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Interlinked smoke alarm kit Scotland

Updated: 20 October 2026

You are buying an interlinked smoke alarm kit Scotland’s tolerable standard will actually count, and a smoke-only multipack will not cover the kitchen. From 1 February 2022 every home has been expected to have ceiling-mounted smoke alarms in the living room and in every hall or landing, plus a heat alarm in every kitchen, all interlinked. Prices are the amazon.co.uk listings captured on 19 October 2026, not a laboratory test, and no pack here is a certificate that a home is legal. A qualifying purchase can earn a commission at no extra cost to you. The [smoke alarm set comparison](/hub/fire-protection/smoke-alarm-set) ranks twelve packs. Here you match the Scottish layout to the box.

You are buying an interlinked smoke alarm kit Scotland’s tolerable standard will actually count, and a smoke-only multipack will not cover the kitchen.

Our top picks

Veltz LINKD smoke and heat bundle

Best overall

Veltz LINKD smoke and heat bundle
7.3/10about £91.99
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XINDUM XINDUM SM11R4 bundle

Rank 2

XINDUM XINDUM SM11R4 bundle
8.8/10about £96.99
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XINDUM XINDUM 2-smoke bundle

Best value

XINDUM XINDUM 2-smoke bundle
8.7/10about £69.48
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On this page
  1. 1.The layout every Scottish home is counted against
  2. 2.Sealed radio, or mains, and not an app
  3. 3.Which captured sets can start, and which cannot
  4. 4.Carbon monoxide, open plan, and the claims to ignore

The layout every Scottish home is counted against

The room list is the same whether you own the home or let it. gov.scot wants a smoke alarm in the living room, a smoke alarm in every hall and landing, and a heat alarm in every kitchen, ceiling mounted and interlinked. An English rule of one smoke alarm per storey is not this layout. If the hall and living room are one space, one alarm can cover it, and a heat alarm is still required if the kitchen is in that space. No point should be more than 7.5 metres from the alarm that covers it. How you screw the base is on the how to fit smoke alarms page.

Sealed radio, or mains, and not an app

You may fit a sealed tamper-proof long-life lithium alarm yourself. Mains alarms are for an electrician. Radio interlink is the link gov.scot expects, and it does not need Wi-Fi. If the hub is sold separately, the heads are not yet a linked set. Replaceable AA, 9 V and CR123A cells are the wrong main battery. A 10-year title beside a loose cell is not a sealed cell. Look for BS EN 14604:2005 on smoke, BS 5446-2:2003 on heat, and EN 50291-1 on carbon monoxide. Nest Protect is the example gov.scot gives of a smoke alarm that does not meet the kitchen heat rule.
Veltz LINKD smoke and heat bundle

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Veltz LINKD smoke and heat bundle
7.3/10about £91.99
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Which captured sets can start, and which cannot

Six captured packs do not start a Scottish kitchen, because they have no heat alarm: the WISUALARM pair, Hapippofa, the ELRO ten-pack, HEIMAN, the X-Sense SD11 and AEGISLINK. The ELRO pack also states a one-year replaceable cell. LINKD at about £91.99 is three smoke alarms and one heat alarm, sold pre-linked, with no CO head in the included list. The X-Sense HS21 at about £47.99 lists both a sealed cell and three CR123A batteries. The two XINDUM packs, about £69.48 and about £96.99, share one review text of 811. Reviewers describe the WISUALARM kit’s CO cell as removable. None of the twelve is a mains kit. The buying guide separates the pack types before this filter.

Carbon monoxide, open plan, and the claims to ignore

A carbon monoxide alarm is a second question. The tolerable standard wants one where a fixed combustion appliance or a flue is present, excluding an appliance used solely for cooking. A gas hob does not, on the gov.scot page, create that duty. A battery CO alarm has to be sealed, and it does not have to interlink with the fire alarms. A complies-with-Scotland bullet is a seller’s sentence. gov.scot’s own example for a typical three-bed, fitted yourself, is about £220. That figure is not a price from this Amazon basket.

Common questions

Does a smoke-only 3-pack cover the kitchen?
No. The kitchen needs a heat alarm. A smoke alarm there false-alarms on steam, and it is the wrong sensor for the tolerable standard. The Hapippofa three-pack, the smart three-packs and the ELRO ten-pack are smoke only in this basket. They can fill living rooms and halls where a heat alarm is not required. They do not start a Scottish kitchen.
Are replaceable AA or CR123A cells allowed?
Not as the main cell on an alarm you fit yourself. gov.scot rejects replaceable AA, 9 V and CR123A batteries for that job. The householder fit is a sealed tamper-proof long-life lithium cell, or an electrician fits a mains system. A 10-year title next to loose batteries is not a sealed cell. A replaceable backup on a mains alarm is a different case, and it does not rescue a battery-only pack.
Do the alarms need Wi-Fi?
No. The expected link is radio, and it works without Wi-Fi. A pack sold as pre-linked is aiming at that kind of link. A Wi-Fi base station or a Zigbee hub is an extra network. If the hub is not in the box, as with the HEIMAN set, you do not yet have the interlink the buying notes describe. Phone alerts are optional. The ceiling link is the requirement.
When do I add a carbon monoxide alarm, and must it be interlinked?
Add one in a room with a fixed combustion appliance or a flue, other than an appliance used only for cooking. Gas hobs sit outside that duty on the gov.scot page. The battery must last the life of the detector, sealed, and the CO alarm does not have to interlink with the smoke and heat alarms. A pack that includes a CO head is convenient only if that cell is sealed. A cell reviewers could remove is the wrong match for this duty.
Does an Amazon complies-with-Scotland line replace the box?
No. The line is advertising. gov.scot does not certify these listings, and a sentence that claims Scotland and England together still has to survive the included-components list. You still need a living-room smoke alarm, a smoke alarm for every hall, and a kitchen heat alarm, on a sealed cell or on mains fitted by an electrician. Smoke only, or a replaceable main cell, has not met the tolerable standard.

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Sources

Public UK sources for this comparison, last checked on 19 October 2026. Listing prices and ratings are the amazon.co.uk pages captured the same day.

  1. The Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015, regulation 4 (retrieved 19 October 2026)
  2. GOV.UK smoke and carbon monoxide alarm Q&A for landlords (retrieved 19 October 2026)
  3. Scottish Government: fire and smoke alarms in Scottish homes (retrieved 19 October 2026)
  4. Scottish Government: where and what to buy (retrieved 19 October 2026)
  5. Tolerable standard guidance: fire and carbon monoxide detection (retrieved 19 October 2026)
  6. Renting Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) (Wales) Regulations 2022, regulation 5 (retrieved 19 October 2026)
  7. Northern Ireland: smoke, heat and carbon monoxide alarms in private tenancies (retrieved 19 October 2026)
  8. GOV.UK: fire safety in the home (retrieved 19 October 2026)