Safety Siren Pro Series HS71512 3 Radon Gas Detector
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Safety Siren Pro Series HS71512 3 Radon Gas Detector
Customer Review: Great Product!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great product. We have had it about 2 months, and it has performed well. Before we bought the detector, we paid $10 for a radon test kit at Home Depot, then $30 to get the report. We found we had a huge problem, and wanted to make sure it was taken care of.
We bought the detector, and were able to watch the average drop as the radon removal system worked. We are now at the background level, which is great. I can think of a couple of improvements, such as an instantaneous readout (i.e. what the "current" reading is), but it is great to have. With this model, it takes 48 hours to get an initial reading, then displays either a 7 day average, or a long term average (i.e. since it was either plugged in or reset). Since it is portable, we were able to check all the levels of our house. Definitely recommended.
Customer Review: A very good long-term solution to monitoring for radon
Summary: 5 Stars
Rather than pay for another 20 dollar one-time two-day radon test after my radon mitigation system was installed, I decided to get this detector instead. It was certainly worth the investment in continuous peace of mind. Just note that you'll need to do some minor installation since the detector needs to hang from a stud in your wall. You just can't plug it into an electrical outlet. I'd recommend it for anyone who has a basement or lives in an area with high concentrations of radon, even if you've had an earlier test done, since radon levels can change over time, particularly in newer houses as they "settle" and perhaps develop cracks where radon can get in. We tested in 1998 with a one-time test and got a reading of 3.7. We tested again just recently and got a reading of 7.8, which is what caused us to install the mitigation system.Customer Review: good investment
Summary: 4 Stars
I live in Colorado, which is known to have radon. The house faces 2 earth surfaces (ground and backwall of 1st floor) and has some crawl spaces with uncovered dirt. It's an old log cabin, built in a time and area lacking builiding codes, so there's a lot wrong with it. I considered buying a kit, but soon realized that a one time kit wouldn't be that helpful. I wanted to test multiple places in the home and have a chance to monitor radon levels after doing mitigation. So, yes, the radon was 12 pCi/L on the ground floor. Yes, covering one dirt floor crawl space with concrete and installing a radon fan and piping did decrease the radon levels in 1/2. Now, just have to work on the other crawl spaces and see if that brings it down below 4. Good investment for the money, even if you have to calibrate once a year at $75.Customer Review: Faster radon results
Summary: 5 Stars
I used charcoal tests (7-day and 3-month) to confirm the presence of radon in our home, and the Safety Siren to verify that the mitigation system I installed in my house was effective. In the event I still had elevated levels of radon, this device would allow me to sample several locations quickly to find the source of radon entry, a task that would be difficult and/or time consuming with charcoal tests. Several samples around our home confirmed that the radon mitigation was effective and uniform. Now I loan the detector to my friends so they can quickly determine the radon concentration in their homes.
The instructions are easy to understand, and the simple menu on the device is easy to navigate. The Safety Siren provides an easy, affordable way to measure radon in real time.
Customer Review: Detector readings closely match other tests
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased 3 of these units, two for my home and one for my daughter's house. The radon levels it shows closely match other tests that I've done in the past. My crawl space has about 16 to 18 picocuries of radon, my first floor 1.5 to 3 in the summer and 4 to 5 in the winter, and a second floor bedroom 1.5 most of the year. I'm trying to reduce the level of radon on the first floor during the winter with additional crawl space ventilation. The advantage of an electronic detector is that you can watch the radon level changing under different conditions and experiment with ways to reduce it when you're close to the 4 picocurie level that I have on my first floor or use it as an alarm for an active radon mitigation system which my daughter needs to be in working condition for her basement.