Originally Posted by staehpj1

I never felt the need for one, but do have a caution about them. If you will be camping around other people, having an alarm go off every time a deer, turkey, or whatever wanders through camp would be pretty rude. Also in many cases parks pack cyclists in pretty close together and it would be tough to not have nuisance alarms when your closest neighbors get up during the night. If you do decide to use one please be careful and courteous with it.