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Smoke alarms advice guides

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

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How to buy the best smoke alarms

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

22 June 2021

How to place and maintain smoke alarms

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.

22 June 2021

How we test smoke alarms and heat alarms

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.

22 June 2021