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Welcome to our CarbonMonoxideStore.com Specialty Page
If you have not reviewed our Carbon Monoxide Quiz and Report,
please click here, then return to this page.
This report includes a table of CO and COHb concentrations and details their harmful effects.
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We have often been asked why we carry so many different CO detectors.
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Different people have different concerns about Carbon Monoxide (CO):
- Some are more sensitive than others and need lower alarm limits.
- Some require units that are very portable for shirt pocket or car visor use.
- Some want a digital readout.
- Some RV users want combination CO and combustible gas detectors.
- Some want units that can direct connect to an alarm system.
- Some want direct plug-in, some hardwired, some remote mount AC powered and some battery powered CO detectors.
- And, there is not universal agreement on which is the best certification standard: UL-2034 (1996), UL-2034 (1998),
or IAS-696. While some CO detectors certified to the UL-2034 (1996) standard had to be re-called because of false alarms
due to low alarm limits and detectors that responded to contaminants such as fog, we have selected only those 1996 standard
units that have sophisticated self check circuitry and do not have false alarm tendencies. We have also selected the best
of the 1998 and IAS-696 standard units. Some experts feel that the 1998 standard raised the CO alarm point too high. They
feel that while these higher alarm points and new sensor technology have all but eliminated the occurrence of false alarms,
they have also allowed people to be exposed to harmful levels of CO for long enough periods of time that they might begin to
become drowsy or cease to be alert. In some situations this can be dangerous.
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Please review the data in the above safety quiz to help determine the alarm points you want, then choose the alarm that best meets your needs:
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