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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Who Rates Best (& Worst) in the Chicago Area? Now You'll Know.

Home Security

	The prospect of having an intruder in your home is unsettling at best. So it's no surprise that the home security alarm business thrives. But most homeowners can significantly cut their risk of burglary with small expenditures and a few new habits. We discuss how to assess your home's vulnerabilities, how to discourage burglars, and whether to purchase a home alarm system. We also give advice on selecting an alarm installer. From Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine
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	Name	Number of ratings	Checkbook's top rating ()		What percent of customers rated firm "superior" on our survey for "overall quality"	Firm's price index score
	Name	Number of ratings	for quality	for price		Firm's price index score
1.	AAA Alarm Systems Niles, IL 847-966-5494		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 12 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
2.	ADT Security Services 111 Windsor Dr Oak Brook, IL 630-572-1200	416 ratings	Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 12 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
3.	Alarm Detection Systems 1111 Church Rd Aurora, IL 630-844-6300	48 ratings	Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 12 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
4.	Alarms Unlimited 6501 N Lincoln Ave Lincolnwood, IL 847-410-0000	24 ratings	Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 12 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
5.	Alert Protective Service 3833 N Cicero Ave Chicago, IL 773-685-8383	23 ratings	Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 12 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
6.	Amiercan Eagle Security 6844 W 95th St Oak Lawn, IL 708-430-2626		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 12 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
7.	Brink's Home Security All locations combined 800-725-3537	121 ratings	Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 12 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
8.	Bulldog Security 1480 Old Deerfield Rd #22 Highland Park, IL 847-432-9900		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 12 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
9.	D & I Electronics 24802 W Caton Farm Rd Plainfield, IL 815-436-6003	19 ratings	Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 12 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
10.	Forest Alarm Svc 9 Old Tamerack Ln Orland Park, IL 708-349-0278		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 12 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
11.	Fox Valley Fire & Safety 2730 Pinnacle Dr Elgin, IL 847-695-5990		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 12 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
12.	Fox Valley Security Systems 30 N Airlite St Elgin, IL 847-931-7711	15 ratings	Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 12 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
13.	Kesco Security Evanston, IL 847-869-1954		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 12 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
14.	Keyth Security Technologies 1575 Oakwood Ave Highland Park, IL 847-433-0000	52 ratings	Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 12 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
15.	M & R Electronic Systems 408 W Campus Dr Arlington Heights, IL 847-398-6240	10 ratings	Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 12 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
16.	Maximum Security Systems 7340 15th St Forest Park, IL 708-366-6663		Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 12 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
17.	Monitronics International All locations combined 800-447-9239	14 ratings	Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 12 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
18.	Norshore Alarm 28085 N Ashley Cir #106 Libertyville, IL 847-367-7370	11 ratings	Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 12 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
19.	Protection One 600 Hunter Dr #101 Oakbrook, IL 800-438-4357	21 ratings	Chicago Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 12 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.

Chicago home security firms by neighborhood

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Home Security Firms in Arlington Heights, IL	Home Security Firms in Aurora, IL	Home Security Firms in Chicago, IL
Home Security Firms in Elgin, IL	Home Security Firms in Evanston, IL	Home Security Firms in Forest Park, IL
Home Security Firms in Highland Park, IL	Home Security Firms in Libertyville, IL	Home Security Firms in Lincolnwood, IL
Home Security Firms in Niles, IL	Home Security Firms in Oak Brook, IL	Home Security Firms in Oak Lawn, IL
Home Security Firms in Oakbrook, IL	Home Security Firms in Orland Park, IL	Home Security Firms in Plainfield, IL

Subscriber Comments/Reviews

CHECKBOOK provides subscriber comments on their experiences with the firms they use. Please remember that individual subscriber comments are informal. Subscriber comments may give you insight into the types of features and problems that exist in a service field, but are not the best basis for selecting or rejecting a specific firm. To assess the quality of a firm's performance, we recommend that you give more weight to the percentages of favorable ratings. Those percentages are generally based on much larger numbers of consumers' ratings (the number of consumer ratings is noted above).

Subscriber from SOUTH BARRINGTON, IL wrote about NORSHORE ALARM, Libertyville, IL on 08/04/09: excellent. always excellent........

Subscriber from OAK LAWN, IL wrote about ALERT PROTECTIVE SERVICE, Chicago, IL on 10/04/06: DID WORK; NO ESTIMATE FOR WORK. HAD ME SIGN WORKORDER WITH NO CHARGE ON IT...........

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