Smoke Detector recommendations

[jhmosow]

I need to replace my Visonic smoke detectors and am looking for recommendations on devices that work well with the Smartthings hub V2. I would like interconnected ones or the ability to sound all the smoke detector alarms if one unit goes off.

Thanks

[nettlescr]

I started buying Halo’s for my house after 2 relized the cost was going to too much. Then I found this:

Connected Smoke Alarms

Yes that is correct. When I bought my house I only had 1 wired smoke detector in my upstairs hallway. Code in my area has changed and now requires smoke detectors in all bedrooms. When I was renovating my kitchen I didn’t want to get caught up in all of that and have to pay an electrician for something I could do so I installed a wired smoke detector in all bedrooms and connected them to the hallway smoke detector in parallel: hallway to bedroom 4, bedroom 4 to bedroom 3, and so on. Then I found a way to run the wire from the attic to the crawl space below the first floor so I removed my downstairs battery hallway detector and connected it with a wired one. Long story short I knew how it was all wired together and I had easy access to the last run. The bedroom detectors are just smo…

The Halos are still connected and work great for the rest I followed this write up. The Halos do not interconnect with the rest of the house but they are close enough to the interconnected ones that if they trip the interconnected ones will be going off also. If I had seen this write up first I wouldn’t have bought the Halos at all

[HA_fanatic (Bob)]

Safetyfirst…Nest Protect. Solid device and works well with NST Manager…

[raidflex]

@jhmosow

need to replace my Visonic smoke detectors and am looking for recommendations on devices that work well with the Smartthings hub V2. I would like interconnected ones or the ability to sound all the smoke detector alarms if one unit goes off.

Thanks

Are you existing ones connected to a 12/24V low voltage alarm system?

[jhmosow]

They are not . They are battery only.

[jhmosow]

Is the Smartapp native to Smartthings or do I need to install one?

[siwilson (Simon)]

I am very happy with my Fibaro smoke detectors. They are small at only 2.5" across and the device handler is standard in SmartThings.

[HA_fanatic (Bob)]

@jhmosow

do I need to install one?

Yes, you need to install one…

[BROKEN] NST Manager v5.0 (Does Not Work Anymore)

Sadly this integration is no longer functional due to Google’s stupid decisions

[tgauchat (ActionTiles.com co-founder Terry @ActionTiles; GitHub: @cosmicpuppy)]

There aren’t many reviews at this site, but … they sure are very concerning.

Z-Wave Fibaro Smoke Sensor Plus

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Personally, I’m mostly happy with my inexpensive First Alerts. I trust that they detect smoke and sound their alarms. I can’t trust their battery level reporting, however, as they don’t send out a dying gasp Z-Wave message before going into “chirp, chirp” low battery indication mode.

[chemgeek (Brian)]

I bought a Halo from Lowe’s (get a coupon). It is interconnected with my Kiddle alarms and will trip with them or cause them to trip. It is natively supported in ST.

[mejifair (Erik)]

Halo all the way! I have one on each level and the rest are wired non connected.

[siwilson (Simon)]

Well, one review concerns me. I also have ‘regular’ smoke detectors, but have not had an incident to know if one triggers and the other does not. I need to find a reliable way to test smoke detection just in case they are right. For the rest I have not had any of the same issues. Paired easily and no false alarms ever.

[mejifair (Erik)]

I did test the whole system by lighting a match then blowing it out right under the Halo detector. It tripped the whole house and notified me on my phone.

I have NOT tested it the other way around, but the only thing that might not work is the phone notification. Once I get a chance to test that I will report back.