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Heath Zenith SL-6153-C Basic Series Wireless Door Chime, Off-White
Heath Zenith SL-6153-C Basic Series Wireless Door Chime, Off-White
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List Price: $19.99
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars(based on 17 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1945
Category: Home Improvement

Publisher: Heath Zenith
Studio: Heath Zenith
Brand: Heath Zenith
Label: Heath Zenith
Color: Off White
Media: Tools & Hardware
Batteries: 4
Batteries Included: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 9.9 x 6.9 x 1.9

MPN: SL-6153-T
Model: SL-6153-C
UPC: 016963615304
EAN: 0082901087632
ASIN: B0002YSLC8

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:
  • Wireless doorbell with push-button transmitter and battery-powered chime
  • Single-door application (expandable to 2-door with purchase of additional push button)
  • Programmed with 3 tunes: 8-note Westminster and 1- and 2-note chimes
  • Transmission range up to 150 feet; 128 selectable codes
  • Off-white; 9 by 6 by 2 inches

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
CYPRUS WIRELESS CHIME White molded chime & push button Push button-battery operated chime plug 2 note chime For single door only Range: 100 ft. 64 coded channels SL-6153-T1 STEPUP WIRELESS BEL White

Amazon.com Product Description
If you need a doorbell but are a little nervous about doing your own wiring, then wireless is the way to go. With Heath Zenith's wireless doorbell systems, all you need to do is mount the doorbell and the chime-no electrical installation is needed.

With the SL-6153, the volume of the chime is adjustable, and you can select one of three different chimes, and the two-inch magnetic speaker gives you a rich, true-sounding tone. You can select from 128 code settings (which allow the doorbell to communicate with the chime) to make sure your neighbor's wireless systems won't set of your chime.

The battery for the doorbell is included, along with all the mounting hardware you'll need. Note that you will have to supply three D batteries for the chime.--Josh Dettweiler

What's in the Box
Doorbell chime, doorbell button/transmitter with battery, hardware pack




Customer Reviews:   Read 12 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars Just what I wanted   September 30, 2008
Works great. Mounted in the living room, and can hear it throughout the entire first floor of the house. Very nice volume, well worth the money.


5 out of 5 stars Great solution, easy install   August 22, 2008
  1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Incredibly easy to set up, I bought one of these for my apartment because I can't hear people knock from my room. I also bought one for my research lab because we have large air handlers that create a lot of ambient noise so it was difficult to hear knocking there. Both work great.


5 out of 5 stars Good Product   August 22, 2008
  2 out of 2 found this review helpful

The Heath Zenith Basic Series Wireless Door Chime performs as advertised. Set up was very easy and the instructions were clear. It took about 35 minutes to install including time to set the type of chime, mounting the chime unit above a door, and mounting the doorbell/transmitter on the front door. I used screws to mount the doorbell, but the unit can also be mounted with the supplied two sided tape. I used this tape to mount a second doorbell on stucco where there was no wood available. One minor complaint about the unit, jumpers, like the ones used on old computer boards, are used to set everything. Switches would have been an improvement. But, as the instructions point out, most users won't have to move a jumper.

The doorbell claims to transmit a signal up to 150' through walls, windows, doors, etc. The operative word here is up to. What the instructions do not make clear is that any obstruction will reduce this distance. In our setup the doorbell transmits about 50' with no trouble. One aspect of this doorbell that you have to get used to is the delay. Press the button and there is about a 2 - 5 second delay before the chime sounds. The delay seems even longer with the second doorbell that I have set to chime once, as opposed to the front doorbell which chimes twice. Also, if the chime is pressed multiple times it seems to cancel out an earlier request to chime, but I didn't make an extensive test of this. This may also be the source of reviewers saying the bell only works about 50% of the time. However, the chime is loud and easy to hear all over our house.

I decide on the battery operated chime with wireless doorbell because I had no convenient AC outlet. If you have an AC outlet in just the right spot, the plug-in chime and wireless doorbell would probably be a better choice. Finally, I purchased the second doorbell through one of Amazon's third party vendors (BIC). The doorbell works fine. However, with shipping the doorbell was ~$13. Considering that the entire unit is just $19 this is a bit much. Unfortunately, even though I went to Amazon's web site to cancel the order immediately after I placed it, it was already being prepared and couldn't be cancelled. If you need a second doorbell, I would just order and entire second unit and use the chime as a backup.

Overall I am happy with this product and recommend it. However, if you are planning to transmit over 100' be aware there could be problems.



4 out of 5 stars Pretty Good   June 14, 2008
This doorbell is pretty cool. It has different options for the number of chimes and it is easy to post the button by door. But sometimes it goes off when there is no one at the door. Weird...


1 out of 5 stars Don't buy this! It cannot be trusted.   June 11, 2008
I received this about a week ago, and after much moving around of the button I discovered that it is only reliable in the same room as the bell unit. About 30' away, through a glass window and a plaster wall, and it only worked 50% of the time.

If there is a doorbell button people will push it, and half of the time you won't know a thing about it and whoever it is will do what they do when no one answers the door. The unit is not to be trusted; it is worse than useless. Mine is in the trash, along with almost double its value in batteries for which I now have no use.


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