A small sensor checks for expected everyday movement at home. If everything's fine, you hear nothing, and that silence is the best part. If your loved one misses an expected check-in, we let you know.
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How It Works
Three simple steps. No technician, no complicated setup, no ongoing effort.
Place it in a hallway, living area, or anywhere you walk past every day. It detects movement using passive infrared, the same technology in outdoor sensor lights.
Your loved one doesn't do anything differently. No buttons, no app, nothing to remember. The sensor quietly detects everyday movement.
If expected movement isn't detected, we reach out to your loved one first. If they don't respond, we notify the people they trust by SMS, email, and phone call. Someone will know. Not days later.
Alert Flow
Puffin Guard is not a live activity feed. It waits for the expected check-in window, gives your loved one a chance to respond, then escalates to the people they chose.
The sensor notices normal movement in a hallway, living room, or kitchen. No cameras, microphones, or wearable devices.
Most of the time it sleeps. On the chosen schedule, usually daily, it connects over WiFi and sends the latest check-in.
If expected movement is missing, Puffin Guard sends an SMS and makes a phone call. If they check in, everything resets silently.
If they cannot respond within the grace period, family, friends, neighbours, or carers are alerted by SMS, email, and phone call.
Your loved one gets up and makes a cup of tea. The sensor notices.
Movement was detected. You hear nothing, and that's the whole point. Everyone relaxes.
If expected movement is missing, we reach out to them first. If they don't respond, we contact the people they trust based on the configured schedule.
Built for Real Life
Most safety products are designed for the family. Puffin Guard is designed for the person living alone. It's a safety net, not surveillance.
Your loved one controls their own system. You only hear from us if something actually seems wrong. No daily reports, no activity feeds, no feeling of being watched.
How Puffin Guard Is Different
There are many options for keeping a loved one safe. Puffin Guard fills a different gap, one that's harder to see but matters every day.
Designed for immediate emergency response. Your parent presses a button and gets connected to a monitoring centre within seconds. When it's being worn, it does that job well.
Many families use both: the pendant for emergencies, and Puffin Guard as a daily safety net that's always on in the background.
Provides visibility, but at the cost of privacy. Most older adults won't accept cameras inside their home, and shouldn't have to.
A genuine advantage. An Apple Watch or Galaxy Watch can detect a hard fall and call for help in seconds, no button press needed. It's excellent for daytime emergencies when it's on the wrist.
Many families use both: the watch for immediate fall response during the day, and Puffin Guard as a daily safety net for everything else.
Streams daily activity data to a family dashboard. Gives caregivers full visibility, but makes your parent feel watched and managed. The product is designed for the family, not the person living alone.
Is It Right?
Puffin Guard sits in the gap between doing nothing and full care. It is for families who want someone to know if normal daily movement stops, without making home feel watched.
Pricing
Sensor hardware, free shipping, and a full year of service included. Then $19.99/month, less than $5/week. No lock-in.
Includes $239.88 worth of service free in your first year.
Then $19.99/month, less than $5/week. Cancel anytime.
What's in the box
Secure checkout · Visa, Mastercard, Apple Pay, Google Pay
Free Australia-wide shipping · early batches ship as devices are prepared
FAQ
No. Fall detection devices and medical pendants are designed for immediate emergency response, and they're good at it. Puffin Guard does something different: it checks for expected everyday movement, automatically and privately.
Many families use both: the pendant or watch for emergencies, and Puffin Guard as a daily safety net that covers the gaps — overnight while a watch is charging, or any time a wearable isn't on.
Yes, the sensor connects to your loved one's home WiFi to check in with our servers. Most homes with an internet connection will work fine. If the WiFi or internet goes down, we'll detect that the sensor has stopped checking in and let you know so you can look into it.
The sensor uses very little bandwidth and doesn't interfere with normal internet use.
No. Puffin Guard does not contact emergency services. It notifies the people your loved one trusts: family, friends, neighbours, or carers. They decide what to do next, including calling 000 if needed.
For direct emergency response, a monitored medical alert pendant is designed for that. Many families use both: the pendant for emergencies, and Puffin Guard as a daily safety net for everything else.
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Why We Built This
"My dad lives alone, hours away. He's healthy and independent, but I still worried. He didn't want cameras. He didn't want to feel managed. He just wanted to know that if something went wrong, someone would come. So I built him a safety net he'd actually accept, and then I built it for every family like ours."
Questions? Reach us at [email protected]
Quick setup. Your loved one doesn't need to do a thing. If it's not right, return it within 30 days for a full refund.
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