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Smoke alarms advice guides

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Expert advice on how to choose the right smoke alarms for your home, and how to install them.

How to buy the best smoke alarms

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Which smoke alarm should you buy - ionisation, optical or heat alarm? Find out how to choose the best smoke alarm for your home.
1 October 2020

How to place and maintain smoke alarms

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If you're serious about fire safety, it's worth taking time to get the right smoke alarms for your home and ensuring they're positioned correctly.
1 October 2020

How we test smoke alarms and heat alarms

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To uncover the Best Buy smoke alarms that you can trust, we put every smoke alarm we review to the test against four different types of fire. And for heat alarms - which detect rapid temperature rises - we run five heat detection tests to check how well they work.
1 October 2020