KidSmart 10012VSD Vocal Smoke Alarm (White)
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Product Reviews of KidSmart 10012VSD Vocal Smoke Alarm (White)
Product Review: Great for young and old
Summary: 5 Stars
We have these in the bedrooms of our house. Your own voice wakes up your children plus it has the alarm like most smoke alarms going off after your voice message.
We have one in our upstairs guest bedroom that tells our guests "We love our guests, but it's time for you to leave, our house is on fire, don't go down the stairs, go out the window, this is not a test, get up, Go Go Go! Then a alarm goes off and the whole thing repeats. We have tested this and we can hear the alarms in the bedrooms from every other room in the house. We also have the "pre-recorded voice" smoke/carbon monoxide alarm in the stairway that says..."Danger Danger Danger Carbon monoxide or Fire, Fire, Fire depending on which is an issue, then a very loud alarm goes off. Between the two different alarms we sleep peacefully.
D.S
Product Review: KidSmart is Parent Smart Too
Summary: 5 Stars
I wasn't looking for talking smoke alarms when I found this one at Target. The package indicated that the effective rate was near perfect for smaller children, so I decided to try it.
First off, you'll notice the unit is heavier compared to regular detectors. It contains a very high quality speaker with a large magnet in order to produce the volume required to wake your child up. After listening to my recorded voice I was suprised at the clarity and quality. I returned to the recording mode and recorded my message at a shouting level. The Kidsmart repeated me perfectly, only twice as loud as I shouted .
Recording is simple. It requires 4 AA batteries (Included with the machine), instead of 9 volts. If you have kids, most of their toys run on AA's, so replacements are more readily available for me. Personally I only needed 9V for the Smoke detectors, so I no longer have to keep them on hand.
Immediatly, I can see a difference compared to older "tone" type machines:
The old machine is loud, my kids would put their hands over their ears fiegn pain and complain that it is too loud. This makes me wonder if they would just pull sheets/pillows up over their heads when awakened in the middle of the night.
However, with the KidSmart I already see the "Fun Factor". it grants permission to do something fun; "Get out of bed", "Go downstairs" and "Go to the next door nieghbors house". When I test the machine, they mimic it and say "I should go over to Shannon's house, right?", followed by a very happy "Alright". When my son has friends over, he points out "It talks", "It tells me to go next door", etc.
I believe the constaint reinforcement of what to do in an emergency will make a difference when the time comes. I dont even have to tell them, I just hit the test button and they "Fire Drill" themselves.
These units typically go for $60-70. But they can be had for about $35, if you shop it around some.
Product Review: This is the best smoke alarm in the market
Summary: 5 Stars
I first saw the Vocal Smoke alarm on an NBC nightly new report, which reported the effectiveness of smoke alarms. It was interesting to me that the kids on the program did not wake up with a standard alarm. After that report, I was determined to find the Signal One smoke alarm. I purchased a few at Target and was very happy with how easy it was to record the voice. This is one of my best buys to protect my family. I'm very pleased and would give it 10 stars if I could.