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I never understood the appeal of Nest Protect. I mean I get it, smart home and all, but they're inferior to a proper panel hard wired system and you're better off saving your money and asking your local Fire and Rescue Service for a free home fire safety visit, where they'll also fit free smoke alarms and advise best places for CO alarms too.
I have two of these FireAngel 7 year CO alarms, one near the boiler and one near the gas fire
paired that with 10 year heat alarm in the kitchen (middle of ceiling) and lined the escape route from the bedroom with 10 year smoke alarms; in my case that is the living room, and communal landing on each level.
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I used to have one, being able to mute it whilst cooking was convenient as was the warning it was about to go off but it was still a bit finicky.
Eventually though I needed something that complied with building regulations so ended up with a load of mains powered, hard wired ones.
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Knowing if your fire alarm is going when you're out of the house, whilst also having it auto turn-on a camera and show you what's happening within the house is a good feature.
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Nice.
Will pick up one of those FireAngel CO alarms in addition to the Nest... it's this one, right? https://amzn.to/2HRw1dd
aggi
Velocio
Cheers, that's interesting. Given that smoke alarms are generally in the middle of the room and boilers at the edge that does seem to make combined ones a bit useless.