• Reviews around metal object (2.18 of 5)

    Mighty Mule Wireless Driveway Alarm (FM231)

    • This picks up heavy metal objects
    • It detects large metal objects that turn into our driveway, cars, trucks
    • My unit is detecting perfectly there are no other metal objects nearby or passing by.
    • This alarm senses big metal objects passing nearby and so there are few if any false alarms
    • If a large metal object, (like a vehicle or golf cart even) passes by we know it!
    • Was very disappointed, thought this would be a good one since it would only detect large metal objects and not just a motion sensor.
    • Background:: my driveway alarm sounds as intended when a metal object passes near the magnetic detector
    • This one uses electromagnitism to detect large metal objects so it only goes off when a vehicle enters our driveway.
    • like it gives alert when metal object comes down driveway so animals don't set it off
    • Please note that this ONLY detects metal objects, not a person or animal passing the sensor.
    • Here is the question that I need answered: At what frequency (in megahertz) does the driveway alarm transmitter broadcast to the receiver when the detector detects a metal object
    • Unfortunately, it also sounds periodically and erratically throughout the day and night when no metal object is within at least one-half mile
    • Overall this is great because it detects large metal objects only and not movement
    • Sensor's internal LED would flash and indicate a transmission when a metal object passed by, but the receiver gave no indication nor changed operation
    • This sensor is buried in the ground and works magnetically so it requires a large metal object to set it off
    • The sending unit on the driveway shows that it is transmitting to the receiver (red LED flashing) when a metal object is in the field of detection, but the receiver does not chime
    • There have beeen Z_E_R_O errors with weather, darkness or animals
    • 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.
    • There have beeen Z_E_R_O errors with weather, darkness or animals
    • There have beeen Z_E_R_O errors with weather, darkness or animals