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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Who Rates Best (& Worst) in the Twin Cities 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 Twin Cities 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.	Adf Communications Minneapolis, MN 612-729-1147		Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 10 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
2.	ADT Security Services 5910 Rice Creek Pkwy Shoreview, MN 866-726-3717	111 ratings	Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 10 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
3.	Apollo Systems 6250 Sycamore Ln #500 Maple Grove, MN 763-493-5821	15 ratings	Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 10 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
4.	APX Alarm All locations combined 800-216-5232	15 ratings	Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 10 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
5.	Brink's Home Security All locations combined 800-725-3537	48 ratings	Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 10 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
6.	Edinalarm 6440 City West Pkwy Eden Prairie, MN 952-942-5276	10 ratings	Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 10 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
7.	Electronic Installations 11545 Lakeland Dr #102 Osseo, MN 763-425-8850		Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 10 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
8.	Floyd Total Security 9036 Grand Ave S Bloomington, MN 952-881-5625	29 ratings	Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 10 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
9.	Freedom Security 1247 Englewood Ave St Paul, MN 651-659-0704		Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 10 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
10.	Life Tyme Systems 3551 88th Ave NE Circle Pines, MN 763-783-9223	10 ratings	Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 10 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
11.	National Home Security 7400 Metro Blvd #165 Minneapolis, MN 952-942-5320		Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 10 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
12.	Orion Home Systems 1285 Corporate Center Dr #125 Eagan, MN 651-994-0666		Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 10 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
13.	Protection One 2520 Pilot Knob Rd Mendota Heights, MN 612-721-4830		Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 10 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
14.	Protection One 201 Concord Exchange N South St Paul, MN 651-554-3000		Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 10 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
15.	Providence Systems 816 Bluff View Cir Jordan, MN 952-492-6904		Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 10 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
16.	Schmidt Security Systems 17152 Henna Ave N Hugo, MN 651-653-1001	13 ratings	Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 10 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
17.	Sentry Systems 2182 4th St White Bear Lake, MN 651-426-4627	23 ratings	Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 10 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
18.	Wright Hennepin Electric & Security 6800 Electric Dr Rockford, MN 763-477-3000	39 ratings	Twin Cities Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 10 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.

Twin Cities home security firms by neighborhood

MN
Home Security Firms in Bloomington, MN	Home Security Firms in Circle Pines, MN	Home Security Firms in Eagan, MN
Home Security Firms in Eden Prairie, MN	Home Security Firms in Hugo, MN	Home Security Firms in Jordan, MN
Home Security Firms in Maple Grove, MN	Home Security Firms in Mendota Heights, MN	Home Security Firms in Minneapolis, MN
Home Security Firms in Osseo, MN	Home Security Firms in Rockford, MN	Home Security Firms in Shoreview, MN
Home Security Firms in South St Paul, MN	Home Security Firms in St Louis Park, MN	Home Security Firms in St Paul, MN
Home Security Firms in White Bear Lake, MN

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 BIRCHWOOD, MN wrote about SCHMIDT SECURITY SYSTEMS, Hugo, MN on 09/10/09: This is quality workmanship done by professionals. I am completely satisfied with their work........

Subscriber from SAINT PAUL, MN wrote about ADT SECURITY SERVICES, Shoreview, MN on 09/02/09: Install was done by APX and ADT bought our account. Monitoring is fine........

Subscriber from MINNEAPOLIS, MN wrote about FLOYD TOTAL SECURITY, Bloomington, MN on 07/22/09: They offer internet and WiFi based monitoring. Installer and repairman were friendly, competent, knowledgeable, quick..........

Subscriber from APPLE VALLEY, MN wrote about EDINALARM, Eden Prairie, MN on 08/18/08: We were very pleased with the salesperson and service tech at the time of installation...........

Subscriber from MPLS, MN wrote about EDINALARM, Eden Prairie, MN on 08/03/08: We are so happy with EdinaAlarm! They made ALL the other security companies we interviewed..........

Subscriber from WAYZATA, MN wrote about EDINALARM, Eden Prairie, MN on 07/14/08: Edinalarm answered my call live (weekday) and was at my house within 30 min to..........

Subscriber from EDEN PRAIRIE, MN wrote about LIFE TYME SYSTEMS, Circle Pines, MN on 09/18/07: Very high priced but good work........

Subscriber from EAGAN, MN wrote about EDINALARM, Eden Prairie, MN on 07/10/07: Have used this firm in two homes. Paperwork got mixed up on a recent order..........

Subscriber from MINNEAPOLIS, MN wrote about EDINALARM, Eden Prairie, MN on 09/26/06: Excellent service........

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