With the BF sales kicking off, and it being beyond time to replace smoke detectors, have been looking but also being disappointed in what I’ve seen. Expensive First Alert models seem to be abandoned, lots of reviews for false alarms all over the place, etc.

Running HomeKit but will be adding home assistant over the Xmas few week break. Have a baby and wife both of which would freak out on false alarms, and a few pretty high ceilings I don’t have an easy way to get to.

Was thinking something standalone + Zigbee with just rudimentary smarts, but not sure something truly reliable seems to exist.

Is it worth looking at anything ‘smart’ at this point? I’ve got 8-9 detectors or so to replace at this point.