USI Electric MDSCN111 4-in-1 Universal Smoke Sensing Technology Hardwired Smart Alarm

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USI Electric MDSCN111 4-in-1 Universal Smoke Sensing Technology Hardwired Smart Alarm

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Pros & Cons

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Pros

I only wish it had wireless interconnect vs hardwired. And led also.

For those that misunderstand shelf life and life in use, these even come with a nice plastic cover that you should re-install while you are spray painting or doing excessively dusty construction. Comes vacuum packaged to prevent contaminants entering ... Read More

Cons

Better' and more reliable alarms are those which are interconnected. After only a few months, the detector makes short beep noise. They begin constantly going off and cannot be reset.

It not only costs me a ton of money (which i don't have--i make $700. Please save your money and sanity. Looking at other reviews here and elsewhere, seems to be a very common complaint.

Manufacture date on mine shows 2015 feb 02. Unit with 7 year shelf life arrive 13 months old, then found to be malfunctioning. Delivery time is also nearly a month from a now current order date.

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Highlights

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Quality

Works okay with the other older alarms

Those were installed with the original build of my home about 10 years ago so time to replace

If a weak battery in one unit causes all the units to beep pressing the test button causes only the unit with the weak battery to beep

Im not real happy with my attempts to return the defective unit but am happy with the quality of the units that i have installed

Price

4in1 feature and price is what sold me

Competitiveness

These are so much nicer than the previous 3in1 versions from the same manufacturer

At the higher end of the price scale i would expect better life and initial performance

Personally i chose the mdscn111 4in1 smokegasco detector for common areas of our home and the simpler model mds107 2in1 smoke d... Read More

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This product had a total of 242 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 31 2023.