I'm ready to replace all the smoke detectors in the house. My guess is most if not all of them are 10 plus years old. Several don't match. There is a total of 5... 2 downstairs and 3 upstairs. Currently they are inter-connected and hard-wired.

I'm interested in getting new hard-wired ones that are inter-connected, as well as have the 10 year internal battery that doesn't need to be replaced.

I also have a house alarm system that is not currently monitored, has two broken sensors, and appears to be pretty old. I'd like to get this fixed/upgraded as well.

I'm looking for suggestions / options.

1) What are recommendations for replacement set of smoke detectors?

2) Should I get a set of smoke detectors that ties into the home alarm system?

3) What are recommendations for getting an upgraded house alarm system / monitoring?

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Posted by Weekend Warrior79

Member since Aug 2014

16273 posts

Posted on 5/4/21 at 2:49 pm to LSUFanHouston

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1) What are recommendations for replacement set of smoke detectors?

Kidde seems to be the most recommended smoke detector. Should be pretty easy to replace the hard wired ones; especially if they have a universal plug

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2) Should I get a set of smoke detectors that ties into the home alarm system?

Yes. The standalone ones will only alert you if you are home; the ones tied to your alarm system help when home, but also alert you and fire dept if a fire happens when you are away. I have the kidde ones in all of my bedrooms and the 2 alarm ones in the hall and main living area

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3) What are recommendations for getting an upgraded house alarm system / monitoring?

Check the tech board, there are several threads about this. I liked ADT when I had them, but feel I get the same service from SimpliSafe for less than 1/2 the price. You have to install the SimpliSafe ones yourself. Other people will recommend Nest or Adobe, but I have no information on them (tech board does)

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Posted by keakar

Member since Jan 2017

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Posted on 5/4/21 at 6:33 pm to LSUFanHouston

think about it, do you really want to be required to notify fire and rescue every time you burn a burger or steak?

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Posted by Bawcephus

Member since Jul 2018

2747 posts

Posted on 5/4/21 at 11:19 pm to LSUFanHouston

I have a Ring system with a handful of First Alert Smoke/CO paired to it. Works great. And yes I've burned food, had detector go off and the Ring people were calling in less than 10 secs. A quick "no fire, thanks for calling" was all it took to cancel.

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