We spoke to a fire safety expert and weighed the pros and cons of cost, reliability and installation of hardwired smoke alarms versus battery-operated. Here’s everything you need to know.

Like the Nest Protect, the X-Sense Smart Smoke/Carbon Monoxide Detector Combo will activate all of its alarms if one of them senses trouble. And, they're battery-powered, so you can easily put ...

If you decide to outfit your home with this type, we recommend also installing additional dual-sensor smoke detectors. Smart detectors, whether hardwired or battery-powered, will also interconnect ...

What is the best type of replacement smoke alarm to buy? I would like to add a battery-operated smoke detector in the garage. Can it be connected with the ones in the house? Also, I am considering ...

Battery powered smoke detectors have been an essential home safety accessory ever since they were first commercially popularized in the 1970s. But even though the blinking device is fastened to ...

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Mary Ellen decided to replace all of the smoke detectors with battery-operated units chained together by radio frequency. They chose not to go with the monitored system. They will let us know the ...

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