Smoke Detectors in General Reviews

Family Gard Smoke Alarm. I always consider the safety of my family as paramount to anything else and as my husband is a smoker I have always been aware of the dangers involving cigarettes. However, I am also aware that fires can be caused by faulty wiring and electrical equipment and I know that if a fire starts when the family are ...  Read the complete review

If you want you, your family and pets to live in a safe house smoke detectors are an essential peice of furniture. I live alone (well with my dog) in an average size house over to floors witha converted attic and initially used to have just the one smoke alarm at the bottom of my stair near the front door. This was until it was ...  Read the complete review

We decided this week that we should replace the smoke detectors in our house. we had fitted them about 10 years ago and I was reading an artical in the paaper that recommended replacing them every 10 years. We had to get some other products from Screw fix and as we have a store in Bedford we decided to get some detectors at the same ...  Read the complete review

Now that we have kids, a smoke detector is an essential part of our house-hold. Fortunately, there are two in our rented house, so the landlord has done the hard work for us. Smoke detectors are great because they save lives, detecting smoke and setting off an alarm that gives those in the building time to get out. Invented ...  Read the complete review

When I cook tea I will often use the grill to cook some sausages or fish fingers or homemade garlic bread. I love the fact that the kitchen fills with the lovely aromas especially if it's garlic! Every smell tingles away at my nostrils and makes my mouth water. My two year old son plays away happily and brings the whole contents of his toybox onto ...  Read the complete review

I am doing this review on smoke detectors in general, I will not mention any by name but the review refers to all of them. Smoke detectors in general - can be bought for about the reward for a good review, with a crown of course! Smoke alarms - Smoke Detectors, call them what you will. If you don't have one, don't stop reading, ask ...  Read the complete review

It's an alarming thought that someone dies every day due to the fact they never had a smoke alarm fitted. Another reason for this is the removal of the devices' battery, or indeed a flat battery. It is to this end that our local council comes round a check on a regular basis. If you do have a smoke alarm fitted and it tends to beep now and then, ...  Read the complete review

I am a senior fire officer with 30 years experience of fire fighting having spent most of that time working in and around the West Midlands. I have attend a number of house fires that have resulted in the death of the occupiers, it has also been my great misfortune to have attended some that involved the death of children. In all ...  Read the complete review

I have decided to write this opinion after my husband receiving a phone call from my mother, who in turn had received a call from my sister who was rather upset. You see my sister had heard on the news that there had been a house fire in Blackpool and three young brothers had been killed. The ages of the children were the same as my boys. ...  Read the complete review

As the title of this op suggests, this is a serious subject; so there's no witty title and no funny stories. This is a piece of advice that, as the title suggests, may help to save your life in the event of a fire in your home. I hope you never have to test out its effectiveness, but if you invest in a smoke alarm, you may be making one of the ...  Read the complete review

Hi everyone! A good way to make sure that your smoke alarm works at its best at all times is to use lithium batteries. You may have to buy them from shops like Maplin, but they are designed for applications where very little power is drawn during most of the device's life but the device needs maximum power when it needs it. ...  Read the complete review

I will begin this opinion by telling you that, ever since we had a fire at home when I was about 7 years old, I have been petrified of fire. In fact I am even scared of burnt out buildings! It was in the old days of real fires and using something across the front of the fireplace to ‘draw’ the fire up the chimney to get it ...  Read the complete review

FIRE STARTER… As most of you know we had a fire 3 weeks back, in our flat! The flat was gutted through to our living room, contents the lot were lost. This happened due to my son Nicki, it was around 12.30 on the Sunday night, I had just had a cigarette at our front door as we didn’t smoke in the flat anymore, ...  Read the complete review

The message is simple - smoke detectors can save your life. And your family. Smoke detectors are old news now - everyone knows about them, but you would be surprised how many households do not have them, or do not have them in the right place. You can pick up smoke detectors for a few pounds these days, so there is no excuse not ...  Read the complete review

Don`t get me wrong I`m all for smoke detectors.They are a must have in every single home.If you don`t have one the first time you`ll know of a fire is when you start choking to death, and it`s too late to do anything. What I`m having a moan about is council houses, or rather the workers who fit them out.Have none of them got any common ...  Read the complete review

90% of fire deaths happen in homes without WORKING firealarms. Every home should have a fire alarm. It should be mandatory. If a fire starts in your home at night, the chances are it will be out of hand before you even wake. Most deaths occur through smoke inhalation, a smoke alarm virtually stops this altogether. The only ...  Read the complete review

I have one great fear in life and that is of FIRE. It's not only the greatest destroyer of possessions but also the taker of life itself. Therefore I wish to share with you the plans I have to greatly reduce the destruction of My precious family should a fire occur in our home. Each time I move House I spend the first few ...  Read the complete review

One "MUST HAVE" item for the home just has to be a smoke alarm but I wouldn't waste your money on the cheapest one you can find as they are not as reliable as they should be. You could always try your local fire station for advice. I live in a terraced council house and I put my smoke alarm at the bottom of the stairs, ...  Read the complete review

Smoke detectors are essential to fire safety. They are so cheap that there is no excuse for not having at least two ( one upstairs and one down). These little battery operated boxes will buzz or beep to warn you of smoke. (We all know the old saying: there's no smoke without fire!). This will alert you or wake you if you are asleep ...  Read the complete review

As everyone knows by now, a smoke detector is an absolutely vital piece of equipment to have in your home. Ideally one upstairs and one downstairs, although I have read that they should ideally be in each room. We have had one upstairs and one down for many years now, and I feel a lot happier. Of course it can be annoying when the alarm goes ...  Read the complete review