Kidde Smoke Alarms 1276

What is there say, easily replaced with newer model after the 10 year life span. Considering I replied 12 units, the Walmart price was greatly appreciated.

Previously had purchased this model, ordered two from Walmart, which seemed to have the best price. Arrived promptly. Front loading battery means you do not have to undo the alarm and do not have to remove the connector (electrical) to change the battery. Will purchase more in the future.

Replaced 5 old FireX (now Kidde) hardwired alarms with 5 of these. Installation was easy and straightforward. The operational instructions don't seem to be quite up to date but with only minor errors. Testing was straight forward and seems to be comprehensive as I had one minor wiring error which testing made evident. I do recommend that when pressing a test button a second person go to the other alarms and ensure they are alarming as well. The instructions do not mention this and this is how I found my mistake.

These were replacements. I ordered the same model number for easy installation. The older units lasted 8 years before they all went off at 3am. The fire dept told me to replace all units. I ordered 4 units. One unit arrived and looked as if it were used and the battery alert started beeping 1 day after being installed, which means the battery that can in with the unit was dead.

We have 6 of these, manufacture date 2019. Last year Kidde replaced one unit under warranty because of spurious alarms in the middle of the night. Last night we had another false alarm, again int the middle of the night, but this time we couldn't identify the initiating unit because NONE of the units showed the red LED.

I bought this smoke alarm 3/27/23 . Here it is 10/24/25 only 3 years and it started chirping, changed the battery hit the reset button. It was fine for a couple hours, then chirped again. Hit the reset button and kept chirping every once in a while so had to go buy a new one. I thought these were supposed to last 8 to 10 years. that's why we pay the money that we pay for the good ones or at least we thought it was good.

Replaced 8 units that worked for over 10 years. These 8 Kidde i2060A units won't last 4 months. Keep going off, acting like the battery is dead (this is a hard wired with Battery back up model). Getting tired to trying new 9v batteries (9v batteries are not cheap). Have gone through all the battery brands the manufacturer says to use, no good. When you take the batteries out, they test brand new on a multimeter. Only option is to replace the units. Pure junk.

Our detector failed via intermittent chirping after less than a year and replacing the still-good battery did not help. This is compounded by lack of info on the Kidde website on whether this detector is OK to dispose of in regular trash or if it must be taken to a hazardous waste facility. Avoid ionizing detectors like this one!

Wiring won't fit the previous detector

Same issue as many others...... repeated chirping from hardwired wall section.....tried several new batteries, cannot silence the chirping. Want to go back to unwired battery units 'old school' which NEVER failed.