Grandchild
Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2025
I ordered and paid for a 2 pack of Kidde smoke/ carbon monoxide detectors and only received a box of 1.
Hank Barger
Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2025
As advertised.
Louis L.
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2025
Perfect upgrade to my old, 10 yr old Kidde smoke alarm detector. The brackets fit perfectly. You will need to buy an adapter to be able to connect the hardwired power to the original connector...
Andy C
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2025
We bought 6 of these to replace our replaceable battery original build alarms that are just 10yo.The wiring harness is much different requiring replacement, which looks improved so I understand, somewhat, but the base itself from KIDDE was, too, changed only enough to also require replacement.So if you are looking for KIDDE loyalty meaning easily swapping them out with lithium models, guess again.Other than those things that I find somewhat egregious, the units look nice and modern and having 10yr batteries is amazing. Seeing how we have a battery backup for the house, each outage will only be 30sec long, sp hopefully these are lifetime detectors, though 10yrs is the next best thing.
RBlack7557
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2025
It fits the mounting bracket of my old Kidde detector. However, the electrical connector is different, so I had to re-wire it. I'm not sure why they didn't leave the connector the same.
Blue Moon
Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2025
I was buying it as a replacement for 10-year old Kidde that expired. Why does it not fit the same plug and we have to call an electrician?!! Ridiculous. I am looking at the design and there is no good reason why they could not make it fit. It's a similar connector but a little different - just enough to make it not fit. Why not make 1 option that fits all models to make it easy for consumers?! Don't buy if you are hoping for plug and play when replacing an old model.
Butchboy
Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2024
At night, my smoke alarms started randomly going off, then stopping every 15 minutes or so. After an hour of panic checking for fire and/or gas leaks, I assumed the Kidde alarms reached their end of life. I pulled one down and it was a bit more than 10 years old. So not wanting to redrill holes, I ordered Kidde again hoping they retained the same baseplate layout.After arrival, I replaced all the wired detectors with these new ones and fortunately, they all fit the same base. They tested fine and thankfully, the random alarms stopped. I should be good for another decade.Dislikes:I really dislike that they changed the wire connector. So either I had to rewire or use their optional adaptor. Rewiring is easy, but in my case, they were tucked way into the ceiling. With the adaptor being about $5, I chose to go that route. Worked just fine, but it was annoying.I also dislike that the backup battery is located on the backside of the detector. This means I have to remove the detector to change it. The older model had the battery on the front side.And finally, the cost. I have 3 smoke detectors in parallel and had to change all 3. These smoke detectors are not cheap. I understand they also detect carbon monoxide and it's hard to put a price on safety, but I still can complain about it.
cats3
Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2024
This is a battery backup, line-powered, interconnected replacement for your 10-year-old CO/Smoke detectors. Works well. Tests by a short press of the test button. The only reason I rated it 4-starts is because the battery bay is on the underside.