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Welcome to the Smoke Alarm Piki, the best place to decide between smoke alarms. A smoke alarm is a device that triggers a loud sound or a flashing light when smoke is detected in any environment. When choosing a smoke alarm, a device that might just save your life, many consider price, reliability, convenience, and size. This Piki makes use of more than 1,300 facts about 70 smoke alarms. Sort and filter these smoke alarms according to your preferences using the options on the left. Whether you're looking for cheap smoke alarms, smoke alarms with a composite score of 90 or something else entirely, we have you covered.
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Kidde Photoelectric Smoke Alarm
The Kidde Photoelectric Smoke Alarm is fairly inexpensive. It has a heat detector, doesn't have battery back-up and does not feature a carbon monoxide detector. It is photoelectric and uses 9 volts.
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Price: $12.97
Given that users looking for the best overall smoke alarms prefer lower values for price, the Kidde Photoelectric Smoke Alarm achieves 95% performance in this category.
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Reliability: Heat Detector, Photoelectric
The Kidde Photoelectric Smoke Alarm achieves 76% performance for reliability.
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Convenience: Test/reset Button
The Kidde Photoelectric Smoke Alarm achieves 49% performance for convenience.
Kidde Hardwire Interconnectable Photoelectric Smoke ...
The Kidde Hardwire Interconnectable Photoelectric Smoke Alarm with Battery Backup is fairly inexpensive. It has a heat detector and battery back-up and does not feature a carbon monoxide detector. It is photoelectric and uses 120 volts.
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Price: $17.97
Given that users looking for the best overall smoke alarms prefer lower values for price, the Kidde Hardwire Interconnectable Photoelectric Smoke Alarm with Battery Backup achieves 93% performance in this category.
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Reliability: Heat Detector, Battery Back-up, Photoelectric
The Kidde Hardwire Interconnectable Photoelectric Smoke Alarm with Battery Backup achieves 100% performance for reliability.
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Convenience: Test/reset Button
The Kidde Hardwire Interconnectable Photoelectric Smoke Alarm with Battery Backup achieves 49% performance for convenience.
Kidde Battery-Operated Premium Ionization Smoke Dete...
The Kidde Battery-Operated Premium Ionization Smoke Detector is a great deal. It has a heat detector, doesn't have battery back-up and does not feature a carbon monoxide detector. It is not photoelectric and uses 9 volts.
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Price: $7.84
Given that users looking for the best overall smoke alarms prefer lower values for price, the Kidde Battery-Operated Premium Ionization Smoke Detector achieves 98% performance in this category.
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Reliability: Heat Detector
The Kidde Battery-Operated Premium Ionization Smoke Detector achieves 52% performance for reliability.
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Convenience: Test/reset Button
The Kidde Battery-Operated Premium Ionization Smoke Detector achieves 49% performance for convenience.
FireX Hardwire Smoke Alarm With 9-Volt Backup
The FireX Hardwire Smoke Alarm with 9-Volt Backup is fairly inexpensive. It has a heat detector and battery back-up and does not feature a carbon monoxide detector. It is not photoelectric and uses 120 volts.
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Price: $13.94
Given that users looking for the best overall smoke alarms prefer lower values for price, the FireX Hardwire Smoke Alarm with 9-Volt Backup achieves 95% performance in this category.
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Reliability: Heat Detector, Battery Back-up
The FireX Hardwire Smoke Alarm with 9-Volt Backup achieves 76% performance for reliability.
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Convenience: Test/reset Button
The FireX Hardwire Smoke Alarm with 9-Volt Backup achieves 49% performance for convenience.
Kidde Basic Smoke Detector With Test Button 9 Volt B...
The Kidde Basic Smoke Detector With Test Button 9 Volt Basic Smoke Detector is a great deal. It has a heat detector, doesn't have battery back-up and does not feature a carbon monoxide detector. It is not photoelectric and uses 9 volts.
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Price: $7.99
Given that users looking for the best overall smoke alarms prefer lower values for price, the Kidde Basic Smoke Detector With Test Button 9 Volt Basic Smoke Detector achieves 98% performance in this category.
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Reliability: Heat Detector
The Kidde Basic Smoke Detector With Test Button 9 Volt Basic Smoke Detector achieves 52% performance for reliability.
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Convenience
The Kidde Basic Smoke Detector With Test Button 9 Volt Basic Smoke Detector achieves 0% performance for convenience.
Universal Security Instruments 9-Volt DC Battery Ope...
The Universal Security Instruments 9-Volt DC Battery Operated Ionization Smoke and Fire Alarm is a great deal. It doesn't have a heat detector, has battery back-up and does not feature a carbon monoxide detector. It is not photoelectric and uses 9 volts.
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Price: $4.45
Given that users looking for the best overall smoke alarms prefer lower values for price, the Universal Security Instruments 9-Volt DC Battery Operated Ionization Smoke and Fire Alarm achieves 100% performance in this category.
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Reliability: Battery Back-up
The Universal Security Instruments 9-Volt DC Battery Operated Ionization Smoke and Fire Alarm achieves 23% performance for reliability.
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Convenience: Test/reset Button
The Universal Security Instruments 9-Volt DC Battery Operated Ionization Smoke and Fire Alarm achieves 49% performance for convenience.
First Alert Battery Powered Photoelectric Smoke Alarm
The First Alert Battery Powered Photoelectric Smoke Alarm is fairly inexpensive. It doesn't have a heat detector, has battery back-up and does not feature a carbon monoxide detector. It is photoelectric and uses 9 volts.
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Price: $12.97
Given that users looking for the best overall smoke alarms prefer lower values for price, the First Alert Battery Powered Photoelectric Smoke Alarm achieves 95% performance in this category.
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Reliability: Battery Back-up, Photoelectric
The First Alert Battery Powered Photoelectric Smoke Alarm achieves 47% performance for reliability.
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Convenience: Test/reset Button
The First Alert Battery Powered Photoelectric Smoke Alarm achieves 49% performance for convenience.
Kidde Lithium Battery Ionization Smoke Alarm
The Kidde Lithium Battery Ionization Smoke Alarm is fairly inexpensive. It has a heat detector, doesn't have battery back-up and does not feature a carbon monoxide detector. It is not photoelectric and uses 9 volts.
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Price: $19.97
Given that users looking for the best overall smoke alarms prefer lower values for price, the Kidde Lithium Battery Ionization Smoke Alarm achieves 92% performance in this category.
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Reliability: Heat Detector
The Kidde Lithium Battery Ionization Smoke Alarm achieves 52% performance for reliability.
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Convenience: Test/reset Button
The Kidde Lithium Battery Ionization Smoke Alarm achieves 49% performance for convenience.
Kidde Battery-Operated Front-Loading Ionization Smok...
The Kidde Battery-Operated Front-Loading Ionization Smoke Alarm is fairly inexpensive. It doesn't have a heat detector or battery back-up and does not feature a carbon monoxide detector. It is not photoelectric and uses 9 volts.
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Price: $12.97
Given that users looking for the best overall smoke alarms prefer lower values for price, the Kidde Battery-Operated Front-Loading Ionization Smoke Alarm achieves 95% performance in this category.
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Reliability
The Kidde Battery-Operated Front-Loading Ionization Smoke Alarm achieves 0% performance for reliability.
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Convenience: Test/reset Button
The Kidde Battery-Operated Front-Loading Ionization Smoke Alarm achieves 49% performance for convenience.
Walter Kidde Hardwired Interconnectable Ionization S...
The Walter Kidde Hardwired Interconnectable Ionization Smoke Alarm with Safety Light is fairly inexpensive. It has a heat detector and battery back-up and does not feature a carbon monoxide detector. It is not photoelectric and uses 120 volts.
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Price: $19.97
Given that users looking for the best overall smoke alarms prefer lower values for price, the Walter Kidde Hardwired Interconnectable Ionization Smoke Alarm with Safety Light achieves 92% performance in this category.
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Reliability: Heat Detector, Battery Back-up
The Walter Kidde Hardwired Interconnectable Ionization Smoke Alarm with Safety Light achieves 76% performance for reliability.
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Convenience: Escape Light/strobe Light
The Walter Kidde Hardwired Interconnectable Ionization Smoke Alarm with Safety Light achieves 5% performance for convenience.