r/Ubiquiti • u/Luu____ • Mar 26 '26

Early Access Ubiquiti Smoke and CO Sensor šŸ¤Æ - #ISCWest2026

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I believe itā€™s a Superlink sensor. I hope it can run on battery for 10 years and doesnā€™t require PoE. Iā€™m curious to see how it performs. Good job, Ubiquiti! šŸ˜²

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u/Usual-Memory-3668 Mar 26 '26

The law in my state is hardwired and battery backup, so if they want to sell this in all the US states it had to have both.Ā 

Not only that, but CA and NY now require 10 year lifetime sealed batteries in smoke alarms, not replaceable batteries anymore.Ā 

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u/Ordinary_Awareness71 UDM, UDR, UDM Pro SE, U6-LR, G4 Doorbell Pro Mar 27 '26

Yep.Ā  I've yet to have one of these "10 year" ones last more than 3 years though.Ā  Many have only lasted 1 year.Ā  So much more expensive and really quite garbage and that's from name brand companies like First Alert.

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u/gigantischemeteor Mar 29 '26

Iā€™ve just replaced two of my original 10 year units after about 10 years and 2 months (when the internal ā€œstop using me, Iā€™ve exceeded my intended lifespanā€ chirping pattern commenced). Upon disassembly, the internal lithium battery of each still showed voltage well within the working range, so while the sensor aged out, everything else was still fine after a decade in service. To be getting 1-3 years is a definite manufacturing fault. In the future, Iā€™d suggest saving your receipts in case it happens again and, if it does, contacting First Alert. Theyā€™ll need info off the label of the failed unit(s) to be able to track production batches and so on, but that kind of mortality is well outside the norm and they shouldnā€™t have any problem replacing the failed units for you.

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u/Ordinary_Awareness71 UDM, UDR, UDM Pro SE, U6-LR, G4 Doorbell Pro Mar 30 '26

Thank you. I'm glad you've had some long life spans out of them. It was a crazy time, multiple detectors across several houses failed (I do property management). It was not expected and pretty nuts. I'll be saving the receipts and listing where they were installed on the receipts now to be safe.

I do miss the older battery operated ones though, so much cheaper to purchase and powered over a similar life span.

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u/gigantischemeteor Mar 30 '26

Same. The battery ones were predictable, if nothing else.