Comment on YSK Your smoke detectors should be replaced every 7-10 years
kinkles@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
They make ones now with an internal battery that lasts 10 years. No more chirping and swapping 9V batteries.
I’m fact, smoke alarms with user-replaceable batteries became illegal in Scotland a couple of years ago.
Still waiting to see if the same regulation gets applied across the entire UK, but anecdotally I’ve noticed it’s already much harder to find anything other than 10-year battery or hardwired models in my part of England.
What’s the reason behind that legislation?
Safety. What else?
You can see a news report from when it came into force here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-60203081
I was looking at one of those when I was buying new detectors.
Those are the only battery ones legal to sell where I live.
Raiderkev@lemmy.world 3 days ago
It sucks ass. I’ve gone through about 5 of them well short of 10 years. I do see that this brand released a new version, but this is the one I had. Absolute garbage. They kept giving false positives, and they have no replaceable batteries so they just become E-waste after you disable them. This is the one I had.
www.homedepot.com/pep/…/203534175?
halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 3 days ago
You know those have a 10 year warranty right? Including the specific model you linked.
https://www.kidde.com/warranty-information
Raiderkev@lemmy.world 3 days ago
How many ~$25 items do you fill out a warranty claim for? Mine went into the bin and I got another.
halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 3 days ago
Not many, but I don’t buy a lot of $25 products in this day and age. Sometimes electronics fail early, that’s why there’s a warranty. I also don’t go complaining about something when it would have been replaced by warranty either.
The fact they warrant the devices through their entire expected lifespan instead of only a year is notable.
BigDiction@lemmy.world 3 days ago
That’s all they sell at Costco now and I’m worried they won’t last 10 years. They’re kinda pricey too $70 for two.
nocturne@slrpnk.net 3 days ago
My hardwired detector was $73 for 1.
CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social 3 days ago
I’ve had the same problem with them. I don’t recommend them either.
Even if they do have a warranty, they aren’t reliable enough to be worth doing the warranty claim on, imho.
I’ve gone back to the old battery style and gotten some rechargeable 9 volt.