HISPEC Mains-Rf Smoke detectors

[EddieB]

Has anybody fitted the above devices and do you have any thoughts one the product

 

[buzzlightyear]

Cheap, go for airco ones better.

 

[ferg]

I think @baldelectrician has fitted some for cost conscious clients.
Aico for me though all day long.

 

[baldelectrician]

I think @baldelectrician has fitted some for cost conscious clients.
Aico for me though all day long.

Nope
We take Hi Spec out, not install them

Saying that we have replaced one that was faulty with a caveat that they are $hite

 

[Electric Magic]

I've fitted a number of them and the only time I've had an issue is when I used them on a rewire and was going back to fit the heads (which I'd left wrapped up in a cupboard) after the rest of the building work was finished and the owner had decided to put them on without asking and had managed to break the test button on one and not locate the head properly on the other which caused it to overheat and fail (lesson learnt, I don't leave the heads on site now). They are basically a cheaper slightly less installer friendly copy of Aico, but (other than the above) I've not had any reports of them malfunctioning and they have the same length of warranty as Aico.

 

[loz2754]

This is a review of the battery ones, though I suspect it would be similar for the mains ones:

 

[EddieB]

I think @baldelectrician has fitted some for cost conscious clients.
Aico for me though all day long.

Cheap, go for airco ones better.

Nope
We take Hi Spec out, not install them

Saying that we have replaced one that was faulty with a caveat that they are $hite

Cheers fella, sounds like good advice

 

[EddieB]

I've fitted a number of them and the only time I've had an issue is when I used them on a rewire and was going back to fit the heads (which I'd left wrapped up in a cupboard) after the rest of the building work was finished and the owner had decided to put them on without asking and had managed to break the test button on one and not locate the head properly on the other which caused it to overheat and fail (lesson learnt, I don't leave the heads on site now). They are basically a cheaper slightly less installer friendly copy of Aico, but (other than the above) I've not had any reports of them malfunctioning and they have the same length of warranty as Aico.

Thanks for getting back to me

 

[NateCreekside]

Damn, just put a few battery ones up in my house because we couldn't afford the wireless aico atm

 

[EddieB]

Damn, just put a few battery ones up in my house because we couldn't afford the wireless aico atm

Yes the Aico aint cheap, but if you fit battery Hispec ones in your own property then you can deal with any faults or issues yourself, however its a different story if you supply and fit them for a customer and you keep getting issues.