Driveway bollard - how expensive to go?

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Our car was recently stolen and we've been advised one of the best deterrents is to have a bollard installed in your driveway behind the car.
We can't agree on how much to spend. I'd prefer to spend less and get a basic pull up steel bollard with a key. DH wants to get a full automatic job that can be operated remotely.
He'd prefer to spend £2.5k rather than £600 so we don't have to put it up and down every day for the rest of our lives.
I understand his convenience argument, of course that would be nicer. And it would look sleeker.
But surely if you're getting out of the car to go inside you just add an extra step into your routine in pulling the bollard up before you go in the house?
Does anyone have any experience here? Is it incredibly annoying setting it each night, so much that maybe after a couple of months you stop bothering? Or is it an easy routine to fall into for piece of mind.
We could afford either but of course we'd have to compromise on something else if we spent more money here as would wipe out about half our savings.
If you've purchased either I'd love your thoughts to help us reach a conclusion. Thank you!

The bollard is only worth getting if you’re going to actually use it, too time consuming and you won’t.

i would also consider how your car got stolen eg was your key cloned? House broken into? Consider security for that first.

The Centinel C1 is an excellent, lift out, manual security post. Stronger than the fold down type and involves less disruption to install than the telescopic ones. Is also very secure with no vulnerable, easy attack lock and is maintenance free.
We have used them for years and never had any issues.

As they say, it is only any good if it is used, the day you "can't be bothered" is the day it looses it's effectiveness.

Automatic ones are fine if you are happy with the additional cost.

He's a bloke, he wants a gadget. He'll pretend to be batman or something.

Our neighbours car was stolen. They installed a bollard. They used it for around 3 months if that. I'd not get an expensive one - it's a deterrent more than anything.

I would get a manual one . What if something stops the electric one from working one day or the battery goes in the remote and you need to move the car quickly . Technology is failing all around us , go simple .

I’m with your DH. I couldn’t be arsed doing that manually at least twice a day (in and out) everyday forever.

Let me guess, Range Rover?

Thanks all - helpful to get different perspectives. It was actually a T-Roc. 2 years old. The police were actually surprised. Said it was an usually car for thieves to go for