Kidde Smoke Detector, 10-Year Battery Powered, LED Warning Light Indicators

This was so easy to install, designed very well! Gives me so much peace of mind, especially with my granddaughter sleeping upstairs. We’ve tested them, and they are sensitive to smoke, but not sensitive to “non-smoke” which is great. It functions very well and is loud enough to wake us up if there ever was a fire. Can’t put a value on life, so this was worth every penny.

This smoke detector was easy to install and looks great. Love that it has a 10-year battery so I don't have to worry about replacing the battery every year.

These smoke detectors are extremely easy to set up. You just take them out of the packaging, turn the little red knob, and then screw the base to the ceiling. Then all you have to do is put the smoke detector on the base. Super easy and with a 10-year battery life, I don't have to think about putting 12-volt batteries in these things.

Alarm goes off due to humidity and ghosts. Quite sensitive, but I suppose that’s a good trait in a smoke detector.

This item came well proctected, on time, and was just as described. These smoke alarms are not cheap, and it is best to go with a known product, as as this one. I would purchase it again, if needed.

Just installed it, so can't comment as to whether it functions as intended, but whoever designed the mounting bracket was either incompetent or a sociopath. Bought this 20SD10 model to replace a Kidde i12060A that lasted 10 months (not years) before it started chirping randomly in the middle of the night, even with a fresh battery. The mounting plate for the prior model does not work with this unit. Perhaps there is a good reason for it. HOWEVER, the holes for the mounting plate are at a different distance from each other than with the prior plate, AND a different distance than the standard ceiling receptacle. Moreover plates like this typically have a larger hole that fits over the head of a bolt that has been slightly unscrewed and can then be twisted so that the bolt can be tightened. This eases installation. This plate requires both bolts to be entirely unscrewed (not a trivial task with a ten-foot ceiling while on a ladder) and then screwed in while the plate is obscuring the bolt holes. The ceiling receptacle has pre-drilled (actually molded) holes that are 2 and 3/4 inches apart and 3 and 1/4 inches apart, as did the prior 2 Kidde detectors. I was able to mount this off-center but wish the Kidde engineers had asked a builder or electrician what might work or at least made a standard mounting plate that fit their entire line of smoke detectors or maybe took a look at some of their prior designs. What could have been a 30 second replacement turned into nearly an hour.

I asked the local fire department to install these, and they had no problem doing so. The green flashing light on them is a little bright for the bedrooms, so you might want to darken it a little bit with a black marker. You will still see the light trust me. Overall they're doing a great job.

Great item battery lasts 10 years no fuss!!!