GE 19209 Wireless Door Chime with Two Push Buttons
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of GE 19209 Wireless Door Chime with Two Push Buttons
Customer Review: So Far, So Good
Summary: 5 Stars
It had an easy set up. I like that the chime unit is battery operated...(3, C batteries needed). Also, the push button portions of this unit are battery operated..those are included. The optional, adhesive strips are quite strong and secure in attaching and holding the push buttons onto the doors, but screws are included, if you want to drill. I live in a cold climate and haven't had any problems with sticking buttons. For each press, the bell rings twice. Insistent pressing won't make it shrill nonstop, like my old bell. I like that feature. No over anxious person can "lean" on your doorbell, giving you a headache and pissing you off. It is rather loud, but so was my old bell. No volume control. I attached it to our metal security door and I don't get a tinny sound. They are many ring-tones to choose from, but some do sound a little silly to my ears. I use the standard ding dong and it sounds just fine.
It's necessary to make sure the unit is in the "on" position for it to work. The controls for changing ring tones are located inside the push button unit, right below the battery. A chart is included that tells how to access each desired ring tone. Very simple to change tones, but the controls for this are very tiny. The back cover on the push button unit fits very securely and tightly. The manufacturer doesn't recommend this item, if the doorbells will be exposed to direct rain. It's a lot cheaper than rewiring. UPDATE: I beem using this Chime for 6 months. I haven't had to change the battery yet and it worked just fine through the brutal, midwest, winter weather. I like it very much.
Customer Review: Loud Chime, Sticky Button
Summary: 4 Stars
Revised: 12/13/2009
Okay, looks like the Achilles Heel of this product are the wireless buttons provided with the unit. Both buttons stick and causes the doorbell to sound off constantly and it has worn off it's "charm". The first button stuck and I thought it was a fluke. Someone rang the doorbell while I was not at home and so it rang constantly until the batteries died. I switched the button and after a week it started sticking like the first so I am now looking to replace the entire unit.
Four stars down to two.
The volume on this doorbell is quite loud which is a good thing if you're on a different floor and/or at the back of the house. The multiple chimes are also a plus and I enjoy the humor of the coo-coo clock sounds (Gong, Coo-Coo!!! Gong, Coo-Coo!!!) which is the one I'm using.
One issue that needs to be resolved is that one of the buttons (two wireless buttons are provided) sticks causing the doorbell to coo-coo endlessly until I give the button a good tap or two to make it stop. The spastic coo-coo encourages the dogs and cat to start barking and meowing and my home goes from peaceful and serene to a Wild Kingdom cacophony in an instant. Needless to say, the door gets answered very quickly.
Product seems sturdy and reliable, is loud, and is guaranteed to catch your attention. A sticky button issue needs to be resolved but overall, a good product.
Customer Review: Wonderful Door Chimes
Summary: 5 Stars
I had read reviews on this GE Wireless Door Chime and had mixed emotions as to whether it was what I was looking for. After seeing more good reviews than bad, I decided to purchase it. Just as a few reviews noted, it is a very loud chime. One reviewer said it would be great for people who are hard of hearing, and they were very correct about that. They had said it was so loud had to put it inside a closet, but it turns out that in our basement it is perfect. My husband is very hard of hearing and when he is in the entertainment room downstairs with the tv turned up loud you can still hear the door bell ring. We like that you can set each button to a differnt chime sound so you can tell whether the visitor is at front or back door. Also great that you can choose from several different sounds. A couple reviews had said they purchased this item and only one button worked. We experienced the same thing but it turns out there are small batteries in each button control and we just had to buy 2 new batteries, which was not a bad deal because the price was very good compared to other wireless door chimes I had looked at buying. This was absolutely the best choice for door bell. We have lived at this house for 19 years and this is the first door bell we ever had. Now if we could only get people to use it (no one is used to there being a bell)!!!Customer Review: Very good Chime - lousy instructions - go to website for better
Summary: 4 Stars
Well, I know this will make me look really dumb, but ... I could not get these chimes to work. I went out and bought another set of new batteries and installed them, tried changing the security settings, nothing worked. Then I went to the JASCO website and viewed the PDF instruction manual for this chime. I was alarmed initially because the description of the "jumpers" and settings with photos is quite a bit different than what I held in my hand. (Mine had just 4 jumper positions and the on-line manual showed 7). But then I noticed in one photo that there was suppose to be a switch on the side of the chime unit. I looked .... and low and behold an ON OFF switch. Sure enough, I turned the unit ON and it worked perfectly. Once you know its there, the ON/OFF switch is very obvious. However, this switch is never mentioned in the written instrucitons - which consist of one 4 inch by 8 inch strip of paper with tiny print - English on one side, Spanish on the other. Reading other reviews, it seems like at least one other person may have run into this problem and couldn't get the unit to work. Even "trouble shooting" does not mention having the switch on. Well, DUH!Customer Review: Do NOT BUY this GE/JASCO door bell!
Summary: 1 Stars
We just passed the one year mark on this GE19209 Wireless Doorbell and all I can say is it is the most poorly designed unit I've ever seen... and G.E.'s sub (JASCO) refuses to admit they have a problem. My first unit ordered from Amazon was defective... and replaced at no charge (of course) Amazon was great - they even covered my return shipping. Then the cold weather hit and the push button started sticking. I contacted JASCO: "send it back, we will review and replace if deemed appropriate". So, without door bell for a few weeks. 2 new buttons arrive - JASCO claims nothing wring with the units I returned. A couple months later... same problem but now in the hot weather: button sticking again. Same drill (phone call to JASCO, letter, shipping, wait 3 weeks for replacement). Last month I returned two buttons and yesterday I received the replacement - this time they only shipped me one button! I'm done calling/writing/shipping defect product to them.
I've now been through this 4 TIMES and guess what - the unit is out of its 1 year warranty.
Sorry. No kind words to say other than this GE product is a P.of S.