Review: LogicMark Freedom Alert no-fee system

No fee alerts call your friends and family instead of a monitoring station. Some people like them because you don’t have to pay the monthly fee to the monitoring company.

I’m lukewarm on the concept of no-fee medical alarms because I think it’s risky to rely on friends and family to answer the phone at any time of day or night to help you with an emergency. I think trained responders will do a better job with serious emergencies, and if it’s a non-emergency situation they can also do a great job of connecting you to a neighbor or family member.

Although there are a variety of no-fee medical alerts on the market, the models from LogicMark are the only ones I can recommend. They’re very well designed, which is why they get 4 stars even though I think you should consider a monitored system. That’s because they have 2-way communication through the pendant. This is a critical feature for any kind of medical alarm, but especially for one that doesn’t dial a monitoring center.

I particularly like the LogicMark Freedom Alert because it can be programmed to dial friends/family and/or 911.

Features of the Freedom Alert:

• Program up to 4 personal contacts
•  Slide switch on unit allows to select 3 modes:
  • Call up to 4 custom contacts
  • Call up to 4 custom contacts & then emergency 911
  • Call 911 directly
• Dial 5 feature: Call recipient is prompted to press ’5′ to continue emergency call. If the call hits voice mail and ’5′ is not pressed, the next programmed number will be dialed automatically
• System test and battery test functions. Battery lasts 6 months.
• Audible prompts and confirmations during set-up and testing
• Combination of up to 4 pendants or Emergency Wall Communicators programmed to one base station
• Auto power off of pendant after one minute of inactivity
• 24 hour emergency battery back-up
• Extra telephone jack in base unit
• Water resistant pendant

Details:

Overall rating

4 Stars

Type of System

Home based no-fee alert

Connection

Land line

Fall detection

No

Activation range

600 feet

Communications range

600 feet

Water resistance

Pendant is water resistant.

Battery life

6 months for pendant, 24 hr backup for base station

Price per month, paid monthly

No monthly charge

Price per month, paid quarterly

No monthly charge

Price per month, paid annually

No monthly charge

Price of unit

Retail $279, sometimes as low as $204

Money back guarantee

Depends on where you buy it.

Cancellation policy

n/a

Notes

If you’re set on a no-fee alert instead of a monitored medical alarm, this is the only one I can recommend.

Where to buy

Amazon usually has good deals

Pricing listed was accurate at the time this review was created/edited, but may have changed in the meantime.