Is this little $15 bike alarm worth buying? - Amazon Bike Alarm Review
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- čas přidán 2. 06. 2024
- These generic bike alarms are sold by a ton of different brands, but they all have the same functions and features. In this video, I do a full, extensive review of every feature and test it in a bunch of different situations.
This specific alarm (a 2-pack for both my own and my partner's bike) is the "SuperInk Wireless Bike Alarm". If you're interested in purchasing one of these for yourself, here are a bunch of options of similar bike alarms. These are affiliate links, so if you're purchasing one of these anyway, please go ahead and use these links. Doing so helps me continue bringing you new videos and doesn't cost you anything extra!
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0:18 Quick Unboxing
0:42 Quick Installation
1:03 Signal Range Test
1:44 Modes Overview
2:44 Volume & Sensitivity Level Tests
4:16 How Far Away Can You Hear It?
4:56 Is it all you need to protect your bike?
5:55 Use this alarm with a lock
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I have this alarm, and another alarm on my bike held in place with hex screws just in case they disable alarm 1, I also have 4 different lock types that I use every time I go out, my bike is a thief's worst nightmare.
I know the feel.. Mine too... RESPECT!
I use 3 bike locks lol.. Goodluck to any bike thief who wants to take the time to steal mine.
I just make my bike run well but look shit so nobody wants to steal it lol.
looking shit = STEALTH MODE
Thank god, the only guy who actually did a thorough test of the sound. Other videos don't even test the damn alarm, the whole point of it
Glad to help!
Just cut the ties off , take the bike, and leave the alarm on the street
@@obeii1805thanks! will DO! 😊😊😂
I love mine. Its hidden but not covered so its loud. Also held on with metal ties you cant just snip or pull off. Its like a car alarm it wont stop a theif but it'll make sure theyre heard and noticed.
Ooooo I really like the idea of your "metal ties"!
Ben, keeping doing what you are doing. You deserve a lot more subscribers! Your content is great.
I just have to post more often and consistently ;P
And the answer to the question when you arm it the second beep is a confirmation that the alarm is armed, as the first tones are that it's received the remote command. 👍🏻
Thanks! That makes sense now 😅
Great video, thanks, refreshing to watch after seeing so many poorly produced videos that don't get to the point and just ramble on. Will buy it using your link.
Thanks, means a lot 😊
Cool video. I've actually linked two alarms to one remote. I get double the sound. Now, a thief will have 2 alarms to deal with before working on my locks.
Oh wow, how'd you do that?! :O
I'm sold. Thanks 😊
Best video out there on this product. Well done!!!
Thanks so much - hope it helped!
I've just ordered mine - I really like your video!!!
Awesome! Glad to help :)
Have one on my cargo bike. It's excellent. Occasionally hear people attempt to open the cargo box. The first loud beep is enough to scare them away.
Very helpful. Thanks got one today for my ebike. Excellent youtube info
Yay! Glad to help out :)
fantastic review, appreciate it!
Thanks! Good hunting 😜
Great review, thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Just got this alarm for my electric scooter (IMR racing evo ultra 3000w); installed the sensor inside of the battery case and it's perfect, completely hidden, it's even impossible to reach it without disassembling the entire seat. payed about 15€ including shipping and couldn't be more happy
Oooo that's an AWESOME idea!!
Thanks so much for your review! Mine is still sitting inside the house until I figure where to safely install it.
I haven't enabled it yet, so now I know how it sounds 👍
Hose clamps could work!
Works good!
wonderful video.. greetings from mexico!!
Glad you liked it and hopefully it was useful :)
How do you only have 2.5 k subs? Great quality content!
I lack consistency 🤣
@@BenDurham you'll get there some day for sure 👍
@@descize I think it's coming!
Awesome upload
Thanks!
A much more comprehensive review. Appreciate the two distance tests. Questions: 1)_What if the remote gets lost or broken while on the road, is there a way to disarm the alarm? 2)_Can you arm/activate the alarm without it sounding. 3)_Can you buy a backup remote? Thanks for sharing. Great review. Planning on buying a reverse trike hopefully soon. New on your channel. New subscriber. God bless.
My guess for most of these is "no, no, no, and no." only because it's so cheap that the company would either not respond to your requests or just send you another one. That would be my recommendation, too, unfortunately! You get what you pay for.
Remiong Cecilio: Ben Durham erred in his "guess" answer. These are the correct, researched answers to your questions:
1) The only way to disarm the alarm, without destroying it, if the remote gets lost or broken is to either have programed another remote or disconnect the internal batteries inside the unit by unscrewing the battery compartment.
2) The arm/activate function requires a sound and can not eliminate this sound.
3) The only way, currently, to buy a backup remote is to buy another unit, only $17 at the time of this reply, cheap enough, and program the remote that comes with each alarm to function for the alarm you wish it to function for.
I have this, it works great and loud.
Still working for us!
Here in the Netherlands, bike thieves are really common. But most of the bikes are like €300…
These are alarms. They are not a substitute for a lock. If you are in earshot they are great. I've twice been wokekken by a siliars thing. The noise scares people off, usually. I once found someone had removed my front hydraulic brake, along with handlebar and stem, while chained outside my home. Now any tampering will wake me. My neighbours probably aren't so grateful, but twice in a year's not bad.
Exactly! You'll 100% always need a lock... but if you hear it, you know something's amiss and to get out to your bike!
Hello, in a Daily use... How long the battery last ??? Thanks
Adding this hidden in my motorbike - once they get through the $900 of locks and chains, is keyless so can’t start it, they’ll have to push the bike away with this going off the whole way… Every little helps!
Its a good system, but it does not only has zips. There are 2 adhesive strips with it to glue this on the bike.
Huh, mine came with zip ties and adhesive strips. But luckily zip ties can be had or very inexpensive at some local stores. It was probably a mess up at the factory or something (which I kind of expect at these price points) 😬
Great review. This alarm is definitely worth it. I use one of these and 2 chain locks.
I approve!
Disadvantages: can be easily smashed to disable it. No-one takes any notice of alarms or will not intervene. However, if you are in a cafe you can run outside and beat thae sh*t out of anyone trying to cut the (also required) lock
Yep! Although people will 100% look at least at first because it's REALLY loud. But 100% smashable for sure.
Other people in the comments have made enclosures for it, etc.
Helps a bit 🤷♂️
2 motion alarms and 3 locks (1 Sold Secure Diamond) on my e-scooter!
Sold!
I thought I made a review but apparently not. I have a alarm with a identical remote but the alarm is a little different. It stopped working it will make the beeping noise when I turn it on but no longer goes off. I just ordered one identical to the one you reviewed. Hopefully this one will hold up.
Hopefully, yeah! Just hard to know because they all look the same and tons of different brands sell them 🤷♂️
Good luck with your new one!
Oh, maybe check the batteries in the controller and alarm. They eventually run out.
A good review, well detailed, but i still have a question
Are 113db really present ?
Tbh, I'm not sure but IT'S LOUD! But I don't know the dB measurement.
Thanks, though! :)
@@BenDurham oh, thank you for answering me so quick, i bough an Abus Alarmbox whose supposed to do 100db, but with a decibelometer, i find, only, 76db, so it's a bit too low, so i'll try this one.
Seems like it would work well and go off as someone was trying to cut lock off and scare them away.
That's the idea. It obviously isn't the only part of a good Anti-Theft system. Gotta lock down everything with a Pinhead setup + a great lock(s)!
Does the remote control make a sound as well when the alarm is activated?
Thanks
Might change from model to model but mine doesn't.
I use mine in a scooter that has a headlight housing on the handlebars. I mounted the unit inside the headlight housing under the speedometer. It's hard to get to. They would have to take apart the front body panel to remove the headlight housing unless they just smashed it to pieces which I don't think they will do if the bike is parked in a public place with cameras on it. It's armed After I lock the handlebar lock and attach a disk rotor lock with it's own alarm. Two alarms and two locks. I plan to add a heavy chain and lock with alarm they can't cut with bolt cutters and a GPS. 3 locks, 3 alarms and a GPS.
Wowsers, where are you leaving this scooter and for how long at a time? 😮 Looks like no one's stealing it... EVER! How much was your scooter and how much is the combination of 3 locks, 3 alarms, and a GPS tracker going to cost you overall? That seems like a lot of hassle each time you want to go use your scooter :(
@@BenDurham Note, I only have the two locks and two alarms now.. After I add a chain lock with alarm I'll have three then the GPS once I add that. All are so easily defeated I feel like I need even more.. perhaps a Pit Bull or Really Ugly ex girlfriend.. unfortunately I've never had a really ugly ex girlfriend but they would be much cheaper than the pit bull.. however, I digress.. The city is New Orleans. Pot is legal here but Not sold in stores so guys would steal a 1000 dollar bike for a 30 dollar bag of weed. I figure even with the pit bull and really ugly ex girlfriend I'd have about 3 minutes in a store.. the pit bull is happy with a steak and the really ugly ex girlfriend is good with any guy with a 3 and a half inch dong.. both easily defeated..
@@DivergentDroid what drugs did u take before writing this
@@peksn None. I watch a lot of stand up comedy even if they are sitting down. Think Norm MacDonald from Saturday Night Live.
Wow interesting
Many interestings
Thanks for the great breakdown of the bike alarm. Would be nice if you also had an international link to the alarm 😉👍🏼
I actually do, just forgot to swap out the links! I'll do that in the coming days :)
There we go! Finally got around to swapping out the links for global ones! Live in the description now! :)
(I know, probably too late for you but thanks for the heads up! 🍻)
Yup, but no worries. I found the same one thanks again.
@@yumedan Cheers! Hope you like it :)
So far so good 😉. I did actually just come up with a question. Do you have any idea if these alarms can actually distinguish between different keys? Preventing that one key can disarm all alarms?
My remote doesn't need to be within range for my alarm to go off right ? Also can it withstand rain
Correct! Sorry, I forgot to clarify that!
And yes it can as its ip55
Wow!! You just reappeared😂😂
haha, at 5:55? I had a bit of fun with masking for anyone who made it that far into the video 😜
He totally has a wormhole so leave his bike alone perps!
@@garethrobinson2275 I dare you to touch that bike. *deploys wormhole to another dimension*
Hey, I have some machines that I would like to have these in. But I don't want the sensitivity feature. I would just want to be able to locate the machine if am close by. For example, they stole one of my machines. I know that it is within one of 2 houses that are close to each other, could I press a botton for the alarm to go off? So I can be sure which house the machine is in? I don't want to turn on the sensitivity option.
The reason I don't want the sensitivity option is that I don't want the culprit to know the device is in the machine because the machines are miles away from me. I realise that the tracking devices on the machines doesn't give the exact location. The tracker will let you know it is in this circle right here but that circle might have 2 houses. Then j could press the remote and know exactly where it is because of the sound
I knew you can get alarms on eBay but what is the brand name of this alarm and does it work really well at night time if it's lightning out it will not Set It Off
Kevin, depending on the level of sensitivity you've chosen lightening may, or may not, set it off. This alarm is sold under many, many brand names but they all look and are the exact same item.
hi ben hope you will reply my comment , do you know how to turn off the emergency ring
Hit the unlock button on your remote, pull the batteries, or... sledgehammer 😅
@@BenDurham 😅😅😅
After the warning sound does it reset if its not been moved for a couple of minutes?
Yep! Actually after about... 30-60 seconds or so?
@@BenDurham would a hiplock z lok fit in the ziptie slots?
@@grahamjones6712 maaaaaaybe? But I don't have those so can't confirm.
Maybe the padlock with alarm might be better. Can lock at the crank and unlikely to cycle off and if someone meddle with the padlock, it will sound and alarm for 12 sec.
Locking to the crank is a great way to do it! Similar to a motorcycle disk brake lock.
I wish I could design, a small metal type casing for the alarm, that bolts onto, various parts of the bike.
That'd be amazing! Obviously zip ties are easily defeated haha
@@BenDurham Right! I may try to 3d print, A case for it. Then fashion an aluminum copy, if possible.
Gil, it's much easier to use stainless steel zip ties that are placed tightly around one of the bicycle tubes. By the time the perp cuts it all you'd be informed of the tampering.
@@lazurm True!
Your bike looks very nice and I'd definitely like to steal it . Could you let us know where you leave it so that I can come and whisk it away . Thank you.
For sure! Stop on by our booby trapped, surveillance heavy property anytime and be arrested within minutes of stepping foot on our property. Unlimited time offer! 🤣
I'm questioning the quality of a theft prevention device held by an adhesive tape or a zip tie, it's also made from plastic...
Either kick it off the frame or tap with a hammer...
Fair points! A lot of people hide them or put them in a secure box or something.
Again, these won't stop a determined thief but will fend off those who get scared easily by an easier smashed device 🤣
@@BenDurham Alloys are kinda cheap, punch press forms are reusable and ditching "service screws" that are about to go extinct after 2025 (law in Europe at least will ban hard to access devices) will make this a whole lot harder to dispose of. Wouldn't mind paying double for that...
For now, planning to buy one of those and order a custom housing from one of closest welders in my area.
Thanks for showing how loud it is my dude!
I bought one for my motorcycle. It’s OK, but not loud enough. For a bicycle ir is loud because it’s position out in the open, but on a bike if you hide it somewhere it tends to muffle the sound.
Also, when adjusting sensitivity, it’s really hard to tell which level you are at. One would think that the beep would get louder (or the other way around) as sensitivity increased, but mine can be lousy, then it goes down, and up again, and I am only in 4-5 beeps. There are suppose to be 7. I changed the sensitivity and I have never been able to get it back to the most sensitive setting. Pretty lousy!
But hey, for 16 bucks what can you expect, uh? Would I recommend it, yes I would. Something is better than nothing.
Good mini review! I agree, sometime a bit 🤷♂️ but overall pretty good for around $20!
hi, ive had mine for 2 months, but the volume gone almost silent, is there away to adjust the volume and how? thanks
Might be to do with a dying battery on the actual alarm. Replace that and see!
@@BenDurham hi, thaks but i tried that already, throught you mentioned 3 audible levels to someone else, how do you change that? (not the 7 sensitivity levels) thanks
@@steveulliott4106 To adjust the audible levels you, first, press the top button of the three small buttons that are below the arm/disarm button. This button displays an open lock. This button is continually pressed until a blue light surrounding the arm/disarm button stays on, which means that the alarm is in program/set mode. Then press the bottom button of the small buttons, the one with the bell figure on it. It will scroll from loud to not so loud. Stop at the loudness of your choice. After several seconds the blue light will go off and, now, the alarm has been programed for the loudness you selected.
what if the thief also carry the remote with him/her??? nit is pretty cheap. or do the remote all have different frequencies???
I believe they all have different frequencies.
Kev, the odds of a thief carrying the correct remote are as close to zero as you can imagine, even if they happen to get one with the correct frequency.
I saw sometime trying to steal a bike one time they heard one got hear alarms and ran for their life haha these sounds are very piercing and terrifying lol it like they think it’s an officers bike or something.
Hah! So they DO scare some thieves off!
Throw a dozen on and wrap them with fiberglass instead of zip ties
unstealably LOUD bike!
Make battery/unit replacement impossible.
Tightly configured stainless steel zip ties would do, for awhile.
Is there a good version of this that allows you to disable alarm if remote is lost
I mean that'd defeat the purpose. But a sledgehammer works quite well to disable it 😅
@@BenDurham how about if you are in a store, lose the remote and the alarm goes of by accident and you (anyone) are standing there like an idiot with a screaming bike alarm
@@pgreenx I mean, what happens if you lose the keys to your car at the store? You have to call someone. Same here. The alarm stops after 45 seconds, so I'd just make sure you grab some ear plugs, snip the alarm off, unscrew the screws on the alarm, and then rip out the batteries.
@@BenDurham that’s helpful to know the alarm stops after 45 seconds. Thats what I was looking for. Thanks
@@pgreenx For sure. Be sure to watch through the video fully - I cover that! Cheers :)
What is the company you got the system from
All in the description!
Major problem mounting it where it is visible. If they quickly cut the two straps all the have to do is drop it in a glass of water and Poof, fried alarm. The unit is not waterproof only water resistant to spray. Immersion can still kill it. It's also not dust proof.
Yep! I mentioned that in the video! While most thieves will be detured, some will just snip it right off and toss it away. Not foolproof!
@@BenDurham Right.. thing is most people don't really understand how little protection IP55 is. You can layer your deterrents as much as you can afford, it's still not gonna help if someone really wants to take the bike. Although Good to have, some is better than none and More is better than some, we really need better solutions. The thief needs to know the alarm is in a place he could never get to, with a GPS that actually calls the cops in real time with tracking data for the cops. Even that may not be fool proof but No One makes such a unit and The Cops are part of the problem because they don't want to pay for a department to do just that. Most cops rely on federal funding.. if federal money isn't in it, they aren't interested. This is why cops keep busting kids with weed a more harmless drug than alcohol because it's paid for by the corrupt American Federal Government.
All good bike thieves carry a glass of water with them! 😂
Or they could just stomp on it or simply take the battery out. That is if they aren't carrying around their trustee glass of water that day 😂
Can the wind make the alarm go off ?
If it's heavy enough! But you can adjust the sensitivity.
What if thief buys an alarm, Will the remote they have turn your alarm off?
Probably not. There are enough frequencies out there that this would rarely happen, if at all.
Just my opinion: Keep everything well away from your spokes, including this when you fit it. If it comes loose then it is a big accident that is easily avoided.
Fair point! It actually ended up coming off on the Biktrix bike and we were wondering what a rhythmic sound was while riding. Didn't cause chaos but could've!
Great suggestion!
@@BenDurham Sorry to hear that. It was some great advice from my father who used to do a lot of cycle touring in the 1970s with the CTC, and my sister's partner who got flipped after a twig got caught.
Is it water proof?
Hasn't died yet and I've biked with it in the rain about 4 times now! But it also says it's water resistant, so I'd say it'll be fine in the rain 👍
you can have a tracker on it
Can confirm: you definitely can do whatever you want! Maybe even an airtag or similar.
Does it still work?
Yep! Haven't changed the batteries yet, either.
Ok so when the alarm is set, it does go on for 30 sec
Yep! First, a warning beep and then if it's touched again, 30 seconds or so of blaring loudness!
@@BenDurham thanks for respondind
@@AirbrushDGart no problem, glad to help!
I guess the strong winds won't activate it?
Depends on the setting!
Zip tie alarm on $2090 bike?
Just an extra precaution! Something else might be better but 🤷♂️
You can use metal zip ties like I did they cannot cut that was scissors 👍👍👍👍
Hi.. does this alarm goes off on it's own after lets say 20 sec or so ? It's important to me because.. I
need it to stop if someone moves my bike by accident on a bike parking and Im not there personally to shut it off.
The first bump results in a quick warning beep. The 2nd bump makes the alarm sound for around 45 seconds, then it resets. So if you hit it again, it would do a warning beep then the 45 second alarm... and repeat forever.
I own this device and there is one thing that really annoys me: The sounds for "armed" and "disarmed" are freakin loud too. Absolutely no need. When I get home in my relatively quiet neighbourhood in the evening, I often will not use it because of that. And this is the way you use it all the time. I don't understand why I can change the alarm sound which is rarely used but cannot change the behavior of the 95 -%-of-times-sound.
RIGHT?! I 100% agree and wish it would be less loud. But I think the reason is that there is literally only one chirper in the device because it's so cheap... So only one dB level: SUPER LOUD 100% OF THE TIME
😂
How long it will be making noise if you will stop touching the bike?
As I mention in the video, around 45 seconds.
This would have been good for a laptop.
No it is not because knowone takes any notice & if they did they would not get involved!. Watch other videos on here I have seen people watch in a crowd as a bike is being stolen!
I bet everyone loves you noise polluting this peaceful patk
Don't worry, this was done a long time ago for 20 or so minutes + 20min a bit later that day. No one remembers the time that a random guy was testing an alarm 😂
They do, however, remember all of the constant traffic noise brought on by a car centric city 😬
Oh shut up!!
It's not loud enough to me. Needs to be like close to a police or ambulance siren
oh it's loud! Not sure if it sounded as loud because I needed to adjust it for audio levels (so it wouldn't make people's ears bleed while watching the video) but it's REALLY loud. My neighbours asked what was happening throughout the time I was filming this haha!
@@BenDurham Ok in that case it's a good alarm
@@matthewcox1093 👌
Isn’t it easy for a thief to find the alarm and cut off the zip ties?
Yea but it'll be blasting noise while he does that
Just bring your bike into your house at night.
Some* people can't do that though? We just use our garage. But these alarms are more for errand runs and parking at different places, imo.
@@BenDurham I understand you.
What keeps a person from just clipping the the alarm off with a Nail clipper or other, and tossing it into the bushes before attempting to steal a bike. Bike thieves are sophisticated. They know what these things look like This seems like a waste of time and money.
It depends on where you put it but you can hide it inside a case like a lot of commenters have done. But otherwise, it's for the more sophisticated thieves. There are a lot of opportunists that would be scared away by this... And it would at least draw attention to them which a lot of thieves don't want.
None of this matters ): some people keep stealing bikes in the neighborhood even if you replace the bike the next day it's stolen and even if you catch them with this or track where they go they're just going to be sent to jail for a day and then come back ):
Ouch. That's unfortunate. In those cases, I'd be bringing my bike in, for sure.
@@BenDurham yeah that's what my uncle has been doing, but recently he left his bike outside for a few seconds to fix something on it and then it was stolen again sadly
In cases like this ALWAYS bring your bicycle inside. Or, in worst case scenario, use Hexlox for all components, two alarms AND the Skunklock which will definitely stop the thief, no matter what tools they used.
@@lazurm yep, these alarms are more for when you are locking up at stores or for doing errands, etc.
Having an alarm on your bike when it's near your home is key, too, though! Because you'll hear that something's up and can scare them away.
We also have inexpensive ebike insurance (about $40/yr per bike).
@@BenDurham Regarding the "insurance", at $40/year it won't cover much, yes? I have an "ebike" that retails for $7,000. I sincerely doubt that it'd be covered for $40/yr. More like $40/month.
to easy to remove
'tis better in Japan then where if somebody actually tried to steal a bike, most bystanders would intervene.