These smoke detectors are confusing to activate, to say the least. The instructions are also seem to be written by 4 year olds. My alarm has a sliding switch on the back side, just like the one on this video, and under it has "activate" written with an arrow showing upwards. On the top side of the switch, there is "deactivate" written. So, what do you do to activate it? Follow the arrow and slide it up or don't touch it, because if you do, then you just deactivated the alarm??? I mean, how dumb is that? By the way, I did slide that switch upwards, then installed the housing to the wall plate, followed by a test. It did chirp right away and now a red blinking light comes on about every 10 seconds. So, is it working properly now or not?? I have no idea......
@@squirrel8121 I thought you were talking about the silence button! 🤦🏻♂ This is what it says in the manual about deactivation in the warning section: "You must deactivate the unit before disposing of it."
there is a tab where it says deactivate. break that and push it all the way down to deactivate it when you dispose of it. flipping the switch up and down does nothing but turn it on and off
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These smoke detectors are confusing to activate, to say the least. The instructions are also seem to be written by 4 year olds. My alarm has a sliding switch on the back side, just like the one on this video, and under it has "activate" written with an arrow showing upwards. On the top side of the switch, there is "deactivate" written. So, what do you do to activate it? Follow the arrow and slide it up or don't touch it, because if you do, then you just deactivated the alarm??? I mean, how dumb is that? By the way, I did slide that switch upwards, then installed the housing to the wall plate, followed by a test. It did chirp right away and now a red blinking light comes on about every 10 seconds. So, is it working properly now or not?? I have no idea......
Hi Lane,
Great review! Very important video because having a good smoke alarm SAVES LIVES! 👍👍
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What’s the point of the deactivation button
We use it when it’s going off due to my wife cooking and there’s too much smoke in the kitchen
@@DadReviews but it becomes unusable afterwards?
@@squirrel8121 I thought you were talking about the silence button! 🤦🏻♂ This is what it says in the manual about deactivation in the warning section: "You must deactivate the unit before disposing of it."
😂, once you deactivated you will not able to use so weird, I did that
there is a tab where it says deactivate. break that and push it all the way down to deactivate it when you dispose of it. flipping the switch up and down does nothing but turn it on and off
Does not last 10 years , two if you’re lucky
Mine only lasted 1.5 years and I'm not happy.
@@stevet8121 mine is dead also, after 3 years
I wasn’t lucky. 1 year 10 months. This alarm needs to be recalled.
it doesn't matter the company that makes 10 yr alarms, all 10 yr battery models fail after a few yrs
Failed less than one year sad
Your 10 year battery is a lithium battery that can start fires and cannot be put out with water.