Awair Element Indoor Air Quality Monitor – AQM8002A

10 reviews for Awair Element Indoor Air Quality Monitor – AQM8002A

1. 

   5 out of 5

   BarterClub – January 23, 2020

   I feel like this thing does a good job telling you how clean your house is. The only issue I find is it does not give you any documentation showing if the machine was celebrated and the results of those celebrations.

2. 

   5 out of 5

   tyler – March 25, 2020

   This air quality monitor is the only one I found that includes: CO2, TVOC, PM, WIFI/BLUETOOTH, and integration with Google Home. I shied away from it for almost a month because several reviewers said it was difficult to get connected to wifi and that it was flakey about staying connected. I’m happy to report it was one of the easiest smoothest installations of any techy device ever. Instructions were clear and accurate; not a single hiccup or issue – fully set up in 5 minutes. And the functionality of the app and the on-device display is perfect. Total homerun!follow-up after a week: The other caution from reviews I read was that the minimalist design was too cryptic and not clearly informative. I find the unit to be very nicely designed and the display is a super clever way to present all the useful data without looking like a loud eyesore in your room. 5 lines of dots show you 5 key metrics and if that’s too complicated the single number on the display is your overall air quality score from 1 to 100. OR you can customize the display to more literally show you any 1 of the 5 metrics. The display on this is a design achievement.

3. 

   5 out of 5

   Been-Jam-inBeen-Jam-in – April 15, 2020

   I like it, but it like giving me the middle finger a lot. Have put multiple plants in the room to calm it down. CO2 is still a challenge.

4. 

   5 out of 5

   Colin J. Kleinmann – April 15, 2020

   Although the device doesn’t measure some things like radon gas (i don’t care, I live in an area with extremely low radon levels) – it DOES produce extremely valuable data about the air you breathe in your home. I was in shock about how high my CO2 levels were before taking advice from this thing’s notifications! It also prompted me to look into a dehumidifier and house plants.I went from air quality levels of about 50/100 to hovering always from 88-96 (very good).A must buy. If everyone had this, then they’d be more concerned over their carbon footprint too. We are in this together.

5. 

   5 out of 5

   TD – May 22, 2020

   Bought this air quality monitor because everyone in my house sleeps with the bedroom door closed so I was concerned about CO2 spikes. I was right, as this monitor showed. (I adjusted my central air system so the fan comes on at least once an hour, which has helped mitigate.) It also alerted me of a VOC spike once, which turned out to be someone spraying perfume!

6. 

   5 out of 5

   FreeBlackfish – June 18, 2020

   I don’t get the complaints here. It works well, and that’s including the app. Setup with the app was easy, and took dictionary-definition “literally” 30 seconds.I bought it because my neighbor downstairs smokes from his balcony. I set up the Awair just inside from the my balcony. The Awair lets me know when it’s time to close the sliding doors to my balcony: if the particulate matter reading spikes, I immediately close it.The periodic alerts from the app are unobtrusive, useful and they let me know the unit is working. I was fascinated to learn that my air often has high-ish carbon dioxide levels (which can make one feel sluggish and compromise decision-making), even when the balcony door is open, and that opening other windows helps decrease the CO2 levels. I feel better knowing that I’m doing what’s reasonably possible to decrease CO2, VOC, and particulate matter levels (airing out the apartment beyond just having the sliding door open with the screen door on, getting some Coway and Winix air filters, etc.It’s great. I’m glad I got it, and as my title says, I just bought a second one. I’m considering a third.

7. 

   5 out of 5

   Andrew Crews – June 26, 2020

   We rarely need this kind of data, I think, but I’m in the middle of wildfire season, and this thing is great. It doesn’t measure AQI and that took me some time to understand, but the units it reports for PM2.5 (e.g. smoke) are more scientific and better I think: micro-grams per cubic meter.I’ve stress tested it a bit now. My family room was at 30ug/m3. I noticed one bedroom with the door closed had wide open windows and I could smell smoke in that room! I moved it there and the reading immediately went up to 72ug/m3 (equivalent to AQI of 160). I left in there with a filter, and shortly it was down to 10 again.It works with Alexa (via a skill).The LED reading on the front is great. It gives a “healthy air” score which seems useful that considers everything it measures: temp, humidity, CO2 (still understanding how this varies so much), VOC (haven’t seen any but seems useful) and PM2.5. Each is stored on the cloud and graphs can be viewed via the phone app.

8. 

   5 out of 5

   ZrC – July 12, 2020

   I was on the fence buying this due to the price but its worth it. The app is well made and offers a lot of useful information. recommendations and a widget for a quick view of the air quality. There are also push notification is the event air quality changes for the worse.Accuracy is hard to measure since I do not have any professional equipment to test but based on the past week everything is fairly stable without much fluctuation. I found CO2 does change based on environmental conditions really well. If I am cooking with my gas burning stove and do not use the exhaust vent the levels will rise gradually. Once I turn the vent on and crack a window it will begin to fall as expected. PM2.5 also falls in line with my HEPA filter usage. I used to turn them off at night but found by morning the PM2.5 was very high until I ran them again for multiple hours. Temperature and humidity are dead on with my thermostat.Despite the pictures the unit is really small and can fit anyway. Another bonus is the power plug is USBC allowing you to run a longer cable if needed.

9. 

   5 out of 5

   bscottj – August 24, 2020

   Yo, I don’t know why this doesn’t have more reviewsThis thing finally confirmed some things I’ve been thinking about air quality in my house (high CO2 levels primarily) making me feel off and kind of sick.Did some research and found some studies that compare different air quality monitors and this one was most in line with the EPA stuffAnyways, I’ve had it for a couple days and I love having the data; espically working from home. Data from this helps inform me when I should open/close windows, turn on air conditioner, turn on dehumidifier, etcLoving it

10. 

    5 out of 5

    RyanRyan – September 29, 2020

    Now that I’m working from home full time like many of us, I was concerned about the air quality in my home office. This device helped me to immediately diagnose the issues with my air quality and I’ve seen the immediate results of taking steps to improve it (cracking open a window when CO2 is too high, getting a humidifier to combat the dry desert climate, etc).The device looks great and the display on the device itself is pretty easy to understand once you get used to what each of the bars means. I also like how the display can be adjusted to show any of the metrics individually or can be used as a simple clock if desired. I also appreciate the light level adjustment and the sleep mode which would come in handy if using the device in a bedroom.Additionally, I’ve found the mobile software to be top notch. I like being able to track trends over time and see the impact of my actions in graph form. Unlike others here I personally haven’t had any issues keeping it connected to WiFi, though I understand that would be frustrating.All in all, if you’re spending more time at home lately and are concerned about your air quality, I’d highly recommend this!