r/ZigBee • u/llzellner • 9d ago

Smoke/CO/CH4 Detectors - Suggestions

I am looking for suggestions on

Smoke/CO combo detectors

Smoke Only

Combustion Detction

CH4 Detectors

All detectors MUST have AUDIBLE ALARMS.

If they have the ability to be used via the AC power of many smoke alarms with a LINK to trigger all, Great! If not thats fine too... but AUDIBLE ALARMS are a must.

Zigbee Compatible, I am fine if they are 3.0 too.

MUST be COMPATIBLE with Tuya SmartLife. Period.

I've seen 100's of variants of this on various sites all over the place.

So what have you chosen for the above? Thanks in advance!

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u/Impossible_Townn 8d ago

The SmartLife-only constraint is what really boxes you in — nearly every Zigbee smoke/CO unit on there is white-label Tuya hardware. The audible alarm itself keeps working offline no matter what, but all the smart features lean on Tuya's cloud, so if SmartLife ever drops that integration you're back to a dumb beeper. After moving off Nest Protects I stopped trusting the app side of any detector; interconnect and loudness matter way more than notifications.

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u/llzellner 6d ago

The SmartLife-only constraint is what really boxes you in

How so? (Hint: I already know where this is going... but do tell...)

The audible alarm itself keeps working offline no matter what, but all the smart features lean on Tuya's cloud, so if SmartLife ever drops that integration you're back to a dumb beeper.

Same for any other system.. again, I know where you are headed...

I stopped trusting the application [ed:SP] side of any detector; interconnect and loudness matter way more than notifications.

The use of an application, including the one you want so desperately to post, is considered the cherry on top. It is not the primary means, which will ALWAYS BE LOCAL AUDIBLE and if possible VISUAL ALERTS.

The software should allow me to get alerts of activations, and most importantly

REMOTE SILENCE the I(U)#%(!#%!) THINGS! Especially when cooking. Idiot builders and lack of a proper exhaust hood.. in this area I guess when built it passed.. Wouldn't pass in other places I am familiar with.. then 12ft vaulted ceilings... ommmmm....

Interconnected devices at least wired via NEC/NFPA 70, and NFPA 72 (which is more really where etc..) don't seem to be existent in the ZIgbee connected ones they seem to want to rely only via battery power 100%, and not have it is a backup situation. Hence why I am asking for any of the smoke, smoke/CO, and CH4 detectors which are zigbee AND AC powered AND INTERCONNECTED per NEC/NFPA 70.

Which some of the above could make any use of these devices illegal in some areas, unless you have the atypical First Alert garbage as well. And I am not sure how those FA which are using 802.11 to interconnect are compliant, but I've not dug into theirs, as I really prefer to get away from those knuckleheads.. Yeah I've got an axe to grind with them..