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First Alert ONELINK Wireless Smoke Alarm - 2 Pack
$39.99 + $5 Shipping
Condition: New

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Product site:http://firstalert.com//

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First Alert Escape Ladder

Oh great, now I'd have to run through my house beating all the smoke alarms with a bat, not just the one that started the false alarm?

These taste amazing, although they are a little smokey. They pair well with the 2005 Merlot, Truman King's Vineyard, Sonoma Valley which is being offered in the 12 pack on http://wine.woot.com/ and a little bit of sharp cheddar.

Oh yeah, they also detect smoke if that steak you are cooking to eat with it as well happens to be overcooked.

Fire Marshall Bill says buy these

Booooo for not being lithium battery powered smoke alarms!!! Would actually be a good deal if they were maintenance free lithium battery powered... (Cruises on over to homedepot.com...http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-202433885/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053)

according to the First alert web site, this a BOGO free.

The only thing that worries me about these is the wireless feature. How do I know it won't interfere with my wireless internet or vice versa? Even my ceiling fan has a wireless controller and every now and then, the light will automagically come on.

In case anyone wonders...this is NOT the talking version that Woot had back in 2009. That one was the model SA511, not the SA501.

Darn, and I was hoping to pick up more and expand my home network. Of talking smoke alarms, that is.

If nothing else, let today's offering serve as a reminder for everyone to check the batteries in the detectors in their homes right now.

I recently volunteered with the base fire marshal to check detectors in family housing... still in disbelief about how many people either removed the batteries or tore the units off the ceiling after they set off the alarm. Holy hell, people, why stop with the house? You might as well disable your airbags and seatbelts, too.

I bought these about a year ago on Woot! I think they're a great deal and I would recommend them The only problem is that I am (uhem) a little dangerous in the kitchen and when it goes off it says "Danger...Smoke in Kitchen! Danger." Really it sounds an awful lot like "Robot" from Lost In Space. I kind of like it, nostalgia and all that...but I'm not sure the neighbors do...

These are the best and number 1. I wouldn't trust my families safety with any other brand.

Google search: "smoke detectors" and you will see...

Still haven't gotten these to work,from the last time they were offered. Read web, watched video a bazillion times. They start going off as soon as they read each other!

more like 9-volt battery slowly drainer. If you want to slowly drain your 9v batteries then buy this circle.

Shakeabop wrote:I bought these about a year ago on Woot! I think they're a great deal and I would recommend them The only problem is that I am (uhem) a little dangerous in the kitchen and when it goes off it says "Danger...Smoke in Kitchen! Danger." Really it sounds an awful lot like "Robot" from Lost In Space. I kind of like it, nostalgia and all that...but I'm not sure the neighbors do...

See my post above...it's not the same model that talks. That one was the SA511.

doesn't this make it so you can't tell where the fire is? Sounds unsafe.

DO NOT PAINT? Too bad they felt the need to print so much on it...these really are ugly...marginally better looking than my charred corpse...but ugly!

missellienc wrote:The only thing that worries me about these is the wireless feature. How do I know it won't interfere with my wireless internet or vice versa? Even my ceiling fan has a wireless controller and every now and then, the light will automagically come on.

They operate at 915Mhz, so your Wifi (802.11) links will be fine. No guarantees on cordless phones or other wireless technologies, except that I assume these don't transmit much (any?) data at all when your house is not on fire.

missellienc wrote:The only thing that worries me about these is the wireless feature. How do I know it won't interfere with my wireless internet or vice versa? Even my ceiling fan has a wireless controller and every now and then, the light will automagically come on.

Actually it will send you an snitch-mail if your wireless internet is following up on it's vice of smoking out behind the server farm ... again.
That's what they're for!

sluttylimeade wrote:You might as well disable your airbags and seatbelts, too.

If my airbags went off every time I tried to make toast I sure as heck wouldn't replace those things either. Now I just need to find a center console mounted toaster to find out.
How bad (or good) are these with regard to stup1d false alarms? I have a couple of different brands and one is a combination carbon monoxide and smoke detector (Kidde talking wired+battery+interconnectable smoke/CO detector). That one immediately went nuts with both carbon monoxide and fire alarms when I used toilet bowl cleaner to clean the toilet in the bathroom off the hallway where the detector is mounted. I don't know what's in Lysol toilet bowl cleaner but I'm almost 100% positive that it's not a fire nor does it release carbon monoxide. Worked around the problem by switching cleaner brands.

Did you know you're supposed to replace your smoke alarms every 10 years?

How old are yours? I just replaced all the ones in my house. ( wired, not wireless )

portezbie wrote:doesn't this make it so you can't tell where the fire is? Sounds unsafe.

I have similar First Alert smoke detectors and the one time I set it off with smoke the one in the kitchen beeped first for about 10 or 15 seconds and then the detectors in the living room and bedroom started going off. I'm assuming that will happen all the time and give you a short while to figure out where the "fire" has started.

rhecht5000 wrote:DO NOT PAINT? Too bad they felt the need to print so much on it...these really are ugly...marginally better looking than my charred corpse...but ugly!

I never figured aesthetic design was important to people in regards to a smoke alarm.

Oh great... so when my husband burns a bag of popcorn in the microwave at 11pm at night we can all be startled awake and have momentary panic until we smell the wretched stench of burnt Reddenbacher as the piercing sounds of the alarms resonate throughout the house.

/in for 2

EDIT: MY REVIEW IS BASED ON THE TALKING MODEL. THIS MODEL DOES NOT TALK. AS SUCH, THESE WILL NOT TELL YOU WHERE THE SMOKE IS. AND IT USES A REGULAR SIREN, NOT A VOICE. HOWEVER, THE LINKAGE IS AN IMPORTANT FEATURE BECAUSE YOU'D KNOW ABOUT A FIRE IN THE BASEMENT WHILE SLEEPING WITH THE DOOR CLOSED IN THE 2ND FLOOR BEDROOM.

ASIDE FROM THE INFORMATIVE VOICE FEATURE, THE REST OF THE BELOW REVIEW IS VALID.

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We have the model with smoke detection and CO detection and have been very impressed. First, the photoelectric detector really is less prone to kitchen false alarms than ionization sensors. Secondly, the 2 AA batteries lasts as long as the 9V batteries used in most detectors but cost MUCH less. And because we have 2 apartments in the same building, knowing about a remote fire is important. The voice alarm is loud and clear, and one study showed that voices are more effective than sirens for waking children (probably because they've gotten used to sirens from watching TV and playing video games).

This goes with today's Sellout deal... PEARL Permanent Escape and Rescue Ladder.

jandrese wrote:They operate at 915Mhz, so your Wifi (802.11) links will be fine. No guarantees on cordless phones or other wireless technologies, except that I assume these don't transmit much (any?) data at all when your house is not on fire.

Thanks... with my luck the wireless signal from the ceiling fan will trigger the smoke alarms which will then screw with my security system which will automatically dial the fire department. Hopefully something will also send a signal to raise my garage doors so the fire department won't have to break down my front door to see there's no real fire.

JDLade wrote:more like 9-volt battery slowly drainer. If you want to slowly drain your 9v batteries then buy this circle.

Except these take 2 AA Batteries, not 9 volt batteries.

sunnievann wrote:Booooo for not being lithium battery powered smoke alarms!!! Would actually be a good deal if they were maintenance free lithium battery powered... (Cruises on over to homedepot.com...http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-202433885/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053)

Interesting

Thanks!

sluttylimeade wrote:If nothing else, let today's offering serve as a reminder for everyone to check the batteries in the detectors in their homes right now.

I recently volunteered with the base fire marshal to check detectors in family housing... still in disbelief about how many people either removed the batteries or tore the units off the ceiling after they set off the alarm. Holy hell, people, why stop with the house? You might as well disable your airbags and seatbelts, too.

Mine started beeping about a year ago, so I took the batteries out and that was that.

Kicker? I work at a local FD, so I'm safe.

What you really need to get is something I had no idea about when I went looking for detectors. They are "Dual Ionization and Photoelectric Sensor Smoke Alarms" They are made so that one detects smoldering fires and the other detects fast flash fires. They cost a little more but I have a bunch in my house. Kiddie is my go to.

sluttylimeade wrote:If nothing else, let today's offering serve as a reminder for everyone to check the batteries in the detectors in their homes right now.

I recently volunteered with the base fire marshal to check detectors in family housing... still in disbelief about how many people either removed the batteries or tore the units off the ceiling after they set off the alarm. Holy hell, people, why stop with the house? You might as well disable your airbags and seatbelts, too.

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Useful for speed dating. You will know who brings the FIYAAH!

...also, whom has problems with carcenoma/emphysema...

[... immediately went nuts with both carbon monoxide and fire alarms when I used toilet bowl cleaner to clean the toilet in the bathroom off the hallway where the detector is mounted. ...[/quote]
Perhaps the problem was other stuff you put in the toilet? Perhaps you eat too much Mexican?

Great - so you are cooking bacon for your breakfast and it gets pretty smoky. The smoke alarm in the hall goes off and suddenly the whole friggin house is going off, like some tea party psychos are about to breach.