"Rafal" wrote | Just about to decide on an alarm system for 3 bedroom ground floor | garden flat. Should I go wired or wireless? What are the pros and cons?
The wiring for wired systems is pretty standard, as are the accessories, so you can usually mix the panel you like from one manufacturer with another's PIR with another's bell box. If you want a feature that isn't supported on your panel you can often change the panel with another whilst retaining all the detectors.
With wireless you're usually stuck with what one manufacturer can give you, and if that manufacturer goes bust or discontinues the range ...
Wireless also usually have fewer options in terms of multiple zone set, zone chime, etc - at least the consumer ones do.
On the upside, a wireless would have one advantage for your location - you could put the external sounder high up on some other flat's wall without having to run a wire. With wired, you may be limited to putting the sounder on your own wall and in a garden flat it may be vulnerable, and also less audible/visible along the street than one mounted higher. However, many people think sounder-only alarms a waste of time in terms of getting any useful neighbour response from them.
Owain