Wave Mini

below is a similar review I posted for for wave plus I was originally looking just for a smart radon tester before I installed a radon mitigation system and found the airthings wave system. at first I purchased the home kit which comes with a older wave 2nd gen, the hub and mini wave from Amazon warehouse (openbox). I had some issues with the hub as it was already registered and didn't want to mess with support who wasn't available 24/7 and ended up returning everything . during the initial setup I also (wrongly assumed) that the units would be WiFi/Ip based but the stand alone sensors only work via bluetooth or via radio with the hub. also without the hub the data isn't constantly recorded . I then ordered this new sensor wave plus, 2 mini waves and the hub (quite costly). setup was a breeze, unbox the sensors, download the app, register for an account, connect the sensor via bluetooth to your phone , update firmware and it's readym Then you plug in your hub add to the sensors to the hub via your phone. With the wave2 the radon level was high (as suspected as ally neighbors got their radon level tested professionally for 150 bucks . What I didn't expect was the co2 and VOC levels to be high in the house as well as high humidity levels in the basement. the co2 we were able to lower by opening windows and airing out the house, and humidity levels controlled with a dehumidifier in the basement. As far as the VOC i started looking into UV lights in the hvac and ultimately ended up with a Airscrubber by aerus installed from my hvac guy. after the airscrubber and hvac fans running the airthings wave sensor picked up the improvements. the web dashboard also is has a lot better data and is easier to see track historical data than the app as the app will show you real time stats we well as historical but can't zoom in on the data or set a custom time frame (zoom in). also the wave mini has mold detection but the wave plus does not and the wave plus (primarily for radon) has co2 detection but the mini does not so would like a unified sensor even if it cost more as well as the ability to have wifi (although this will prob drain the battery) I'd also like an option of hardwiring the sensor similar to a smoke detector and alert/push notifications for user or presets thresholds so I don't have to constantly monitor. overall great product but will make you think about how to improve the air quality after seeing the data :)

I have 4 Airthings Wave Minis and 1 Airthings ViewPlus to monitor air quality in my newly built home. I was concerned about air quality as I made my home very airtight and energy efficient. Primary concern was VOC's and temperature variations throughout the home. There are 4 in-floor heating zones monitored by 4 Nest Thermostats for the floor heating and a total of 13 Fujitsu mini split cassettes. In a newly built home, you have many potential sources of VOC's including caulk, paint, stain, glues, etc. as well as unknown carbon dioxide (I have 8 Nest Protects to monitor CO) and radon. Results of about a year of use: I was surprised when the particulates got high during fire season and I placed 3 Winix air cleaners which run continuously and keep the PMs low or below detectable levels. You can see the PMs get lower as the air cleaners run. Since the house was open quite a bit during the "extended" build time, VOC's from building materials had mostly gone away. What was interesting were the VOC's from human occupancy. I spent over 45 years using NIST-traceable temperature data loggers, radiation detection and assay equipment, timing devices, etc and even visited the NIST facilities in Maryland getting a radioactive source calibrated against a primary standard. At that time, it was still the National Bureau of Standards. Accuracy Question: I know from years of experience that unless you can verify the accuracy of a device using either a certified testing lab or your own NIST-traceable equipment, you can only rely on the reputation of the manufacturer (just like the mfr claims of dietary supplements and disinfectants). Airthings has a great reputation so I'll have to go with that. Pros: 1) Can view all monitors on the Airthings app on your phone (provided you have a hub). 2) Airthings reputation. Cons: 1) Need to purchase an expensive hub unless you can walk around and read the devices via Bluetooth OR you have an Airthings ViewPlus which has a hub built-in-which I have. 2) No carbon monoxide detector. Bottom Line: I believe Airthings are the best consumer devices available. Since we have to rely on the manufacturer's reputation for the claims they make on the device measurement accuracy, Airthings is one of the best so I chose their devices.

My initial review was negative. I bought two to try to triangulate where smoke was entering my apartment. After getting strange results I put them right next to each other, and they were still showing different information. I reached out to support. They acknowledged the issue and informed me that they had a firmware update that would fix it. They checked in with me a few times to ensure that after the update things were going well. Unfortunately I had to return one, so I haven't been able to cross check them with the new firmware. It's now been almost 6 months. Using the airthings I was able to find where the smoke is getting in. The app is garbage still. It often can't sync and I have to kill it to make it work. Pretty sure it's tied to Bluetooth. It freaks out if Bluetooth is off when you start the app and doesn't appear to recover until killed and started with Bluetooth on. The graphs in the app are garbage. Options for scale are 48h, 1 week, 1 month, and 1 year, and you can't pan the graph. It's stupid enough to just average the quality for those ranges. That means you can only see spikes from the last 48 hours, because they average out on higher time frames. It should give a triple graph with high, average, and low values. You should be able to select a section of the graph in the past and zoom into it. Nope. For no reason at all air quality is hugely tied to air temperature. Cold day, air quality is red? That's dumb. I'm going to try to get another TVOC monitor to cross check this. So far it's not a con, because I can't check it, but I'm wary of it after the two I initially got didn't check out. Pros: -battery life, still at 96% after almost 6 months -size -seems to be measuring correctly now -can download all the data through website -good support Cons: -terrible app -terrible terrible app -only resolves to like 5 minutes, should be able to set it down to 5 seconds and use more battery

Even if you hit the sync button, it doesn't update till it feels like. That might be an entire 5 minutes or 10+ minutes which sounds like not a big deal until you are trying to figure out if VOCs are any less if you turn your boiler off in the middle of winter to see if you should get a journeyman heater person out there to inspect your exhaust and system. Or if it's maybe just the mint plants you had inside after it frosted and you removed them but you can't get the thing to update yet to on the boiler bc it's probably just better to let all the pipes freeze at this point and demolish the whole thing bc I haven't slept over 3 hours in a week as PPB stays over 3000 ppb and we're talking about moving in a hotel bc I'm coughing up fluid, migraines and incredibly sick from it. But no, please, take your sweet time syncing to no doubt save battery life which we'd be willing to replace as they're RECHARGEABLE but you know what can't be replaced? A negative cancer diagnosis. Just ordered some kind of point source detector equipment but unfortunately it doesn't sync w any app or have any historical data retention/graphs. Husband's seriously looking at BUYING a freaking mini Rae 3000 PID meter for over $4k in an attempt to save our house. Freaking Atmotube had a better product back when it was around $100, then someone snorted capitalism laced w greed and made it $300 - $400. It's back to something like $170 but I haven't decided to end my boycott till they get all the Musk ideology out of the company bc it was on no planet worth that. The graphs were infuriating. Absolutely refuse to update their graphs and app. We'll see how this other $100 gas detector goes. Maybe just buy a $4K Mini Rae and not nickel and dime yourself w products that are barely functional, I don't know. I'd pay that much for sleep rn but not to corporations that try to take advantage of "inflation" by causing it themselves just hoping for record breaking profits. (Mini Rae is top of the line professional gear btw, normal people shouldn't want this for a single use in a residential house lol)

I bought this to test the air quality of an apartment unit I was slated to move into. It smelled like an ash tray, constantly, due to the neighbor being a chain smoker. There was no reprieve. Less than ten minutes in the unit and my throat hurt and my eyes were watery, ten more minutes and I was nauseous. Family and friends confirmed similar, quickly onset ill effects. So I put this device in the unit's living room to measure VOCs. Readings from the first day showed around 236 ppb, which is dangerously high. This reading was expected. However, the unit says it needs to calibrate for a week before it can give accurate readings. And so here we are, a week later, and...it has settled around 29 ppb, an allegedly safe level. Ill effects of the second and third hand smoke have not lessened in the slightest, most notable by the horrendous smoke smell that still hits you in the face as you enter the unit. In light of this, I'm not sure I can trust this device. I've heard from others using AirThings' other air quality monitoring devices that it can take up to a month to truly calibrate, so we'll see how it goes I guess...though it's not looking good. At least it was a good price compared to most other VOC monitoring systems on the market.

The AIRTHINGS arrived well packaged with comprehensive instructions; downloading of the app and connecting the sensor was painless and easy. When I extinguished a couple of lit candles in my living room, the sensor went orange! The sensor for the Airthings-292 Wave is in my bedroom. At the same time the MEDIFY air cleaner in my living room where the candles were went on “red”. A proven point how well this gadget works! Checking the air quality on the app showed an increase in VOC. Besides that it shows the room temperature, moisture percentage, possibility of mold building, as well as pollen count for my zipcode (seasonal). I have 2 smaller but efficient air cleaner in my bedroom (no sensor) and the WAVE definitely showed it is working the way it’s supposed to. While this AIRTHINGS does not remedy any air quality issues, it indicates problems and definitely helps keep me healthy.

I rarely write product reviews but was so impressed with the Airthings detectors that I wanted to share my experience. Initially, I purchased a few mold and radon detectors and they worked great. Very easy to set up and quite accurate. Soon, I had a decent number of mold and radon detectors and so I decided to get a hub to connect these devices and to allow continuous monitoring and access remote access. Overall, these devices have worked flawlessly and have really added to our ability to continuously monitor for environmental problems in our home. Also, customer service has been outstanding. Very responsive to questions and very proactive with follow-up. 5-stars all around.

Don't let their web site fool you. While they show that they have an 18 hour support coverage and that there is a "chat" option on every page, everything will turn you to email. Chat will open up an email ticket for you. If you try to replace a defective unit through Amazon, it will take you back to email support. Update #1 I have had been emailing AirThings for 19 days about a defective Mini. I purchased 2 Wave Minis and 2 Wave Pluses. Only 1 of the Minis will not connect after having taking on an update. Should be plain and simple for them to see it is a defective unit and to process a replacement. I spent 4 of those days sending pictures and rebooting the device and now have waited 15 days for their "engineers" to "look into the issue". Yesterday I sent a message asking how do I get out of their email support and talk to a support supervisor. Today they replied back asking me for information so they can send me out a replacement item. Update #2 I reduced this review to 2 stars. I received the replacement item and it worked great. Today, my security monitoring service notified me that my email address has how been found on the dark web. The details state "Site or breach name - Tech Manufacturer's RMA Service". While the product seems to work, their lack of having a real support channel and the risk that your information will be leaked to the internet means that no one should use their product until they can get their services in order.