subject: How To Buy Swimming Pool Alarms [print this page] Swimming pool accessories are available at retail stores in the US and on the Internet. If you own a swimming pool, regardless if you have children or not, you should consider purchasing a swimming pool alarm.
If you want to purchase a pool alarm, you need to decide what style of alarm you want. You can use the Internet or your local retail pool supply store to review them because you should familiarize yourself with the pool alarms that are currently available. You will find gate alarms, underwater pool alarms, and above water pool alarms.
Gate alarms are the most popular of all types of pool alarms. Although these types of pool alarms are not installed around or in your swimming pool, they are still thought of as pool alarms. The reason for this is that the alarm is located on the gate of the pool fence. It depends on the model that you purchase but, most gate alarms will go off when person goes through the gate unnoticed. Because of the way that they work, gate alarms are probably the most effective alarms that are available. If they are installed and used properly a child shouldnt even make it close to your swimming pool.
The problem with gate alarms is that if you dont have a pool fence they are no good to you. Therefore you will need to look at other types of pool alarm. There is the surface alarm which is also known as the above water alarm. These types of alarms are designed to go off when a person comes too close to the swimming pool. Most of these types of alarms come with a barrier that is preset. Surface or above water alarms are perfect since they will alert you prior to a child actually making it to the water.
However, the surface or the above water alarm tends to go off easily, particularly if the swimming pool area is not gated in. Regardless if an animal enters the area or the wind blows some debris past the alarm it will probably set the alarm off. If you want a pool alarm which probably wont produce false alarms, you should consider the underwater pool alarm.
The underwater pool alarm is somewhat similar to a surface alarm. As opposed to detecting motion on the swimming pools exterior, the underwater pool alarm detects motion in the interior. The result is that the pool alarm will go off if something enters the water. So, if a child falls into the swimming pool, the pool alarm will automatically go off and permit you to rescue them.
