Two quick stories for you about why the Kidde carbon monoxide smoke detector with talking alarm is worthwhile:
Story 1: Ever realize that not all smoke alarms have a little button you can press to shut them off during a false alarm? I always presumed this was a regular feature until recently. Clawing desperately at the smoke detector as the smell of burning bacon filled the air (some may recall another bacon tragedy I’ve mentioned on HomeFixated sadly not involving a Generac Residential Generator), I did everything I could to get the dumb thing to stop squawking. I nearly tore my nails off trying to unhinge the cap from the base to disconnect / rip the wiring out. It wasn’t a rage-filled need to simply make the noise stop that inspired me tear at my alarm – it was the fact that I lived in a condo. You see, in a condo, when one fire alarm goes off in a unit for a period of time, the main system goes off. Main system = building-wide evacuation and the immediate dispatch of firemen … hot firemen (is there any other kind?). They’re the exact kind of man that I did not want walking into my messy home to see messy sweat pant-wearing me fixing a messy entrée of bacon to eat alone on a Saturday night. And no, I didn’t stop the alarm in time, so that exact scenario I described? Happened. Ugh.
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