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Fluent Home Security Review


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Fluent is a home security is a Canadian-based company that focuses on home automation via their fully wireless system. Founded in 2019, the company offers professionally monitored 24/7 services with a large selection of equipment options to increase customization and flexibility. The Fluent app allows homeowners to receive customizable real-time alerts, control the system remotely, and schedule it to arm and disarm.

How is Fluent rated?

Breakdown

4.0/5
Equipment
3.0/5
Monitoring Options and Technology
0.0/5
Value
3.0/5
Contract Flexibility

Overall Rating: 3 / 5 (Very good)

Fluent home security is a good option for people interested in getting hands-on with their equipment setup. This is not for everyone, however, and prices can mount up quickly as customers keep adding devices.

How does Fluent work?

Equipment - 4 / 5

Fluent security systems can be professionally installed or DIY, with removal, transport and reinstallation services typically around $99. Packages are fully customizable, which can be confusing for customers. All include a control panel with remote access, as well as motion, door, and window sensors. Home automation is available for an additional fee.
Installation
Professional
Self-Install (DIY)
Equipment Manufacturer
2GIG, Honeywell and Ecolink
Ability to Reallocate System
Wireless Sensors
Control Panel
Event Triggered Siren/ Alarm

Security Monitors, Sensors, & Devices

Intrusion Protection

  • Door & Window Sensors
  • Garage Door Sensors
  • Glass Break Protection
  • Motion Sensors
  • Recessed Door Sensors

Environmental Protection

  • Carbon Monoxide
  • Flood
  • Temperature Change
  • Smoke

Surveillance

  • Indoor Cameras
  • Outdoor Cameras
  • Doorbell Cameras
  • Tilt & Pan Cameras
  • Live Surveillance
  • Event-triggered Surveillance

Life Safety

  • Panic Button
  • Medical Alert

Monitoring

Monitoring Options and Technology - 3 / 5

Fluent home security provides professional, 24/7 monitoring via cellular or landline. Their call centers can communicate with homeowners through their two-way intercom, as well as dispatch emergency personnel when needed. Standard systems include remote web access and full control of the system, with remote arm and disarm capabilities.
Monitoring Options
Professional Monitoring
Monitoring Technology
Cellular
Landline
Number of Monitoring Centers
1
Monitoring Center Type
Owned
Professional Monitoring Services
24/7 Professional Monitoring
2-Way Intercom
Police Dispatch
Fire Department Dispatch
Medical Dispatch

How much does Fluent cost?

Contract Flexibility - 3 / 5

Fluent offers completely customizable plans, which vary in price according to the different devices added to the package. They offer hardware for three different categories: security, automation, and energy. Security is the simplest and least expensive, followed by Energy, which includes thermostat and lighting control. The most complete package is Automation, which includes all the other features, as well as remote video and automated locks. The price tag is correspondingly higher.
Number of Available Packages
3
Contract Required
Cancellation Policy
You may cancel your contract for any reason for 10 days after you sign the agreement if you reside in Canada, and 3 days if you reside in the United States.
Warranty
90-day equipment guarantee

Contract & Price Fine Print

The company offers three basic plans: Automation, Energy and Security, but prices are subject to equipment and features. Fluent Home offers customized plans and equipment where the cost varies on the number of equipment and features a customer chooses. Fees such as installation and activation are disclosed once a custom quote is given.

Technology Integrations

Technology Integration - 4 / 5

Fluent security systems feature iPhone and Android apps, email and text alerts, and remote arm/disarm technology. Add-ons include lighting and HVAC control, remote real-time video, and thermostat control, among others.

Compatibility

Google Assistant
Amazon Alexa
Google Home
IFTTT
Z-Wave
ZigBee
Z-Wave Plus

Mobile Access & Alerts

  • iPhone App
  • Android App
  • Email & Text Alerts
  • Remote Arm/Disarm
  • Geo-location Services

Home Automation

  • Lighting Control
  • Thermostat Control
  • Appliance Control
  • Electronic Door Locks
  • History Log
  • Unique User Codes

Fluent Reputation

Reputation - 1.5 / 5

Fluent home security is a BBB accredited company with an B- rating.
BBB Rating
B-
Number of BBB Positive Reviews
5
Number of BBB Neutral Reviews
0
Number of BBB Negative Reviews
6
Date Collected
2017-08-17
Year Founded
2014

Fluent Summary


Contact & Additional Information

Homepage URL
Company Phone
(855) 238-4826
Headquarters Address
13937 S Sprague Ln Ste 200, Draper, UT, 84020
Mailing Address
13937 S Sprague Ln Ste 200, Draper, UT, 84020

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Jordan
1/4/2018
I have been trying to cut my service off for over TWO YEARS!!! They have provoked me over the phone multiple times to the point where I get heated and then they hang up on me. Then I don't hear from them for a few weeks and then they call back and do the same thing again, this time threating to send me to the credit bureau so I am forced to pay to avoid bad credit. They harass me on a regular basis about making my payments on time for a service that I don't have. I have emailed them with a written statement asking them to discontinue my service(as per their policy) and they say that they didn't receive it?!? I sent it to the email address that they provided and still they sat that they... Read More
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Rachel S
4/12/2018
Horrible experience and I have not been with them a year yet. On 3/29 617pm I called it because my screen on my thermostat was not working. The customer service rep informed me that the screens never go out. Even though mines were black, plus I had already put in new Duracell batteries. The thermostat didn’t even work from my phone app, it keep saying malfunction. Well tech support walked me through removing the cover and pressing a reset button, the screen came back on and was good for a couple of hours. In the middle of the night I heard beeping over and over and noticed that my ac unit had never turned off. Screen out again, reset again ow since I knew how. April 1st unable to control... Read More
22 People found this helpful.


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Janet
5/29/2018
Fluent came by with a great line about my current company not upgrading my equipment and they would do that, pay off my contract, get me in their service for less each month. Now my equipment keeps reporting 'Radio Network Failure' which it never did before and I can not get their scheduling department to contact me to send out a tech. Customer service is useless. And my confidence that an alarm would go if an emergency occurred is low. I am located in Columbia, MO.
18 People found this helpful.


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Steve
10/5/2017
I am glad I could only give this a 1/2 star. Horrible service, broken promises to get you to buy in. They fail to tell you the limit on uploads. The cameras didn't last a month. Service with it is so spotty. Horrible customer service. Avoid at all costs. Can't wait until this contract is done we will be moving on.
18 People found this helpful.


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Steve w
10/6/2017
Fly by Night operations, came to our city and dumped cheap alarm systems and high contract prices, crappy messy installers, just want to get it done and out the door. then the tape falls off the the door the next week.
16 People found this helpful.


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Ali A
9/21/2016
Misleading reps with incorrect information regarding product availability and breaking town bylaws of obtaining an alarm permit prior to installation. Took installer 4 hours (until after midnight) and he left his garbage on my living room floor. Later, 1.5 months, find out that product they sold you isn't available for another 2 months. Speak to rep online, save chat transcripts, admitting they breached contract by this action as all pieces haven't been received. Company offers other device until original product comes available. No contract signed for this device. Contact company the 2 months later to find out the original device is still not available and that it's not even... Read More
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Jim
1/23/2017
Their sales reps are liars and use deceptive tactics. There are far too many of these claims here to believe Fluent doesn't promote this activity. My salesman told me he would give me the free months, but when I later looked at the contract, I discovered the three months were added to the end of the contract. So far their service is fair, using a cell phone to activate or deactivate is mostly unworkable.
13 People found this helpful.


Bobbie L
12/13/2017
We are into the third week of not having a working security system. At least Fluent FINALLY returned our calls. They sent a tech out, that they subcontracted out. He went through the exact thing that they instructed us to do over the phone. IT DID NOT WORK. I suppose we are waiting for something in the mail. THEN we had to call them back to schedule another appointment for a tech to return.
12 People found this helpful.


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John F
4/9/2019
A pretty lady came to my door, selling Fluent, I listened, it was hot I invited her into the AC. We talked and she was very convincing, I agreed to try Fluent for a 2 year period. Installer 'just happened' to be in the area & showed up within minutes. I watched installation, & sat talking to the pretty lady. The contract was on a tablet & I signed, 1 1/2 yr later, after many billing problems, I called & asked when my 2 yrs. was over. They told me I signed a "60 month" contract ! I told them to send me a copy, (which I did not get when signing up), It had a scribbled name that could be mine, 3 places, that were all different. So..., I was told 24 months, they switched to a 60 month... Read More
11 People found this helpful.


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Larry B
11/2/2018
We were approached by a sales rep. named Raphael and oh did he ever promise us the world. We had an existing Vivint alarm system and he told us that Fluent would buy out our existing contract and provide us with a similar service for $20 a month less. Now who doesn't want to save $20 a month. We foolishly believed him and signed on. The equipment was installed and we thought everything was going to be good. Raf left us his phone number and email and told us to contact him any time. The next month Vivint is still billing us and we call them and Fluent still hasn't sent them the money for the buyout. We call Fluent and we get the old run around and we try to call the scammer Raphael and his... Read More
11 People found this helpful.



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