I bought cheap smoke detectors and soon regretted it - here's what I recommend now
pros and cons
- The X-Sense XP0H-WN features smoke and carbon monoxide detection.
- It lasts a decade with a 10-year sealed battery.
- It's easy to install and is interconnected.
- Unfortunately, these alarms aren't smart, so you don't get phone alerts, but they do work with a wireless network.
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My home is almost three decades old, and when I moved in, it still had the original smoke detectors. This is, of course, less than ideal, as smoke detectors must be replaced every 10 years -- seriously.
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One of the first things I did after moving was replace all the smoke detectors with new battery-powered ones. Being the cheapskate I am, however, I got two dozen inexpensive ones and ended...
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