PA-30 | Pool Patrol | Pool Alarm | Certified ASTM Safety Specification F2208 | Safe for Pool Owners with Children, Neighbors | Easy to Install with Adjustable Sensitivity Settings

I bought this but almost did not buy it because of a FEW reviews that it went off easy. I am VERY glad I went ahead and bought it as well as took the TIME to read the SIMPLE manual and adjust the sensitivity. This is a serious subject and not just a blender we are buying.I have a golden retriever puppy that loves to fall in so I can "save" him and our home is built all around a lovely pool. If he falls in the pool it WILL go off inside the home as well as the unit will go off. You have to turn it upside down to quiet it. And go in the house and turn the other alarm off. But in general it won't go off if your pool motor turns on or a gentle breeze goes by-unless maybe it is right near a vent. Serious wind, it may, because it works by the lip being tilted and touching water.Gently place it in the pool because I plopped it in and did not know water touching the rim will keep it in alert mode. I called the company and the person who answered was VERY sweet and already willing to take a return on it---I felt bad and just said I could not get it to stop sounding. She asked if water was on the blue rim, and I said yes. She said dry that off and gently place it back in. She even insisted her company will mention that in the next manual. So, the manufacturer does everything to make this work for us.My retriever is 30 pounds so I practiced tossing a 30 pound object [basically a 3 gallon object] in the pool from any angle, and yes, it created enough of a wave to set it off. So, this is second best to complete supervision. It does have to be tied fairly center in the pool and on each side...I bought two bricks that match the pool pavers to do that. It looks fine and chances are if he falls he will touch the thin ties anyway. Which is what I hope happens if he ever falls in, to really set the alarm off.Pool help I tell to just leave it on the side when they are done cleaning and I will reset it. But I do not cringe anymore if he left my sight for a minute and he is no answering to his name. I can rule the pool out, which is splendid.

Sensitivity can be easily adjusted by turning top (blue) disc. I had read a lot about problems with the sensitivity but I have not run into that at all. I basically said it so that I could cause the alarm to go off by slapping the water but when the cats or dogs try to drink out of the pool or I move the water gently it will not go off. There are little lines on the black bass that allow you to see where you’re at as far as more or less sensitivity. I think I have mine with a little more sensitivity than the middle marker. I am very happy with this product and would highly recommend it that’s far ( I have only had it a couple weeks). Product will alarm in the house and outside of the house which is perfect! When pool alarm is set off, you have to go inside and turn off the inside alarm as well to reset. To reset the pool alarm/disk in water. You simply pick it up. Shake excess water off. Turn it upside down for five seconds. Wait for water to settle a little bit and gently set it back in the pool . The alarm is loud enough to get your attention, and if you have neighbors close by theirs as well haha!Also… the directions say not to use with a floating chlorine dispenser. I decided that I would leave the chlorine dispenser in and several days went by with no problem, but it was raining today and the chlorine dispenser got under the lip of the pool alarm and set it off.

When it was working there were just too many false positives despite a lot of time spent trying different positions and trying to calibrate it.Then disaster struck, our pool cleaner decided it wanted to get all close and personal with the unit and dragged it under water.The unit was just full of water and despite drying it out it just no longer works. I took it apart and had thoughts of attempting my own repair (I have successfully repaired many electronic devices) but I just couldn't bring myself to waste a lot of time on something that was pretty useless anyway.The waterproofing on this device is just hopeless, it might shrug off a few minor dunks or splashes but is in no way "waterproof" as was demonstrated by my pool cleaner drowning it. This pretty much means that it WILL get destroyed at some point.I ended up using a Solar Driveway alarm as an additional safeguard by our pool. I have the sensor for this pointed across the main access to the pool such that anyone (will detect child or dog) that moves towards the pool will break the beam and sound the alarm in the house. Whilst it's no full pool alarm it's just an extra tool in trying to keep the kiddos safe. I unplug it when there are no children visiting.

Set this up recently and tested it, after adjusting sensitivity a couple times, the alarm did ring on both the float, and the alarm inside our house. My husband dropped two gallons of water tied together in the water to try it out, and it went off after we made sure sensitivity was set right. I am concerned that it might not work perfectly as our pool is irregularly shaped, and the alarm tends to float way off to one side, so if our toddler were to wander into the side far away from it, it may not go off. I believe the instructions state that it should float in the center of your pool, which anyone can see is ridiculous, because there is no way to force it to stay in the middle of your pool. So I’m not sure if it would save our child for sure, but that is why you always have LAYERS of protection - a vigilant adult, a pool fence, and alarms. Hoping this can help provide another one of those layers.