Title: Dakota Alert Motion sensor/driveway
Product review: This item is currently (5/7/10) back at the manufacturer's. It did not work as advertised. It was supposed to sense motion at a range of 20 ft from a driveway, but it was more like 3 ft. In addition, the range is supposed to be 600 ft, but this one was about 125ft--when it worked. The item was compared to the exact model which a friend owns, and his worked as advertised. I phoned the manufacturer's tech support 3 times with no change in the unit. I was finally advised to return it to them for a possible total makeover.One bit of information, NOT in the instructions is that the unit requires either Energizer or Duracell batteries, not store brand. It seems store brands are not powerful enough to drive the unit. Even when these batteries were used, the unit did not function properly.I am hoping the manufacturer will get the unit operating properly.
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