Winter Plumbing Device Warns of Frosty Pipes

Here in New Mexico, land of incessant heat, the shock 10-day winter is always a delight, compounding the ineptitude of local drivers and ruining undrained pool filtration systems. Thanks to Brookstone’s Freeze Alarm, however, your frozen desert holiday home can call in to warn you of impending plumbing disasters. When the temperature dips out of […]

409474_pHere in New Mexico, land of incessant heat, the shock 10-day winter is always a delight, compounding the ineptitude of local drivers and ruining undrained pool filtration systems. Thanks to Brookstone's Freeze Alarm, however, your frozen desert holiday home can call in to warn you of impending plumbing disasters.

When the temperature dips out of a customizable range, Freeze Alarm dials the numbers you program into it and plays a prerecorded warning. Simple as that. $200.

They also sell a Yard movement sensor that detects when drunken N.M. legislators knock over your mailbox on the way to Santa Fe. Unfortunately, that gadget lacks the Freeze Alarm's ghastly 1980s-style product design.

The Freeze Alarm [Brookstone via Coolest Gadgets]