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Would you consider upgrading your home's window treatments into a remote control or voice control? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Considering, but on the 'tail end' of automations.

In part, the cost individually, as well as the reliability, or so far, mediocrity of Home/HomeKit. May reconsider once I get HA running, but the current place has a LOT of glass in it, so it would be piecemeal and strategically once I believe reliability is actually there.

Best no-false-alarm smoke/CO2 detectors (and is it even worth looking at ‘smart’?) in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Good catch - I meant Carbon Monoxide/CO.

Best no-false-alarm smoke/CO2 detectors (and is it even worth looking at ‘smart’?) in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks - that’s what I’ve been leaning towards. I need to go check if the current ones are interconnected or not, but they are all hard-wired (and have been getting removed as it’s time, so really time to replace all around).

At this point I’d be ok if the ‘best’ were simply old school hard-wired and setting the HomePods to detect the alarms, but someone linked a zwave connector down below.

Any recommendations RE: brands?

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Best no-false-alarm smoke/CO2 detectors (and is it even worth looking at ‘smart’?) (alien.top)
 

With the BF sales kicking off, and it being beyond time to replace smoke detectors, have been looking but also being disappointed in what I’ve seen. Expensive First Alert models seem to be abandoned, lots of reviews for false alarms all over the place, etc.

Running HomeKit but will be adding home assistant over the Xmas few week break. Have a baby and wife both of which would freak out on false alarms, and a few pretty high ceilings I don’t have an easy way to get to.

Was thinking something standalone + Zigbee with just rudimentary smarts, but not sure something truly reliable seems to exist.

Is it worth looking at anything ‘smart’ at this point? I’ve got 8-9 detectors or so to replace at this point.