Kidde Carbon Monoxide Detector, Propane, Natural, Methane, & Explosive Gas Alarm, Plug-In Wall with 9-Volt Battery Backup, Digital LED Display

I'm about to wax poetic about the "Safety Siren Pro Series 1000" (or whatever demonic device this is). Let's be clear, this thing detects carbon monoxide like a bloodhound sniffs out a dropped hotdog at a picnic. No complaints there. If there's a rogue molecule of CO within a five-mile radius, this thing will know. It's like having a tiny, hyper-vigilant, gas-detecting chihuahua with a PhD in atmospheric chemistry. But, and this is a BIG but, when those batteries start to wane, oh. sweet merciful heavens... it's like a tiny, metal-clad demon has taken up residence in my home. The beeping... the BEEPING... isn't your standard, "Oh, batteries are low, please replace me" chirp. No, this is a sustained, high-pitched, soul-rending wail that sounds like a chorus of dying smoke detectors harmonizing with a dentist's drill. It starts subtly, a little "beep" here, a little "beep" there. You think, "Oh, I'll change them tomorrow." WRONG. You've just signed a pact with auditory torment. Within hours, it evolves into a relentless, rhythmic pulse of pure, unadulterated annoyance. My cat now hides under the sofa, my plants have visibly wilted, and I've started having flashbacks to that scene in Reefer Madness where the guy leaps out the window, convinced he's being chased by jazz demons. I swear, this thing is less a safety device and more a psychological warfare instrument. It's so effective at alerting you to low batteries that you'll replace them out of sheer, unbridled terror. You'll be sprinting to the store, batteries clutched in your trembling hands, like you're carrying the antidote to the apocalypse. Five stars for gas detection, minus a million for auditory assault. If you value your sanity, buy this thing, but keep a fresh pack of batteries on standby, and maybe invest in some industrial-grade earplugs. You've been warned.

Haven't seen such a well engineered product in years. It has a plug that is snug for wall mounting, can be rotated, and can even be detached to use as a power brick. Battery backup and comes with a Duracell battery. Documentation seems like it was written by an engineer a tad, but it's a great product. Has a small kickstand too. As far as plastic goes, it seems like it's very good quality. The test works well. Nice to see 0 PPM of explosive gas in the home. Hopefully I never have to review its detection ability. Great job, Kidde, and please don't let your product slide like 95% of modern companies are.

I didn't have a natural gas detector so I got this one to put in my basement, which is the only place in my home with natural gas. Installation is easy, just plug it in. The plug portion can be removed from the back of the unit and the main part located at a different level than the plug. Natural gas is lighter than air and propane is heavier so they recommend that it be located high in the room if you have natural gas and low if you have propane. A lot of the negative reviewers don't appear to understand when the unit is supposed to sound the alarm. Carbon monoxide is poisonous at high concentrations. Natural gas and propane are not poisonous but can be explosive at high concentrations, the levels are well established. At very high concentrations they can cause suffocation because they displace oxygen. The packaging says that it might take up to 4 hours to sound depending on the concentration of CO, this is consistent with the UL standard. In fact a unit would fail the UL test if it went off within 30 days when there are low levels of CO. This is to minimize nuisance alarms, the alarm wouldn't do any good if people got frustrated and disabled it. The gas detector alarm is specified to sound by the time the concentration reaches 25%, this is below the explosive threshold. Just because there is a heavy gas odor doesn't mean there is an immediate danger. One negative reviewer tried to test it with a cigarette lighter, which typically use butane. This unit is only specified to test for natural gas (methane) and propane. The warranty is 5 years, the unit will stop working after 7 years and should be replaced. This is a safety feature, not planned obsolescence.

Good CO detector, has 12v backup battery and 110 v plug in main power supply with a long (4’cord). This is a replacement for the first one I purchased 5 years ago. These units have a 5 year design life once they are plugged in. After 5 years of operation they automatically stop working and sound an alarm and message to replace the unit. I like the display, bright and legible red lettering and the alarm is loud enough for me to hear it upstairs even though it’s located in the basement. Yes, I will probably purchase again.

Year old, with a bad battery. I ordered and received the unit the same day. It was new old stock (NOS) made late 2024. Not idea. AND even worse, as soon as I plugged it in, the unit alarm started sounding with what looked like an "L6" error display. Turns out that was actually a "L" as in "Low" and "b" as in "battery". So I checked and indeed the shipped bat was low. I replaced it, after calming my family down about false alert, and the unit is now working properly. I'm ordering two more and will update this review if those two are newer and/or have good batteries.

No complaints about this, but I have no way to really test its accuracy and sensitivity, so I have to take that part on faith. But the Kidde name warrants that faith. I do really like the device. MANY of these have a fixed AC plug on the back that requires one to place it at an outlet or to run an extension cord to the correct location for mounting. In our case, we are monitoring for natural gas, and that means the power source must be up near the ceiling. Of course, homes rarely have power outlets near the ceiling, and if they do, those are dedicated to TVs and such. So the only option is to run an extension cord or power strip to the proper location, mount that to the wall somehow, and then plug in the device into the power supply cord. That's ridiculous and unsightly. Those will work great for propane, but not for natural gas. The Kidde has a long (about 6'), low voltage extension cord attached to a conventional wall wart (transformer power supply) on the end that reaches down to a convenient outlet and feeds power to the device in a proper location reasonably near the ceiling. Installation is easy with the small "mollys" to hold adequately in sheetrock. The device is light enough that it doesn't take much to hold it securely. The LED display, which, I believe, is a continuous readout of CO levels, is large and bright enough to read from across the room. I've installed this primarily to monitor for natural gas leaks. Since moving in, we have removed THREE natural gas appliances: a gas range, a gas "fireplace" and a gas hot water heater. The only remaining gas appliance is the furnace. With a running furnace and three capped off gas spigots, this detector provides peace of mind about gas leaks. The CO detector is a bonus, and it's good to know that the furnace is properly vented and not leaking combustion byproducts. I'm pleased with this purchase, and I recommend it.

Good: The perfect alarm for a detached garage. Detects smoke, CO, natural gas AND propane, with a display on the front that shows levels of same even when they're too low to trigger the alarm. Alarm is loud enough to hear in the house, eight feet away. Plugs directly into an outlet, or you can detach the power supply and mount the alarm away from the outlet. Pricey, but you get a lot for that price. Bad: Not the most stylish unit. But, in the garage, who cares? At this price point, would have preferred a 10-year lithium backup battery in place of a 9-volt. Bottom line: This is the second unit of this type I've owned, the first reaching end of life after 10 years (CO alarms wear out eventually) and cheeping nonstop to announce same. I tested this one, briefly, with my lawn mower running in a closed garage (with me outside a cracked side door, just in case.) It did indeed start reporting CO levels at around 40 ppm, which steadily climbed until the alarm sounded at about 100 ppm. (Whereupon I held my breath, quickly went in, shut down the mower, opened the big door, went back out and waited until the CO level became too low to measure.) The only additional function I wish it had is a remote link, wifi or whatever, to notify me when I'm unable to hear the alarm. No complaints otherwise. Five stars.

Works great, kids do love to push the red buttons, but they are young. Great when they test it so we know it works