Kidde Hardwired Smoke Detector Alarm with Front Load Battery Backup | Model i12060

Order came in fast. Product delivered in perfect shape. Had kidde alarms hard wired in when home was built. So bought the units that replaced the 15 year old units. I did not know you needed to replace after 10 year use. Very easy to replace, Came with back up battery's. they all network together ,( one goes off, they all alarm ). Great service, very short wait when I called them. A+

We had the 2006 version of these Kidde smoke alarms in our house that were installed by the builder. 10 years later, it was time to replace a couple of them (they'd broken when I dropped them from the vaulted ceiling onto the hardwood floor - I was detaching them to clean out spider webs, oops) and these Kidde i2060 smoke alarms were the replacement model. They work just as well, and we've been happy with them. The only way I could be happier is if spiders and their cobwebs didn't trigger a false alarm, but that rarely happens, thankfully. The older model alarms were more prone to that - these i2060 alarms are less prone to false alarms, it seems.Another reason for my 5 star rating is that Kidde has good customer service. This year, we were doing our maintenance on all the alarms - changing batteries, blowing out any cobwebs - and on one of the alarms, the plastic clip broke on the wiring harness, the clip where it plugs into the alarm. The plastic just crumbled, it was on one of our 11 year old Kidde alarms. I emailed Kidde telling them what happened and asking if it was possible to just buy a wiring harness from them (because the alarm was fine, I didn't want to have to buy an entire new alarm just to get the wiring harness if I didn't have to). I got the generic auto-response email from Kidde saying they'd received my question and were working on it, and a few days later I got a package in the mail from Kidde with two new wiring harnesses, free of charge. (Their site's customer service question form required my street address to submit it.) It was nice of them - they could've simply said, Nope, we don't sell them on their own, you'll have to buy a new alarm - but instead they took a moment to mail two new wiring harnesses to me so I could repair my 11 year old Kidde alarm. It was a thoughtful gesture that I appreciated.

I ordered several of these to replace the old smoke detectors which had begun to go off very frequently without reason (probably just worn out). We have been very pleased with these. They are not screaming at all hours! I love the front load battery feature as I am the one who always gets to change the batteries! Much easier than having to take the whole thing down from the ceiling as we have 16 ft. ceilings and I am 5 ft. tall. I always have to drag a ladder in from the garage to do that job, but it is much easier to change the batteries in these than the old ones. I installed them myself, which was very easy. We're very happy with them.

I am not an electrician, but I have worked on many low voltage systems so installing these was quite easy. If you have never done any wiring it is very simple to install. Just match to colors and it is really easy. In fact I have purchased the alarms with the crossover piece, but this was easier. I found with a screw gen I could switch out an alarm within 3-4 minutes each. The no hassle packaging is great. The packages were easy to open and did not have anything extra to have to break open. You should know that these come with batteries. I bought batteries and ended up not having to use them. I wish that the description showed batteries included, but I put that in the review header. I did a sample burn test and they functioned ok, that is why I gave it 4 stars. I thought that the lag time for sensing smoke was a little slower than the Firex that it was replacing. The battery compartment is really easy to open and close and like that you don't have to disconnect the battery from a harness.

Thank you and worked 100%

These have mostly "worked" (no smoke event) ok for almost a decade now, other than a few false alarms before cleaning out well with a canned duster at least seasonally. Now, of course, they're kinda dated, and much more expensive last I looked.

This was the second one of these I’ve installed. Installation is relatively easy but you will be working overhead. This alarm is a replacement for one of the units in my old system. It came with a choice of adapters to allow it to integrate with various systems. With the correct adapter attached it plugs directly into the existing wiring. I chose this unit because the battery door is on the surface—you don’t have to twist the unit away from the ceiling or wall to get to the battery compartment. I will definitely continue replacing my old units with this one as long as they are available. And, I would recommend it to a friend.

Amazon's price, even buying single lot is great. Also, fairly easy to install and I like the wiring design with their included plug. This especially if replacing a similar designed Kidde brand. This allows doing the hardwired connection without weight of holding the device. But, keep in mind they don't provide the necessary wire nuts. Otherwise, I was able to use the old ones(only if replacing old ones). It's too soon to know about battery life, but replacing the battery on this design is a cinch.

Easy to install as a replacement.

Good product , easy to install

Very easy to install. Appears to be good quality.

Work as they should

It replaced my old one no problem!