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Sunday, November 8, 2009

Who Rates Best (& Worst) in the Seattle 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 Puget Sound 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
			for quality	for price
1.	ADT Security Services 11824 N Creek Pkwy #105 Bothell, WA 866-746-7238	296 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 15 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
2.	Alarmguard Security Systems PO Box 98 Puyallup, WA 253-926-0000	25 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 15 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
3.	Brink's Home Security All locations combined 800-725-3537	147 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 15 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
4.	Chubb Security Service 18026 72nd Ave S Kent, WA 206-624-1115	33 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 15 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
5.	Evergreen Security 8115 Boradway #101 Everett, WA 425-348-3850	20 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 15 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
6.	Froula Alarm Systems 861 Industry Dr Tukwila, WA 206-575-1962	46 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 15 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
7.	Gaylord Security Systems 580 Natches Ave SW Renton, WA 800-575-4939	22 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 15 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
8.	Global Security & Comms 1502 Pike St NW #1 Auburn, WA 253-927-2510	26 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 15 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
9.	Guardian Security Systems 1743 1st Ave S Seattle, WA 206-622-6545	29 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 15 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
10.	Home Safety Research 240 Auburn Way S #1-B Auburn, WA 253-735-4933	21 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 15 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
11.	Island Security Systems PO Box 265 Mercer Island, WA 206-232-0842	16 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 15 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
12.	Monitronics International 2350 Valley View Ln Dallas, TX 800-447-9239	24 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 15 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
13.	Protection One 7617 180th St Kent, WA 425-656-7140	109 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 15 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
14.	Protective Systems PO Box 1272 Lynnwood, WA 206-322-3186	11 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 15 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
15.	Puget Sound & Guard Assurance 17555 15th Ave NE Shoreline, WA 206-365-3155	28 ratings	Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 15 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.

Seattle home security firms by neighborhood

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Home Security Firms in Dallas, TX
WA
Home Security Firms in Auburn, WA	Home Security Firms in Bothell, WA	Home Security Firms in Everett, WA
Home Security Firms in Kent, WA	Home Security Firms in Lynnwood, WA	Home Security Firms in Mercer Island, WA
Home Security Firms in Puyallup, WA	Home Security Firms in Renton, WA	Home Security Firms in Seattle, WA
Home Security Firms in Shoreline, WA	Home Security Firms in Tukwila, WA

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 SEATTLE, WA wrote about PUGET SOUND & GUARD ASSURANCE, Shoreline, WA on 10/25/09: fabulous service. Am so glad I checked Checkbook, before I called around. They are great!.......

Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote about ADT SECURITY SERVICES, Bothell, WA on 09/11/09: Sent someone who installed a defective alarm because that's all he had in car. For..........

Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote about BRINK'S HOME SECURITY, , on 09/09/09: Have had Brinks for 30 years and they have never raised our rates! And they..........

Subscriber from REDMOND, WA wrote about PROTECTION ONE, Kent, WA on 09/09/09: These folks are so easy to work with. If you need any help, they are..........

Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote about PUGET SOUND & GUARD ASSURANCE, Shoreline, WA on 08/20/09: Great company........

Subscriber from MEDINA, WA wrote about GUARDIAN SECURITY SYSTEMS, Seattle, WA on 08/03/09: Ended up with a very expensive alarm system that has quite a few false alarms...........

Subscriber from RENTON, WA wrote about ISLAND SECURITY SYSTEMS, Mercer Island, WA on 04/24/09: My alarm was having technical problems on a Friday afternoon. I called the 24hr. number..........

Subscriber from RENTON, WA wrote about ISLAND SECURITY SYSTEMS, Mercer Island, WA on 03/23/09: They had to come back twice, but did a nice job. He took off his..........

Subscriber from GRAHAM, WA wrote about PROTECTION ONE, Kent, WA on 10/14/08: Had "top of the line system" installed. One year and two weeks later it cost..........

Subscriber from GIG HARBOR, WA wrote about ALARMGUARD SECURITY SYSTEMS, Puyallup, WA on 09/25/07: Much more pleasant and helpful than prior provider........

Subscriber from LYNNWOOD, WA wrote about MONITRONICS INTERNATIONAL, Dallas, TX on 08/22/07: They keep raising the monthly rates.......

Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote about PROTECTION ONE, Kent, WA on 05/23/07: Would not use them again. Aged 10 years in the months it took to get..........

Subscriber from REDMOND, WA wrote about FROULA ALARM SYSTEMS, Tukwila, WA on 10/10/06: They dug up and provided me with information about the maintenance of the alarm system..........

Subscriber from BELLEVUE, WA wrote about PROTECTION ONE, Kent, WA on 10/05/06: None.......

Subscriber from BELLEVUE, WA wrote about ALARMGUARD SECURITY SYSTEMS, Puyallup, WA on 09/19/06: I telephoned and left several messages during regular business hours. They apparently do not have..........

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