Then late one evening it was gone in the blink of an eye. The thieves got into his garage in seconds and were gone just as quickly. Ignoring all his power tools and leaving everything else untouched. We suspect they knew what they were looking for.<\/p>\n
Like me, securing his bike properly was something he was going to do. It was in a locked garage after all. What was the hurry? These jobs never seem that urgent, and then it’s too late.<\/p>\n
Since that night he\u2019s gone on a mission to turn his garage into a mini Fort Knox, and as he talked me through all the security gadgets that are now available to buy online, I thought I\u2019d better up my game.<\/p>\n
The first thing he got himself was a solar powered Eufry security camera<\/a>. No wiring is needed as the solar panel keeps the battery running with three hours of sunlight a day. It connects to your wifi and there’s no monthly subscription fee. It’s only 10 x 8 cm (approx), is IP67 rated, has 8gb of storage, infrared for night vision and has human detection built into it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It was a good start, but it doesn’t take a genius to know that most, if not all, thieves cover their faces when mid crime. So he also went for a infrared driveway alarm.<\/p>\n Again it charges through a solar panel, but some also have a USB port. The range is around 800m and it claims motion detection can be adjusted to avoid being set off by small animals or falling leaves. There are several versions of these you can purchase, depending on how many motion sensors you need, but we found the eMACROS set starting at $44.99 for one sensor and an alarm.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The video camera wasn’t quite right for me as I didn’t have anywhere to place it that a) put it out of reach, and b) didn’t record the front of my neighbours house. I instead went for a Yale PIR garage\/shed alarm<\/a>. At just \u00a312.99 it offers some peace of mind. I’ve mounted it in the garage and as soon as it detects movement it sets off a piercing alarm claimed to be 100db.<\/p>\n >>> Yale shed and garage alarm available on Amazon UK<\/a><\/p>\n \n Yale shed \/ garage PIR alarm is loud enough to scare off many unwanted guests<\/p>\n (Image credit: Future)<\/p>\n It’s easy to use by pressing number the number 4 to set it then getting out of range in 10 seconds. It only has four number buttons, and you set a four digit code to turn it off. Mine’s 1, 2, 3, 4. <\/p>\n Kidding.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"Yale](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cYU4oTTCnzd9CDzR6D5ZTP.jpg\")
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