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Does anyone have experience with air quality monitors? My home partially burned in a wildfire 3 months ago, and while I have damaged areas sealed off, I’m still
by pcmaffey 6y ago
Does anyone have experience with air quality monitors? My home partially burned in a wildfire 3 months ago, and while I have damaged areas sealed off, I’m still not sure how safe the outside air is from the surrounding charred forest. Would love to understand better what’s in the air both indoors and outdoors. But from what I gather, monitoring is not so simple?
- syntaxing 6y agoDepends if you want to build your own or not [1]. If not, I think purpleair is the way to go (I use the same sensor as them but they have two I believe for redundancy). As for air purifier, I highly recommend Blueair. They’re expensive but was the only purifier I had that managed to pull the PM2.5 indoors to near 0 during this terrible wildfire season in California. [1] https://www.powu3.com/airquality/ https://www.powu3.com/airquality/
- tyu2 6y agoIs it really important though, as the only solution is still just HEPA filter. Expensive air filters usually have dust sensors/particle counters in them, so there is some indication when the air is dirty and, you know, anything PM2.5 is harmful either way.
- pcmaffey 6y agoThat’s been my thought to date, just investing in air filters instead. We’ve got several. But we’re still not sure whether it’s a good idea to be there at all.
- cbsks 6y agoI have heard good things about PurpleAir air quality sensors. https://www2.purpleair.com/collections/air-quality-sensors https://www2.purpleair.com/collections/air-quality-sensors
- labseven 6y agoThe two maps I use are purple air and AirNow.gov. https://www.purpleair.com/map https://www.purpleair.com/map https://www.airnow.gov/ https://www.airnow.gov/