The SimpliSafe home security product does not require professional installations. The various packages each contain simple instruction, provided on a thumb drive that is part of the keychain remote. The flash drive does … Read more
Entrepreneur Joel Matlin founded AlarmForce in Toronto, Canada in 1988. He recognized that the home security market in Canada had great potential, but there was no one company or product offering what the … Read more
ADT advertises compatibility with smart home appliance technology. They are not the only home security company in the business that can connect with smart home devices. Most of the major players in the … Read more
ADT has been in the home security business for almost 150 years, longer than any other company has. ADT began installing home and business alarms back in the mid-19th century. In 1871, a … Read more
The high-end package offered by ADT, the ADT Pulse, has a free app that will allow you to operate the system on either an Android or an iPhone smartphone. You can only use … Read more
ADT offers a color touchscreen device with its ADT Pulse Select package. There are three models available; two have been discontinued but is still in stock at many ADT dealers. The UTC/GE model … Read more
AlarmForce, a Canadian company based in Toronto, quickly went public less than a decade later after the company started in the home security business in 1988. They entered the U.S. market in 2006 … Read more
ADT primarily uses Honeywell/Ademco and DSC wireless products. There are a few other companies that manufacture ADT-compliant sensors, cameras, detectors and other products, but even those companies generally use Honeywell or GE components. … Read more
One of Vivint’s signature trademarks concerns what they claim is the best home security technology in the marketplace. Vivint obtains most sensors and other equipment from 2Gig. Everything is wireless and works over … Read more
Vivint sales tactics have hurt the company over the years. Vivint developed a great reputation for offering quality and reliable home security products. Consumer complaint rates, however, remain among the highest in the … Read more