Anne has covered home security and home automation for Reviews.com for two years. She's interested in human-computer interaction and tech ethics. She previously worked in education and information literacy.
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What Works With What: Guide to Smart Home Tech
Like self-driving cars, smart home tech is exciting because it’s convenient. Video doorbells let you see who’s there from anywhere — be it the couch or the other side of the country. Automated commands allow you to come home to illuminated lights, a disabled alarm, and a thermostat set to the perfect temp, all because ...
Black Friday 2019: Home Security Deals
Your First Holiday Purchase Could Protect All the Others TVs and speakers, smart watches and laptops — electronics are high on everyone’s Black Friday shopping list. Of all the electronics you snap up this Black Friday, a home security system or security camera could be the most valuable. Whether a lone unit or part of ...
ADT vs. CPI Security
ADT vs. CPI Security Review In the quickly growing, quickly changing home security space, companies are distinguishing themselves by breaking with industry tradition — allowing customers to install their own wireless systems, monitor their own alerts, and pay month-to-month, while offering home automation features alongside safety features. ADT and CPI Security are old-fashioned in the ...
LifeShield Home Security
LifeShield Home Security Review When outfitting your home with devices that survey, record, and respond, you’re faced with a number of initial — and far-reaching — decisions. What network or platform will you use? Which hub or voice assistant? And will you prioritize automation (heating, cooling, lighting) or safety (sensors and alarms)? LifeShield, an ADT ...
Guardian Security Review
Guardian Security Review This Seattle-based home security company offers both business and residential protection. While its service area is small (just Washington state), its service scope is broad. Guardian Security provides home security and automation as well as fire and life security and medical alert systems. A regional company with a lot of monitoring bandwidth, ...
Protect America Home Security Review
Protect America offers a flexible range of home security options. Their plans and packages can suit households looking for a simple, landline-based system and those who want to support all the latest smart home tech. Prices range just widely: The advertised price of $20 per month only pertains to the most basic plan, which, since ...
The Best Home Security Systems in Connecticut
Connecticut has an aggregate crime rate of 18.88 per 1,000 residents. 2.07 of that rate is for violent crimes, while 16.81 accounts for property crimes. In 2018 the United States had a national average crime rate of 25.684 per 1,000 residents, with 3.689 of that rate coming from violent crimes, and 21.995 coming from property ...