Best Home Security System?

I use Brinks, but my house was already wired with a system when I bought it. Do not use ADT. That's what my system was when I bought the house. I tried using them. Their customer service sucked and they installed a leaky battery in my system. Left battery acid stains on the floor of one of my closets. Brinks came in, ripped out the ADT system, and installed a Brinks system. Great customer service. Monitoring costs $100 every 3 months ($400 for the year).

 

A big dog.

 

My house was pre-wired and had the system in already as well (dont recall the brand) but I got the monitoring service from Time Warner ... now Comcast. I believe its $20/month

 

i have Brinks too. and did have an interesting situation a couple of weeks ago.

the alarm has never gone off the 2 months i've had it. one night around 2:30 am, the alarm is wailing. of course, my first thought was, "holy ****, this isn't happening." i was getting ready to either scare the burglars or get killed.

then, after a few seconds i realized my dog was never barking before the alarm. his bark usually means there's something or someone near the house. i started to calm down and cautiously walked toward the doors and check around the house.

it turned out that i didn't close door all the way, and apparently the wind had blown it open enough for the alarm to go off.

the weird thing is, it happened again about 9 pm a couple of nights later. i was starting to think i was losing my mind. now, i usually double check to make sure i closed it all the way.

 

This one works pretty well.

 

That was going to be my response.

 

pradaxpimp, is that the box that your security system came in?

 

This should do it.

 

this little guy works wonders for our house.

 

lol that dog looks higher than a mutha

 

$100 every three months, so I guess it would be $33.33 a month. They didn't charge me anything for installation, but I think that was because there was an ADT system already installed and they could just use the wiring. They are definitely worth a phone call.

 

i agree that a dog is the best home security system!

YOU WANT SOME OF THIS???

 

Agree. A good dog is worth 2 or 3 security systems.

 

Very satisfied with Brinks. A raccoon in my attic ruined the wiring done by my previous, small timey, alarm company. When they did a halfway job of fixing it, we called Brinks and they wired it from scratch.

BTW, everyone I talked to before making a switch told me to avoid ADT.

 

Talk to Falcon.

 

Damn straight. They are the worst.