We have a home built in 2003, and the original alarms had finally given out. New batteries were not enough at this point, and the devices kept squawking.We didn't want to re-wire the whole device, and bought this to just replace the smoke detector part and did not use the hard-wire portion (the backing of the device that connects to the ceiling). I was worried I wouldn't be able to find this exact model, since it's old, but it works great and is at a fair price.
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!]