they are unmonitered but infinately more effective, it's alittle company outta New Haven called Mossberg, I have the model 500 works great and the response time for getting the police there is much more quickly than just one of those annoying alarm sounding sirens.
lol, my 500 has me covered when I'm here. It's when I'm not home that I'm worried about. Also, I sleep like a rock, so i need something to give me a head start on the BG's, lol.
Thanks for the suggestions guys! I think I'm going to hit up REC come monday.