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They may pick up smoke that originated in other places or the fresh air might obscure the reading, preventing the device from setting off when it should. Install them on a high wall or in the ceiling because smoke and fire rises. Having mentioned price, you might as well consider testing one of these so called smart smoke detectors. Some of these can be turned off by waving your arm at it in case it is accidentally set off. These smart detectors also give out a preliminary warning tone that tells you there’s smoke somewhere in the house, and gives you a chance to act. Other than that, smart detectors are also connected in a wireless network, and are able to talk to each other. So if a fire occurs in the basement and you’re in the bedroom, these smart little things will still sound the alarm wherever you are in the house. Stopping the alarm by waving however won’t work wirelessly. You’ll have to wave at the smoke detector that actually detected the presence of smoke before you could stop it. Which is, again, smart because you have to go down there and check the problem out visually. You’ll surely have no trouble looking for the right safety device with this bunch of information about how they work and what kind of features they present.