BCONE® System Pool Alarm by Lifebuoy® | Certified ASTM F2208 Floating Pool Alarm | Loud Pool Safety Alarms on Home & Pool Units | Connects to Alexa | Pool Alarms for Inground Pools and Above-Ground

Worth every penny for safety and peace of mind. Sensitivity can be a little much sometimes but overall great purchase.

This floating pool alarm works as published and is very easy to install and get working. When using with the wireless application, it will notify you on your phone or other device, if the alarm goes off, and you can set or reset it to various settings, right from your phone. I passed my new pool inspection the very first time after the new pool enclosure was completed--after it was damaged by Hurricaine Milton. New Florida 2023 code requires an alarm in the pool area. The floating pool alarm is much easier to use than trying to place window and sliding-glass-door alarms around the pool area. This pool alarm is ASTM F2208 CERTIFIED! Plus, the CEO of this company really cares about customer satisfaction.

I realize I'm not the usual case for this alarm since my pool is about 250' from my house. This unit needs to connect to the home base station to work via wifi. The unit and the home base can only be 100' apart. The unit that goes in the pool does not have wifi, only the home base. Even though I have an access point 12' from the pool, this unit does not work!

We have had this pool alarm for 3 YEARS now and I would buy it over and over again. We have two toddlers that are obsessed with the pool. It has alerted us everytime they stepped foot in the pool. Sometimes it will go off if a plane flies by or the system kicks on, but you can adjust the sensitivity. The alarm volume is very loud inside and outside, our neighbors hear if it goes off and if you are away from home, it goes off on your phone which is nice to know. You can control the entire system from your phone, the inside system or even the actual BCone so it makes it super convenient. Seriously AMAZING PRODUCT even after 3 years.

Once product is set-up and running, it works pretty well. The set-up will be a bit frustrating, even if you are tech savvy. I have my home functioning with close to 40 items running remotely through wi-fi, so I'm experienced with this kind of device. The software updated 3 times in the install, then the app needed updating. I understand updates are needed but this really seemed off putting as it stopped the set-up each time. Once it was set-up, the product does seem to be very good. We used a 32oz water bottle dropping it into the pool in different locations, caught it every time. They might not say this in the add but you would really have to try very hard to be in there and not set this device off. Time will tell how it holds up against the Phoenix sun, but I'm feeling good about my purchase.

Easy to install.

Man this device is really promising. Unfortunately it feels very beta right now- as most of my issues are with the app and the ability to properly silence alarms and notifications. This is unfortunate since it's priced with a "peace of mind" premium for a very unpolished product.I have been testing for about a week now to find the right sensitivity settings. When the alarm sounds, swiping from the app rarely works. I usually have to swipe 6 or 7 times as it keeps popping up. Normally, this never mutes the alarm. When it does, it usually only mutes inside while the buoy alarm continues to sound and annoy my neighbors.To silence the buoy, I have to open the app which is usually stuck spinning for several minutes, and when it finally stops, click the "off" button. Sometimes it never stops spinning and I must force close the app, clear the cache, re-open, and turn it off. Meanwhile the alarm is sounding outside the entire time.Also, when turning it off from the app, I will get a notification usually 10 minutes later to let me know it has been changed to "off" or "swim". For my wife and I- this means there's a considerable delay if one of us turns off the app or if it turns itself off for some reason before we are notified.While this is annoying, my other issue is the most concerning- and that is the sensitivity settings. They seem very inconsistent. A product like this requires significant trust and repeatable results to earn that trust.In my testing with several kids over several days, we've had them "fall" in with minimal splashing, flailing, and just normal swimming. What does and doesn't trigger the alarm seems very odd and inconsistent. Sometimes it will go off and sometimes it won't. Yesterday my daughter was playing 5 feet from it and it wouldn't trigger, while this morning I grabbed a water sample on the other side of the pool and it went off.I think this device has a lot of potential. Unfortunately in it's current state, muting the alarm is moderately annoying, and trusting the alarm to go off consistently is impossible. You're basically dropping $500 and hoping it works that one time you need it to- but knowing it probably won't.The most frustrating part of all of this is the Bcone has a higher price tag than the lifebuoy- all because of the wifi connectivity - which is actually currently useless in this device because you have to work so hard to silence it remotely.I'll hold on to mine until the end of the return period and if any changes are made to show they're listening, I'll keep it and update my review. If not, I'll return it until they're resolved.Given it's been available for over a year and a half and still has basic issues with notifications, I'm not holding my breath.