The Safety Turtle Gate Alarm

Drowning is the biggest cause of death for children below the age of 5 in Australia. In addition, for every child that drowns, many more are admitted to hospital and between 5 and 20% of these will suffer brain damage to some extent.

Over half of toddler drownings occur in backyard swimming pools.

Of course, all pools should be fenced, but the weakest link always tends to be the gate. Wear and tear may cause the gate to be left open, or a child could possibly open the gate when the parents are not aware that this is occurring. The Safety Turtle wireless gate alarm has been designed to enhance the security of a swimming pool fence.

If the Safety Turtle gate alarm is installed, the alarm will sound at the Base Station (usually located in the house) if a child succeeds in unlatching the gate, or if the gate fails to re-latch after adult entry. (In addition, if a child wearing a Safety Turtle wristband, available separately, enters the water, the alarm will sound).

The product has the following features:

• The gate alarm can be installed by the home owner on any wood or metal gate.
• The alarm is wireless, which allows you to decide where alarming occurs, within 250 ft. [75 m.] of the gate. Other similar systems usually alarm only at the gate, where you may not hear it.
• The system also has an adult bypass switch on top of the unit, which means that the Safety Turtle gate sensor never has to be disarmed. It provides an 11 second entry time so the alarm sounds on child entry but not on adult entry. Entry time can be extended by holding or repeatedly depressing the switch within 11 seconds. An LED on the sensor illuminates during the bypass period. It also confirms that the battery is functioning. li>The Safety Turtle gate alarm is qualified to operate in weather all year-round.
• The alarm volume can be reduced temporarily for testing.
• The replaceable sensor battery [included] lasts 30,000 entries.