WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:04.040 KFI AM six forty. You're listening to Dean Sharp The 2 00:00:04.080 --> 00:00:09.000 House Whisper on demand on the iHeart Radio app. Welcome 3 00:00:09.640 --> 00:00:10.919 to home Where. 4 00:00:10.960 --> 00:00:13.599 Every week we help you better understand that place where 5 00:00:13.640 --> 00:00:18.120 you live. I am Dean Sharp, the house Whisper, custom 6 00:00:18.160 --> 00:00:22.960 home Builder, custom home designer, and most importantly, today, your 7 00:00:23.000 --> 00:00:27.960 guide to turning your ordinary house into something truly extraordinary. 8 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:33.240 We're talking about the home monitoring revolution. We live in 9 00:00:33.359 --> 00:00:39.240 a unprecedentedly connected world right sometimes way too much, way 10 00:00:39.280 --> 00:00:43.600 too much connection, too much information TMI all the time. 11 00:00:44.119 --> 00:00:48.880 But some of that technology is actually of a great 12 00:00:48.920 --> 00:00:53.880 benefit to us homeowners, those of us who are concerned about, 13 00:00:54.200 --> 00:00:57.399 you know, when we're away, making sure there are no 14 00:00:57.600 --> 00:01:02.200 fires or floods or break ins or what have you. 15 00:01:02.320 --> 00:01:06.079 And what has happened over the last few years, along 16 00:01:06.120 --> 00:01:10.040 with all the rollout of new technology, is that the 17 00:01:10.079 --> 00:01:16.000 home has become a very very easy to monitor place 18 00:01:16.359 --> 00:01:21.480 and multiple multiple categories everything from your electrical panel and 19 00:01:21.519 --> 00:01:25.480 your energy usage to basic home security all the way 20 00:01:25.640 --> 00:01:32.840 to senior care and options for caring for an aging 21 00:01:33.040 --> 00:01:37.480 or infirmed a member of the family who you don't 22 00:01:37.519 --> 00:01:40.040 want to end up in a home, a nursing home, 23 00:01:40.319 --> 00:01:44.799 or maybe can't afford full time in home nursing care. 24 00:01:45.239 --> 00:01:49.519 These technologies are viable options for those as well. So 25 00:01:50.000 --> 00:01:52.680 we're all over the board today because the categories of 26 00:01:52.760 --> 00:01:56.519 connectivity have gone long and deep, and that's where we're 27 00:01:56.519 --> 00:02:00.439 going today. Plus, of course, your calls and when it 28 00:02:00.480 --> 00:02:03.280 comes to your calls, anything you want to talk about, 29 00:02:03.400 --> 00:02:07.200 I'm talking about the monitored home today. You can talk 30 00:02:07.239 --> 00:02:10.000 to me about whatever is on your mind, whatever you're 31 00:02:10.039 --> 00:02:15.000 scratching your head about your home construction design DIY, whatever 32 00:02:15.000 --> 00:02:16.439 the case may be. Let me give you the number 33 00:02:16.479 --> 00:02:19.159 now because a producer, Lindsey is standing by. The phone 34 00:02:19.199 --> 00:02:21.520 lines are open. She is ready to take your call. 35 00:02:21.560 --> 00:02:24.319 Popy into the queue. The number to reach me eight 36 00:02:24.639 --> 00:02:28.680 three three two. Ask Dean eight three three the numeral 37 00:02:28.719 --> 00:02:33.800 two ask Dean A three three two ask Dean. It's 38 00:02:33.840 --> 00:02:35.599 just that easy. Phone lines are open now. We'll be 39 00:02:35.639 --> 00:02:38.439 going to the phones just a bit as we do. 40 00:02:39.199 --> 00:02:41.639 If we do this all right today, we're going to 41 00:02:41.680 --> 00:02:44.039 bring some light into your morning and we're going to 42 00:02:44.080 --> 00:02:46.240 make you feel glad that you were here. We are 43 00:02:46.280 --> 00:02:48.319 happy that you're here. The team is here for you. 44 00:02:48.479 --> 00:02:52.599 Tony Sarantino is on the board this morning, good morning, 45 00:02:52.639 --> 00:02:58.879 tone morning talk. It if Tony him around here, that's 46 00:02:58.919 --> 00:03:01.240 what he's known as. He and I just here's the 47 00:03:01.280 --> 00:03:03.919 funny thing. He and I just talk and talk and talk. 48 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:06.520 During the break we have these long conversation. We don't 49 00:03:06.520 --> 00:03:08.879 have time to have the conversations we want to have 50 00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:11.960 during the breaks and before and after the show. But 51 00:03:12.360 --> 00:03:16.039 you know, once we get rolling, Tony is famously very worthy, 52 00:03:16.120 --> 00:03:18.400 are you not, sir? Oh yeah, but I'm paid to 53 00:03:18.439 --> 00:03:21.759 be invisible. That is my job. Well not with me, 54 00:03:21.919 --> 00:03:25.120 not with us. Everybody needs to know you. Everybody needs 55 00:03:25.159 --> 00:03:29.000 to know you, the great Tony Sorrentino on the board, 56 00:03:29.759 --> 00:03:33.400 Producer Lindsay, like I said, standing by nowhere near Mike 57 00:03:33.439 --> 00:03:36.039 because she's oh look, she's on the phone right now. 58 00:03:36.520 --> 00:03:39.879 Heather Brooker at the news A twofer for you this weekend. 59 00:03:40.120 --> 00:03:44.159 I know this is wild. It's a double header almost well, 60 00:03:44.199 --> 00:03:46.560 it's two days. It's a series. It is a series. 61 00:03:46.759 --> 00:03:48.439 It is a Brooker series. 62 00:03:48.599 --> 00:03:52.000 Yay. Either way, I'm still excited to be here. I 63 00:03:52.039 --> 00:03:55.240 know yesterday today was getting getting up was a little 64 00:03:55.240 --> 00:03:57.599 bit easier than yesterday. Now I'm like, all right, I know, 65 00:03:57.719 --> 00:03:58.919 I know what time I got to get up. 66 00:03:59.520 --> 00:04:02.039 Yeah, well there is a three hour difference from yesterday 67 00:04:02.159 --> 00:04:03.080 is today as far as. 68 00:04:03.240 --> 00:04:05.319 I've been here since I've been here since five, so 69 00:04:05.360 --> 00:04:09.599 it's the same for me. Oh yeah, but you got 70 00:04:09.599 --> 00:04:10.479 to sleep in that's good. 71 00:04:11.680 --> 00:04:14.280 Yeah, well I was up at five. Actually, also, well, 72 00:04:14.800 --> 00:04:16.959 you didn't get up at five. I was up at five, 73 00:04:17.639 --> 00:04:20.160 just getting it done, getting it done, as we do. 74 00:04:20.240 --> 00:04:22.360 I have so much to do on a Sunday morning. 75 00:04:22.439 --> 00:04:25.120 I was just sitting by the fire. Actually, oh, that 76 00:04:25.199 --> 00:04:28.759 sounds nice. But a lovely ease into the day, that 77 00:04:28.839 --> 00:04:31.319 sounds really nice. I was so sitting by the fire, 78 00:04:31.439 --> 00:04:34.360 thinking thoughts like I do, and writing some thoughts down 79 00:04:34.480 --> 00:04:36.879 that I will share later at the end of the show. 80 00:04:36.959 --> 00:04:40.199 But glad that you're here, buddy. Thanks. Uh. Sitting across 81 00:04:40.199 --> 00:04:44.160 the table from me, there she is. Oh my gosh, 82 00:04:44.319 --> 00:04:47.560 look at that face. It's amazing. You're so sweet. My 83 00:04:47.639 --> 00:04:51.040 better half, my design partner, the co owner, co founder 84 00:04:51.079 --> 00:04:54.639 of House Whisper, my best friend in the world, Tina 85 00:04:55.079 --> 00:05:02.240 is here. Welcome home. Hmm. I have some a little 86 00:05:02.240 --> 00:05:06.199 bit of a bourbon cream in my coffee this morning. Oh, 87 00:05:06.279 --> 00:05:08.519 I wondered if what that was. Yeah, not too much, 88 00:05:08.600 --> 00:05:12.360 I mean not like yeah, not like yeah, you saw 89 00:05:12.439 --> 00:05:14.560 the cream, You're like, what is in that coffee? Little 90 00:05:14.560 --> 00:05:18.399 bourbon cream. It's warm, it's refreshing in your Vermont cup, 91 00:05:18.879 --> 00:05:21.720 in my Vermont mug. Not enough that I'll be slurring 92 00:05:21.800 --> 00:05:27.279 words later. I'll just start luring them right now, all right, 93 00:05:27.639 --> 00:05:31.800 I'll be watching you. Okay, thanks, I appreciate that so much. 94 00:05:31.839 --> 00:05:35.079 To cover let's dive in, shall we. We need to 95 00:05:35.160 --> 00:05:40.439 talk about monitoring your home and how simple it is becoming. 96 00:05:40.519 --> 00:05:45.680 Let's start with security and along those notes, I've got 97 00:05:45.680 --> 00:05:49.600 some fascinating stats on home burglary that I'm going to 98 00:05:49.680 --> 00:05:51.040 share for you. 99 00:05:51.040 --> 00:05:54.360 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 100 00:05:54.439 --> 00:05:55.920 KFI AM six forty. 101 00:05:56.120 --> 00:05:58.639 Whether you live in a condo or a cottage or 102 00:05:58.680 --> 00:06:00.959 a castle for that matter, if it is the place 103 00:06:01.000 --> 00:06:03.639 that you call home, I am here to help you 104 00:06:03.720 --> 00:06:07.199 take it to the next level. That's it doesn't matter, 105 00:06:07.279 --> 00:06:11.399 the size, does not matter, the scope. We're here to 106 00:06:11.560 --> 00:06:16.160 bring this one message to you. Design matters most, It 107 00:06:16.279 --> 00:06:22.079 really really does. The fundamental rule of home building and 108 00:06:22.240 --> 00:06:30.040 home remodeling. Design matters most. Along those lines today, one 109 00:06:30.040 --> 00:06:32.720 of the things that has changed the way that we 110 00:06:33.040 --> 00:06:37.199 design homes and the whole design kind of motif of 111 00:06:37.240 --> 00:06:40.519 homes is the fact that we can now monitor homes 112 00:06:41.079 --> 00:06:44.879 remotely via our smartphones and tablets and what have you. 113 00:06:45.000 --> 00:06:47.519 Let's just stick with the phone. That's the easiest way 114 00:06:47.639 --> 00:06:50.519 to uh, the most univerversal way to have this conversation 115 00:06:51.680 --> 00:06:54.680 because of all the cool tech that's out there now. 116 00:06:54.680 --> 00:06:56.439 Before the break, I said we were going to start 117 00:06:56.480 --> 00:06:59.560 with home security. It's a good place to start because 118 00:06:59.560 --> 00:07:02.600 it's something that is of concern to every homeowner. That's 119 00:07:02.639 --> 00:07:05.920 something I get asked about a lot. And so let 120 00:07:06.000 --> 00:07:09.800 me first of all, I'm going to say this, having 121 00:07:11.360 --> 00:07:18.240 built a lot of ultra custom homes on both mid 122 00:07:18.319 --> 00:07:22.199 range and high end, the state level homes, the kind 123 00:07:22.199 --> 00:07:27.560 of homes where there are guard gates and security measures 124 00:07:27.600 --> 00:07:32.879 and high walls and cameras and everything everywhere. I will 125 00:07:32.879 --> 00:07:36.040 tell you this in all honesty. Let's just face the 126 00:07:36.120 --> 00:07:43.319 fact if somebody, if a professional, a professional burglar, has 127 00:07:43.560 --> 00:07:49.600 targeted your home, they are going to get in. Okay, 128 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:51.839 I'm sorry to say it, but it's just the reality. 129 00:07:51.920 --> 00:07:56.839 Unless you live in a prison scenario or Fort Knox 130 00:07:57.879 --> 00:08:02.399 and nobody wants to do that. The high end professional 131 00:08:02.920 --> 00:08:05.040 is going to be able to get in. But here's 132 00:08:05.079 --> 00:08:10.160 the great news. How many homes in America are targeted 133 00:08:10.199 --> 00:08:15.079 by high end professional burglars. Virtually none of them. I mean, 134 00:08:15.160 --> 00:08:19.600 the percentage is so so incredibly small that it's not 135 00:08:19.680 --> 00:08:23.240 even worth mentioning. Okay, that is not the concern for 136 00:08:23.279 --> 00:08:26.399 your home. The concern for your home and your home 137 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:29.879 security system should not be Fort Knox. It should be, 138 00:08:29.959 --> 00:08:35.320 in fact, the denial and or the discouragement of the 139 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:42.679 opportunistic burglar. Okay. And by that so all right, we're 140 00:08:42.679 --> 00:08:45.960 gonna get to it in a second. It's just I 141 00:08:46.120 --> 00:08:49.159 talked to Conway about this on Thursday night on our 142 00:08:49.200 --> 00:08:51.200 little bit that we do every Thursday. And by the way, 143 00:08:51.240 --> 00:08:53.480 do you know I'm on with Conway every Thursday night 144 00:08:53.600 --> 00:08:57.480 round about six twenty or so. We spend a segment 145 00:08:57.559 --> 00:09:00.159 or two together talking about stuff and talking about you know, 146 00:09:00.240 --> 00:09:03.080 kind of foreshadowing where I'm going with the show that weekend. 147 00:09:04.000 --> 00:09:07.320 So Tim did this great job of building me all up. 148 00:09:07.320 --> 00:09:10.039 He's like, and now you know home security and bisiting. 149 00:09:10.080 --> 00:09:13.200 You know, we've all got questions about it. Dean, give 150 00:09:13.279 --> 00:09:16.080 us the wisdom. What's the thing we need to know? 151 00:09:17.080 --> 00:09:20.120 And I just started out by saying, you know, lock 152 00:09:20.200 --> 00:09:25.120 the front door. And it was funny because it's true. 153 00:09:25.159 --> 00:09:31.879 Here's the thing, thirty four percent of homes that are burglarized, 154 00:09:32.919 --> 00:09:35.519 the burglars walked up to the front door, twisted the 155 00:09:35.559 --> 00:09:39.279 doorknob and walked right in. Thirty four percent. It's over 156 00:09:39.320 --> 00:09:44.919 a third just walked in through the front door. But boom, 157 00:09:45.480 --> 00:09:47.600 So yeah, you know you want to cut the chances 158 00:09:47.600 --> 00:09:51.679 of your home being burglarized by a third, lock the 159 00:09:51.720 --> 00:09:54.960 front door. And you know what, good idea to lock 160 00:09:55.000 --> 00:09:58.399 the back door too, because twenty two percent of homes 161 00:09:58.399 --> 00:10:01.759 that are burglarized are the results of somebody just walking 162 00:10:01.799 --> 00:10:05.039 through the back door. All right, So that's that's fifty 163 00:10:05.159 --> 00:10:08.080 six percent of the homes that are burglarized right there. 164 00:10:08.120 --> 00:10:12.080 And yes, we can add another twenty three percent of 165 00:10:12.159 --> 00:10:14.679 burglars that just coming through an open window or an 166 00:10:14.799 --> 00:10:19.159 unlocked window. So uh, thirty four twenty two what is that? 167 00:10:19.159 --> 00:10:23.919 That's fifty six sixty six, seventy six. That's eighty one 168 00:10:24.080 --> 00:10:28.320 percent of all burglaries that occur in homes across the 169 00:10:28.440 --> 00:10:34.080 United States took place as a result of somebody just 170 00:10:34.399 --> 00:10:41.120 walking through an open portal, an unlocked window, an unlocked door, 171 00:10:41.360 --> 00:10:45.399 front back or otherwise. There you go. Best piece of 172 00:10:45.440 --> 00:10:50.240 advice I can give you today. But otherwise, we're going 173 00:10:50.320 --> 00:10:53.519 to do some things to protect the home. Okay, of 174 00:10:53.519 --> 00:10:56.480 course we are burglary rates. Now, this is good news. 175 00:10:56.519 --> 00:11:00.799 Some of you are very much against the good news 176 00:11:01.080 --> 00:11:03.639 when it comes to, you know, our society. I don't 177 00:11:03.639 --> 00:11:06.080 know if it just messes with your worldview or not. 178 00:11:06.320 --> 00:11:08.480 It doesn't really matter to me. But these are, in 179 00:11:08.600 --> 00:11:16.039 fact the facts. Burglary rates have been steadily decreasing for 180 00:11:16.120 --> 00:11:19.679 over the past decade. For certain, there's been a sixty 181 00:11:19.759 --> 00:11:25.480 five percent drop in burglary rates from twenty fourteen to 182 00:11:25.840 --> 00:11:29.720 current day twenty twenty four. The burglary rate in the 183 00:11:29.840 --> 00:11:35.639 United States is currently less than one fifth of what 184 00:11:35.840 --> 00:11:40.200 it was in nineteen eighty. Now, one of the reasons 185 00:11:40.200 --> 00:11:42.320 for that, I mean a big reason for that is 186 00:11:42.360 --> 00:11:46.080 because we live in a connected, transparent world. It's just 187 00:11:46.159 --> 00:11:49.159 not that easy anymore. It's not that easy. Just well, 188 00:11:49.200 --> 00:11:51.840 it's easy enough to walk into somebody's home, but it's 189 00:11:51.840 --> 00:11:54.360 not that easy to do it anymore in our connected 190 00:11:54.399 --> 00:11:59.639 world without being detected, without being videoed, monitored, and so 191 00:11:59.720 --> 00:12:02.600 on and so forth. So this is the kind of 192 00:12:02.679 --> 00:12:06.480 stuff that has been dropping, dropping, dropping dropping the burglary rate. 193 00:12:06.519 --> 00:12:10.080 Now again, this is not going to prevent the professional 194 00:12:10.879 --> 00:12:13.759 cat do they still call them cat burglars? Cat burglar 195 00:12:13.960 --> 00:12:21.360 from from burgling burgling, burg burgling your home, But the 196 00:12:21.519 --> 00:12:24.960 vast majority of crimes committed against your home are going 197 00:12:25.000 --> 00:12:28.840 to be done by more opportunistic individuals, and a little 198 00:12:28.840 --> 00:12:33.480 bit of deterrent goes a long, long way, long long way. 199 00:12:33.519 --> 00:12:37.799 Most burglaries occur during daylight hours when most people aren't homes, 200 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:44.519 so monitoring is something important. Homes with security systems three 201 00:12:44.600 --> 00:12:48.559 hundred percent more like, I'm sorry, I just said that wrong. 202 00:12:48.879 --> 00:12:54.200 Homes without security systems three hundred percent more likely to 203 00:12:54.360 --> 00:13:00.240 be robbed, and only fourteen percent of property crime are 204 00:13:00.279 --> 00:13:04.840 actually solved each year. Average cost to the homeowner twenty 205 00:13:04.879 --> 00:13:08.120 eight hundred dollars. That's average average cost if you get robbed, 206 00:13:09.039 --> 00:13:13.440 somebody breaks into your home. You know, that's nationwide average cost. 207 00:13:13.440 --> 00:13:15.159 All right, So what do we do about it? What 208 00:13:15.320 --> 00:13:19.159 do we do? Well, we have a whole arsenal of 209 00:13:19.559 --> 00:13:25.840 now kind of pay to play di wiable security devices 210 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:29.120 that plug in and speak to your smartphone, that you 211 00:13:29.120 --> 00:13:33.399 yourself in relatively quick order could set up all around 212 00:13:33.440 --> 00:13:34.720 your home. We'll talk about those. 213 00:13:35.320 --> 00:13:38.639 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 214 00:13:38.720 --> 00:13:40.919 KFI AM six forty Your. 215 00:13:40.799 --> 00:13:44.960 Home with Dean Sharp, the House Whisper. I am here 216 00:13:45.000 --> 00:13:48.360 to help you take your house to the next level. 217 00:13:48.679 --> 00:13:50.399 We're going to be going to the phones in just 218 00:13:50.440 --> 00:13:52.440 a bit. The phone lines are open. The number to 219 00:13:52.480 --> 00:13:55.960 reach me eight three three two. Ask Dean A three 220 00:13:56.159 --> 00:14:00.200 three the numeral two ask Dean A three to three 221 00:14:00.399 --> 00:14:05.000 to ask Dean. Producer Lindsay's standing by. Anything you want 222 00:14:05.039 --> 00:14:07.679 to talk about regarding your home today, give us a call. 223 00:14:07.840 --> 00:14:09.600 She'll tell you everything you need to know. Pop you 224 00:14:09.600 --> 00:14:11.320 into the cue. You can listen to the show while 225 00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:14.960 you wait, and then who knows you and I we 226 00:14:14.960 --> 00:14:17.080 can put our heads together figure out what's going on 227 00:14:17.120 --> 00:14:19.759 with your home. All right, we're talking about the connected 228 00:14:19.960 --> 00:14:25.080 home today, the home monitoring revolution. Now. I've talked about 229 00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:27.480 smart homes before, you know, and this kind of falls 230 00:14:27.559 --> 00:14:31.799 under that category, the larger umbrella of smart home connectivity. 231 00:14:31.840 --> 00:14:37.600 But specifically today our focus is your ability to monitor 232 00:14:37.679 --> 00:14:40.159 your home while you are not there. We're not just 233 00:14:40.240 --> 00:14:42.840 talking about fancy lights where you can just walk into 234 00:14:42.840 --> 00:14:44.679 a room and say hey, I want to have the 235 00:14:44.759 --> 00:14:47.240 lights this way or that way. This is all good 236 00:14:47.320 --> 00:14:51.480 and awesome. I love that stuff, love it. But today 237 00:14:51.600 --> 00:14:55.120 this is really talking about safety and security issues not 238 00:14:55.240 --> 00:15:00.279 only of your house from others, but your house from 239 00:15:01.120 --> 00:15:06.639 from goofs and plumbing and electrical defects, natural disasters, and 240 00:15:06.759 --> 00:15:10.519 also not just your house, but those people you care 241 00:15:10.600 --> 00:15:13.440 about who live in your house that may need a 242 00:15:13.440 --> 00:15:18.919 little assistance being monitored for their own safety as well. 243 00:15:19.000 --> 00:15:20.679 So we're going to get to all of that. So 244 00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:24.559 right now we're on the security side of things. What 245 00:15:25.440 --> 00:15:29.919 are the tools that you can use? And these are 246 00:15:29.960 --> 00:15:33.480 just about everywhere you turn and look these days, multiple 247 00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:37.279 different systems. You've got to choose how it is that 248 00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:41.519 you're going to kind of combine them all together into 249 00:15:41.600 --> 00:15:44.159 your personal network. This is going to be the biggest 250 00:15:44.159 --> 00:15:47.720 decision for you, is how to combine them all together. 251 00:15:47.840 --> 00:15:52.039 The day is coming very very soon. Well, it won't matter, 252 00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:54.519 won't matter what you buy, where you get, you're going 253 00:15:54.559 --> 00:15:57.600 to bring it home and your AI based personal assistant, 254 00:15:57.639 --> 00:16:01.120 whether it's the Apple one that starts with S or 255 00:16:01.919 --> 00:16:04.559 the Amazon one that starts with an A, or you know, 256 00:16:04.960 --> 00:16:07.080 I'm not going to say their words because their names, 257 00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:09.320 because then they start talking back to us right now. 258 00:16:09.399 --> 00:16:12.840 So the idea, though, is you bring something home, you say, hey, 259 00:16:12.879 --> 00:16:16.720 I just bought this, here's the model number, and they 260 00:16:16.799 --> 00:16:19.039 detect it on your Wi Fi network and they just 261 00:16:19.080 --> 00:16:21.039 do all the setup and until you go plug it 262 00:16:21.080 --> 00:16:23.600 in and you're good to go. Right now, that's not 263 00:16:23.799 --> 00:16:27.080 quite there, but it is getting lots and lots easier 264 00:16:27.240 --> 00:16:30.720 every single day. I mean super super easy these days 265 00:16:30.759 --> 00:16:33.519 compared to what it used to be. So the point 266 00:16:33.600 --> 00:16:36.440 is you're going to have to decide what brands and 267 00:16:36.480 --> 00:16:39.039 how you're going to go when it comes to security products. 268 00:16:39.039 --> 00:16:43.200 For instance, simply Safe probably leads the market right now 269 00:16:44.159 --> 00:16:47.879 in what we would call do it yourself security systems. 270 00:16:48.080 --> 00:16:52.240 Now there's also live monitoring from others, not just you, 271 00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:57.600 available in systems like this. ADT is as I think, 272 00:16:57.639 --> 00:17:03.039 the nation's largest home security company. They also have equipment 273 00:17:03.080 --> 00:17:05.880 that they can either install or that you can install, 274 00:17:06.200 --> 00:17:10.200 and that they can monitor for you or with you, okay, 275 00:17:10.359 --> 00:17:13.440 with you, meaning that there's an app. And there are 276 00:17:13.519 --> 00:17:18.200 also you know, eyes on your home twenty four to seven. 277 00:17:19.000 --> 00:17:21.880 These are all options that you've got, and now there 278 00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:26.559 are also all sorts of automation. Brands like Ring like 279 00:17:26.680 --> 00:17:29.240 your ring doorbell. Ring makes a lot more than just 280 00:17:29.279 --> 00:17:34.200 a doorbell. Nest, which is now a Google company, Nest 281 00:17:34.400 --> 00:17:37.279 makes a lot more than just the thermostat that they 282 00:17:37.319 --> 00:17:41.079 so famously started with. We use a Nest system here 283 00:17:41.440 --> 00:17:45.759 at our home. We've got Nest cams, Nest motion detectors, 284 00:17:45.920 --> 00:17:49.920 Nest thermostat, and it all feeds into one app on 285 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:53.119 my phone, which is really really nice. So that's the 286 00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:55.160 kind of stuff that you're going to have to figure out. 287 00:17:55.279 --> 00:18:00.240 But what's available cameras? Of course cameras and by the way, way, 288 00:18:00.279 --> 00:18:03.000 all of this equipment that I'm about to mention can 289 00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:07.400 be either hardwired, meaning that you're actually supplying power to 290 00:18:07.440 --> 00:18:12.000 it from a source, or they can be battery powered, 291 00:18:12.039 --> 00:18:14.720 and a lot of people, you know, kind of shirk 292 00:18:14.720 --> 00:18:16.400 away from that because they're like, well, what if the 293 00:18:16.440 --> 00:18:18.720 battery runs up? Well, the nice thing about a connected 294 00:18:18.759 --> 00:18:23.920 system is that you get notification before the battery goes 295 00:18:23.960 --> 00:18:28.079 out on your app that you know, a sensor or 296 00:18:28.200 --> 00:18:31.759 one of the accessories is, in fact, you know, suffering 297 00:18:31.799 --> 00:18:33.759 from a low battery. Time to change it, time to 298 00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:36.640 recharge it, whatever the case may be. Some of these 299 00:18:36.640 --> 00:18:39.599 are rechargeable. Some of them you actually have a battery, 300 00:18:39.599 --> 00:18:43.559 physical battery that you insert into them. Again, you've got 301 00:18:43.599 --> 00:18:47.960 to decide how that works best for you. What I 302 00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:52.759 really like myself and what we've got here are I 303 00:18:52.920 --> 00:18:56.000 opt for like, especially when it comes to the cameras, 304 00:18:56.519 --> 00:18:58.720 even though by the way, all of these accessories take 305 00:18:59.079 --> 00:19:01.880 an amazingly low amount of power and the batteries last 306 00:19:01.920 --> 00:19:03.960 a long time. But when it comes to like our 307 00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:08.319 camera system, they are hardwired, but not like specialty wire. 308 00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:12.880 They're like USBC. They're like charging cables these days. They're 309 00:19:12.920 --> 00:19:16.039 hardwired into power so that they're always up and running. 310 00:19:16.039 --> 00:19:18.279 I never have to worry about batteries if we have 311 00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:22.880 a power outage. They have a built in backup battery 312 00:19:22.920 --> 00:19:25.759 in them and they keep going. So it's not as 313 00:19:25.799 --> 00:19:29.319 simple as you know, finding my electrical panel, hitting the 314 00:19:29.359 --> 00:19:32.359 power and thinking, oh, well, now I've got full access 315 00:19:32.400 --> 00:19:34.720 to his house because he'll never see me. That's not 316 00:19:34.799 --> 00:19:38.119 the way most of these work these days. So ideally 317 00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:40.960 you want a powered situation so you don't have to 318 00:19:40.960 --> 00:19:43.000 worry about the batteries. If you can do that and 319 00:19:43.079 --> 00:19:47.000 then have it built in integral battery, which of course, 320 00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:50.000 because it's powered, it always stays charged and it's ready 321 00:19:50.039 --> 00:19:53.200 to rock and roll anytime the power goes down, seamlessly 322 00:19:53.799 --> 00:19:58.799 still operating. That's cameras. Cameras are wide angle, They can 323 00:19:58.839 --> 00:20:02.079 be placed in any number of locations. They can be 324 00:20:02.160 --> 00:20:06.440 all by themselves. They can be combined with motion activated 325 00:20:06.559 --> 00:20:10.599 or camera activated floodlights. The cameras go in for red 326 00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:13.680 so that they see in the dark, they see with 327 00:20:13.720 --> 00:20:17.079 the light's on. They're very, very high resolution these days. 328 00:20:17.079 --> 00:20:20.920 They've come so so far. I mean, the average consumer 329 00:20:21.039 --> 00:20:27.799 security camera today is fifty times better than the most 330 00:20:27.920 --> 00:20:30.720 high tech security camera that we used to put in 331 00:20:30.960 --> 00:20:35.039 commercial buildings or banks, you know, thirty years ago. I mean, 332 00:20:35.079 --> 00:20:39.920 that's how far we've come. And that shouldn't surprise anybody, right. Cameras, 333 00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:43.599 that's one thing. You position them at major points of 334 00:20:43.640 --> 00:20:46.720 egress to your home. And I like the camera that 335 00:20:46.839 --> 00:20:51.359 is connected to floodlights, not because the camera needs the 336 00:20:51.400 --> 00:20:56.200 floodlights to see, but because that is the single biggest 337 00:20:56.240 --> 00:21:02.200 alert to somebody approaching the house that they've been detected. 338 00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:09.799 Motion activated floodlights are fantastic because as you approach boom, 339 00:21:09.880 --> 00:21:12.519 suddenly you're in the spotlight and you know what, at 340 00:21:12.559 --> 00:21:14.119 the end of the day, At the end of the 341 00:21:14.200 --> 00:21:20.400 day again, accountability, non transparency. These are the things that 342 00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:26.519 stop the vast majority of home burglary. Of home crime 343 00:21:27.039 --> 00:21:31.400 is simply the awareness that, hey, you know, you're on 344 00:21:31.559 --> 00:21:35.440 candid camera. You are you know, my in laws have 345 00:21:36.440 --> 00:21:38.920 a little sign over the garage. I personally don't go 346 00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:42.000 this far, but it's that one of those signs that say, smile, 347 00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:45.359 you are being videotaped. You know what. It's just an 348 00:21:45.400 --> 00:21:48.279 awareness that people are like, Okay, I don't like this idea. 349 00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:51.160 I don't like I don't want to be seen. And 350 00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:54.599 it even goes so far as like the camera in 351 00:21:54.599 --> 00:21:57.079 the front of our home. I have I make sure 352 00:21:57.160 --> 00:22:00.079 one of them covers the street, so if you pull 353 00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:05.680 up to my curb, we see you, we see your make, model, color, 354 00:22:05.920 --> 00:22:10.359 license plate, the whole thing. And we're not crazy security 355 00:22:10.400 --> 00:22:13.759 conscious over here, but it's enough. It's enough. It's enough 356 00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:16.359 to know that we've got control. And the cool thing 357 00:22:16.519 --> 00:22:20.799 is whether we're home, whether we're shopping, or whether we're 358 00:22:20.839 --> 00:22:22.799 you know, on vacation on the other side of the 359 00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:25.640 country or the other side of the planet. Suddenly my 360 00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:28.640 phone buzzes I get an alert. I can look at 361 00:22:28.640 --> 00:22:31.880 it and everything from somebody standing at my front door 362 00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:35.720 delivering a package to our cat coming home in the 363 00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:38.599 middle of the night, walking down the side driveway, and 364 00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:42.359 the camera knows knows the difference between people. It tells 365 00:22:42.400 --> 00:22:45.240 me animal detected in the driveway, and there it is. 366 00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:48.759 There's Domino making his way from wherever that guy has been. 367 00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:52.480 Wherever he's been is pretty sus I'm pretty sure. Anyway, 368 00:22:52.680 --> 00:22:55.559 that's where we're going. Uh, let's talk when we come back. 369 00:22:55.640 --> 00:22:59.480 Let's talk more about the other accessories beyond the camera 370 00:22:59.559 --> 00:23:01.920 and the flo blood lights that we can install in 371 00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:06.119 your home that all feedback to your smartphone app to 372 00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:08.279 let you know, to give you that peace of mind 373 00:23:08.319 --> 00:23:09.319 that you know what's going on. 374 00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:13.319 You're listening to Home with Dean Sharp on demand from 375 00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:14.920 KFI AM six forty. 376 00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:18.039 Thanks for joining us on our program today. Have you 377 00:23:18.079 --> 00:23:22.480 looked outside southern California. It is a gorgeous day. I 378 00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:26.759 mean it's gorgeous. It's autumn. It's not going to be 379 00:23:26.799 --> 00:23:30.079 a cold day, but it's definitely autumn. You can smell 380 00:23:30.119 --> 00:23:33.160 it in the air, you can feel it. It's Southern California, warm, 381 00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:37.160 autumn day, not unusual for us, but it is beautiful 382 00:23:37.160 --> 00:23:39.279 out there. And I hope wherever you are listening to 383 00:23:39.359 --> 00:23:43.279 us from, be it southern California or elsewhere across this 384 00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:47.519 great land of ours, that your day is as beautiful 385 00:23:47.640 --> 00:23:50.440 as ours today, and that you've got plans to get 386 00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:53.960 out and enjoy it. I hope you do until five 387 00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:57.640 o'clock Pacific Standard time, at which point you should be 388 00:23:57.640 --> 00:24:03.039 seated watching the Los Angeles Dodgers win the pennant and 389 00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:07.240 start their journey to the World Series. That's all I'm saying, 390 00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:11.440 Go Dodgers. All right, home security, what are the things 391 00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:14.359 available to you? What are the accessories available to you. 392 00:24:14.400 --> 00:24:18.359 We've talked to cameras and such. Let's talk a little 393 00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:22.519 bit more about what's available. Point of entry accessories. Point 394 00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:27.640 of entry accessories simply means this window and door opening detectors. 395 00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:30.519 And these are very very simple they I'm sure you've 396 00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:33.079 seen them. If you haven't, or if you're not aware 397 00:24:33.200 --> 00:24:36.000 of the magic with which they work, it's very very simple. 398 00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:40.119 They're magnetic. The vast majority of them are magnetic. You've 399 00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:43.599 got two a sensor and a magnet. The magnet mounts 400 00:24:43.640 --> 00:24:46.359 on one side, of the unit like the door, the 401 00:24:46.400 --> 00:24:49.519