First AlertBRK 7020BSL Hardwired Hearing Impaired Smoke Detector with LED Strobe Light , white

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I'm deaf without my hearing aid and cochlear implant processor. I have a service dog since sleeping through a fire alarm at a hotel. He's good, but practicing fire alarms is difficult. I installed these in the bedrooms in my home and the tv room. The flash would definitely wake me even in the daytime.

The flashing strobe light and alarm is great. I’m hearing impaired and it would wake me up. But I believe all bedrooms should have one of these even if you’re not hearing impaired. It’s extra insurance if a situation happens while sleeping.

This unit plugged right in to the existing, hard wired, smoke detector. Just unplugged the old one, plugged this one in, and snapped it into the existing holder. Flashing light is bright enough to wake a person that cannot hear the alarm. This one, or one with the same flashing light feature is a must for anyone using hearing aids.

I’ve had two of these for almost a year. They’re hard-wired on the same circuit, so that if one goes off they both go off. Unfortunately, they go off when there’s no smoke or no fire in the house. Had to remove them

Should have looked at the reviews at the on set of trouble shooting my installation problems. It would not work as described & diligent study of the inclosed literature said NOTHING of the conditions I was seeing. I called the customer service number in literature. Was only on hold 10 minutes or so when a lady answered. She was able to look up my condition & told me to operate a switch on the back of the detector. WHAT SWITCH? There is no mention of a switch in the literature except the Disable Switch. Sure enough there is a small paddle the same color as the rest of the housing. Another reviewer called it a “shipping switch”. Pushing the paddle and “wall-a” my detector was now functioning properly. Installation was not a problem. My near deaf mother-n-law can hear the audio alarm as well as see the light which seems pretty bright. Cannot speak to the premature “end of life” alarms but thinking this “shipping switch” may be a recent addition and an effort to eliminating these “e o l” alarms and get more life out of the detector. Time will tell.

Hope I never need to use it but I know it works! Good n loud!! Fast delivery! Easy to install

Wife got cochlear implants so basically deaf at night, this detector is a great answer to alerting her. The flashing light is almost blinding, works fantastically