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Product Description
Digital Continuous Radon Gas Monitoring with Home Radon Alarm Protect your family from lung cancer from radon gas exposure with the only EPA evaluated radon gas alarm, the Safety Siren Pro 3 Electronic Radon Gas Detector from Family Safety Products. As seen on TV, this is not like a single use radon test detection kit: this digital radon gas monitor for home testing is a continuous radon tester that performs continuous radon gas monitoring. The clear, easily read digital radon level display shows short-term radon levels as well as long-term radon level averages. The Safety Siren electronic radon monitor gives its first radon reading after 48 hours of radon gas sampling. Radon gas in air or water is a health hazard resulting from uranium breaking down in soil. Exposure to radon can cause lung cancer. Continuous home radon monitoring is recommended in high radon areas or when radon mitigation systems are used. Radon gas levels change according to humidity and season. See in.Radon Facts in. below the radon monitor information. Family Safety Products' Electronic Radon Meter Features: USA EPA Evaluated. Not for sale to residents of the State of Iowa nor for shipment to Iowa residents per Iowa Department of Public Health Rules, Chapters 43 (136B). Please contact the Iowa Department of Public Health at (515) 281-7689 for further information. Numeric LED radon gas detection level display range: .1 to 999.9 in pCi/L. Short and long term readings. Short-term readings: 7 day radon average. Long-term readings: radon averages since powered-up or last reset. 5-year maximum. Audible alarm if short or long-term radon gas averages are 4 pCi/L or greater. Continuously samples air . Display updates hourly. Failsafe self test: every 24 hours. Error code displays if test fails. 4 function menu button Green LED illuminates next to S (short-term) or L (long-term) display. User can manually test detector operation. Button to mute or reactivate audible alarm when unit is in alarm.
Technical Details
2010-03-21
By yak driver (pennsylvania)
I've had the radon detector for about a month. Didn't set it up right away--you know, quick shipping and then let it sit for a week or so. Anyway, initial reading of 2.5 corresponded well with my "send-in" kits. Then, "error message". Went through the manual to clear and reset. Then in a few days: "E,E,E,E", handbook silent on that one. Cleared OK, though. Then "8,8,8,8"--cleared OK. Then, "8.8.8.5"... That was today. Window to return to Amazon "closed 3/18". Have to get an RA number from the company and send it back "postage prepaid" (I think that means by me). Haven't had anything fail right out of the box in a long time. Hope this one is a fluke.
2010-03-21
By Leojdpa (lehighton, pa, US)
I bought 2 of these because I did not trust the accuracy and I figured with 2 I could see if they gave the same reading. To my surprise, they did within less then 1. My basement is slightly higher then it should be (rangers from 4 to 8 depending on the weather) so I put one at my daughters house because she had a new baby and was concerned. It read 26! I then brought the second one over and the same thing. She had a radon company come in and they said it was correct. She had a Radon system put in and now is always less then 1. I keep one at her house in and one at mine and we both feel much better always knowing what we cannot see. I guess its time to try there carbon monoxide detector also it they have one.
2010-03-16
By Mark Hatten (Portland)
I bought this Radon detector on a hunch. I thought it would be nice to know what our basement readings would be over time. I read Radon levels can change with the seasons, and a digital meter would be better than sending in the "one time" spot tests. I was utterly shocked to find our readings were 7 times what was deemed safe. We have just invested 150k $ in a remodel to our 1914 Craftsman and planned to live here a long time. I never would have dreamed we have a problem.I spent 129 bucks on this unit which probably extended my life...and,saved my entire family's lungs from cancer....Once we get our house mitigated all my nieghbors want to borrow it to test their basements...
Potentially this unit could save our nieghbors as well.
Was it worth it?
Yeah!!!!!. what is a 129 bucks for my life ?
I can't say how pleased I am. (I'm going to be around to review lots more stuff now.)
Mark, Portland Or.
2010-03-16
By Royce O. Dahl (Minnetonka, MN)
The electronic tester showed a level of 9.4 to 10.3, and based on this I contracted mitigation with a contractor that guaranteed to reduce the level below 2.0. After mitigation the electronic tester showed levels of 3.1 to 3.8. The contractor supplied charcoal testers that showed the level to be 0.5. I purchased another charcoal tester that showed the level as 0.7. I then returned the electronic tester, then tested with an additional charcoal tester and the mitigation system off, which showed the pre-mitigation level as 4.9. Based on the pre-mitigation level of 4.9, I would still have contracted mitigation, but the electronic tester proved unreliable.
2010-03-05
By David Vincent
I have used this device for about a month now and am impressed. It has enabled me to test the radon levels in several areas of my home and has provided the necessary information for a decision on whether or not to purchase a mitigation system. I cannot be sure that it is 100% accurate, of course, but my readings are in line with neighbors and friends who live in this area, which is known to have high average levels of radon in the soil. I will probably proceed with installation of a mitigation system since the levels in my home range from 4.9 pCi/L in the Master Bedroom to 11.5 pCi/L in the unfinished basement. Fortunately, the levels in my home are lower than my nearby neighbors (one of whom had a test that measured nearly 40 pCi/L!). My only complaint about the device is that there is no way to silence the hourly "beep" (which is to notify you that a new reading has been calculated) - it's loud enough to wake a light sleeper like me if the device is placed in the bedroom.
Price paid: $130.00
Recommended: Yes
Digital Continuous Radon Gas Monitoring with Home Radon Alarm Protect your family from lung cancer from radon gas exposure with the only EPA evaluated radon gas alarm, the Safety Siren Pro 3 Electronic Radon Gas Detector from Family Safety Products. As seen on TV, this is not like a single use radon test detection kit: this digital radon gas monitor for home testing is a continuous radon tester that performs continuous radon gas monitoring. The clear, easily read digital radon level display shows short-term radon levels as well as long-term radon level averages. The Safety Siren electronic radon monitor gives its first radon reading after 48 hours of radon gas sampling. Radon gas in air or water is a health hazard resulting from uranium breaking down in soil. Exposure to radon can cause lung cancer. Continuous home radon monitoring is recommended in high radon areas or when radon mitigation systems are used. Radon gas levels change according to humidity and season. See in.Radon Facts in. below the radon monitor information. Family Safety Products' Electronic Radon Meter Features: USA EPA Evaluated. Not for sale to residents of the State of Iowa nor for shipment to Iowa residents per Iowa Department of Public Health Rules, Chapters 43 (136B). Please contact the Iowa Department of Public Health at (515) 281-7689 for further information. Numeric LED radon gas detection level display range: .1 to 999.9 in pCi/L. Short and long term readings. Short-term readings: 7 day radon average. Long-term readings: radon averages since powered-up or last reset. 5-year maximum. Audible alarm if short or long-term radon gas averages are 4 pCi/L or greater. Continuously samples air . Display updates hourly. Failsafe self test: every 24 hours. Error code displays if test fails. 4 function menu button Green LED illuminates next to S (short-term) or L (long-term) display. User can manually test detector operation. Button to mute or reactivate audible alarm when unit is in alarm.
Technical Details
- Meets US EPA performance criteria
- Has a numeric LED display screen
- Short-term and long-term readings
- Updates air samples every hour
- Conducts a self-test every 24 hours
2010-03-21
By yak driver (pennsylvania)
I've had the radon detector for about a month. Didn't set it up right away--you know, quick shipping and then let it sit for a week or so. Anyway, initial reading of 2.5 corresponded well with my "send-in" kits. Then, "error message". Went through the manual to clear and reset. Then in a few days: "E,E,E,E", handbook silent on that one. Cleared OK, though. Then "8,8,8,8"--cleared OK. Then, "8.8.8.5"... That was today. Window to return to Amazon "closed 3/18". Have to get an RA number from the company and send it back "postage prepaid" (I think that means by me). Haven't had anything fail right out of the box in a long time. Hope this one is a fluke.
2010-03-21
By Leojdpa (lehighton, pa, US)
I bought 2 of these because I did not trust the accuracy and I figured with 2 I could see if they gave the same reading. To my surprise, they did within less then 1. My basement is slightly higher then it should be (rangers from 4 to 8 depending on the weather) so I put one at my daughters house because she had a new baby and was concerned. It read 26! I then brought the second one over and the same thing. She had a radon company come in and they said it was correct. She had a Radon system put in and now is always less then 1. I keep one at her house in and one at mine and we both feel much better always knowing what we cannot see. I guess its time to try there carbon monoxide detector also it they have one.
2010-03-16
By Mark Hatten (Portland)
I bought this Radon detector on a hunch. I thought it would be nice to know what our basement readings would be over time. I read Radon levels can change with the seasons, and a digital meter would be better than sending in the "one time" spot tests. I was utterly shocked to find our readings were 7 times what was deemed safe. We have just invested 150k $ in a remodel to our 1914 Craftsman and planned to live here a long time. I never would have dreamed we have a problem.I spent 129 bucks on this unit which probably extended my life...and,saved my entire family's lungs from cancer....Once we get our house mitigated all my nieghbors want to borrow it to test their basements...
Potentially this unit could save our nieghbors as well.
Was it worth it?
Yeah!!!!!. what is a 129 bucks for my life ?
I can't say how pleased I am. (I'm going to be around to review lots more stuff now.)
Mark, Portland Or.
2010-03-16
By Royce O. Dahl (Minnetonka, MN)
The electronic tester showed a level of 9.4 to 10.3, and based on this I contracted mitigation with a contractor that guaranteed to reduce the level below 2.0. After mitigation the electronic tester showed levels of 3.1 to 3.8. The contractor supplied charcoal testers that showed the level to be 0.5. I purchased another charcoal tester that showed the level as 0.7. I then returned the electronic tester, then tested with an additional charcoal tester and the mitigation system off, which showed the pre-mitigation level as 4.9. Based on the pre-mitigation level of 4.9, I would still have contracted mitigation, but the electronic tester proved unreliable.
2010-03-05
By David Vincent
I have used this device for about a month now and am impressed. It has enabled me to test the radon levels in several areas of my home and has provided the necessary information for a decision on whether or not to purchase a mitigation system. I cannot be sure that it is 100% accurate, of course, but my readings are in line with neighbors and friends who live in this area, which is known to have high average levels of radon in the soil. I will probably proceed with installation of a mitigation system since the levels in my home range from 4.9 pCi/L in the Master Bedroom to 11.5 pCi/L in the unfinished basement. Fortunately, the levels in my home are lower than my nearby neighbors (one of whom had a test that measured nearly 40 pCi/L!). My only complaint about the device is that there is no way to silence the hourly "beep" (which is to notify you that a new reading has been calculated) - it's loud enough to wake a light sleeper like me if the device is placed in the bedroom.
Price paid: $130.00
Recommended: Yes
