SAVED MY FAMILIES LIFE!!!
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December 8, 2008
We live in a 4 level split home. Our gas furnace is on the lower, 3rd level. Two years ago we had several smoke alarms, but only one carbon monoxide detector on the top, bedroom level of our home. One early Saturday morning we awoke to the voice of this alarm broadcasting, "WARNING! CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTED!" over and over again. I got out of bed and took the batteries out of the unit. By then my then 16 year old daughter came out of her room and was watching me. I told her to go back to bed, but she asked me why we weren't going outside to our designated emergency spot. I thought I was being a bad example after all the years of telling the children to get our of the house if an alarm went off. I didn't think there was a problem. I assumed the unit was broken or needed a new battery. I wasn't thinking clearly. So, I put the batteries back in to see if it would go off again. It did. She again asked why we weren't following the rules and going outside, so we left the house and called 911.
When the firemen arrived I kept apologizing for calling them to our home for an obvious mistake. I thought the firemen would tell us it was a false alarm. It wasn't. The heater core had cracked and was leaking carbon monoxide. The levels were high enough to make us confused, but not yet put us to sleep. Had my daughter not watched me handle the alarm I would have gone back to sleep without ever putting the batteries back in. We were very lucky to have my daughter and this CM detector.
The voice made everything so much clearer than just a siren. If it hadn't said "carbon monoxide" I would have left the batteries out and gone back to sleep because I couldn't see any smoke or fire and I was tired. I don't think I would have thought about carbon monoxide. It was well worth every penny. I now have CM detectors on every floor of my home. This talking carbon monoxide detector helped save my families life.
Kidde KN-COSM-B Battery-Operated Combination Carbon Monoxide and Smoke Alarm with Talking Alarm
December 2, 2008
This is the second one of the smoke alarms I have bought. The first one went seven years with no problems. Then it started alerting that it was time for a new alarm. So of course I replaced it with the same alarm. In another seven years I will replace it with the same alarm again if I can. This smoke detector is great.
TWO IN ONE!
November 17, 2008
I love this product, not only because it's so practical to have both Smoke and CO2 alarms in one unit, but it is so unobtrusive and it works well (doesn't go off every time you fry an egg). It is better to have a CO alarm at ceiling level for early detection, it is battery operated so it works when the power is out and can even go with you if you are away from home, even in your car. It also has a voice to discriminate between fire and CO. Great Product!
I like the idea of a voice as it gets your attention.
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November 9, 2008
I like the way it was a voice to alert you when you are sleeping. Just a loud buzz can go unnoticed or ignored. Course I haven't had a fire yet for a full test, but I knew it worked well when I had it in the kitchen and I burned the toast.
Love it!
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November 2, 2008
This is the second one of these that I have bought from you and find them to be an excellent choice. I like the talking part, and it is very loud.
