10 Year Worry-Free Sealed Battery Smoke Detector with Photoelectric Sensor

Why do these smoke detectors always fail in the middle of the night? We've only had this unit a few months, and it went off at 4 am. We couldn't turn it off! We had to hit it with a hammer and cut the wires just to make sure it would shut up.

I inspect and replace smoke detectors in apartment buildings. I have boxes and boxes of this detector, dead. On some units the ten year battery seems to last about three years. The test beep goes on too long as well.

Bought two 2-packs, one for each level of the house. The ones in the basement, lower level (entertainment area), main level (kitchen, dining, living rooms) are all just fine. A couple cooking-related false alarms, no big deal. The one on the upper level (bedrooms, main bathroom) started going off for no reason. Sometimes it would go off for a little bit and stop. Other times it kept going for several minutes before i could find a stick to press the "hush" button. Then it would silence for ~10 mins and start again. After waking up twice to it last night and again this morning as i was sitting on the toilet, i decided to pull it down, turn it off and buy a new, different brand. I looked at the date we had written on there. We installed in Oct. 2017, and I'm going to replace it now, Sept. 2020. Almost 3 years. Not bad, really. Just wish it would've lasted 10 years as advertised. We had a First Alert for ~10 years. It went off a few times, all due to cooking (a couple were due to someone falling asleep while cooking, so that saved us). We replaced with a newer First Alert detector that lasted another 10 years. Then i saw these on sale at Home Depot. Being familiar with Kidde because i've had a couple fire extinguishers of theirs, i decided to get them. After this incident, i'm going back to First Alert.

Installed in '17, failed today. Could not be silenced until I figured out how. You might need a hammer, but my foot worked fine.

It is great for the Utility Room. Easy to read instructions. Very easy to install. Works as advertised.

We bought a multipack of these a few years ago (Nov 10 2016 date code) and have lost 4 due to low battery warning so far

I purchased 6 kiddi 10 yr smoke detectors. Very easy to install and glad that I don't have to change the batteries for 10 yrs I only wish it included the carbon dioxide detector with them especially for how much they cost.

Please read the instructions before purchasing. It seems there are two types of smoke detectors. One for fast spreading fires and one for slower ones. My sense would be to purchase a smoke detector that responds to both types of fires. I did install this one in our family room and trust that it would do its job, if necessary. Would have been nice if mounting hardware were included (screws and wall anchors).

Easy to install. Saves 20 C cell batteries over the service life of the unit (10 years). I marked month/year with sharpie on outside of unit to remind me when to replace it.

Ease to install was very easy. Can't rate any further unless there is a fire.