Kubu and a traditional alarm answer different questions. Kubu tells you whether the door or window is actually locked. An alarm tells you when something is happening at the property that shouldn't be.
What Kubu will not do
Kubu does not detect glass breakage, movement inside the property or perimeter breach in the way an alarm's PIR and shock sensors do. For those, a conventional alarm system is still the right tool.
What Kubu does that an alarm does not
The everyday „did I lock the door?” question is one an alarm answers only indirectly. Kubu answers it plainly, which is a considerable day-to-day convenience irrespective of whether an alarm is fitted.
The combination in practice
On new aluminium work, the standard approach is to specify Kubu-ready hardware and to keep the conventional alarm for intrusion detection — two systems doing different jobs, not one replacing the other.
For readers researching options locally, 5EC's aluminium windows and 5EC's front doors are both worth reviewing — both are handled by 5EC, a Stevenage-based authorised supplier working across Hertfordshire.
Detailed technical documentation is available on Kubu's security information.