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Samurai Mini Smoke Alarm

1 source-linked failure report. Most reported: Fire / ignition. Typical failure around 5 yr.

Reliability signal — · Insufficient data · data confidence Very Low

1 confirmed failure reports

Reliability summary

What is likely to go wrong, when it happens, and how expensive it can be — from source-linked failure reports. Counts are reports in our database, not a population failure rate.

Reliability signal

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1 confirmed failure report · Insufficient data · Data confidence: Very Low

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Most common issue
Fire / ignition
Typical first failure
5 yr
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Median repair cost
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Highest reported repair
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  • Fire / ignition1 · 100%

When does it break?

Failure timing

Months after purchase, using reports that included timing.

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Reported repair costs

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Median months to failure

60

Failure reports

1

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What breaks?

What breaks? · reports

Fire / ignition

Fire or Smoke Alarms (702)

60 months

Government / agencyIndexed Oct 16, 2026Source-linkedVerify source — SaferProducts.gov incident

SaferProducts.gov consumer incident report 20251110-8AE87-5716615. Severity: Incident, No Injury. Product: Samurai Mini Smoke Alarm (Battery powered, mini smoke alarm). Incident: (Around 4:00am) The smoke detector gave off a false alarm and was blinking red. The consumer turned it off and there was no fire in her home. Approximately 15 minutes later, the detector went off again. She still did not see a fire in her home, but went outside as a precaution, for a few minutes before going back inside. She examined the detector and removed the battery to stop it from alarming. However, the battery was leaking clear colored fluid inside the detector when she removed it. There were no injuries. The damage was limited to the detector�s battery. Winter-2025: The consumer received the CPSC recall notice (#25-095) and contacted the company. However, she told the rep. that she did not have a computer and could not take pictures to send them. The rep. told her that was the only way to register and advised her to try to use someone else�s computer. The consumer wasn�t comfortable putting her information into someone else�s computer and never registered for the recall. 11/0/2025: The consumer called HSN this morning and she said that the representative (name unknown) told her that at least she knew the smoke detector worked. NOTE: The consumer purchased several of these smoke alarms from [REDACTED] and HSN during the years of 2020, 2022 & 2024. Therefore, her detector could have been purchased from either retailer during those years. Some were smoke detectors only and the others were combination, smoke, and CO detectors. She did not have a model/serial number at the time she reported the incident. There is no writing on product; but on box: SM1 In consideration of

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Months until failure

60 months

Repair cost

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Repaired

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Manufacturer warranty

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Extended warranty

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Support helpful

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Would recommend

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AI extraction confidence

88%

Verification status

Unverified

Evidence quality

★★★★☆ (4/5)

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