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India Press Store - Heath Zenith Basic Series Wireless Door Chime, Off-White #SL-6153-C
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List Price: $19.99
Our Price: $18.00
Your Save: $ 1.99 ( 10% )
Availability: Usually ships in 3 to 5 weeks
Manufacturer: Heath Zenith
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Batteries Included: 1
Batteries: 4
Binding: Tools & Hardware
Brand: Heath Zenith
Color: Off White
EAN: 0082901087632
Feature: Wireless doorbell with push-button transmitter and battery-powered chime
Label: Heath Zenith
Manufacturer: Heath Zenith
Model: SL-6153-C
Publisher: Heath Zenith
Studio: Heath Zenith
Variation Description: Off White
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Features
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Wireless doorbell with push-button transmitter and battery-powered chime
Single-door application (expandable to 2-door with purchase of additional push button)
Programmed with 3 tunes: 8-note Westminster and 1- and 2-note chimes
Transmission range up to 150 feet; 128 selectable codes
Off-white; 9 by 6 by 2 inches
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great solution, easy install
Comment: Incredibly easy to set up, I bought one of these for my apartment because I can't hear people knock from my room. I also bought one for my research lab because we have large air handlers that create a lot of ambient noise so it was difficult to hear knocking there. Both work great.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good Product
Comment: The Heath Zenith Basic Series Wireless Door Chime performs as advertised. Set up was very easy and the instructions were clear. It took about 35 minutes to install including time to set the type of chime, mounting the chime unit above a door, and mounting the doorbell/transmitter on the front door. I used screws to mount the doorbell, but the unit can also be mounted with the supplied two sided tape. I used this tape to mount a second doorbell on stucco where there was no wood available. One minor complaint about the unit, jumpers, like the ones used on old computer boards, are used to set everything. Switches would have been an improvement. But, as the instructions point out, most users won't have to move a jumper.
The doorbell claims to transmit a signal up to 150' through walls, windows, doors, etc. The operative word here is up to. What the instructions do not make clear is that any obstruction will reduce this distance. In our setup the doorbell transmits about 50' with no trouble. One aspect of this doorbell that you have to get used to is the delay. Press the button and there is about a 2 - 5 second delay before the chime sounds. The delay seems even longer with the second doorbell that I have set to chime once, as opposed to the front doorbell which chimes twice. Also, if the chime is pressed multiple times it seems to cancel out an earlier request to chime, but I didn't make an extensive test of this. This may also be the source of reviewers saying the bell only works about 50% of the time. However, the chime is loud and easy to hear all over our house.
I decide on the battery operated chime with wireless doorbell because I had no convenient AC outlet. If you have an AC outlet in just the right spot, the plug-in chime and wireless doorbell would probably be a better choice. Finally, I purchased the second doorbell through one of Amazon's third party vendors (BIC). The doorbell works fine. However, with shipping the doorbell was ~$13. Considering that the entire unit is just $19 this is a bit much. Unfortunately, even though I went to Amazon's web site to cancel the order immediately after I placed it, it was already being prepared and couldn't be cancelled. If you need a second doorbell, I would just order and entire second unit and use the chime as a backup.
Overall I am happy with this product and recommend it. However, if you are planning to transmit over 100' be aware there could be problems.
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Pretty Good
Comment: This doorbell is pretty cool. It has different options for the number of chimes and it is easy to post the button by door. But sometimes it goes off when there is no one at the door. Weird...
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Summary: Don't buy this! It cannot be trusted.
Comment: I received this about a week ago, and after much moving around of the button I discovered that it is only reliable in the same room as the bell unit. About 30' away, through a glass window and a plaster wall, and it only worked 50% of the time.
If there is a doorbell button people will push it, and half of the time you won't know a thing about it and whoever it is will do what they do when no one answers the door. The unit is not to be trusted; it is worse than useless. Mine is in the trash, along with almost double its value in batteries for which I now have no use.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Tone quality lacking...
Comment: This doorbell functions nicely, has a good range, and the button functions easily with a press. I haven't had anyone ring this bell and it not respond yet. I am however a little disappointed in the tonal quality of the bell. The bell sounds a little 'brassy' and too loud for the speaker. It sounds like they are trying to get too much volume out of an inferiour speaker resulting in a 'tinny' rattling distortion. Over distance it is ok, but up close it is rather annoying. But Westminster chimes are always soothing enough, even if distorted a bit. A decent product for a good price.
To amend this review, however, I have found that the door bell fails to chime after the remote is pushed on numerous occasions. I tested the bell after this to find out that it has nothing to do with how "well" someone pushes the button or not. It just fails to transmit every so often. So, I guess this is a great doorbell if you don't want to be bother by every annoying person who comes along and rings your bell. The rings you are guaranteed to get are those by people who are persistent ringers, and if the people you want to see are persistent people, then this bell is for you. However, if you want everyone who rings to be attended to, you might want to try a better bell...
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Editorial Reviews:
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CYPRUS WIRELESS CHIME White molded chime & push button Push button-battery operated chime plug 2 note chime For single door only Range: 100 ft. 64 coded channels SL-6153-T1 STEPUP WIRELESS BEL White
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