Re:Nest introduces their Smoke Detector
by asdkl234890 on Wednesday October 09, 2013 @01:37AM
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In every single apparent I have rented I have turned of the fire alarm. Usually after the second or third time it goes off thanks to me cooking.
The same is true for my friends. Once they found a hidden old alarm where they wanted to bury their alarm. Apparently the previous renter also hated fire alarms.
One time the alarm kept beeping even after I pulled it off the wall and pulled out the battery. Holding it under water is a great way to stop that beeping.
No, I don't care what the statistics say, I don't smoke and I am not worried about dying in a fire. And this is AFTER I got caught in a real fire when crackheads started one a few floors down from me in a very old building I used to rent in.
Strangely I am usually a risk minimizer in the rest of life. I never speed for example.
This is a long very long way of saying this fire alarm will in my opinion save lives. I for one would NOT rip this out of my wall and drown it, specifically because of how it works.
The same is true for my friends. Once they found a hidden old alarm where they wanted to bury their alarm. Apparently the previous renter also hated fire alarms.
One time the alarm kept beeping even after I pulled it off the wall and pulled out the battery. Holding it under water is a great way to stop that beeping.
No, I don't care what the statistics say, I don't smoke and I am not worried about dying in a fire. And this is AFTER I got caught in a real fire when crackheads started one a few floors down from me in a very old building I used to rent in.
Strangely I am usually a risk minimizer in the rest of life. I never speed for example.
This is a long very long way of saying this fire alarm will in my opinion save lives. I for one would NOT rip this out of my wall and drown it, specifically because of how it works.