Wireless burglar alarms are allowing those who have not been able to afford an alarm system but put up a fake one to deter potential thieves can now get affordable protection. Many of the dummy boxes have stopped fooling crooks, anyway, and have outworn their usefulness. If someone is determined to break into your house and has any skill about his crime, he will invest the time to canvass your house and watch you for some time before a break-in.

The cost of a wireless burglar alarm system is about $160 to $350. The wired systems can run in the same range of prices, depending on how many entrances there are to your home, the square footage of your home and whether the house you live in pre-wired for a security system. Some prices for both wired and wireless systems may not show any significant differences, or the wireless units may cost slightly more upfront. The installation cost for wired units, however, is what drives the price to an unaffordable range for some homeowners.

One of the greatest benefits of having wireless burglar alarms is the ease of installation. It is something you can do yourself by reading the instruction manual. You will not need to place the furniture in your house in any kind of upheaval or be a precision whiz to set up your wireless system. If you are in any way connected to the scores of do-it-yourself-ers who populate suburban America, this installation will be a cinch.

One of the hesitations some homeowners have had with wireless burglar alarms is a fear that a geeky burglar will be able to easily hack into the system to turn it off and gain entry. There has been no market evidence or excess of incidents to support the idea that a thief can hack into a wireless system any easier than he can a wired one. Even the best systems monitored by elite alarm companies can be outsmarted by criminal genius. An alarm is a deterrent and may stop most break-ins, but it is not invincible.

Wired systems have always had location requirements. Wiring sensors and detectors means that you have to have wiring that can reach around thick walls, to outdoor areas and around tricky corners. If the wiring does not reach, you will simply not have coverage. A wireless system is dependent on the distance the sensor is away from the keypad. If the distance does happen to be too far from the keypad, there are other tools you can purchase to route the signal and trip the alarm. A wireless system gives you the ample flexibility to place sensors in many places all over your house and extend your coverage area substantially.

Even if you start small with sensors only at the front and back door, wireless burglar alarms give you the option to add on sensor locations later in other places in your home. The technology for wireless never stops advancing, so you will have the room to keep up with all the latest gadgetry and tricks. Wireless alarms, for example, have already been set to detect more than burglars in your house. You can choose a system that alerts you to flooding, carbon monoxide exposure and fire.

Wireless burglar alarms have opened up a whole new world of home protection for many consumers. Many have feared the technology because they believed a more sophisticated product mean a much more advanced knowledge level was required. Fearless homeowners have proven this is a myth by ditching the wires and taking the wireless plunge. For most, there is no hint of regret.