I bought cheap smoke detectors and soon regretted it - here's what I recommend now

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My home is almost three decades old, and when I moved in, it still had the original smoke detectors. This is, of course, less than ideal, as smoke detectors must be replaced every 10 years -- seriously.

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One of the first things I did after moving was replace all the smoke detectors with new battery-powered ones. Being the cheapskate I am, however, I got two dozen inexpensive ones and ended up regretting them less than a couple of years later. They began chirping away with low-battery alerts, as if we lived in a permanent TikTok video.

I replaced my old smoke alarms with this CO combo, and I don't have to worry about them or their batteries for a decade.

Upgrading to the X-Sense XP0H-WN was easier than buying the cheap battery-powered detectors, and they're not even pricey. Three interconnected wireless X-Sense smoke and carbon monoxide detectors cost $133 right now, and you don't have to worry about replacing them or the batteries inside for a decade.