Carbon Monoxide Alarm - £4.89 in-store at Tesco

fyr

Thanks for that.
Couldn't find one in my Extra.

heskpesk

We opened ours and set it up and it made a strange noise. The manual states battery likely to be dead and to contact the manufacturer??? Any ideas please?

italiastar

littlesnuggy wrote: »

I find it really interesting (but baffling!) that carbon monoxide gets so much publicity, when each year there are on average 40 deaths linked to it.

Over 2000 people die every year from lung cancer linked to radon exposure, yet it's never in the news, and subsequently people don't bother testing their homes for it. Radon tests can be got for under £25, which would then tell you whether you need to take action to lower the level in your property (which is also relatively inexpensive).

Whilst I do agree with you and thank you for highlighting this, I don't think that people should ignore CO2, after all many many more people are killed on the roads each year and prevention could cost almost nothing, but that still isn't a reason to ignore CO2. I'm appalled that there is a charge to find out whether your home is affected by Radon though - I agree, more should be done to publicise this.

quoia

heskpesk wrote: »

We opened ours and set it up and it made a strange noise. The manual states battery likely to be dead and to contact the manufacturer??? Any ideas please?

Buy a new PP3

duh

pedant alert - CO2 is carbon dioxide. CO is carbon monoxide.
Good point about the radon - however remediation is that much more expensive, so if you found that your house is built over a place with high ground radon levels you wouldn't be able to sell it unless you had undertaken remediation.

buglawton

Good idea to take it on holiday is staying in rented holiday apartments that use gas

jessbob

Just picked one up at local Extra. Brilliant !!!! Many thanks OP

urban_fox

I picked one up from the Melton Mowbray branch.There were still three left. The price on the shelf was showing the original price at £19.56 reduced to £9.78 and further reduced to £4.89. However when the lady at the information desk scanned the item, it came up as £9.78. She let me have it for £4.89 after checking the price displayed on the shelf. This appears to be a different model though ( CO-9B ) Barcode :0816317001001

quoia

urban_fox wrote: »

I picked one up from the Melton Mowbray branch.There were still three left. The price on the shelf was showing the original price at £19.56 reduced to £9.78 and further reduced to £4.89. However when the lady at the information desk scanned the item, it came up as £9.78. She let me have it for £4.89 after checking the price displayed on the shelf. This appears to be a different model though ( CO-9B ) Barcode :0816317001001

You were LUCKY

Obviously she must have been a bit "dizzy" or perhaps forgot her glasses and couldn't read the SEL properly.

The CO-9B model is on offer at half-price which makes it £9.78 and should not be available at £4.89

It's ONLY the CO-808 at this price.

I'm sure there was a SEL for the CO-9B at £9.78 somewhere.

bubblegumcola

urban_fox wrote: »

I picked one up from the Melton Mowbray branch.There were still three left. The price on the shelf was showing the original price at £19.56 reduced to £9.78 and further reduced to £4.89. However when the lady at the information desk scanned the item, it came up as £9.78. She let me have it for £4.89 after checking the price displayed on the shelf. This appears to be a different model though ( CO-9B ) Barcode :0816317001001

Lucky you! I picked up the same model as you, couldn't see the one reduced to 4.89 but still thought 9.78 was worth paying, half the usual price. They had alot to chose from in my local Tesco, Rutherglen in Glasgow. I have been meaning to buy a carbon monoxide detector for some time so thanks OP for reminding me to buy one!

Just one point though. You do not have to buy a smoke alarm if you need one. Contact your local fire brigade and they will do a free home safety check. If you need new smoke alarms they will give you them free and install them for you.