BRK Brands 9120B Hardwired Smoke Alarm with Battery Backup, Single Individual from Contractor Pack
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of BRK Brands 9120B Hardwired Smoke Alarm with Battery Backup, Single Individual from Contractor Pack
Customer Review: Another voice in the chorus
Summary: 1 Stars
I have the misfortune of having recently moved into a new home with one of these smoke detectors. I agree with many of the reviewers here, and am writing this review just to add my voice to the chorus. Attention potential buyers: This thing is far worse than useless. Random intermittent ear-piercing bleeps, unintelligible documentation, shoddy worksmanship ... it's making my life a living hell. I replaced the battery and cleaned the unit with compressed air a month or so ago and it was quiet for a bit, and now it's starting to go off in the middle of the night (and at other random times) again; worse, since all the smoke detectors are interconnected, when this one goes off they all go off.
It's a horrible piece of junk. Steer clear.
Customer Review: Defective
Summary: 1 Stars
Like so many of the other reviewers, I have been awakened early this morning by random chirping from one of these alarms. This is the third unit to fail in my house. It is just a couple of weeks after the 1 year mark. Replacing the battery in the other 2 units hasn't worked, and I'm having trouble locating which of the remaining units has failed. So, I'm going to remove ALL of them and replace them with an entirely different brand. I will be mailing all of them back to the manufacturer with a very nasty letter, especially since my last house burned down and I'm extremely touchy about all safety related products in my house.
They deserve a serious berating for producing such a shoddy product.
Spend your money elsewhere.
Customer Review: Smoke Alarm user Unfriendly!
Summary: 1 Stars
Our house in The Villages came with these alarms installed. The other niight at 10 PM one of these units began chirping intermittently. Since it was installed next to the ceiling I had to climb an 8 foot ladder to remove the unit and replace what I concluded was a failing backup battery. Swinging out the battery door, I removed the old 9V unit only to discover the exact same replacement battery would NOT fit into the battery compartment. I will go to the hardware store for advice today, but this company has no battery install information on its website, nor is there the traditional install diagram on the unit. Their slogan is "Designed with the Contractor in Mind" Guess so. They certainly haven't thought about the end user!Customer Review: An alternative replacement for this smoke alarm
Summary: 2 Stars
I took the advice of another reviewer and replaced all of my existing BRK 910B smoke alarms with Kidde-Hardwire Replacement-Model # i2060 (P/N 21007397) smoke alarms. I purchased these from Home Depot for $15.97 each. These alarms comes with adapters for BRK hardwired smoke alarm, that can be quickly connected to the existing BRK hardwired connector in your ceiling or wall. These alarms needs to be replace every 10 years instead of 5 years and they come with a front battery door with a hush button. We replaced all of ours last week and haven't heard a beep from any of them yet! A great replacement alarm that you can purchase from your local Home Depot or online. Thanks to the 3/16/09 reviewer for this advice.Customer Review: Junk Junk Junk
Summary: 1 Stars
Beeps long single alarm at times, I have 7 of these in my new house. I called BRK they say Disconnect them from power and then see which one beeps and they will replace just that one!!! HELLO BRK I HAVE 7 ALL OVER THE HOUSE AND IT BEEPS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT !! So telling which one is a joke. So I call back and just tell them all of them are malfuncting (I thought that would get them to replace all of them) Wrong! now they want me to climb the ladder again and get all he numbers from the back of detectors..... Hey BRK I fixed the problem I climbed the ladder and replaced them with new Kidde units !!!! Problem fixed
Lesson learned, Stay away from BRK and First Alert Products