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The beauty of the nest device is that it doesn't need a button. All you need to do is wave. A button requires you grab a chair or broom to activate... and that
by umsm 13y ago
The beauty of the nest device is that it doesn't need a button. All you need to do is wave.
A button requires you grab a chair or broom to activate... and that can be dangerous. Additionally, those test buttons work for 2 mins before it starts sounding again.
- beambot 13y agoWhat if I start running around waving... because there's a bloody fire!? (That's a really bad false positive!)
- ajanuary 13y agoIf there's a fire to the extent you're continually waving within 8 feet of the sensor then chances are it's one of the alarm types you can't silence [1] [1] http://support.nest.com/article/What-types-of-alarms-can-I-silence http://support.nest.com/article/What-types-of-alarms-can-I-s...
- jcater 13y agoThen you probably already know your house is on fire?
- xenophanes 13y agoBut someone else might not know and need the alarm to keep going off.
- darkarmani 13y agoLuckily you can't silence alarms only warnings.
- dekz 13y agoIncorrect. See: http://support.nest.com/article/What-types-of-alarms-can-I-silence http://support.nest.com/article/What-types-of-alarms-can-I-s...
- adriancooney 13y agoIsn't it supposed to alert you that there's a fire? If your waving your arms around due to a fire, I think it's job is done.
- giardini 13y agoYou can buy a smoke alarm with a "Hush" button separate from the test button. Press the hush button and the alarm won't go off for the next 15 minutes. Easy & cheap. Since alarms are usually mounted near the ceiling, it helps to be tall. Some smoke alarms have the battery holder in the front - pressing a button opens the battery holder and turns off alarm power. This is a de facto hush feature, albeit less safe than a hush button (because people will often forget to close the battery holder, leaving the alarm disabled). I do not understand why people buy the cheapest possible smoke alarms for $8 rather than spend $13 to buy one with a hush button or $20 to buy one with hush + lithium battery (~10 year) built-in, e.g., http://www.homedepot.com/p/Kidde-10-Year-Lithium-Battery-Operated-Smoke-Alarm-21008067/100156058 http://www.homedepot.com/p/Kidde-10-Year-Lithium-Battery-Ope... In a very small condo I have two smoke alarms upstairs, two downstairs and an extra one that I just put here and there for fun (for instance, in it's current location it tells me when my neighbor is smoking outside his back door adjacent to my unit). I also have a CO alarm that _never_ goes off unless I'm testing it. When I was a condominium association president I first offered free smoke alarm batteries. I soon realized that some would not ask for batteries and others would remove them from units. So instead I offered them an upgrade: new smoke alarms with hush + lifetime lithium battery which they could not disable without destroying. Problem almost solved: when in a unit I would sometimes find the new smoke alarm lying on a counter, uninstalled. I then offered to install alarms. I was, of course, not surprised to read today's drudgereport headline: "FEDERAL GOVERNMENT: American adults dumber than average human". We now seem to live in an idiocracy: http://www.imdb.com/find?q=idiocracy&s=all http://www.imdb.com/find?q=idiocracy&s=all
- kvnwng 13y agoI don't think a $100 premium is worth that especially considering placement can solve many of those issues. What WOULD be worth the $100 premium is if the sensors combined with the Nest thermostat could give me a better picture of my environmental health settings in the household or workplace. However, I don't think Fadell & co are prepared to launch something like that yet. I'll pass on the Protect and wait for something else. The nest thermostat on the other hand is one the top of my list if/when I get my own long-term home.