Spring means Nests in your trees and your home

Nest Protect

Spring is in the air and you may have heard me go on bout how important Carbon Monoxide (CO) detectors are in your home and that every time you change the time on your clock for daylight savings to also check the batteries and test your smoke & CO detectors.  Every day I receive reports on horrible preventable accidents where people loose their lives due to CO poisoning.  Its the #1 cause of accidental poisoning.  As a matter of fact, today, one of our technicians found a cracked heat exchanger (can cause CO poisoning) on a Carrier/Bryant furnace that was only 4 years old!

Last week Triton Air became a authorized installer and provider of the W-Fi Nest thermostats and Nest Protect carbon monoxide/smoke detectors.  I wanted to give these new Nest Protect detectors a try first hand as the features it offered impressed me.  We had detectors in our home already, however they were 10 years old and the sensors usually last for 5 to 8 years so it was past due to replace them.  The detectors are boxed in packaging that resembled packaging for a cell phone.  Very contemporary, compact, recycled and efficient.


Set up was simple.  Download the Nest app & link it to your homes Wi-Fi.  Pull the battery tab on the detector.  Push the center button on the detector and within a minute or so, after configuring, your new Nest Protect is ready to go & get installed.

Things I really like about the Nest Protect:

1. Has a built in night light that turns on when you walk under it in the dark (can be configured to turn off if you wish)
2. If an alarm goes off in you  home you will be notified on your phone (I love this.  One of my worries is that a fire or CO problems will happen while I am away or  my wife and kids are the only ones at home) - .  The app will show you:
1. what room the problem is occurring.
2. what type of alarm is going off (smoke or CO).
3. If your detectors are currently working correctly.
3. When your home, if an alarm goes off, it will talk and tell you what room or area has the problem.
4. You can silence "nuisance" alarms with a wave of your hand.
5. Appears to be built with great attention to detail & quality.

Here is a link to the nest protect.  Check it out. Although pricey, I am confident you will feel a peace of mind once they are installed in your home.

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Now.......about that beautiful contemporary Nest thermostat.....my review might surprise you!