Should you buy Vape detectors from Amazon ?
Amazon is an amazing online marketplace to purchase almost anything. The retailer lists about 350 Million items in its catalogue and many are available to ship the same day and arrive the next with Prime Shipping. However, there are still many items that you cannot order through Amazon and some that you can but should not.
With an increase in teenage vaping, many schools are turning to vape detectors to know when and where students are vaping. Vape detectors such as Triton’s 3D Sense have smart insights like showing you trends of what time and locations are more popular for vaping so they can better allocate resources to address this.
Vape detectors are usually sold directly to schools by their manufacturers or sold to schools through third party resellers who often do the installation as well. However, some schools chose to purchase vape detectors on ecommerce sites with no experience in vape detection such as Amazon. While Amazon is convenient, we do not recommend purchasing such products from them for a few reasons.
#1: No Support
When you purchase a vape detector from Amazon, you are not purchasing through a trusted dealer. Instead you have no human interaction during the buying process and therefore it is much harder to get support for installation and maintenance
#2 Higher Prices
Amazon take a large portion of all sales made on the website. Because of this, companies that sell their vape detectors on the site raise the prices to cover this even though they provide no additional features. These higher prices mean many schools that purchase their vape detectors on Amazon often cannot purchase as many as they would need.
#2: No Warranty
Additionally, purchasing through a SES Technologies comes with a 10 year warranty and a great relationship with customer support from the manufacturer. This support and warranty will likely not be present when buying on Amazon.
#3: No Shipping Benefits
Despite Amazon having free fast shipping on millions of items in its warehouses, vape detectors are not one of them. Vape detectors are shipping slowly from Amazon using snail mail and can take weeks to reach your door. We have even heard from customers that the vape detectors they ordered on Amazon did not ship for weeks. We can supply install and configure devices within a week or receiving an order.
We highly recommend purchasing vape detectors and other school security products from authorised dealers, such as SES Technologies, where we not only supply, but install, configure and manage the whole process from end to end.
If you would like to purchase vape detectors, want a quote or a free demonstration/trial contact us