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Recall of Nest Smoke/CO combo alarms due to arm wave silence.

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Home Inspector with NCW Home Inspections, LLC

Recall of Nest Smoke/CO combo alarms due to arm wave silence.

 

Nest Labs is recalling their Smoke/CO Alarms due to a failure to sound an alert. \






These alarms can be controlled by a computer or a smartphone using a wireless network. The issue is the “Nest Wave” function. Turns out you may accidently silence the detector by waving your arms. This is sort of the “clap on- clap off” feature of these device.

 

Homeowners who have these devices already connected should confirm the update to disable this function has been installed at the "Nest Sense" area of their account. You should also ensure the button for "Nest Wave" is set to off and grayed out.

 

About 440 thousand of these have been sold at Best Buy, Home Depot and other retailers nationwide, and online at nest.com, amazon.com, bestbuy.com and homedepot.com from November 15, 2013 to April 3, 2014 for about $130.

 

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Comments (16)

TeamCHI - Complete Home Inspections, Inc.
Complete Home Inspections, Inc. - Brentwood, TN
Home Inspectons - Nashville, TN area - 615.661.029

Good evening Donald. I was not aware of this recall. Thanks for the 'heads-up'!

May 21, 2014 09:45 AM
AJ Heidmann ~ CRS
McEnearney Associates, Inc. - Alexandria, VA
YOUR Alexandria & Arlington, VA Real Estate Expert

Donald - That sounds like a pretty big deal, thanks!  I like the thermostats they make, but this make the combo detectors a hazard for owners unaware of the potential ability to silence the alarm.

May 21, 2014 10:48 AM
Joan Whitebook
BHG The Masiello Group - Nashua, NH
Consumer Focused Real Estate Services

I had not heard of this recall.  Thanks for the heads up. 

May 21, 2014 12:12 PM
Donald Hester
NCW Home Inspections, LLC - Wenatchee, WA
NCW Home Inspections, LLC

Michael, You are welcome.

AJ, Yeah accidentally silencing he alarm would not be good.

Joan, You are welcome.

May 21, 2014 12:29 PM
Laura Cerrano
Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island - Locust Valley, NY
Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher
It's always comforting to know that people care to post these things for consumers. I know I appreciate it. :) Love and light, Laura
May 21, 2014 01:27 PM
Charles Buell
Charles Buell Inspections Inc. - Seattle, WA
Seattle Home Inspector

440,000?  Anyway, not a good idea to use combo ones of any kind.

May 21, 2014 01:44 PM
Kim & Kristine Halverson
Sotheby's & Knipe ERA - Bend, OR
Sisters, Realtors

HI Donald, looks like a nice combo unit.  Too bad it's on recall.  Kristine

 

May 21, 2014 02:17 PM
Chris Griffith
Downing-Frye Realty, Bonita Springs, FL - Bonita Springs, FL
Bonita Springs Listing Specialist - Agent

Deadly recall, dang. We do have a lot of new product here so maybe almost all of our smokes are hard wired.  We don't have a lot of gas so I don't think many monitor CO2.

May 21, 2014 07:51 PM
Jay Markanich
Jay Markanich Real Estate Inspections, LLC - Bristow, VA
Home Inspector - servicing all Northern Virginia

I got that alert from the CPSC the other day too.  Nest stuff is really expensive and commons seem rife.  Oh, yeah.  Made in China.  I wonder...

May 21, 2014 08:33 PM
Michael Setunsky
Woodbridge, VA
Your Commercial Real Estate Link to Northern VA

Donald, I'm not familiar with the Nest devices. Thanks for the heads up.

May 21, 2014 10:57 PM
Donald Hester
NCW Home Inspections, LLC - Wenatchee, WA
NCW Home Inspections, LLC

Laura, Thank you.

Charlie, I agree on that. But these do look nice ;)

Kim and Kristine, It looks like it a pretty easy correction.

Chris,CO detectors are required here.

Jay, Yeah I get the notices also. Helps keep up on some of this stuff.

Michael, You are welcome.

 

May 21, 2014 11:34 PM
Jennifer Carstensen
CEO, The Live Love Memphis Group - Memphis, TN
ReMax Real Estate Experts

Great information. Thank you for sharing this!

May 21, 2014 11:57 PM
A. J. Zaki
REMAX Realty Pros - Boca Raton, FL
Home Finder In Florida

                                                                                                             Interesting post. Thank you for sharing!

May 22, 2014 12:09 AM
Adrian Willanger
206 909-7536 AdrianWillanger-broker.com - Seattle, WA
Profit from my two decades of experience

Donald, thanks for the heads-up on the Nest alarms, I have used their products but was unfamiliar with this devise. 

May 22, 2014 02:35 AM
Bruce Kunz
C21 Solid Gold Realty, Brick, NJ, 732-920-2100 - Howell, NJ
REALTOR®, Brick & Howell NJ Homes for Sale

Thanks for posting this, Donald. I'd heard of the recall but didn't know the rest you've explained. Glad it's something people can fix at home.
Bruce

 

May 22, 2014 04:01 AM
John Jonas
ReplaceMyself - Virtual Assistants - Highland, UT
John Jonas

Hope they got it all sorted out by now. Recalls are not good to hear but it's a good thing they found the mistake and are fixing it.

May 22, 2014 12:01 PM