Pros & Cons
Pros
High quality packaging makes it feel a bit special. The unit is well packaged and had instructions that were clear. Ideal for for my dual purpose requirements.
Highlights
Price
Easy to install and long battery life make this low cost smoke and co monitor a no brainer to have
Packaging/appearance
I have now binnedrecycled the old alarm as i have every faith in the xsense
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
easy, good, great, loud and fit. - Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 79.
- Previous analysis of this listing was an D grade.
- Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is high deception involved.
- Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 48.4% of the reviews are reliable.
- This product had a total of 310 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 3 2023.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
In practice this item was fiddly and awkward to install
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Looking good but let’s see in 10 years time how long it lasted
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Very loud alarm when it sounds
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
As a manual test i found that holding smouldering paper about 30cm from the alarm for a few seconds produces enough smoke to set off the alarm within 15 seconds
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The alarm sound is very loud but can be silenced at the press of a button
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
However the red alarm warning lamp continues to flash as a visible warning for about 10 minutes
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The older alarm would keep triggering due to cooking smokefumes in the kitchen whereas the xsense has not triggered once
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I have now binnedrecycled the old alarm as i have every faith in the xsense