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The Medway Handyman wrote:
On 04/10/2012 15:27, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
larkim was thinking very hard :
I know there are some battery only devices, but they are all horrible
and don't meet SWMBO's audio requirements nor visual aesthetic
requirements. And wiring something up doesn't meet my requirements.
(And wireless ones are either crap, don't work in my house, look ugly
or don't make the right sort of ring for SWMBO!).

All maybe true in the distant past, but pay a bit extra for a good
quality modern one and none of that is true. If range is an issue, then
get one of the longer range versions.


As the groups leading expert on the installation of wireless doorbells,
I have to agree with Harry :-)

You may well be the expert on installing them in terms of quantity, but
then you don't actually have to live with them.

There is only one advantage of a wireless type. Cheap and cheap/easy to
install. The disadvantages are manifold. The only downside of a wired
mains bell is the installation time. But I ran the wiring in for that at
house re-wire time, so not an issue.
As regards carrying the receiver around the house etc so you can hear the
doorbell ring, words fail me. ;-)

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