Cha H.
Cheaper than Life Alert
Cheaper than Life Alert. With Bay Medical we had to pay 3 months up front, so we paid about $90, compared to Life Alert's $50+ a month. When my aged father pushed his neck pendant on accident, he did receive a call from Bay Medical. But because my father is hard of hearing he did not respond to Bay Medical's person that called to make sure my dad was okay. So the police and fire truck came and responded to a false alarm. So Bay Medical did their job, of which I was grateful for. Because of the false alarm, Bay Medical, after calling the police, was suppose to call me, but did not. That's when I realized that there was a form to fill out so I would get that call after an emergency. I believe only hard copies or faxes of that form were accepted. No electronic submissions. I do not like the way the neck pendant is made. So I cut off the connecting plastic part (because my father pulled it loose and fell off his neck) and just tied a knot with the satin cord. I like that this pendant is waterproof so my father wears it in the shower. He really never takes the pendant off. We did purchase a $50 lockbox from Bay Medical. We realized that the paramedics needed a key to open the door if there was no one available in an emergency. We did not want our door broken down, so we invested in the $50 lockbox. I liked that it was made of metal and it took a 4-digit combination to open. Overall, Bay Medical has been a good value with good service at $30 a month, but don't care for the 3 months at a time payment. Side note: be sure to save the box the alarm system comes in so you can easily mail it back to the company.



