Phare C1 is a smoke alarm that sounds for actual emergencies and nothing else. Its multi-sensor array spots fire and CO early and accurately, reduces false alarms, and is backed by detection algorithms that learn and improve to make your home even safer over time. It keeps much-loved features from the Nest Protect (RIP) like early warnings, a night light, and in-app alerts, and adds new ones like air quality monitoring and intruder detection.
Daniel here. I’m the co-founder and CEO of Phare Labs, and I’m excited to share what we’ve been working on with you:
The problem we’re solving is simple: smoke alarms fail to respond to 28% of fatal home fires. However, 9 out of 10 alarms they do raise are false positives. They go off when there isn’t fire, and they don’t when there is.
Arnau and I started Phare Labs to change that and build something we could actually trust our lives to.
Our solution is Phare C1. In essence, it’s a smoke alarm that works. It uses a multi-sensor array to detect fires earlier and eliminate false alarms. It also learns and improves over time to make your home even safer in a decade than it is on the day you install it.
We kept features from the Nest Protect that everyone loved like night path lighting and early warnings, added new ones like air quality monitoring, intruder detection, and 4G connectivity, and wrapped it in a design that won a Red Dot award this year.
Availability
Even though we’re only launching officially today, we’ve already built thousands of C1s and shipped them to customers.
🇬🇧 UK: Order today at pharelabs.com (6-8 week lead time)
🇺🇸 US: Reserve today and get lifetime Phare+ as a thank you. US shipping starts next summer once UL listing is complete.
In both cases, you can use code PHLaunch to get an extra 10% off at checkout.
Questions and Feedback
We would love to know what you think! Check us out at pharelabs.com, and feel free to comment with questions and/or feedback. We’ll read and reply to every one.
I have 2 of these in my place and I really appreciate that it only goes off for actual smoke vs cooking.
the nest protect callout got me, still bitter google killed that one. question on the smart side - if wifi goes down during the actual emergency (which happens, breakers trip, routers die in a fire), does the alarm itself still sound locally off the sensor array, or does detection logic live in the cloud too?
About Phare C1® on Product Hunt
“A smoke alarm that detects fire, not toast. ”
Phare C1® launched on Product Hunt on October 1st, 2026 and earned 79 upvotes and 4 comments, placing #14 on the daily leaderboard. Phare C1 is a smoke alarm that sounds for actual emergencies and nothing else. Its multi-sensor array spots fire and CO early and accurately, reduces false alarms, and is backed by detection algorithms that learn and improve to make your home even safer over time. It keeps much-loved features from the Nest Protect (RIP) like early warnings, a night light, and in-app alerts, and adds new ones like air quality monitoring and intruder detection.
Phare C1® was featured in Internet of Things (226.9k followers) and Home security (570 followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 9.5k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Phare C1®?
Phare C1® was hunted by Daniel McBride. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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Daniel McBride
Hey Product Hunt 👋
Daniel here. I’m the co-founder and CEO of Phare Labs, and I’m excited to share what we’ve been working on with you:
The problem we’re solving is simple: smoke alarms fail to respond to 28% of fatal home fires. However, 9 out of 10 alarms they do raise are false positives. They go off when there isn’t fire, and they don’t when there is.
Arnau and I started Phare Labs to change that and build something we could actually trust our lives to.
Our solution is Phare C1. In essence, it’s a smoke alarm that works. It uses a multi-sensor array to detect fires earlier and eliminate false alarms. It also learns and improves over time to make your home even safer in a decade than it is on the day you install it.
We kept features from the Nest Protect that everyone loved like night path lighting and early warnings, added new ones like air quality monitoring, intruder detection, and 4G connectivity, and wrapped it in a design that won a Red Dot award this year.
Availability
Even though we’re only launching officially today, we’ve already built thousands of C1s and shipped them to customers.
🇬🇧 UK: Order today at pharelabs.com (6-8 week lead time)
🇺🇸 US: Reserve today and get lifetime Phare+ as a thank you. US shipping starts next summer once UL listing is complete.
In both cases, you can use code PHLaunch to get an extra 10% off at checkout.
Questions and Feedback
We would love to know what you think! Check us out at pharelabs.com, and feel free to comment with questions and/or feedback. We’ll read and reply to every one.
— Daniel