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It is an awesome product! I don't understand some of these less than positive reviews, but I do see some misrepresentations of what some people claim that it will not do. Before you buy it, go to their website and read the forums. There you will see a lot of what it does and does not do from real users. They do not sell the cube separatley. If you want the cube you have to buy a cube system and then build it up from there. Okay, so first off, the iSmartalarm home security monitoring system with the cube was designed to be a separate product from the iCamerakeep. The iCamerakeep is a stand alone product by itself that will monitor with motion sensor and send you alerts, but it won't record video as a stand alone, you need the cube to record video. If you do decide to link the iCamerakeep to the cube system, you need to understand how it works. The iCamerakeeps have motion sensors but they only trigger the system in their stand alone operation. When you link the iCamerakeeps to the cube, the motion sensors do not trigger the system. They don't need to. If you have a cube system than you already have window contacts and door contacts and motion sensors that will trigger the system. When linked to the cube, if the alram is triggered, than the camera's motion sensors will start that camera's video recording when motion is detected by that camera. If the intruder moves to another camera, then that camera will start recording. You can have up to four iCamerakeeps (and one iCamera). Now, if you want the iCamerakeeps motion sensors to be part of the trigger system, you CAN do that too! You create a custom mode and the instructions are in their forums. Some cavaet here...the custom mode can be armed only from the phone app, not from the key FOB. So you do need to take out your phone to activate the custome mode when you leave the house. The nice thing is you can disarm the system even with the custom mode with the key FOB. So your family memebers don't have to hassel with anything unusual, one button on the key tag and their in. On the other hand if you arm the system from the key tag instaed of the custom mode, it will arm in it's default settings, which is the iCamerakeeps will now record video when motion is in front of them, but they won't triigger the system from their motion sensors. (EDIT: Jan 2019 - You can now customize the default buttons on the remote tag, including if you want the icamerakeeps for triggering the alarm.) Another point that is mentioned a lot is that it can get expensive adding cameras and sensors. The iSmartalarm does not have a monthly fee. Any other system will require purchasing the hardware, ie; cameras, sensors, key tags etc., anyway, and then you have a monthly fee on top of that if you want monitoring. The iSmartalarm is a monitoring system, sends alerts to your smartphone. It also sends you a phone call. That was a huge deciding factor in my decision. Most other DIY systems only send you alerts. With so many alerts on smartphones these days they are annoying and often ignored. Set up a unique ring tone, like mine is a series of beeps, so you know it's your ismartalram. You can then verify what is going on if you have the cameras. Phone call systems are typically found on monitored systems, like ADT. The alarm calls ADT, then they call you. Sounds great until you think for a second. Huh?? Just have the system call me. It took me less than an hour to set up mine, blind to any previous knowledge of the system. I could set up another one in fifteen minutes. I set mine up in a two story house. The cube is upstairs and there are sensors downstairs. The system has no problem finding and communicating between the two floors. So it is not just for small apartments or dorms. You can greatly expand the system. It is absolutely brilliant, well thought out and well engineered. I am a retired Electronic Engineer and I appreciated their achievement. Their tech support is also very good. I spoke with Albert there, who answered the phone and walked right through any questions I had, no problem. Do your own homework first, understand what the iCamerakeep system is and the iSmartalarm cube system is. Unlike some of the other reviews, I had absolutley no problems with the set up, the hardware, the cameras, the sensors or anything else. In my opinion, their hardware Engineers are really good and their software Engineers are really good. I have only one complaint. The key tag has raised plastic instead of real labeling. I first saw this style used on the back of VCR's and DVD players and I always hated this penny pinching system. Unless you have really, really good light and 20/20 vision it's impossible to read. I put my own lables on the key tag, see the photo. That's my complaint. It is a great system and a great product. It's one of the few times I bought something and was 100% happy. Just know what it is before you dive in!