i have one, its a toad one, its insurance approved and category 1thatcham. never had a problem with it, works from just far enough away to s**t people up!! would deffo recommend it mate
Yoy do know that it is not a Cat 1 alarm once the remote start is fitted?
As per post below, taken from a Thatcham forum rep:
I’m sorry, but you don’t seem to be grasping the Thatcham Criteria that's in question here at all.
I’ve studided the Thatcham criteria again today and confirmed this now during a conversation with Thatcham, so this is the definitive answer:
Remote Start Devices
An alarm system that incorporates a full Remote Start feature will not meet 95/54 EC approval, and without this European approval such systems will not even be considered by “Thatcham” for Cat 1 approval, now or in the future
Fact.
- you may want to ask further questions of any rep who tells you that they have such a product on the way.
Adding a Separate Remote Start unit to your vehicle will render the Thatcham approval of any existing Cat 1 alarm system fitted to the vehicle void.
As well as the contravention of 95/54 EC, the fact that leaving
“an unattended vehicle in a public place with the engine running” contravenes the UK “Construction and Use Regulations”.
Fact.
Turbo Timers
Providing that these are wired “in-series” with the Cat 1 systems immobilisation circuits (ie in such a way that if the immobiliser goes open circuit, then the engine will be cut) and provided that the Timer does not allow the engine to run for longer than 60 seconds (not 30 seconds as my previous posts – my apologies) after the ignition is turned off or the ignition key removed, then this is acceptable.
However, if the Timer is wired in parallel to the immobiliser (ie effectively by passing the immobiliser) or if it allows the engine to run for longer than 60 seconds after the ignition is turned off or the ignition key removed, then it will also render the Thatcham approval of any existing Cat 1 alarm system fitted to the vehicle void.
Fact
There is another potential problem here, as increasing the effective length of the immobilisation circuits (by connecting the Timer "in series" as required) may cause reliability/starting problems due to the increased resistance in the circuits.