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Must Have for Older Homes

Our home was built in the late-70’s so we had a hardwired smoke alarm on each floor but they were not interconnected, not to mention they didn’t have a battery backup. If we were sleeping, could we expect to hear the alarm on another floor, on the opposite side of the house? That’s a bet I’m not willing to take, so we spent the extra money on two of these. We also plan on buying a couple of the battery only ONELINK alarms to expand our safety and coverage without hiring an electrician to install.
To program, you insert batteries and close the battery door on one unit; then you insert batteries on the second unit, press a button on the second unit, then press a button on the first unit. Inserting batteries and programming took under two minutes for two alarms. My (getting better but still not what I’d call “handy”) husband had the alarms installed in under five minutes each. So, I’d consider them pretty easy to install.
During testing, they communicated well together and they seem loud. Of course, the real test for any fire alarm is during a real fire but I’m not really into burning my house down for the sake of a review. Therefore, I’m giving it five stars and calling it done!

Update (9/9/2010): This item is currently on sale here for the lowest price I’ve seen. I also found some auctions for this item here.

The featured review for this product, First Alert SA521CN ONELINK Hardwire Wireless Smoke Alarm with Battery Backup Tools & Hardware May 2, 2007, was written by JMR.

The average rating for this item is 5 out of 5 stars, according to 3 reviews.