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When I was in university, I lived in a residence and there were two girls down the hall that smoked constantly and had a bunch of air fresheners going, with the

When I was in university, I lived in a residence and there were two girls down the hall that smoked constantly and had a bunch of air fresheners going, with the overall effect being a disgustingly cloying mix of tobacco and synthetic berries or whatever. I've experienced the same thing with those bathroom fresheners where people think spraying them will cover up the smell they produced, and you end up with this revolting mix of poo and air freshener. Overall, I'd almost always rather smell the actual thing being covered than the smell of it being mixed with air freshener, and I assume, bacteria contamination aside, it's a lot healthier not to breath in whatever the fresheners are giving off

dougSF70 5y ago
I agree. My view is; if you can make the bathroom smell, where can you?
clairity 5y ago
i have a neighbor (or three) that smokes weed and another that burns incense. the combo sometimes infiltrates my apartment (through the closet, where i think there is a hole). combined with the old building smell that's embedded in the framing, it's an awful mix of air pollutants. one of my air purifiers does double duty between the closet and the kitchen to combat this very problem. with that said, activated charcoal (which my purifiers include, though undersized) is more suited to smells (molecular size) than hepa filters (particulate matter, which is generally much larger) are. hepa in the bathroom would deal with airborne bacteria but not the poo smell, which would require activated charcoal (a lot of it, along with an uncomfortably powerful fan) to be really effective.
- Factorium 5y ago
  Buy a CO2 + PM2.5 detector. They're fairly cheap on Aliexpress (~$70). You might just need to ventilate more often.
  - clairity 5y ago
    yes, i have an air quality meter and ventilate my apartment during day, but i keep the closet door closed to keep the cat out. the air purifier does a decent (but not perfect) enough job that it's tolerable for now.

dougSF70 5y ago

I agree. My view is; if you can make the bathroom smell, where can you?

clairity 5y ago

i have a neighbor (or three) that smokes weed and another that burns incense. the combo sometimes infiltrates my apartment (through the closet, where i think there is a hole). combined with the old building smell that's embedded in the framing, it's an awful mix of air pollutants. one of my air purifiers does double duty between the closet and the kitchen to combat this very problem. with that said, activated charcoal (which my purifiers include, though undersized) is more suited to smells (molecular size) than hepa filters (particulate matter, which is generally much larger) are. hepa in the bathroom would deal with airborne bacteria but not the poo smell, which would require activated charcoal (a lot of it, along with an uncomfortably powerful fan) to be really effective.

Factorium 5y ago
Buy a CO2 + PM2.5 detector. They're fairly cheap on Aliexpress (~$70). You might just need to ventilate more often.
- clairity 5y ago
  yes, i have an air quality meter and ventilate my apartment during day, but i keep the closet door closed to keep the cat out. the air purifier does a decent (but not perfect) enough job that it's tolerable for now.