Quick Stats:

Most Important Things To Consider	How Did American Medical Alarms Do?
Pricing	American Medical Alarms
Installation/Equipment	Free Self Installation
Monthly Charges	$24.95/Month
Advance Payment Discounts	None
Monitoring Agreement Term	Month-To-Month
Repairs or Replacement Charges	None, Replacements Shipped
Cancellation Policy & Discounts	American Medical Alarms
Cancel at Any Time	Yes.
Senior Discount	None.
Other Discounts	No.
Equipment	American Medical Alarms
Approximate Button Range in Typical Home	Coverage For Up To 6000 Sq. Ft. Home and 200'-300' Outside
Watch/Button Battery Life	Battery Will Last Approximately 7 Years
What Happens if I Lose Power	System Has 16-18 Hours of Battery Back-Up
Is the Watch/Button Waterproof	Yes
How Can The Button Be Worn	Neck or Wrist - You Must Choose When Ordering
UL Certified Equipment	Yes
Does The System Automatically Test Itself To The Monitoring Center	Monthly
24 Hour Technical & Customer Support	Yes
Monitoring Station	American Medical Alarms
CSAA Five Diamond Certified Monitoring Center	No
Typical Response Time When Button Pressed	Approximately 45 Seconds
Other Options & Information	American Medical Alarms
How Fast Does System Ship	Orders received after 3:00 PM Eastern Time or on weekends will be shipped the following Business Day
Do You Need Separate Systems For Mom & Dad	No. $35.00 Charge For Additional Button
Activity Monitoring Available	No

Likes:

Long Range Voice & Button – Claim to have the longest button and two way voice range. Remember that home construction and layout (among other things) can greatly impact wireless signal range and home acoustics can impact audio quality.

Automatic Monthly Tests – System's console will automatically test monthly to the monitoring station.

24-Hour Support – Support is available 24 hours per day.

Flexible Monitoring Agreement - You can cancel at anytime.

Dislikes:

Do Not Own Monitoring Center - They do not monitor their accounts themselves, but they do work with a central monitoring station which has dispatch centers in California and Texas.

Short Console Battery Life if Power is Lost - The system should provide at least 24-hours of battery backup if there is a power loss. American Medical provides 16-18-hours. Many companies provide 32-hours of standby battery.

No Activity Monitoring – Activity monitoring typically requires the user to check in with the system by pressing a button once every 24 hours. This is very beneficial as it allows you to know that your loved one is active and about each day.

No Pill Reminder Option – Having the system remind you of when to take medication is a nice feature, although not required by all. Many of these services have the main unit console provide some sort of beep reminder on regular interval to remind you of when to take your medication. The downside to this option is that it will not tell you what or how much medication to take.

No Fall Detector Option – Since diabetics can have the tendency to faint, fall detectors can be helpful because the user would be unable to press their medical emergency button.

Bottom Line:

American Medical Alarms has a competitive service offering. If you have DSL service, then you won't have to worry about adding a DSL filter, as their console has one built-in.

When monitoring a second person in the same home, we found that they do in fact gather separate information on the second person monitored. See our tip: Two Medical Alert Monitoring Systems For The Price of One? for more information on this type of service offering.

We do prefer companies that monitor their own accounts in their own CSAA 5-Diamond central stations. This provides better quality control with less parties involved.

Although our experience with this company had these results, your experience may be different. If you're interested in this company's services, contact them to judge for yourself.