TingfireReviews of tingfire.com

I’m convinced this is a bullshit service. My sensor constantly goes off-line. I would say it goes off-line every other day. How is that supposed to help detect potential fires? Also, I had a space heater plugged in and the outlet turned brown. My sensor was working at the time, but didn’t notify me. I find it hard to believe this company is legit.

Received Ting via State Farm. Ting notified us of several brownouts over the last few days. Our electricity finally went out and we called First Energy, The meter box was melted, red hot and smoking. First Energy cut our electricity at the pole and told us to call an electrician. We were seconds from our house being engulfed. I am truly grateful for Ting.

Read the reviews & Instructions very carefully like installing within 10 days even if it takes 11 to get it you have violated the contract. (“YOU ARE LEGALLY CAPABLE OF ENTERING INTO ENFORCEABLE CONTRACTS”) It must be very close to your router, just because all your devices can hook up within 50 feet don’t expect it to work at half that distance. It ONLY works on a single circuit, where most homes have 20-30. We violated are contract as we did not get it within the time it is supposed to be hooked up then we couldn’t get it close enough to hook up to the router. If all of that wasn’t bad enough the false alarms were constant, yet we were told that not to be the case & it could effect our insurance coverage. We paid to get our electrical system fully tested & there were no problems. Please read the instructions very carefully as you will give up a lot by agreeing. Our electrician showed how to have something similar that will detect EVERY circuit not just one with no contracts,“memberships” plus constant false alarms. It’s amazing how State Farm wants to monitor how you drive & what you do in the privacy of your own home plus just about anyone can get into your wifi through this device as they can by what they offer to put into your car. If you feel comfortable after reading every word on both contracts have at it.

I could never get mine to work and then I discovered that the funding for whisker labs, the company that makes the Ting fire device, was led by State Farm Ventures after the company was spun off from Earth Networks. That means State Farm Ventures which is the investment arm of State farm, owns a good part of the company that makes the device. This makes me believe that of course State Farm will get their money back after the initial 3-year free period and that they have access to the data that's gathered by whisker labs. It generates a lot of false positives and if your house was built after 1998, you have afci outlets in your house which stands for arc fault circuit interrupters. These Outlets stop an arc fault from being a problem and actually do something about it. The Ting device does nothing but notify your smartphone with sometimes minor voltage fluctuations. I wouldn't get one because State Farm will use it to raise your home insurance rates based on faulty information.

I installed the Ting electrical monitoring device about eight months ago. I have State Farm insurance and Ting provides free to State Farm customers in some states like Virginia where I have my main residence. But in Delaware, State Farm is not allowed to provide for free, so I paid for it & installed in my Delaware "vacation" home where I spend about half of my time. About 3 years ago, as I was upgrading to a new heat pump, a DELMARVA Power Co. workman discovered a serious fire hazard using infrared gun (550 degrees) in a connection to the electrical panel installed by my home builder. My townhouse and other connected townhouses could have caught fire. So I had a really good reason to buy a Ting. My device constantly goes offline for hours and days even though no power outage is responsible. I have moved it from outlet to outlet in the same room where my network modem and router are installed. Then, I get constant reminders that Ting is not connected to my wireless network, so no TING information. I have other security devices connected to my network installed in the same room that do not report continual outages that last hours and days. I have contacted Ting Customer Service about six times, the main message from them is, move it to another outlet. Yes, I do when I am in Delaware but I still have numerous outages. Of course when I am at my Virginia home, I can't move it. Bottomline: if you get it free, fine, you may benefit and I have read some of the very favorable customer reports. But TING Customer Service's position is, it's my problem and they are not willing to refund my money or replace it. BUYER BEWARE, DO NOT PAY For TING (+$100), Customer Service does NOT stand behind the product.

(Update at end) Out of the blue, I get an email from my home insurance carrier State Farm informing my that they have collaborated with this company to provide FREE monitoring of my home electricity that could detect conditions that could cause electrical fires. It operates through a dongle plugged to a receptacle that transmits various data back to the Mother Ship. The data is stored, analyzed and if significant abnormalities are detected, the user is contacted. Normally there is an upfront cost for the device, then annual service fee but State Farm will provide it free for three years. I presume this is experimental with them, to determine its effectiveness in reducing house fire claims. I, of course, was VERY suspicious. Insurance companies offering gifts? Never to be trusted. In this case, I actually read all the agreements and terms of service. One especially bothersome part is that Ting reports your data back to State Farm and if there are unremediated hazards. They are also EXTREMELY vague as to how this device works AND what exact faults it detects. BUT ... my tech geek curiosity got the better and I signed up. Just installed the device yesterday. As their materials state, it requires you to have a cell phone with WiFi and Bluetooth, a WiFi router, internet access and email account. Installation was reasonably fast and painless. Google app store, download app, install, open app, set up account (they verify email), ensure WiFi AND Bluetooth enabled on phone, follow app's instructions and then plug the device into a directly wired receptacle (no power strips, etc). So far the app shows two real-time graphs: voltage and something called "Hi-Fi" which they do not explain clearly but appears to be a measure of noise on the line. They say it takes seven days of monitoring to establish a baseline. Notes: - No desktop app; Android and iOS phones only - No integration with any home automation system - MUST plug into a receptacle directly wired to the breaker panel with no interference in between - They will pay up to $1,000 for an electrician to visit and repair a detected problem - They will provide support if problems originate with the electric utility - They send a weekly report of problems detected including power anomalies including spikes and outages For now, this is in the early stages for me and I am cautiously optimistic that it might be useful and not open a nightmare with an insurance company. I will keep updated. Update, December 19, 2024: It has now been a year (really flew by) since my initial review. The thing has been a big meh. It had not caused any problems and appears to work just fine. It has not reported any problems with my electrical wiring and did successfully capture and report a couple brief power outages that I was aware of. So ... I can NOT opine as to how effective it would actually be in detecting significant internal electrical problems. Would I pay for it beyond a first year to see if my wiring was buggy? Probably not. Will I keep it plugged in as long as SF pays for it? Sure, why not.