first alert talking smoke alarms

Posted by JRStern on October 12, 2009, 7:02 pm

After the previous thread, I picked up a couple of these, they seem
quite well designed overall, the tri-tone is about 500hz and my 85yo
mother can hear them quite well - BUT she cannot hear the voice, which
is still at very high frequency probably averaging over 2khz.

The unit can be tested and muted by any (?) tv IR remote, and does not
seem too sensitive to accidental activation.

$35 at Lowes.

The one feature I did not get is the "OneLink" that lets one alarm in
your house set off all the others via 900mhz link. Nice feature, but
doubles the price, and the house isn't all that large.

J.

Posted by EXT on October 12, 2009, 7:14 pm

> After the previous thread, I picked up a couple of these, they seem
> quite well designed overall, the tri-tone is about 500hz and my 85yo
> mother can hear them quite well - BUT she cannot hear the voice, which
> is still at very high frequency probably averaging over 2khz.
> The unit can be tested and muted by any (?) tv IR remote, and does not
> seem too sensitive to accidental activation.
> $35 at Lowes.
> The one feature I did not get is the "OneLink" that lets one alarm in
> your house set off all the others via 900mhz link. Nice feature, but
> doubles the price, and the house isn't all that large.

Since 900mhz is used by cordless phones and probably other equipment it
would seem subject to false triggers, which can be annoying and detremental
to peaceful life.

Posted by JRStern on October 12, 2009, 8:21 pm

On Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:14:15 -0400, "EXT"

>> The one feature I did not get is the "OneLink" that lets one alarm in
>> your house set off all the others via 900mhz link. Nice feature, but
>> doubles the price, and the house isn't all that large.

>Since 900mhz is used by cordless phones and probably other equipment it
>would seem subject to false triggers, which can be annoying and detremental
>to peaceful life.

has a bunch of codes you set to make nice.

I also bought some little walkie-talkies the other day, they have the
same kind of feature, separate security codes on every channel, plus
settable ID sounds ... pretty nice, actually.

J.

Posted by Frank Warner on October 13, 2009, 5:26 pm

> After the previous thread, I picked up a couple of these, they seem
> quite well designed overall, the tri-tone is about 500hz and my 85yo
> mother can hear them quite well - BUT she cannot hear the voice, which
> is still at very high frequency probably averaging over 2khz.
>
> The unit can be tested and muted by any (?) tv IR remote, and does not
> seem too sensitive to accidental activation.
>
> $35 at Lowes.
>
> The one feature I did not get is the "OneLink" that lets one alarm in
> your house set off all the others via 900mhz link. Nice feature, but
> doubles the price, and the house isn't all that large.
>
> J.
>

What do talking smoke alarms say?
I mean, seriously.

"Sniff. . . . Heyyyy . . . Is somebody smoking in here?"
"I say, I think somebody IS smoking in here. You know that's NOT
allowed."
"No. Wait. That's smells like grease. Mom must be cooking again."
"Funny, it doesn't SMELL like chicken. Not even Mom's chicken."
"Are you sure it's not . . . Sniff. SNIFF! HOLY SHIT! IT'S A
"FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! Everybody out! Grab the cat! And the photo albums!
Don't forget the freaking photo albums!"

????

-Frank

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Posted by JRStern on October 13, 2009, 6:30 pm

On Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:26:16 -0700, Frank Warner

>What do talking smoke alarms say?
>I mean, seriously.
>"Sniff. . . . Heyyyy . . . Is somebody smoking in here?"
>"I say, I think somebody IS smoking in here. You know that's NOT
>allowed."
>"No. Wait. That's smells like grease. Mom must be cooking again."
>"Funny, it doesn't SMELL like chicken. Not even Mom's chicken."
>"Are you sure it's not . . . Sniff. SNIFF! HOLY SHIT! IT'S A
>"FIRE! FIRE! FIRE! Everybody out! Grab the cat! And the photo albums!
>Don't forget the freaking photo albums!"
>????

honk
honk
honk

[smoke / Fire / carbon monoxide] detected in [selected room]
evacuate
evacuate

honk
honk
honk

J.

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