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Does anyone have a recommendation on a quality air quality monitor for home use?
by bradly 4y ago
Does anyone have a recommendation on a quality air quality monitor for home use?
- WalterBright 4y agoI use a CO2 meter. Dunno how quality it is, but it appears to work fine. co2meter.com
- londons_explore 4y agoCO2 meters are good for detecting stuffy air. They won't help against things like NOX, ozone, or carbon monoxide from trucks passing by outside, which will also be impacting your health. But it isn't worth measuring something if you don't have much control over it anyway.
- WalterBright 4y agoYou're right, CO2 meters are only good for detecting stuffy air. > But it isn't worth measuring something if you don't have much control over it anyway. Turns out you can do a lot about CO2. Open a window when it gets too high. With some fiddling around I determined how much to crack the window to keep the levels decent. Particulate levels can vary a lot. It's why I try to live not next to an arterial. Even a short distance away makes a big difference.
- londons_explore 4y agoIKEA sells a good cheap PM2.5 sensor which is fairly hackable (with a soldering iron).
- ahaucnx 4y agoYes but keep in mind that the colored LED is still showing green when the air is very polluted. I wrote about it. https://www.airgradient.com/open-airgradient/blog/ikea-vindriktning-accuracy/ https://www.airgradient.com/open-airgradient/blog/ikea-vindr...
- hedora 4y agoWe love our ambient weather station. I got the indoor PM 2.5/10/CO2 meter and the outdoor PM 2.5. The software reports (and graphs/archives) instantaneous and 24 hour averages that match the article, and also AQI.