The expense of a device of this type should at least make it a viable alternative to what is offered by security services for monitoring your home environment. Overall, however, I found this Honeywell Smart Home Security Starter Kit adequate for my needs, though I myself would definitely want to get some more window alarms to go along with it, so as to really feel more secure.

Setup was fairly easy but I seem to be having connectivity issues. These issues could stem from the unit not liking my wifi router (Currently am on an ASUS AC3200), but I'll be trying my backup on soon (Netgear AC3200). I can see this unit causing great frustration for someone who isn't technically inclined, but if you enjoy tinkering this unit may be the one for you!