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The "new" ones looks like a hot mess. Is there anything else on the market?
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Finally looked and saw my current units are expiring this year.
Anyone get one recently and can share the manufacture date?
Seems any alternative is a step down from these. The SimpliSafe...
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Thanks! I’ll look into those.
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Google does this to you every time. I’m never dropping any money on Google tech again they are liars and your money is gone the moment you invest in their ecosystem. https://killedbygoogle.com/
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Google has confirm these will be supported until end of life and I'd believe them.
Nevertheless, I never understood why these were ever so popular, especially at the VERY expensive price! I don't...
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Mine notified me last week mine are expiring in July of this year. My app shows the protect portion as orange in color instead of green now. I also noticed the "night light" feature now glows orange...
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Appreciate this ; I have two expiring in Sept 2025. So if I can get dates like these it’ll bring them close in line with my other 2 expiring 2033.
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Agreed. They're very hit-and-miss with their commitment to products,
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For those who are moving away from Nest, what "smart" smoke alarms are you guys buying? I wish Costco sells smart smoke alarms...
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I literally received messages this replacement message for a few of mine, I have close to 20 of these in total and I have only had one go bad. The build quality on these are excellent, it's a shame...
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https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0C44LLXQH/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_7?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1
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No. They will continue to be supported: Google says the Nest Protect will continue to receive security updates and work as expected through its expiration dates (10 years from the date of manufacture...
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I searched on the product website before asking as I thought there might be somewhere I overlooked or another site to input the serial number that might give that info. But thanks for your helpful...
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If you're just gambling on expiration dates, this is still far too much. These should be $50.
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Try changing your WiFi password. That was a nightmare.
The other weirdness is which app to use? They strong armed me into the Google Home app a while back but it didn’t have all of the features of...
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@embj Can you please tell me how to find out the expiration from the serial numbers?
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There is no 10 year warranty. The device is only good up to 10 yrs just like other sensors in the market.
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What's this then? https://www.amazon.com/X-Sense-Detector-Monoxide-Hardwired-Interconnected/dp/B0CF26BNJN/
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That's not smart/app alerts. Just loud (and voice) like a regular smoke/CO
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If you have older units and are getting false alarms, it could be the sensor is going bad or the sensor needs to be vacuumed - or you just make a really mean steak!
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I purchased two and received the following manufacturing dates:
Week 43 of 2022
Week 11 of 2023
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What really hurts is they stopped pandering to geeks in order to compete with Apple.
Even basic extensions for Chrome are blocked now.
I actually like DIYing my own solutions and getting things...
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I received three today. Two expire in October 2032, and one expires May 2032. I love these things and really hope the upcoming 3rd party ones are as good.
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Why do you think?
$$$$$
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I had a system of 9 Nest (battery as well as hardwired) all expiring within the next 6 months. Replaced the hardwired with Kidde smart detectors and the battery with x-sense. It’s disappointing that...
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I bought a house with 7 of these and two of them failed already, both six years old from manufacture date.
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Similar situation and I'm leaning towards these. There are no real alternatives to these besides just getting "dumb" detectors. I like being able to pull up the app to silence the detector when...
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That is so wild that they can send you older items like this without disclosing first. I mean, I'm tempted to order anyway but they should really let you know this up front.
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These are quite good and look far better than the usual beige plastic crap sensors. Their functionality was better before Google bought them and took a huge dump on them. You know, like everything...
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Welp, google kills another product damn
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I have one and the path light feature was stupid/useless (you're gullible).
The First Alert version will be sold on the Google Store site and it will be a better, updated product compared to the...
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Main page says: "Nest Protect price is discounted to reflect inventory aging that may result in less than 10 years of remaining sensor life."
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Never had issues with the wired ones I’ve owned. Pretty much install and forget about it.
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" Nest Protect price is discounted to reflect inventory aging that may result in less than 10 years of remaining sensor life. "
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They have always only been good 10 years from manufacture date, not install date. This has always caused some confusion.
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That's been answered multiple times in this thread already.
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Taken from reddit site:
"“wwyy” was found in the middle of my serial number starting with the 9th character as shown below, which can be found on the outside of the box indicating it was...
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IIRC, they stop working once reaching expiration.
They're partnering with First Alert to come out with devices this year.
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Google is replacing with FirstAlert.
The previous FirstAlert OneLink was horrible. It looked similar to the Nest and had a nightlight, but no motion sensor. It was completely unreliable; When there...
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