are you looking for an interconnected smoke co combination detector that won't break the bank
that can also be interconnected then you're in the right place hello i'm Wanderer001 and this
is my review of the xsens xp01 three-pack this three-pack of smoke detector co detector was
provided to me by accents for the purposes of doing a in-depth and unbiased review so that is
what you're going to get you might be considering this smoke detector as opposed to some of the
other interconnected smoke detectors out there because one you don't necessarily need your smoke
detector to notify you in an application you just want it to talk to every other
smoke detector that you have in your house this particular version of the xn smoke detector here
can be interconnected with up to 24 other x-sense smoke detectors which is great if you're looking
to expand your actual smoke detectors in your home keep in mind you're supposed to have a smoke
detector in each and every room of your house not just every floor of your home so having these all
interconnect with each other in each room of your house make sure that you know if there's
actually smoke or co happening in your home i want to take a quick moment to talk about the packaging
for the accents as it was sent to me only because well you have your exterior sleeve here which
just gives you information about the accents and then the actual box and packing material they are
definitely saving when it comes to the packaging and that is not a bad thing that savings is passed
on to you so let's talk about the smoke detector itself you are looking at a photoelectronic smoke
sensor and a electrochemical co sensor which is rather standard for most smoke and co detectors
you have this large button which is your key to actually utilizing this because while they do
interconnect with each other but don't have an app that does mean that there is a bit of a setup
process to have with this so let me show you what that looks like as i describe as frustratingly
simple to set up this will be the setup process for the xsens three pack smoke and carbon monoxide
linked detectors you'll notice that i have one flashing because these smoke detectors
do not operate until you actually put the back panel on so what you need to do is come in here
and put the back panel in and twist and you'll know that you did it correctly once it starts
flashing and we're going to do that with our other one really quickly so there are a lot of smoke
detectors like this that will not operate unless the back panel is first installed so just keep
in mind you can link these up before you actually install them in your house and we'll notice that
this one right here kind of stopped flashing on us but in order to link the three of them
we first have to start with the first one here quickly press the center button four times and
then press the center button on this one two times and that will establish the link between them so
so as we saw those should be linked now and what we do now to link the last one
to the rest of this is quickly press this four times and then this one twice
takes a little bit to get through them all but that seemed to work so you saw it's just really
tap tap tap connect connect connect and every time you get a new x sense you would be able to do that
so aside from your big button here you'll notice that the accents occasionally is flashing to let
you know that hey i'm working i'm working fine the accents here will flash red yellow or green
depending on what's happening now the green i'm okay does happen once every 60 seconds so
i will admit if you have somebody who is very light sensitive having this in a bedroom might
not be the best thing you could tape it over but that would kind of prohibit some of the accents
settings that let you know hey i'm going off this is smoke or this is fire with the
coloration of the accents like i said the button itself is really big and easy to press and find
should you need to deactivate this because of a accidental burnt toast scenario this screen that
you're looking at right here is actually the giant speaker for the accents which has as described
by accents an extra loud buzzer with over 85 decibels of volume is that true let's take a look
as you saw about 84 decibels that's pretty good a little more when the second one that was off
camera kind of got into the mix so that's our speaker system right there the unit itself is
remarkably small in comparison to something like the first alert which it will be replacing as you
can see just a little smaller and it kind of has a more has more depth to it but that's perfectly
fine the back side of this with the mounting plate the mounting plate is actually smaller than
you would get with something like a first alert and the mounting plate is also necessary for the
smoke detector to be activated just remember that you need to activate this in order to
interconnect them so probably don't want to mount it first and then try and set these up together
set them all up first and then mount them likewise if you need to expand your x sense just go over
to one that's already mounted tap tap tap and then double tap and then they'll interconnect
but when you first mount it up you'll hear a beep letting you know that it has interconnected
right there that actually is not the complete mount position you have to push further so you
feel it click and you see no gapping we're gonna pop that off really quickly so you kind of get an
idea of what you're looking at for the mounting plate i do wish they made the mounting plate a
little easier to remove after you kind of put it in just food for thought just putting it out there
so mounting plate this is the mounting plate that's going to face the ceiling
this is the one that connects under here so here we go we'll put this in place and then
twist to lock and there you heard and it's going to go through its cycle now even though you have
removed the mounting plate if you've already interconnected these with other smoke detectors
you will be absolutely fine you don't have to worry about that but you can see all the different
led options that you have and then when it's done it will stop flashing and then go back to flashing
just green for standby i'm ok mode now hearing me talk about the form factor and the sound of
a smoke detector is all well and good but a smoke detector has to do one thing and one thing only
and that is to detect smoke so let us take a look at the actual smoke test for the accents to make
sure that it functions as it should this will be a smoke and connection test for the accents
three pack so i got one right here one mounted to the ceiling and my my can of smoke for the test
and i hear my third one going off there you go functions perfectly well interconnect
also works great what you will also notice is the primary smoke detector that has the alarm
will flash red while the other ones that are interconnected will flash red then green
letting you know hey i'm not the one that has the problem but i'm letting you know there's a problem
in another room just in case you can't get to a smoke-filled room powering the accents here is a
lithium battery that's going to give you 10 years of usable lifespan which is great because you want
to put these up and just forget about them for 10 years and not have to worry about that beeping in
the middle of the night that's what this is going to be great for aside from the interconnectivity
with only using battery it's remarkably simple and i keep coming back to that because i call it
frustratingly simple because i'm used to app based smoke detectors that require a much more in-depth
setup and lots of options that you have to play with these are dead simple connect them put
them up pray that you never have to hear from them aside from that it's an awesome smoke detector and
one last food for thought for the price of a three pack of the xsense interconnected smoke detectors
you can get one app-based smoke detector let that sink in a little bit even though these were sent
to me for testing purposes they will be living in my bedrooms now because i need to fill out
my smoke detectors in my home so if you're looking for a simple interconnected smoke
detector i highly recommend checking out the x sense xp 0 1 w you can get a three pack or a
six pack or a single unit and expand your home smoke detection system with that being said i
have been Wanderer001 if you have any questions or comments please feel free to leave them in
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