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First Alert SMICO100 Smoke and CO Alarm review

One unit for smoke and CO, with First Alert’s Precision Detection to reduce cooking false alarms.

What the listing commits to

First Alert states 2-in-1 protection, Precision Detection, an end-of-life warning and a test/silence button.

For a wood stove

A home CO alarm is built to hold off at low levels: see our UL 2034 page for the alarm windows. A silent alarm does not prove the air is free of CO.

If it sounds

If the alarm sounds, get everyone outside to fresh air and call 911 or the fire department from there. Check the replace-by date, and follow the manual and your local code on where to mount it.

The declared numbers, and where they stop

Strengths

  • Two alarms in one
  • End-of-life warning
  • 1,324 ratings at 4.5

Compromises

  • Ceiling smoke and wall CO placement can differ
  • Table says ionization
  • A single unit replaces both when it expires

Specifications

DetectsSmoke and carbon monoxide
PowerBattery
SensorIonization in the table
End of lifeWarning signal
Size5.6 x 5.6 x 2 in
Amazon referenceB0CY3BZCX9
EAN0029054022950

Questions this one prompts

Does it replace my smoke alarms?

Only where its manual allows, and your local code still sets how many you need.

Is it hardwired?

No, it is battery operated.

Our score

8.1/ 10

A tidy combined alarm.

The price on Amazon.com

This model is listed on Amazon.com, at ≈ $37 at the last reading. Listed is not the same as in stock: availability changes daily, and the buy box shows the live price.

Details checked on November 1, 2026.

Who buys this one, among wood heating appliances

A hallway where one combined alarm is the practical choice.

What buyers actually choose

Amazon reports what buyers took in the month before this page was last checked: at least 10,000.

The figure is a floor, rounded by Amazon, — it says what buyers picked, not what a maker claims.

Sources

Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for wood heating equipment and the matching Amazon product page. Prices, ratings and availability: read on Amazon.com from a New York address. Every figure on this page names its source.

How we assess these wood heating appliances

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