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Name Number of ratings Checkbook's top rating () Firm's price index score What percent of customers rated firm "superior" on our survey for "overall quality"
for quality for price
1. ADT Security Services
11824 N Creek Pkwy #105
Bothell, WA
866-746-7238 		186 ratings Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 10 local home security firms.
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2. Alarmguard Security Systems
PO Box 98
Puyallup, WA
253-926-0000 		23 ratings Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 10 local home security firms.
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3. Broadview Security
All locations combined

800-725-3537 		Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 10 local home security firms.
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4. Evergreen Security
8115 Boradway #101
Everett, WA
425-348-3850 		13 ratings Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 10 local home security firms.
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5. Froula Alarm Systems
861 Industry Dr
Tukwila, WA
206-575-1962 		46 ratings Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 10 local home security firms.
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6. Gaylord Security Systems
18000 72nd Ave S #120
Kent, WA
800-575-4939 		Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 10 local home security firms.
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7. Global Security & Comms
1502 Pike St NW #1
Auburn, WA
253-927-2510 		Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 10 local home security firms.
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8. Guardian Security Systems
1743 1st Ave S
Seattle, WA
206-622-6545 		18 ratings Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 10 local home security firms.
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9. Home Safety Research
1241 E Main St
Auburn, WA
253-735-4933 		19 ratings Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 10 local home security firms.
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10. Island Security Systems
PO Box 265
Mercer Island, WA
206-232-0842 		13 ratings Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 10 local home security firms.
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11. Mes Data/Comm Security
2939 4th Ave S #101
Seattle, WA
206-340-9300 		Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 10 local home security firms.
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12. Monitronics International
All locations combined

800-447-9239 		19 ratings Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 10 local home security firms.
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13. Protection 1
7617 S 180th St
Kent, WA
425-656-7140 		70 ratings Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 10 local home security firms.
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14. Protective Systems
1919 196th St SW #8
Lynnwood, WA
206-322-3186 		Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 10 local home security firms.
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15. Puget Sound Alarm & Guard Assurance
17555 15th Ave NE
Shoreline, WA
206-362-3385 		33 ratings Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 10 local home security firms.
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16. Security Lock Safe & Alarm
1502 6th Ave
Tacoma, WA
253-284-0088 		Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 10 local home security firms.
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17. Simonson Security Systems
15228 Greenwood Ave N
Seattle, WA
206-362-6294 		Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 10 local home security firms.
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18. Summit Security & Sound Systs
PO Box 82766
Kenmore, WA
206-767-2999 		Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 10 local home security firms.
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19. Washington Alarm
1253 S Jackson St
Seattle, WA
206-328-3288 		Puget Sound Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 10 local home security firms.
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Sample Subscriber Comments & Reviews for Home Security Firms in the Seattle (Puget Sound) Area
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).

As You Can See Below, Some Home Security Firms Get High Praise from Their Customers.
Some Others Don't. So Choose Carefully.
Here Are a Few Samples of the Thousands of Comments
CHECKBOOK Has Collected on Hundreds of Different Home Security Firms.

  • Subscriber from REDMOND, WA wrote about a local security system installer: These folks are so easy to work with. If you need any help, they are..........
  • Subscriber from BELLEVUE, WA wrote about a local security system installer: Had their system for many years with the best service possible........
  • Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote about a local security system installer: We had Froula install a home alarm for us and they were one of the..........
  • Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote about a local security system installer: Have had Brinks for 30 years and they have never raised our rates! And they..........
  • Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote about a local security system installer: We started out with Brinks, but then it became Brook something and now I think..........
  • Subscriber from EVERETT, WA wrote about a local security system installer: We had a fiasco with a large national security company who left our house half..........
  • Subscriber from LAKE FOREST PARK, WA wrote about a local security system installer: Had to return to reinstall some of the hardware when it failed. No questions asked..........
  • Subscriber from SEATTLE, WA wrote about a local security system installer: As far as installation goes, wonderful, quick and smart---monitoring seems to work too---small and friendly..........
  • Subscriber from TACOMA, WA wrote about a local security system installer: This is a self intallation service and was very easy to complete on my own........




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