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"Both installers showed up on time and completed 95 percent of the work in a single day.  They did what I believe to be minimal damage to drywall -- only three holes, one of them in a closet and not noticeable.  Everything worked fine.  They had to return to tack a TIVO mini to the wall behind the mounted bedroom TV only because the Mini had not been delivered when they first arrived.  They kindly made a second trip and took about five minutes to install the Mini out of sight. <br /> <br /> Their estimate was never varied, despite the fact they encountered some relatively abnormal difficulties accessing and pulling the cables through walls with very narrow access in a 55 year old townhouse. <br /> <br /> Their estimate also was one-third that of another company that I had come to the house.  Also, the other company representative seemed confused and challenged by the work, which may be why he provided a substantially higher estimate.  AASV folks seemed unfazed by the job."

"Joel is wonderful to work with! We converted a semi-finished room in our basement into a home theater. Joel worked with us on how to best layout the room and installed the sound system/speakers, projector, screen, lighting, and sound panels. Joel helped us pick the best equipment for our space and within our budget. When it came to installing, he has an almost obsessive attention to detail in the best way. He saw that the screen was 1/16th of an inch off level. I never would have noticed, but he made the adjustments to make it perfect. All of his work was like that - the details are perfect. The work went fast and we could not be happier with the results. The picture is big, bright and so clear. The sound is so crisp that you can hear birds fly over your head in a movie. You feel like part of the crowd when watching a football game. It really is an amazing set up. If you are looking to install a home theater, Joel and Every Man Home Entertainment is who you should hire."

"Prompt, polite and professional same day service as well as very knowledgeable and reasonably priced. Issue wasn’t as simple as it seemed but, fortunately root cause was found and issue was resolved in a timely manner. Highly recommend!"

"Link patiently answered all my questions since this was the first time purchasing a DIY alarm system. System was shipped quickly and was easy to install. I had a couple of questions during installation and Link's tech support team provided the resolution quickly and efficiently. I am now adding locks and thermostats and love the way it works. I've been very happy with my system and service, which I've had for 4 years now."

"Perfect! Easiest transaction and installation ever! I have had 2 previous home monitoring systems/companies and Vitex is by far one of the easiest and reliable to work with. The product exceeds that of the others I have had and the technology just keeps improving."

"I would highly recommend Digital Edge. I had Jeff from Digital Edge out to my home on two different occasions to hang two tv's. The tv's were hung perfectly! All the wires were hidden inside the wall, an outlet was installed behind the tv and everything was hooked back up. They were on time, friendly, and affordable. If you need this kind of work performed in your home or office, do yourself a favor and call Digital Edge. You will not regret it!"

"Great customer service. Technician knowledgeable, polite, arrived on time, and added what I wanted."

"SafeMart was the only company I found that was willing to work with my existing system and pay less than half as I was with ADT for monitoring. There was some self installation involved but if you're willing to get your hands a little dirty and a 30 minute phone call, there is no better option. Great customer service, great price, and a short term agreement."

"I reached out to Astro Premium AV April 7th for the installation of my security cameras around my home. Cortney was amazing with getting me scheduled in a timely manner. Corey installed my security cameras PERFECTLY. He was very knowledgeable and professional. We will be reaching out to Astro Premium AV again for our new home theater system!!!"

"We have two systems -- one in our house and one in our shop. Pros: - Relatively easy to install (Would be a "piece of cake" to install if the manual was a little more helpful...) The test mode is very helpful. - Excellent, responsive customer service. - No monitoring contracts and there are two levels of monitoring to fit your budget and/or circumstances. For example, you can start with the more expensive interactive monitoring that provides access to the app and web site and then switch to the less expensive non-interactive monitoring once you are comfortable with the system, or you can go with the interactive monitoring during seasons when you are traveling more and go with the non-interactive monitoring when you are not traveling as much. Both options include 24x7 central monitoring and police dispatch. If you really need to cut expenses, you can choose to go with an outdoor siren to alert your neighbors and skip the central monitoring and dispatch altogether; it's riskier but it beats not having a system at all. - You can take the system with you if you move. - Reasonable price; this cost 1/3 the price of what a local, non-contract alarm company quoted for a less-complete system, which left us enough money to buy cameras too. My impression is that the Simplisafe components are every bit as good and full-featured as what the other company was offering. - Everything seems quite reliable now that we have the base station properly located. - Great peace of mind. - The system is easily extensible over time (which we have done). - App/notifications: It's really nice to be able to activate the alarm from most anywhere using the phone app if we happen to forget when leaving. We also like that we can check the app to verify the status and check events while we're traveling, and know that we will get notifications if something happens. You can choose to be notified of alarms and/or alerts (i.e., changes in system status such as someone disarming the system using the keypad). - I like that the sensors' communications do not depend on power or wifi. The local company that wanted 3x as much money used wifi, which makes it dependent on *both* power *and* cable (or other) wifi service, which in our area go down infrequently, but more often than cell service. With Simplisafe, there is battery backup and even if a construction crew takes out your cable service or fiber optic lines, you won't lose your security system. - If you combine Simplisafe's cell-based sensors with wifi-based cameras (with motion sensor notification), you'll have "defense in depth" (to borrow a cybersecurity phrase) that makes the system harder to defeat since some part of the system will still be active even if your cell service or wifi or power goes down. - I like that you can have (and change) multiple PINs that you can assign to each maid, pet sitter, friend, or family member who is checking on your house while you're gone, which adds accountability and verifiability; you know they've been there, and they'll know you know they've been there. Trust but verify... - The base station uses T-Mobile by default, but you can ask for a Verizon base station if Verizon has a stronger signal in your area. Cons: - The placement of the base station for optimum communication can be a bit tricky. - The user's manual is too simplistic. It's clear that they want to make it easy and not scary, but there should be a link to more complete information so customers can choose to be more fully informed and get answers without having to call. For example, there are more considerations for proper placement of the base station than are listed in the manual and you only find out about them if you call when you have problems. Another example, if I recall correctly, is that the manual gave the arc (degrees) within which the motion sensor would work, but did not state the distance or the fact that there is a high, medium, low sensitivity switch under the battery. Also, the manual says that the door entry sensors can go "anywhere" so long as the magnet is properly aligned with it and is within a certain distance of the sensor, but they don't warn you to keep in mind that the cover only slides off one way to change the battery and I unfortunately, placed one in a corner before seeing the small, light blue, hard-to-read symbol indicating the battery cover direction because I was focused on the lines that the magnet had to stay within since that was the only thing the manual called attention to. It also turns out that the entry sensors work best when placed along the vertical edge of a swinging door so that the entire magnet moves away from the sensor at the same rate, rather than in an arc which occurs if you place it at the top edge of a swinging door. That was not discussed anywhere either. - Some customer service agents have been less informed than others, but most have been very good. - We had to purchase a 2nd base station for our shop, which means that we have to pay 2x the monitoring fee each month. The local company that we got a bid from would have covered both the house and the shop with one monitoring fee."