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Airthings View Plus
7 metrics in Kaizora
One monitor for radon, particulate matter, CO₂, and VOCs. An import is coming; until then, its readings can be logged by hand.
Who It’s For
For someone who wants the widest view of their indoor air from one device, and can wait for the import.
Where to Buy
United States
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Canada
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What It Measures in Kaizora
Radon Activity Concentration, PM2.5 Mass Concentration, CO₂ Concentration, Total VOC Concentration, Air Temperature, Relative Humidity, and Barometric Pressure.
- CO₂
- Radon
- Particulate matter
- VOCs
- Temperature, humidity, and pressure
How It Gets to Kaizora
An import is coming. Until then, you can log its readings by hand.
Strengths
- Measures radon, which few home monitors do, alongside particulate matter and CO₂.
- Seven readings from one device.
Limits
- Radon needs days of readings before its average means much.
- VOCs are one total estimate, not specific compounds.
- Kaizora can’t import its data yet.
About What It Measures
How to Read the US Air Quality Index
What the EPA's AQI from 0 to 500 means, its six colour-coded categories, why the reported number is the worst pollutant's, and how NowCast keeps it current during smoke and smog.
Should You Test Your Home for Radon?
Why radon is a leading cause of lung cancer after smoking, the EPA's 4 pCi/L action level and the WHO's 100 Bq/m³ reference level, how to test, and why long-term averages matter more than one reading.
What Are VOCs, and Should You Worry About Them at Home?
What volatile organic compounds are and where they come from indoors, why a monitor's total VOC number has no health limit and is hard to compare, and why formaldehyde, the one VOC with clear guidelines, is the one worth measuring.
What Is PM2.5, and What Level Is Safe?
What fine particles are and why they harm health, the WHO's 5 µg/m³ annual and 15 µg/m³ daily guidelines, the EPA's 9.0 µg/m³ standard, and what indoor monitors can and can't tell you.
What's the Right Humidity at Home?
Why the US EPA suggests keeping indoor humidity between 30 and 50 percent and under 60, what too damp and too dry air do, how temperature changes the reading, and how to follow your home's humidity.
What Counts as a Healthy CO₂ Level at Home, and How to Track It
What the guidelines actually say about carbon dioxide indoors, why 1,000 ppm comes up so often, and how to measure and follow the air in your own home.