Advice on smoke alarms please

[Hugh Newbury]

I need to get some smoke alarms and would much prefer mains-driven ones than battery ones. Can anyone recommend a successful type, please?

TIA

Hugh

[A.Lee]

Aico are the domestic alarm of choice. Good range, reasonable price. If you want them interlinked, you'll either need a cable between them all, or use the wireless type (which still need mains power, just the interlinking is wireless)

[Hugh Newbury]

Thanks Alan. That looks the stuff!

Hugh

[ARW]

And don't forget that mains operated with battery backup is better than mains only.

[Hugh Newbury]

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They mostly seem to be so, but thanks for that.

Hugh

[Tim Watts]

I like the Ei series 160:

There's also a CO alarm and a remote switch which is worth having if you have any number interlinked or have high ceilings:

[spuorgelgoog]

I would say get circular ones - if you get square ones it's fiddly to line them up parallel to the walls.

Owain