Know from anywhere. Connect Nest Protect to Wi-Fi and it will send an alert to your phone if the alarm goes off or the batteries run low. Tells you what and where. It speaks up to tell you if there's smoke or CO and where the problem is, so you know what to do. App Silence. Nest Protect is the first alarm you can hush from your phone. Simply walk to the Nest Protect that noticed the problem and open the Nest app. Split-Spectrum Sensor. In an emergency, seconds count. Nest Protect uses two wavelengths of light to look for both fast and slow burning fires. Heads-Up. Get a friendly voice alert so you can handle burning toast before it becomes a burning toaster. 10-year carbon monoxide sensor. Carbon monoxide is odorless, invisible and deadly. When there's CO, Nest Protect tells you where it's hiding. Nest Protect looks for fast-burning fires, smoldering fires, and carbon monoxide. It tells you where the danger is and alerts your phone in case you’re not home.
The second gen protects have thus far fixed all the issues with the first gen. I have 2 first gen protects and experienced a few minor issues, but nothing to prevent me from ordering an additional second gen protect.The size of the 2nd gen is a little smaller and more svelte than the 1st gen, overall footprint is about the same though, so don't expect to save a lot of wall space. I have the battery alarm & it came with the necessary 6 AA batteries. One awesome new feature i..
I have been eyeing the Nest Protect now since it came out about 2 years ago. Like most I simply hate my smoke detectors. Random low-battery chirping, ear piercing function test... getting up on a ladder at least twice a year to change batteries wether they need it or not... you get the idea. My smoke detectors were approaching the 10 year threshold which is the "end of life" for a smoke detector and I knew I would need to be replacing all of ..
