Google Nest Protect smoke alarms (wired or battery) for $149 each. Not the cheapest ever, but still a decent price.
Same-ish price on TGG, HN, OW.
Standard options for gift cards etc. can be used, if you’ve got any.
I’m personally still waiting on the fence whether to go for this or not - any suggestions? :)
This isn't a deal (in my view) - the nest has been significantly cheaper than this over the last 12 months and is regularly on sale up to $30 cheaper than this.
Generally its good value at ~$115 on sale (multiple sales - just search OzB)
One example here.
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/463798
The units are GREAT though. I have wired and battery. So far i havent had a need to change the batteries (which come with it, energizer lithium from memory). They last a year and the unit will tell you when to replace. It does a self test once a month and has a cool pathway light which senses when you walk past. Good for kids rooms or dark hallways.
I would definitely recommend the battery one, you can mount it in a kids room and move it if you decide to change rooms or whatever…just not at $149….which is really about normal price.
Thanks. I’ve been wanting these but haven’t gone down in price for almost all of this year. I do agree $149 seems quite a lot for this, still the cheapest now it seems.
Why not recommending wired, doesn't it have a few extra features?
I've got 3 and I think they are great, very loud and work with each other so the whole house gets notified in the event of a fire in any protected room.
The one thing I don't like is that they are STILL not integrated into Google Home, you have to use the Nest app. That means you can't voice control them or share via Google. Integration is "coming" but they've been saying that for at least 18 months now. The most annoying thing is that you used to be able to control via ITTT but they took away that functionality without having a replacement.
Thanks. Should I now or wait?!!
they are STILL not integrated into Google Home
Sounds like a good thing to me - it's from Google now, but still not integrated with the ad industry.
I have the same question
They are the same price at Good Guys and Harvey, and you can use cash rewards or the Latitude $20off deal with them.
Yeah $128 from TGG and HN with the Latitude deal, but obviously only really useful for 1 each to make the best of the deal.
I have 2 wired and they are great, the hallway light feature is awesome
Watch out for the manufacture dates on these, which is only located on the back of the unit. The date is not printed anywhere else and can only be viewed after opening the box.
I ordered a bunch from JB back when they did the 11/11 sale recently. The unit in the first box I opened had a date of June 2017 on it. Under QLD's new smoke alarm laws, a smoke alarm must be replaced 10 years after the manufacturing date, hence I would've only got just over 6 years service out of the one opened. I didn't open the other 3 boxes, returned all for a full refund
JB are not to blame here, Google are pretty slack for not printing the manufacturing dates on the outsides of the boxes.
Ended up buying Red alarms instead, not smart but they do have the option of a wall-mounted wireless controller for quickly silencing false alarms, testing or locating. Plus the dates are easily identified and the manufacturer does not allow units to be sold/resold if they're over 6 months old.
I was reading the instructions for them and they say that they will expire after only 7 years. It sounds like the unit simply stops working after 7 years so you might have not been too far off the maximum that it would have worked anyway!
That's only for the 1st gen. 2nd gen expires after 10 years.
Thanks for that. 7 years was one reason why I kept avoiding them. I'll need to make a decision soon as my current hardwired alarms are coming up to 10 years old.
@masuta: Why do they expire? Because of the servers and manufacturer's support?
Is this the case with all smart home devices, no matter the brand?
@pizzaguy: Nothing to do with being a smart device. Smoke alarms, regardless of smart or not, have a limited lifespan. Plenty of factors, ageing electronics, accumulated dirt/dust, reduced sensitivity etc.
@pizzaguy: The 10 years is due to Australian smoke alarm requirements, as well as CO sensor lifetimes.
"Smoke alarms are manufactured to Australian Standard 3786 which specifies an effective life of 10 years. After 10 years smoke alarms may not operate effectively due to dust build up, insects, airborne contaminants and electrical corrosion."
https://www.dfes.wa.gov.au/safetyinformation/fire/fireintheh…
"All carbon monoxide alarms expire because their sensors have a limited lifespan. To comply with UL (Underwriter’s Labs) certification standards, 2nd gen Nest Protect has to be replaced after ten years."
https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/9249296?hl=en-G…
I have several throughout the house and garage and they've been great.
Overpriced still