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Tajikistan, Dushanbe
1 Level
751 Review
46 Karma

Review on πŸ”₯ Kidde PE9 (P9050) Battery-Powered Photoelectric Smoke Detector by Micah Manus

Revainrating 1 out of 5

Unreliable, permanent defects

These Kidde smoke alarms proved unreliable, almost every alarm we bought would eventually trip out for no reason and would not reset. I'm surprised they didn't get a recall due to these issues, the original set we bought from Home Depot and when we picked it up as a replacement they said it was a common problem with this make/model. After many false alarms (often in the middle of the night) everyone starts ignoring the alarm, mistaking it for another defect. Home Depot eventually replaced all 8 units, but 5 of the replaced units made the same ones within 2 years. So now in May 2019 I have bought 5 new devices from Revain and already in July 2019 one of these new devices started shutting down in the middle of the night and wouldn't restart. I gave them many chances but I lost all faith in them. Child.

Pros
  • Nice packaging
Cons
  • Not everything fits