1. For me in my situation electricity is extremely expensive in the daytime, i.e, economy 7. So I get very cheap electricity at night for 7 hours, but in the daytime it is very expensive. I cannot run a big rig that I would need for BI 24/7 and pay for the electricity. I realise that would not be an issue everywhere in the world.
2. The big box I would need for BI would be easy to find in a burglary.
3. Noise from a big box means my German Shepherds won't hear the burglar as soon as I would like them to. No point having watch/guard dogs if I compromise one of their sensors.
4. Noise from a big box means background noise in my recordings, and that means I won't enjoy the recordings as much, i.e, the sound of the burglar noticing the dogs, pooping themselves and the sound of pee trickling down their trouser leg as they realise they're IN DEEP SHIT NOW! o(*.*)o
5. Personally, at the end of the day, I just like Xprotect. It makes me feel fuzzy inside. A bit like my car...it gives me a hard-on. My wife does that too, but she may not be your cup of tea. There are other choices of dog I could use for watch/guard dogs, but I like Working Line German Shepherds. I wanted a German Shepherd since I was a small boy before I went to school many decades ago. I grew up with big Bull Mastiffs for guard dogs and Fox Terriers for watchdogs to wake the Mastiffs up. That combination did the job very well too. I dare say BI does it's job very well too. It's just a personal preference for me at the end of the day.
