AirthingsView Pollution - PM2.5 Air Quality Monitor, PM2.5 Sensor, Humidity & Temp - Smart Indoor Air Pollution Detector for City Pollution & Wildfire Smoke Monitoring - App, Battery Powered & WiFi

The information provided by this monitor has been very useful during this worrisome time in Los Angeles.

It works well for its purpose but I just want to share my experience setting up the device once I got it. I currently live in Guam and they shipped the item to me with no problem. It actually came in earlier than expected. I am pretty tech savvy when it comes to gadgets but I got pretty frustrated setting up the device with the airthings app. Let me explain, I was setting up the app and I chose Guam as my country since I live in Guam. But then it won't let me finish the setup since my region is not supported. I checked on the website and it was stated on there that they only ship to regions that are supported by the product. They shipped it to me so I thought our region is good to go. It won't let you change your region once you started the setup process. I had to delete my account and create a new one. On my second try I went ahead and use United States as my region and it worked. It let me through all the way to connecting to my wifi but when I got to the part where I need to pair the device it won't connect to bluetooth. I did some troubleshooting and went into my bluetooth settings and forget device and setup bluetooth again and that worked. i was able to pair the device then entered the device ID and was able to set it up. When came to set it up as a hub it had a hard time connecting to my wifi network after a few tries and some more troubleshooting it finally connected to my wifi. It took a lot of trouble shooting on my part. So if you're new to this smart home tech stuff you might get frustrated like me. I just want to share this experience and hopefully it will be helpful to someone who will buy this item in the future.

The AirThings 2980 is a great air pollution and indoor air quality detector. If you are looking for something "that just works" and has "remote monitoring" capabilities - this is the product for you.As a nice bonus, it will display the indoor temperature, humidity, and optionally outdoor weather/temperature (with a caveat here - the outdoor information simply does not refresh timely to be reliable - see bellow for information on this.)The primary detection for the 2980 is CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) and VOC (volatile organic compounds) with PM 2.5 (Particulate Matter) -- the 2.5 referring to the microns of tiny droplets, which are about 30 times smaller than human hair. In layman terms, it is air pollution from things like cars/exhausts/flames+fires and other toxins (ie: frying pans emitting gasses, chemicals from paints, seals, etc) that cause health problems with long term exposure. This includes everything fromThe product works by detecting PM at 2.5 microns, and displaying the value on the screen, along with optionally displaying the indoor temperature, indoor humidity, and outdoor weather+temperature. The device also has a "near field" motion sensor, which triggers as you wave in front of it in order to display a an easy to understand visual "red", "yellow" or "green" color, so that you can easily tell the quality of the air (see screenshot for chart). This summarizes as anything less than 10 uq/m3 (microns) is "green", and between 10-25 is "yellow", and above 25 is "red".In terms of the Hardware itself - it is nearly perfect. It detects and updates the pollution very accurately and in semi-real time. The main point here is that you don't care about any specific "point in time", but in the overall longer term exposure. The e-ink display is very well executed, and is both battery efficient and bright/clear to read. The device also supports both battery operation (on six AAs) or via USB-C -- which also turns it into a "hub" for other Airthings devices.Where the device could use some more work is on the software. There are two aspects to this:The first is the "firmware" essentially. Specifically, the device connects to your wifi to both upload the data to the app and to pull the weather/outdoor temperature. The limitation here is that it is trying to conserve power and thus the outdoor temperature and weather is wildly delayed and thus inaccurate. To the point that after 3 days I decided to turn off the display all together.The second is the "phone app" software. While the reviews do not reflect this, the app (iOS at least) is actually good. While not perfect, and it does lack a few small things, it is far better than most IOT/OT type devices (doors, windows, sensors, etc). The app gives you at a glance your devices, and when you select it, you are given a quick view of PM, indoor humidity, and indoor temperature. The app allows you to customize the "firmware" portion of how things are displayed, but showing 2 values at any given time (ex: PM and Indoor temperature; or PM and Indoor Humidity; or Indoor Temperature and Indoor Humidity). When you "swipe" in the air in front of the device to trigger the proximity sensor, it will always show you the PM value and the red/yellow/green color. The App also provides historical data in charts. From what I saw, the company does seem to offer an API and they do have an official GitHub API integration repository, with examples in Node and Python.Overall, I am very happy with the devices, and I would very much recommend this as a solution for anyone looking to get both accurate readings and a way to get this information "remotely".

I own several air filters that I have placed in various parts of my home, but I don't run them all the time because I'm trying the make the replaceable filters last longer, and I also want to focus on cleaning the rooms where my family spends most of their time or the rooms that have the poorest air quality. Unfortunately this is not easy since only one of my air filters has a digital readout that gives me a good idea of the air quality in that room. The other units I have give me little useful information other than when the filter needs to be changed. So I ordered this air pollution monitor from Airthings to allow me to take accurate measurements in each room of my house, so that I can determine where I need to focus my attention. So far it seems to be quite accurate, and it has really helped me decide where and when I should be using the air filters I have. You can customize the display to tell you which 2 out of 4 possible values you want to monitor. I have mine set to show me the PM 2.5 value and the humidity. If you look in the app you can see all values including the temperature and how the values have changed over time. The monitor can be powered either by 6 AA batteries (included) or with a USB-C cable (also included in the box). Since I move mine around from room to room often, I keep it on battery power. So far I am very happy with this monitor and would recommend it to anyone who cares about breathing cleaner air. It does exactly what I need and is making a difference in my family's overall health.