Ei Electronics Ei100B Smoke Alarm review
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- Smoke alarm
- Battery only
- Ionisation smoke alarm
The Ei Electronics Ei100B smoke alarm comes at an attractive price and is backed with a five-year warranty but there’s no escape light on this model. To find out how quickly this alarm responds to smoke, we tested it. Our verdict on how well this alarm detects smoke is based on how it responded in the presence of smoke from four different test fires. Read on for the results of our tough tests and our verdict on this EI Electronics smoke alarm.
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First reviewed by Which?
July 2013
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