| Mighty Mule FM231 Wireless Driveway Alarm | 
| Brand: Mighty Mule
Category: Home Improvement
List Price: $79.00
Buy New: $63.50
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Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 746
Media: Tools & Hardware
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 13 x 3
MPN: FM231-FM131
Model: FM231
UPC: 090835001501
EAN: 0090835001501
ASIN: B003765W0W
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| Features:
| • | The outdoor electromagnetic sensor only detects vehicles; no false alarms due to animals, children, etc. | | • | Easy-to-install Electromagnetic Sensor Wand is buried next to your driveway, and detects mass metal moving within a 3-12 ft. radius of the wand. | | • | When a vehicle passes by the sensor, an outdoor transmitter communicates wirelessly to an internal base station up to 400 ft. away and sounds a pleasant chime | | • | Ideal for home and business | | • | Requires 2 AA batteries (not included) |
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 16
 Haven't gotten it to work yet! September 5, 2010
Sam F. Evans (NOBLE, OK, US)
I had high hopes for this product, it is about 200 feet from my house(live in country). It detects the vehicle, as the light on the transmitter blinks as it is supposed to. But the receiving unit in the house doesn't not signal that a car has past. I even took the receiver outside, still no warning. I tried lithium batteries, thinking that might help, changing the dip switches, turning the unit on it's post, etc. nothing helped. Probably if the two units were closer, transmitter and receiver, it would work. It seems as though the claimed 600 ft range is a bit overstated. Maybe some other owner has figured it out and can post a "fix"!
Not reliable September 4, 2010
Fay E. Garrett
We were excited to purchase this product, but it has not worked correctly since installed. Worked great for first week. Then it started a constant beeping. Took batteries out, reinstalled, worked for another week. Just stopped working again, no reason just did. Took batteries out again, reinstalled and is working today, but don't know about tomorrow. Very disatisfied! Have only had it installed for less than one month, but you cannot depend on it to work. I really feel cheated.
 Electromagnetic vehicle alarm. September 3, 2010
Thomas Rattray (Cincinnati, OH USA)
Did exactly what it was supposed to do. Easy to install. A tube coupling was missing to connect the two tube sections so I had to get one at a plumbing department. I'd like this better if it could distinguish between vehicles entering and leaving the driveway. A counter would also be nice.
Good purchase September 1, 2010
Arizjo, Tucson, AZ
I am very pleased with this Mighty Mule FM231 driveway alarm. It does exactly what I needed, to be notified when a vehicle drives up my driveway to approach my house. It works much better than the less expensive model that I had previously purchased through a catalog. The bell isn't too loud but just loud enough. The ONLY problem I've had is the ocassional false alarm. But they're much less often than the previous alarm I owned.
 Mighty Mule Driveway Alarm August 30, 2010
Jimmie D. Inman (Sunset, TX, US)
I ordered the Mighty Mule Wireless Driveway Alarm model 231 because I have had fairly bad results with IR motion detector based alarms. The MM Alarm arrived on time and in very good condition. Right away after opening the box, I noticed there was a problem. The PVC pipe for mounting the transmitter has been cut on an angle to allow easier driving into the ground like a stake. Unfortunately, the wire to the detector also has to be run up that PVC to the transmitter, so you will surely damage the wire while driving the stake if your ground is not extremely soft. My solution was to drill a hole in the stake about about 10 inches up so that the stake can be driven and then the wire fed into the hole and up the tube to the transmitter. This worked and I was able to install the sensor and transmitter with no other issues. Next, I found that the advertised 400' range is very suspect. I placed the transmitter a little over 325 feet from my house and the receiver would not pick up the signal from inside the house. I had to take it outside where it worked well. I moved the transmitter to about 150' from my house and it works excellent. I would say that this alarm is not satisfactory at 400' and MM should advertise it for 250' or less to be completely truthful. If you want a longer distance model, you'll need to buy a different product. It would also help if the volume could be doubled. It seems that none of these alarms include satisfactory volume for those of us who are slightly hearing impaired.
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