• Reviews around installation (4.57 of 5)

    Mighty Mule Wireless Driveway Alarm (FM231)

    • Installation was not difficult, but scanty instructions left much to individual ingenuity.
    • I don't know if it was a bad product or bad installation
    • the alarm works well and installation was easy.
    • Installation is actually quite easy.
    • Easy installation
    • Easy installation and simple instructions.
    • Installation is also easy and can be easily hidden from sight with a small bush.
    • Works very well, easy installation, only complaint is that I would prefer it to be louder.
    • Our installation works great right out of the box
    • It has worked reliably ever since the easy, peezy simple installation
    • Installation was easy
    • Read the directions, after reading installation was easy
    • Easy installation (dig a 1ft hole next to the the drive for the coil/wand and bury the cable 6" install 2AA batteries and go inside and turn it on)
    • Installation is not a problem and the two variables (wireless distance & magnetic sensitivity) involved in how it works would seem to be straightforward.
    • I would definitely say proper installation is the key to maximum efficiency
    • I'd have given this a 5 star rating if it had come with better installation instructions, and if I had a choice of 2 or 3 chimes.
    • Installation was easy and it has survived numerous snowstorms, etc.
    • Easy installation, no false alarms even when it is very windy
    • The planning and testing BEFORE the installation is very important because there are specific requirements, but they are clear, quantitative and easy to follow ( e.g., put the sensor 25 feet from the road and parallel to the driveway and about two feet away, etc.)
    • I don't think you could ask for an easier installation
    • Installation was a breeze
    • The installation was very easy and the range is very good.
    • Installation and set up was super easy
    • Installation is easy, but performance is not real good.
    • Easy installation, (I did retrofit the plastic stake as others have suggested, by drilling a hole to thread the wire through before pounding it into the earth)... works like a charm
    • Installation is fairly easy but does involve a bit of digging to a depth of around 12 inches.
    • Installation is easy, minimal digging, you can use a hand shovel like for gardening.
    • Installation is easy
    • Installation was pretty straightforward, I dug out a larger area than required to ensure I removed any rocks or other objects that could have contained metal.
    • i like this product very well so far,lets me know when i have a visitor coming up the driveway.
    • This seems like a good solid well built unit and works exactly as we want.
    • It works as like its supposed to.
    • This is the second one I have had, love it, works great!Easy to install, and works as it should right out of the box
    • Everything works as it should, and the range is adequate for our needs
    • Works exactly as I hoped it would
    • Item does indeed work as it is at the end of a 350 foot drive, wife loves not being surprised when someone pulls in to visit.
    • Yes this product works as it says it does , but it is not loud enough , I have heard a watch make a louder alarm , this is not an alarm it is useless .
    • We live in northwest Wisconsin with a long driveway and wanted something that alerted us to vehicles coming up the drive instead of being surprised by the doorbell, but did not think a motion sensor type would work as we also have a lot of deer in the area and figured we might hear the alarm throughout the night
    • (I don't want to destroy a hive), but the point was - it WORKED as I wanted it to.
    • I think the product works as it is supposed to.
    • The unit was easy to install and worked as it was meant to work.
    • This seems like a good solid well built unit and works exactly as we want.
    • It works as like its supposed to.
    • This is the second one I have had, love it, works great!Easy to install, and works as it should right out of the box
    • Everything works as it should, and the range is adequate for our needs
    • Works exactly as I hoped it would
    • Item does indeed work as it is at the end of a 350 foot drive, wife loves not being surprised when someone pulls in to visit.
    • Yes this product works as it says it does , but it is not loud enough , I have heard a watch make a louder alarm , this is not an alarm it is useless .
    • We live in northwest Wisconsin with a long driveway and wanted something that alerted us to vehicles coming up the drive instead of being surprised by the doorbell, but did not think a motion sensor type would work as we also have a lot of deer in the area and figured we might hear the alarm throughout the night
    • (I don't want to destroy a hive), but the point was - it WORKED as I wanted it to.
    • I think the product works as it is supposed to.
    • The unit was easy to install and worked as it was meant to work.
    • i like this product very well so far,lets me know when i have a visitor coming up the driveway.
    • There have beeen Z_E_R_O errors with weather, darkness or animals