Home security is important, but a fancy security system over $500 with a professional monitoring service that can reach up to $70 a month isn't in everyone's budget. In my years of reviewing the ...

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Home security systems are notoriously expensive, but these products are an exception to the rule. Innovative, affordable, and effective, they offer you easy ways to help secure and protect your home.

Traditional home security monitoring from companies like ADT or Frontpoint tend to start at around $50 per month, and quickly rise with add-ons and extra fees (when I tested ADT’s latest system, ...

They say home is where the heart is, but home is also where your family, pets and possessions reside. Keeping those things safe is a top priority for most people, but these days, security involves ...