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There’s plenty of air quality monitors out there already. Doesn’t seem like this does anything unique, but I’ll be interested in seeing the price when it’s avai

There’s plenty of air quality monitors out there already. Doesn’t seem like this does anything unique, but I’ll be interested in seeing the price when it’s available. I personally use an Atomotube Pro (https://store.atmotube.com/ https://store.atmotube.com/) which also has the added benefit of being portable.

gizmodo59 4y ago
It looks good. But the reviews on Amazon says it’s not having a good battery life. How’s it for you? I don’t need to travel that much so I can keep it plugged in all the time?
- chewmieser 4y ago
  Battery life is fine, not amazing but fine. I can usually get around a week or so of battery life depending on what I'm using it for. I usually leave it near an outlet anyway so I can plug it in periodically. The portable nature of the device is a nice-to-have for me but I usually just use it in my home. One thing that it lacks is WiFi connectivity - all syncing needs to be done via bluetooth. Which makes sense since it's portable but WiFi would be nice when it's at home. But the device is open and their site gives you ways to make it WiFi compatible if you so desired. I originally found it through a report that showed it as effective as expensive air quality testing gear. It happened to be the only portable one as well that rated that well.
joshvm 4y ago
A big benefit would be ZigBee integration. Not particularly unique, but IKEA tend to do a reasonable job in terms of quality and price and their smart home bits are easy to connect to HomeAssistant. They claim it can talk to STARKVIND, so it should have that capability. They seem to be a bit more reliable than Aqara/Xiaomi (battery life seems to be variable for me).
- a_paddy 4y ago
  IKEA's marketing material say it's not compatible with the Tradfri Hub, so might be using Matter over Thread. Although the DIRIGERA does still also support ZigBee, they are moving away from it.
  - tecleandor 4y ago
    I've seen in websites that it's Matter compatible (although I haven't seen that information in their press release) Edit: I guess people are extrapolating that info on being compatible with their DIRIGERA Hub, that seems to be Matter compatible. 9to5mac reports this info: Update 2/15: IKEA has shared with us that the DIRIGERA smart hub doesn’t have Matter support yet (after its launch last fall), but it is “ready” to enable it with a future update. As noted below, the new air quality monitor does not have HomeKit or Matter capability on its own but can gain it when paired with the DIRIGERA but only after IKEA pushes the Matter update to the hub. We’ve reached out to IKEA asking about a Matter launch date. https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/14/ikea-smart-indoor-air-quality-monitor-matter-homekit/ https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/14/ikea-smart-indoor-air-quality...
- djhworld 4y ago
  > Not particularly unique, but IKEA tend to do a reasonable job I'd say they do a great job. While they offer hub and app (not sure if the app is cloud connected) for less technical users, most of the 'smart' product line is just zigbee so will work with any zigbee gateway. I think that should be applauded, especially as other "smart" product providers either go bust or pull product lines rendering them useless.

gizmodo59 4y ago

It looks good. But the reviews on Amazon says it’s not having a good battery life. How’s it for you? I don’t need to travel that much so I can keep it plugged in all the time?

chewmieser 4y ago
Battery life is fine, not amazing but fine. I can usually get around a week or so of battery life depending on what I'm using it for. I usually leave it near an outlet anyway so I can plug it in periodically. The portable nature of the device is a nice-to-have for me but I usually just use it in my home. One thing that it lacks is WiFi connectivity - all syncing needs to be done via bluetooth. Which makes sense since it's portable but WiFi would be nice when it's at home. But the device is open and their site gives you ways to make it WiFi compatible if you so desired. I originally found it through a report that showed it as effective as expensive air quality testing gear. It happened to be the only portable one as well that rated that well.

joshvm 4y ago

A big benefit would be ZigBee integration. Not particularly unique, but IKEA tend to do a reasonable job in terms of quality and price and their smart home bits are easy to connect to HomeAssistant. They claim it can talk to STARKVIND, so it should have that capability. They seem to be a bit more reliable than Aqara/Xiaomi (battery life seems to be variable for me).

a_paddy 4y ago
IKEA's marketing material say it's not compatible with the Tradfri Hub, so might be using Matter over Thread. Although the DIRIGERA does still also support ZigBee, they are moving away from it.
- tecleandor 4y ago
  I've seen in websites that it's Matter compatible (although I haven't seen that information in their press release) Edit: I guess people are extrapolating that info on being compatible with their DIRIGERA Hub, that seems to be Matter compatible. 9to5mac reports this info: Update 2/15: IKEA has shared with us that the DIRIGERA smart hub doesn’t have Matter support yet (after its launch last fall), but it is “ready” to enable it with a future update. As noted below, the new air quality monitor does not have HomeKit or Matter capability on its own but can gain it when paired with the DIRIGERA but only after IKEA pushes the Matter update to the hub. We’ve reached out to IKEA asking about a Matter launch date. https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/14/ikea-smart-indoor-air-quality-monitor-matter-homekit/ https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/14/ikea-smart-indoor-air-quality...
djhworld 4y ago
> Not particularly unique, but IKEA tend to do a reasonable job I'd say they do a great job. While they offer hub and app (not sure if the app is cloud connected) for less technical users, most of the 'smart' product line is just zigbee so will work with any zigbee gateway. I think that should be applauded, especially as other "smart" product providers either go bust or pull product lines rendering them useless.