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Pros & Cons
Pros
Photoelectric-type alarms aim a light source into a sensing chamber at an angle away from the sensor. It must be 40yrs old, & test button still works like air raid! First alert is the reason i still have a family ive kept that old smoke alarm. Com... Read More
Cons
This alarm seems like it was designed to be really difficult to install and maintain. The trap door makes replacing the battery while on the ceiling impossible. The battery that comes with the unit is a low quality battery that soon fails because of t... Read More
Instructions are in one point font, impossible to read.
First alert toy has a 33% failure rate on critical home safety items. Don't waste ur $$$ on old units.
It beeps for no reason. And the chirping is awful.
This is no good if you've got a ham radio operator in your home or living nearby. It goes off when cooking unless i have the fan on. It is supposed to run off ac power, but actually tests the battery frequently. Must junk the detectors.
Highlights
Quality
It was easy and the new ones are warranted for 10 years plus they came with the batteries include
With the search i was able to find a source of the type i was looking for
Just replace the old with the new
Not happy with time to break down
Price
Price was the same as going to the big name hardware store but i saved myself about 5 gallons of diesel by having prime drop th... Read More
Competitiveness
Needed to replace basic hardwired smoke alarm as current ones had exceeded 10year recommended lifespan
As i was replacing previously installed but virtually idential units these were very simple to swap
I looked at local bigbox stores and was horrified at the price as my home contains many of these all installed at build
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old, easy, new, alert and first. - Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 820.
- Previous analysis of this listing was an C grade.
- Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there may be deception involved.
- Our engine has determined that the review content quality is low.
- Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 72.0% of the reviews are reliable.
- This product had a total of 23,374 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 15 2023.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If it takes more than 5 minutes to replace seek prof help
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
But i was kind of disappointing when the first alert didn’t respond carbon monoxide to the other carbon monoxide detectors
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
We replaced them with the same brand and model
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
After 8 years a couple of my detectors were driving me nuts as they wouldnt stop the 5 chirp every couple of minutes alarm
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I tried resetting and replacing batteries
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I looked at local bigbox stores and was horrified at the price as my home contains many of these all installed at build
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I looked on amazon and found this unit for half the price but the model number is listed as ff instead of b like i have
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
First alert tech support was no help same as battery replacement info btw
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