Kidde21010625 Battery Operated Wireless Interconnected Combination Smoke & Carbon Monoxide Alarm

Actually very easy to install and I consider myself smoke alarm operator deficient. I can't stand these things but I know we need them. I wanted ones that would connect to Wink smart home and also included carbon monoxide monitoring.The directions are confusing but the company posted a simple video on you tube that is much easier to absorb.Note - in order for these to work with Wink, you'll need the Wink Hub 2 which runs for $99. I had the older hub so I need to make a trip to home depot but it's worth it. I need visibility, security and automation due to travel schedule and an adjacent bed and breakfast that can hear if my alarms are chirping (which the old ones did a lot). I've only lived in this house for four months and I've returned home countless times from trips to find alarms chirping due to batteries dying (again) or some interconnected issue that I can't figure out.No issues after 24 hours.

These are badass. They alert with voice and the usual beeps. On wink it sets the entire system to show as 1 unit which is annoying, but it still serves its purpose. No remote silence features that I know of. But they are light, easy to install and can be added to existing systems for peace of mind.

Bought this to add to my linked smoke alarms. I have 11 of them throughout the house. Most are hung up according to the instructions. A few of them are hidden behind desks or under beds. One is under a counter. Those are are there to either act as an alarm or to sense smoke from where the most-likely source is. Since they are all connected, I can rest easier knowing that if a small fire starts in one of those high-risk areas, the entire system will sound. They link to WINK as well.

Looks great and works well but it only connects to the identical model wirelessly. The ads and info on this led me to believe it would connect to my current Kidde smoke alarm system but it does not. I called tech support and they guided me to a short sentence in the manual that states it only connects to a wireless network made up of the exact same alarms....not a great feature!

These detectors are great! They are easy to set up and super easy to add more detectors if desired. We just added a third one to put in the garage and I had it talking with the others and hung on the ceiling in like 10 minutes.The best part is if one goes off, they all go off. They also talk (rather scream) and alert you by saying “FIRE” or “CARBON MONOXIDE”.

Wink Has required a subscription for 4.99 Rendering this very Very expensive smart smoke detector into a very expensive cheap AF smoke detectorI really wish I could've returns but wink send out the email after the return window very disappointed and due to proprietary community with the wink hub unable to use with any other smart hubs

Works perfectly and I believe is the best solution for multiple levels of my home. As a retired firefighter, take it from me, this unit combined with the same ones linked throughout your home, will give you not only safety, but peace of mind. The voice-over-alert works best for waking you or your children up; as kids have been shown to sleep thru the familiar beep-beep of todays detectors. And it is both CO and smoke! I have four now in my home, and wish more folks would secure their homes with these sorts of units. Stay safe!

Bought one of these to interface with my wink hub, batteries lasted 5 weeks and then it went into chirp mode which drove my dogs nuts. Called Kiddie support and answered way to many questions in my opinion and gave them the best use by date on the alkaline Energizer batteries which was 12-2025. When I asked if they thought the unit may be defective they didn't know, the only solution they had was to send me a new set of batteries.It's also interesting that most images of the unit show Duracell Batteries with the unit, but the unit I bought came with Energizer batteries in the package.I understand that batteries in these devices should be replaced every six months - 5 weeks is just plain stupid.Another problem that I see is in the activity on the smart phone it's says all is well - week after week all is well until the batteries die and all ( you know what ) breaks loose. You would think you would get a per-alert that the batteries are low before the audible alarm goes off.An interesting note is that if you have a set back thermostat the voltage output of the batteries drops as it gets colder, the voltage will drop sufficiently to put the unit into low battery mode and is guaranteed to wake you in the middle of the night! In my case it was 1:42 am.In my opinion this is not a device that's worth the money they are selling it for.