Google Nest Protect – Battery-Powered Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm, White – S3000BWES

Love this smoke alarm. Extremely straight forward set up. I use it for a kitchen space that is in a separate building from the house. It offers huge peace of mind while I’m away, that everything is OK!

We had a scary incident where our toaster oven caught fire in the middle of the night. Our old smoke alarm did not go off. We got very lucky because I am a light sleeper and woke up and smelled something funny. The kitchen was full of smoke but the fire was still contained inside the toaster oven. We used the extinguisher to put it out. Turns out the smoke alarm was dead (probably just due to being so old) and I kick myself for never testing it like I’m supposed to.

I immediately started researching smoke alarms and was intrigued by the Nest Protect due to it being a “smart” alarm and had an app that would notify me on my phone. It also tests itself regularly to ensure everything is working which is great for those of us that forget to. I have 3 dogs that are often home alone and I started thinking if there is a fire or carbon monoxide alarm, I won’t know if I’m not home. After reading lots of reviews, I decided to try it out. Installation and app set up took less than 5 minutes. Today, my son was making bacon in the kitchen. I was at work and we were actually texting as I got a notification of an emergency, smoke detected. As I got that notification my son texted me that he set off the alarm. This means that the notification came immediately to my phone. I was able to silence it on my phone since I knew it wasn’t a true fire. Then as you can see in the pictures, it tells me the smoke is clearing. The peace of mind I get from this makes it worth every penny. If you are contemplating purchasing it, just do it. Highly recommend!

I am replacing a previous Nest Protect that has expired. The previous one saved our lives when we had a carbon monoxide buildup from running our fireplace and furnace at the same time, one was pulling the carbon monoxide into the house. The Nest Protect alerted us to the increased levels WAY before any other alarm, in fact, the Nest Protect was telling us to get out of the house immediately before the regular style of carbon alarm was even alarming. We were out of the house completely and suffered no health problems from exposure because of the accurate and quick alert from this alarm. I will always have one of these in any home that has possible carbon monoxide.

As noted by others my detector was much older than I would have preferred. This simply means the Protect has lost some of its useful life already. The documentation states up to 10 years of life but you would need to be standing/waiting at the end of the production line to achieve that.However the Nest Protect is not entirely alone in that regard. Many others are also “aged” by the time of purchase. One big difference is that the Google Nest Protect will cease to operate, stop functioning at the 10 year mark from the manufacture date.So depending on your luck or detective work you may not get the full 10 years. If you order online then it’s a gamble on how old it will be. Even large online retailers, including Google, can have older inventory. If you can find one that you physically can get your hands on then you can always Google how to interpret the date code on the outside of the box. This may gain you a few months, maybe even several months of ‘newerness’.Given the age uncertainty you are still getting many years of exceptional operation with advanced features. I have yet to have a false alarm after several years. Yes the batteries are likely to need replaced but that is usually all that needs to be done outside of some minor TLC etc… I appreciate several of the features from the Protect’s routine self checks to the path light. The device’s interconnection communication and mobile notifications are critical in my opinion. We may still be missing Google Home integration but the Nest app works to get the job done for now. And from what I have been able to deduce is that the information circulating about Nest Secure going away and causing Protects to stop working in April will have no impact on the Nest app Nest Protect operation.As with many advanced internet and intra connected smart devices there will always be tech challenges that can come up. These Nest Protects can span the gamut from minor tech annoyances to hair pulling throw it in the trash challenges. It does not mean it will happen to everyone but some unique circumstances can be frustrating. Tip-if during any app connection/installation processes something will just not work try an alternative approach by using an iOS device if an Android device fails or vice versa. Not everyone can do that of course but worth a try if you can.Although a more expensive initial investment these Protects do offer a step up level of performance. No one can ever go wrong installing detection regardless of cost.

I like the Nest Protect and I have them in my house. I bought this one for my detached garage. Wifi range is good. Never looses connection. Incidents will broadcast to all of the units on the same wifi

It was easy to set up and the instructions were clear. Since I was buying just one for my smaller floor plan… they recommend that you do at least one per floor (not far from the kitchen but down the hall from bedrooms. I might buy one for the basement in a year or so. I like how it will speak English to warn you when the battery is low and needs to be replaced. If you have more than one it will alert you to which alarm is needing attention. I have it connected to my phone so I expect that if I am away it will alert me unlike the dumb alarm that I am replacing.

We have five of these they are pricey but they all work perfectly. the app works great. They don’t go off in the middle of the night or day. when there is smoke, we can silence it from the app we had these for about half a year and it’s a joy definitely recommend these smoke/co detectors

Not cheap, but high quality and easy to set up. Even the packaging was high quality (–>unnecessarily good).I added this to my garage that has an electric heater in it….so if something goes wrong I can get an alert on my phone.A couple surprising features – it will test the audible alarm feature automatically and also has a feature where when you walk under it at night it will give you a little night light.One unfortunate thing — my unit was manufactured almost 1 year ago, so instead of 10 years of life I only get 9 years of life before it self-expires. This tells me Amazon must not push a lot of volume on these or they are discounting them because they are “older stock”.It is too early to tell if the battery life is good… but on the plus side it did come with batteries pre-installed.

So easy to put up and I love that it talks. I got one from a home improvement store that was already 1 year into the 10 year life span. This one was about a month

Not cheap, but high quality and easy to set up. Even the packaging was high quality (–>unnecessarily good).

I added this to my garage that has an electric heater in it….so if something goes wrong I can get an alert on my phone.

A couple surprising features – it will test the audible alarm feature automatically and also has a feature where when you walk under it at night it will give you a little night light.

One unfortunate thing — my unit was manufactured almost 1 year ago, so instead of 10 years of life I only get 9 years of life before it self-expires. This tells me Amazon must not push a lot of volume on these or they are discounting them because they are “older stock”.

It is too early to tell if the battery life is good… but on the plus side it did come with batteries pre-installed.

Well thought out design. Installation was straight forward. Product gives me a level of confidence well beyond what I get from the generic white alarms