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Guardian Alert 911 Phone | 
| Brand: Guardian Alert
Category: Health And Beauty
Buy New: See price in cart
Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 2640
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: Yes
Battery: 1 AAA
Size: 911 Emergency Phone Guardian Alert
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
Warranty: 1
MPN: 30911
Model: 30911
UPC: 857456001019
EAN: 0088797309117
ASIN: B0007U07UG
Release Date: July 1, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Potential life-saving device that's ideal for babysitters and seniors | | • | Talk directly to an emergency operator with the touch of one button | | • | Operational 24 hours a day, seven days a week; no fees or contracts | | • | Voice confirmations during dialing, shutdown, system test and battery test to reassure you that the system is working properly | | • | Weighs 1.6 pounds |
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Product Description
Is it possible that you might be in a home situation where you'd need Emergency help? Studies claim to support that faster responses to emergencies can help save lives or reduce recovery times. Guardian Alert 911 is a dependable way to assure that you can contact emergency when you really need it- fast. The Guardian Alert 911 system is a set - a base station which plugs into the phone jack - and a pendant which is worn by the user. It's a wireless phone device exclusively available to help you during an emergency. The system can operate anywhere in and around the home - with the base station plugged into a phone jack. It uses reliable wireless frequencies to communicate with the base station. The Pendant runs a year on a AAA alkaline battery (included). The pendant is splash resistant so that he can even be taken into the shower. The Test Button on the bottom of the unit gives an audible confirmation of battery condition. Hold the Test Button in an extra few seconds - and you can confirm that the full system is working. Guardian Alert 911 uses a AAA alkaline battery, which is included. The battery life is one-year and it can be tested at any time with the test button on the unit An optional Battery Backup (item #30912) will allow the Guardian Alert 911 product to run during a power outage for 24 hours until the power comes back on (see LGK 30912 to puchase this accessory) Home telephone service is required LogicMark is a Virginia based company that specializes in the design and manufacture of innovative Home Healthcare products. It is sold with a 1-Year Warranty
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| Customer Reviews:
 Cumbersome July 24, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Purchased for my mother. It is very easy to operate but too large to wear arround the neck.
pretty wonderful, but not perfect June 8, 2008
I love (LOVE) the concept -- it's a cordless phone that only dials one number with the push of only one button. It's small enough and lightweight enough to be realistic to wear all day and night without much inconvenience by using its clip and/or lanyard. Buying it sight unseen, that was my biggest concern.
The Guardian base equipment was a piece of cake to install. Another reviewer complains about the tiny screws for the battery compartment on the phone itself. Those screws are unnervingly tiny, but I assume that's necessary to make the case so snug that it can be water resistant.
The system to double-check the battery and the range is clever and perfect in execution. It gave us great peace of mind to use its internal testing system confirm that the Guardian would, indeed, work even in the far reaches of our basement and attic.
The only problem came when we tested calling 9-1-1. A very reassuring (and plenty loud) recording assured us that the call was being made and we should wait while it rang through. The 9-1-1 dispatcher could hear us just fine when she answered. The only problem was that we couldn't hear her. The speaker somehow didn't carry her voice loudly enough for us to hear/understand her questions. Even when we held it up to our ears, her voice was too faint to understand her words.
We had just one unit to test, so maybe we just got a bad speaker in ours. And, we only tried once, so I suppose it's possible that there was a problem in the phone system or at the dispatcher's end of the call. (How often do you want to bother 9-1-1 dispatchers to keep testing a new gadget when you have no emergency?) We decided that since the dispatcher's caller ID tells her the source of the call, as long as she can hear us, that's way more important than our hearing her. But, still -- a two-way conversation would have been nice and that part just didn't work for us.
 Peace of Mind March 26, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Initial base unit received was not operating, but a call to the Design Tech support line was answered promptly by a live person who quickly diagnosed the problem and immediately put a new base unit in the mail to me at no cost. GREAT PRODUCT SUPPORT! This replacement worked perfectly and my testing of the range of the phone to base was excellent. This unit was purchased for my 80 year old mom who is near blind and hard of hearing. She had been receiving numerous calls from services that wanted to sign her up for an alert service with a call center (who knows where) that would then call 911 if needed. These services have monthly fees and an initial cost that all totaled seemed financially draining. This unit has a single purchase price and you're done! Once I set up the unit in my mom's house I walked around her yard outside and used the test button to check status. I got excellent coverage everywhere in her yard and beyond (over 200'). I also checked her basement and got good coverage there as well. So everywhere she may decide to go she now has peace of mind that pressing one button will put her in touch directly with the local 911 operator. I had her test the actual button to call the 911 operator to make absolutely sure she would be able to communicate successfully (her hearing is not good), but the volume level was perfect and she told the 911 operator that there was no emergency, just testing her new Guardian Alert. The operator asked for her street address which she provided and the operator told her that was what was on her screen. Perfect! Now mom knows what to expect when she may need to press the button. It's all about peace of mind, and this unit delivers that and may someday save her life. Thanks Design Tech - a very cost effective solution. Now if those darn high-pressure (the sugar-sweet type) sales people from those expensive call center services will just stop calling her.
Don't cancel your other service too soon March 3, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I recently purchased a Guardian Alert 911 unit to replace the monthly fee system I have now. When I tried to install the Guardian, I discovered a few problems. First, the pendant: the battery compartment door on the pendant is held in place by two incredibly tiny phillips type screws. They do supply an appropriate screwdriver to use, but heaven help you if you lose that and don't have a jeweler's type screwdriver on hand. Even so, the screws were in there so tightly that to open it to install the battery, I had to use my trusty pliers to grasp the barrel of the screwdriver to get enough leverage to get one of the screws to turn. A person with less than good vision, and/or hand strength and dexterity, would have a very difficult time with this, especially since the battery would need to be replaced every six months or so. Why not just a simple snap-in cover like my tv remote has?
Then there's the main problem: in the enclosed instructions they tell you not to install it near any other type of electrical appliance or cordless phone. I only have one phone outlet, to which are connected my cordless phone, computer modem and fax line. I also have the computer and printer in the same area. When I connected the Guardian, my fax line plug wouldn't fit in the line splitter they supplied, and worst of all, my cordless phone suddendly developed persistent and unacceptable static. For the present I have reconnected my old system, which fortunately I hadn't cancelled yet.
I can't actually evaluate how well the Guardian system works, as I haven't been able to leave it installed to use it.
I still like the Guardian idea of direct contact with 911 if you need it, via the pendant, versus an out-of-state call center that may not be able to hear me unless I'm close to the base unit. Also, a one-time purchase beats heck out of ever-increasing monthly monitoring fees. However, it looks like I'm going to have to get another phone jack installed in another room before I can use the Guardian 911. It would've been nice to have known all that up front.
Barbara F.
Guardian Alert is all that it claims to be. January 18, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Guardian Alert 911 is all that it claims to be. Easy to set up and to use.
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