KEEP YOUR HOME SAFE THIS WINTER WITH ABUS

As the nights draw in and it gets darker, homeowners can often feel like they need extra security to keep their homes safe. It’s completely understandable – with gardens, sheds, and the like out of use for months, it’s natural to want to close them off securely. Of course, there’s also the house itself, and who wouldn’t benefit from making their home a bit safer? Whether it’s some security cameras fitted with motion lights, weatherproof padlocks to withstand the cold, or even just replacing your lock cylinders with ones that are more robust, there are a whole host of ABUS products that can help you secure your home this winter.

For the exterior of your home, the first thing you may want to consider getting is a security camera. We recommend one of our wifi-based camera systems, such as: the ABUS WiFi battery cam with base station (article number 0080185) or the ABUS Smart Security World Wi-Fi Camera with Light (article number 6013944). Both cameras are weatherproof, and offer an intercom function. Where the former can be used both outdoors and inside, the latter has a 120 degree wide angle and infrared night vision, and a panic function making it perfect for the illumination and surveillance of entrance areas. 

• However, these security cameras are of course less successful if the exterior of your home isn’t properly secure, too. ABUS offers a range of weatherproof padlocks, such as the 80TI/50 or the 41 series, to help secure sheds, cellar windows, switchboards and the like.The 80TI is protected with NANO PROTECT coating to help stop extreme corrosion, with solid bodies of titanium and brass respectively, they are the perfect addition to any home security system. The 41 series is laminated steel with an ETERNA™ coating on each laminate for extreme corrosion resistance 

Did you also know that we offer these weatherproof padlocks in a marine range, too? Locking up your boats for winter can often put them at risk of theft, even more so when the extreme weather conditions at ports can damage the padlocks you use. The ABUS T84 is a solid brass lock with synthetic coating, making it perfect to withstand these highly corrosive conditions. 

Of course, as the nights get darker, dealing with these padlocks or other outdoor areas of your property may require a little bit of extra light – even beyond the light of your camera system. ABUS offer a range of hand-held torches, such as the TL525, to help. This torch not only comes with a red light, for good night vision, it also comes with a flashing strobe setting, which is perfect should you need to deter a wild animal, for example. We also offer the TL500, a pen light that is small enough to fit into a trouser pocket, and so perfect for hobbies and leisure activities. 

The final ABUS product that we recommend help secure your home is our X60 cylinder. Door cylinders are a key component against break in protection, and the X60 is protected against five types of attack: drilling, picking, bumping, snapping and extraction. It also comes with a security card, meaning duplicate keys can only be made once that card is presented. What’s more, it is certified according to BSI***, Sold Secure Diamond & Secured by Design, so you can be sure of its abilities. 

Feel safe this winter with ABUS, and get in contact with one of our partners today to find out how we can protect your home this winter.