KidSmart Vocal Smoke Detector

Reviews for the KidSmart Vocal Smoke Detector from owners posting on Amazon.com serve as good indications of general satisfaction. Reviews of the KidSmart Vocal Smoke detector are also available from television news stations in Philadelphia, Fresno, Lubbock and Memphis. Taken individually, the samplings used in these TV news reviews are small (two children apiece), but collectively they give a clear picture of the KidSmart's performance. The reports are also long enough to provide some interesting details.

Some studies show that sleeping children respond better to a parent's voice than to a normal smoke detector's alarm. Owner reviews are highly positive for the KidSmart Vocal Smoke Detector, which uses a recorded message from a parent as an alarm rather than a piercing noise. Professional reviews done by a variety of television news departments use an unacceptably low sample, testing with just two children apiece. But when those results are combined, indications are that the KidSmart Vocal Smoke Detector works extremely well with some children and not at all with others. It's important to note that the KidSmart Vocal Smoke Detector uses the less common photoelectric sensors that are best at detecting slow, smoldering fires, while ionization sensors better react to fast flames. You may also want to install a cheap ionization detector like the Kidde Basic 0914 (*est. $7).