Honeywell Lynx Plus
There is a new updated version to Honeywell’s Lynx security system coming soon. The new system will be called Lynx Plus. I just read Honeywell’s press release about it last week. While I do not yet have the details about it’s feature set or how it differs from the LynxR2, which is the current generation, I do know that the Lynx Plus is smaller. It’s size has been reduced by about a third. This is good news because as it stands now against it’s total wireless competition, the LynxR2 is the largest among DSC’s Power 9047 and GE’s Simon XT, which are it’s chief competition.
I called around to several online dealers last week to find out if anyone had this Lynx Plus yet or if any knew when they would get it. All of the people I talked to were not even aware of it and none had any in stock as of Friday. Most said I’d see it on their site when it became available.
AlarmSystemStore.com offered to check with Honeywell and see when they’d get them. A call back an hour later and I was advised that they expect to have some by the second week of February.
No firm pricing yet, but not surprisingly the Lynx Plus are expected to be pricier than the LynxR2. Some numbers we heard thrown around were as much as 35% more than the current generation. If that is the case, there better be more brought to the table for that than a simple size reduction. That is quite a premium. We’ll keep you posted, the fellow at AlarmSystemStore promised to shoot me an email when they get them and have firm pricing from Honeywell.