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Sunday, November 8, 2009

Who Rates Best (& Worst) in the San Francisco Bay 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 Bay Area 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.	ADT Security Services All locations combined 866-746-7238	330 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
2.	AEC Alarms 499 E Taylor St San Jose, CA 408-298-8888	20 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
3.	AHM Security 2495 Estand Way Pleasant Hill, CA 925-254-2566	21 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
4.	Alarm Co 256 El Cajon Way Los Gatos, CA 408-358-1500		Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
5.	All-Guard Alarm Services 23194 Kidder St Hayward, CA 800-255-4273	25 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
6.	Allen Alarm Systems 120 Village Sq #18 Orinda, CA 925-254-2112	17 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
7.	Bay Alarm 60 Barry Dr Pacheco, CA 800-610-1000	218 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
8.	Brink's Home Security All locations combined 800-725-3537	48 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
9.	Crime Alert Alarm 690 Lenfest Rd San Jose, CA 408-729-6200	21 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
10.	Crime Watch Security Systems 1355 Fairfax Ave #B San Francisco, CA 415-282-7777	10 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
11.	Denalect Alarm 1309 Pine St Walnut Creek, CA 925-932-2211	10 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
12.	Escobar's Security Plus Alarm 272 San Jose Ave San Jose, CA 408-997-7588	17 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
13.	First Alarm Security & Patrol 1111 Estates Dr Aptos, CA 831-476-1111		Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
14.	Global Home Security Syst 346 Rheem Blvd #202 Moraga, CA 925-377-8411		Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
15.	Los Gatos Alarm Co 649 University Ave #C Los Gatos, CA 408-395-9500		Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
16.	Maximum Security Alarms 1889 San Pablo Ave Pinole, CA 510-741-8015	16 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
17.	Moore Alarm Co Oakland, CA 510-733-1896		Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
18.	Morgan Alarm 1487 Lemon St Vallejo, CA 707-552-1221	11 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
19.	Protection One All locations combined 800-438-4357	27 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
20.	Redwood Security Systems PO Box 1809 Mill Valley, CA 415-388-5355	39 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
21.	Rimi Security Systems 607 E Calaveras Blvd Milpitas, CA 408-945-9957	14 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
22.	Sentry Alarm Systems 330 2nd St #302 Oakland, CA 510-763-2727		Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
23.	Sentry Alert 1240 6th St Berkeley, CA 510-549-0306	95 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
24.	Sure Lock Homes Alarms Santa Clara, CA 408-985-8090		Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
25.	Ultimate Security 2092 Omega Rd #B San Ramon, CA 925-820-9116	10 ratings	Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.

San Francisco Bay home security firms by neighborhood

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Home Security Firms in Aptos, CA	Home Security Firms in Berkeley, CA	Home Security Firms in Hayward, CA
Home Security Firms in Los Gatos, CA	Home Security Firms in Mill Valley, CA	Home Security Firms in Milpitas, CA
Home Security Firms in Moraga, CA	Home Security Firms in Oakland, CA	Home Security Firms in Orinda, CA
Home Security Firms in Pacheco, CA	Home Security Firms in Pinole, CA	Home Security Firms in Pleasant Hill, CA
Home Security Firms in San Francisco, CA	Home Security Firms in San Jose, CA	Home Security Firms in San Ramon, CA
Home Security Firms in Santa Clara, CA	Home Security Firms in Vallejo, CA	Home Security Firms in Walnut Creek, CA

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 VALLEJO, CA wrote about ADT SECURITY SERVICES, , on 09/26/09: You add options to your package after you understand what is provided in the basic..........

Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote about BAY ALARM, Pacheco, CA on 08/17/09: Very happy with quality of service and availability........

Subscriber from SAN LEANDRO, CA wrote about ADT SECURITY SERVICES, , on 08/06/09: After 1.5 years of calling and writing letters about their letter stating they would refund..........

Subscriber from CASTRO VALLEY, CA wrote about ADT SECURITY SERVICES, , on 08/05/09: The low ratings are due to the franchised sales service vs. ADT itself. These are..........

Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote about ESCOBAR'S SECURITY PLUS ALARM, San Jose, CA on 08/04/09: They are especially good at explaining the key pad and operation of the system. When..........

Subscriber from FREMONT, CA wrote about PROTECTION ONE, , on 07/14/09: Best customer service I have ever experienced. They answer phone promptly and can trouble shoot..........

Subscriber from PENNGROVE, CA wrote about ADT SECURITY, Pleasanton, CA on 03/24/09: I have been working with an authorized ADT Dealer called Protect Your Home (aka Defender)...........

Subscriber from WALNUT CREEK, CA wrote about ADT SECURITY, Pleasanton, CA on 09/14/08: I'm grateful to have utilized this provider for my home security needs due to reasonable..........

Subscriber from MORGAN HILL, CA wrote about ADT SECURITY, Pleasanton, CA on 08/07/08: ADT installers are extremely pressed for time and do not do a good job of..........

Subscriber from SAN LEANDRO, CA wrote about ADT SECURITY, Pleasanton, CA on 08/03/08: ADT and sub contractors suck, i had several false alarms in the first weeks after..........

Subscriber from HALF MOON BAY, CA wrote about BAY ALARM & MONITORING, Pacheco, CA on 07/15/08: No complaints at all about this complicated installation.......

Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote about ESCOBAR'S SECURITY PLUS ALARM, San Jose, CA on 07/10/08: Escobar's Security hardwired our 50 year old house with 43 windows and 7 doors. Their..........

Subscriber from BELMONT, CA wrote about ADT SECURITY, Pleasanton, CA on 06/24/08: Took several months to get system working. Attribute to inexperienced and poorly managed technicians and..........

Subscriber from BELMONT, CA wrote about SENTRY ALERT, Berkeley, CA on 06/24/08: Advice, installation, and a service call all done without any problems. A previous experience with..........

Subscriber from EL SOBRANTE, CA wrote about SENTRY ALERT, Berkeley, CA on 09/27/07: Best security service provider in this area........

Subscriber from RICHMOND, CA wrote about MAXIMUM SECURITY ALARMS, Pinole, CA on 09/20/07: Love them - great service, prices, training. Equipment not proprietary. Good monitoring contract prices too...........

Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote about SENTRY ALERT, Berkeley, CA on 09/19/07: Responded quickly to calls and inquiries.......

Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote about BAY ALARM & MONITORING, Pacheco, CA on 09/19/07: Good service but I don't think their heart is in it anymore........

Subscriber from HILLSBOROUGH, CA wrote about SENTRY ALERT, Berkeley, CA on 09/16/07: We got misprogramed on first try, but all works well now........

Subscriber from SAN LEANDRO, CA wrote about SENTRY ALERT, Berkeley, CA on 09/12/07: Very professional and I feel safe witht his system they designed.......

Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote about REDWOOD SECURITY SYSTEMS, Mill Valley, CA on 11/03/06: Straightforward estimate with a conservative proposal. No pressure to add bells and whistles and no..........

Subscriber from DANVILLE, CA wrote about BAY ALARM & MONITORING, Pacheco, CA on 10/02/06: reliable, professional,; work done right the first time........

Subscriber from EL CERRITO, CA wrote about MAXIMUM SECURITY ALARMS, Pinole, CA on 09/19/06: Just had a complete alarm, fire system installed by these guys based on the Checkbooks..........

Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote about ADT SECURITY, Pleasanton, CA on 09/19/06: The service itself is fine. But do not under any circumstances try wireless alarm systems..........

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