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FAQs About Home Security Systems in Evanston

We’ve compiled our common home security FAQs in Evanston for you. Find your answers to your Vivint Smart Home and home security questions.

One package does NOT fit all when it comes to your Evanston home security system! A Vivint specialist can help determine your house and your family’s surveillance needs to evaluate the very best option for you. Have peace of mind with reliable home alarm monitoring in addition to fire, CO, and flood detection. Then, customize your smart house with smart locks, smart lighting, and a smart thermostat.

Want to check in on everything with video cameras? No problem. Vivint offers HD video with your indoor and outside cameras, including our in-demand front door cameras. See live streams using the Vivint App when you’re on vacation, and even document and save video clips. A Vivint professional can design the right home security system that suits your needs!

The equipment can be triggered in numerous ways -- door or window sensors, motion detectors, smoke or flood sensors, etc.-- which push a flash to the equipment’s hub. This warns the Vivint monitoring team. A Vivint professional will contact you instantly to ensure if you need help, and inform the appropriate emergency personnel while you get to safety. Vivint monitoring reps are accessible day and night to give live support when you want them most.

Vivint provides surveillance systems in Evanston that are exclusively wireless and function through a cellular system, instead of a “landline.” Alarm panels can interface with monitoring locations by cell-based technology. This means no annoying wires running in your house, and robbers cannot disable your security system by slicing your lines.

Vivint monitoring systems have a 24-hour emergency battery so that your house is still secure, even if your lights go out. The security services as well as the loud siren will still be effective to give consistent protection of your Evanston house.
Yes, most Vivint components allow remote access tools from your handheld device in addition to arming, disarming, and sending notices. You can also control automation operations like your home’s lighting, garage doors, and your thermostat when you are gone. Check in on your house while you are away with Vivint’s clear HD video capabilities on your home security cameras. Or use the intercom feature on your doorbell camera to chat with front door visitors.

Yes! All Vivint products have a yard sign and decals for your home to show that your location is defended by a quality home security system with round-the-clock monitoring. 90% of burglars admit that they stay clear of houses with a security system. By protecting your house with a Vivint security system and promoting the Vivint signs and stickers, you are already decreasing your risk!

Yes. Vivint has 24 hours/7 days a week surveillance in Evanston, 365 days a year. With Vivint home monitoring, you get the peace of mind from knowing you have a professional helping to secure the people and assets you love most at home.

Absolutely! Vivint’s wireless devices make it perfect for apartment dwellers in Evanston. Set up security sensors, video cameras, and multiple home automation services like smart lights. An expert installer will quickly put up devices so they can be taken with you when you move. Just chat with your landlord to find out what components are allowable with your rules.

Of course! Your Vivint Smart Home capacity are chosen by your family’s needs. Most of your security and home automation components can be controlled with the Vivint App. Set routines for your equipment or make them play off of one another. Design your tailored home security equipment with the advanced features you need most for your Evanston home!

Yes! It’s easy to set up your Vivint equipment to Google Home or amazon Echo. This lets you view everything by voice, from your security equipment, lights, and thermostats, to your garage door and locks. After your voice integration is configured, you can ask Alexa or Google to “arm” or “disarm” your security system and much more!