Talked to a locksmith yesterday and now I'm rethinking how I wire motion sensors

Honestly, I was chatting with this locksmith named Dave while we waited for a client at the same house. He said most break-ins target the master bedroom window first, not the front door. That hit different because I've been placing my motion sensors facing hallways and ignoring side windows. Has anyone else adjusted their sensor placements based on real burglary patterns instead of just the manual?

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nora_wells5815h ago

Double down on that crawling idea. I actually tested my living room sensor by getting on my belly and moving slow, turns out there's a whole blind spot right under it where you could practically host a tea party. Real burglars know the standard 10 foot mount height leaves gaps if you're hugging the wall. I ended up lowering one of my sensors to about 4 feet off the ground in the corner and angling it down to catch anything moving along the baseboards. The detector's range gets shorter but the coverage is way tighter. Your mileage may vary but that trick alone caught me moving through what I thought was a dead zone in my own house.

jones.grace22h ago

Wait til you hear what a former cat burglar told me. He said they actually avoid motion sensors that point at obvious paths because people expect that, they look for the gaps nobody covers like windows hidden behind furniture or in the corner where two walls meet. Ever tested your sensor by crawling under its detection zone?

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