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I’m at the point where a low battery in a smoke detector triggering a fire would be an actual upgrade. Have tried cheap, expensive, and multiple models. Currently have zero active and about 8 on a shelf. They randomly go off even with new batteries. My house isn’t on fire.

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I have literally never had this problem.

I don't mean that in a "so you must be wrong" way, but "there may be something up with your situation besides the smoke alarms themselves".

My guess is the landlord's invariably choose the cheapest models that check the box; or that everything out there just sucks for some reason.

One of those can lead to the other

> there may be something up with your situation besides the smoke alarms themselves

Completely agree and it’s very frustrating. My guess is humidity, as hot nights seem to be when they go off.

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