Caravan alarms

Kellyclan
Kellyclan Forum Participant Posts: 3
edited February 2016 in Caravans #1

When did Bailey decide a caravan alarm was no longer a standard factory fit on Unicorns?

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  • Watendlath
    Watendlath Forum Participant Posts: 232
    edited February 2016 #2

    When they introduced the S3.

    I had an alarm retrofitted by my Bailey dealer as I don't like the "cover" offered by Tracker retreive which only swings into action when you tell Tracker that the van has been stolen.  At this point I doubt I want it found and returned!

  • Kellyclan
    Kellyclan Forum Participant Posts: 3
    edited February 2016 #3

    Thank you, does this count as factory fitted by insurance companies?  If not I think we might fit our own as my hubby is qualified.

  • Kellyclan
    Kellyclan Forum Participant Posts: 3
    edited February 2016 #4

    I wonder if anyone else like us who ordered the caravan at the end of a very long day at the NEC assumed that an alarm was standard, especially as it had been on our previous pegasus. I was also stupid enough to think that retrieve was better than monitor.
    I wish someone had pointed the features of monitor before we signed. Still, we now have the van and the smell of new caravan is very seductive. We look forward to a number of damp free years with this one!

  • Watendlath
    Watendlath Forum Participant Posts: 232
    edited February 2016 #5

    Thank you, does this count as factory fitted by insurance companies?  If not I think we might fit our own as my hubby is qualified.

    It might depend on your insurance company but it is unlikely they would view it as "factory fitted". I insure with the CC and all they wanted to know was that one was fitted (didn't ask what make) and then they gave me 10% off the premium which covered the
    lost 10% when I cancelled the Tracker - so cost neutral.

  • richardandros
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    edited February 2016 #6

    I too had the Tracker Monitor plus alarm fitted when we bought our new Barcelona in December 2014, realising that the Retreive system was a waste of space and that there was no alarm fitted.  It was fitted by a national company who attended at the dealership
    prior to us collecting the van.  My insurance company (Saga) didn't query anything when I told them what was fitted and by whom, and gave me the discount.  Presumably, they were happy that if I'd been less than truthful, they would have a 'get-out' clause
    if it ever got stolen.

  • lesbunny
    lesbunny Forum Participant Posts: 133
    edited February 2016 #7

    Our latest caravan bought new in December comes with an alarm & a free 12 months Tracker subscription, however I shall not renew it at the end of the free period, as the £99 per year cost only gets me a £60 discount on insurance - and i would not really
    want the van back if it were stolen.

  • Wildwood
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    edited February 2016 #8

    Thank you, does this count as factory fitted by insurance companies?  If not I think we might fit our own as my hubby is qualified.

    It might depend on your insurance company but it is unlikely they would view it as "factory fitted". I insure with the CC and all they wanted to know was that one was fitted (didn't ask what make) and then they gave me 10% off the premium which covered the
    lost 10% when I cancelled the Tracker - so cost neutral.

    A tracker is not an alarm. An alarm is something that detects a problem and reacts. This is not something a tracker does but you may still get a discount.

  • richardandros
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    edited February 2016 #9

    True, Wildwood, but I think my Tracker Monitor came as a package with an integral alarm.  When you set the alarm, it also arms the Tracker system.  I also paid £199 through the Club discount to get lifetime subscription to Tracker.

  • SteveL
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    edited February 2016 #10

    True, Wildwood, but I think my Tracker Monitor came as a package with an integral alarm.  When you set the alarm, it also arms the Tracker system.  I also paid £199 through the Club discount to get lifetime subscription to Tracker.

    Same with us, setting the alarm arms the tracker. Also took out  the discounted lifetime subscription.

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