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Good video. I built my own with a sgp30 IAQ sensor and a bme280 temp/humidity sensor. about $12.00 USD with the project box i put them in. Yep some soldering and coding involved, so not for everyone. But a LOT cheaper. Shows eCO2 levels and TVOC levels and of course temp and humidity. Works well though. 😀I can see it go up when i blow on it eCO2 levels and the TVOC levels go up when i'm soldering at my work desk. HA automatically turns on my fan(s) and my air purifier when needed.
I've been really underwhelmed by the tiny solid state sensors. I've tried the ENS160 and CCS811 and have an SGP30 to try (haven't yet), but they never compare well to an NDIR sensor. The Sensair S8 seems to need a lot less calibration and works better over various temp/humidity ranges. I wanted to love them, but just can't. My plan now is to use SHT45 and Sensair S8 for cheaper builds than the AirGradient. I purchased two AirGradient Ones (one for each floor). I will make custom ones housed in an IKEA VINDRIKTNING for each bedroom using ESPHome on a D1 mini. I'm mostly concerned with temp/humidity and CO2 buildup in the rooms at night when the doors are closed. And YES, CO2 levels can get quite high at night with doors closed, especially. We don't have any sort of air exchanger.
@@bryceb1234 A fried of mine is a air conditioner tech and he as a 6000 USD air quality meter. It does a lot more but he says its extremely accurate. He used that to check to see how close the SGP30 is. I have that sensor and a BME280 connected to the same MCU. He says its extremely important to have a temp/humidity sensor working together with the air quality sensor, otherwise your readings will not be very accurate. After testing he says it's fairly accurate. Not as good as a expensive unit, but for the price he really liked how close it stayed to his 6000 dollar meter.
The biggest risk is not C02 it's falling asleep with gas appliances going out like gas cooktops to heaters being left on. Does this device detect carbon monoxide or gas leaking?? Thanks
It doesn't have carbon monoxide detection as standard which would be great if it did. As mentioned in the video, the board is extensible and there is a discussion in their forum about adding a sensor on to it.
Air quality must be flavour of the month. I've just watched Reed from Smart Home Solver review a few air quality sensors. It's not something we've been too fussed about as we live in the Scottish countryside and tend to leave our windows open most of the year, especially at night, even in winter. The safety side is covered by CO alarms, but I must admit to be curious about the quality of indoor and outdoor air where we are. Am I nearly $400 curious though? I'm not sure. Good review though. Thanks.
I think it's one of those things that will vary according to where you are in the world. If you leave your windows open during the day to deal with hot weather and you happen to live next to a busy road then how much of that is just getting pumped straight into your house, we just don't know but something like this at least gives us an idea and enables us to deal with it As for the cost, I think everyone will have an opinion on this, I also think the majority will say it's too expensive. It depends on how interested you are in wanting to know or caring about, this level of information. It's along the same lines as buying a smart weather station when you can just look out the door or look it up on a website.
@KrispKiwi that's true for many places, but in this part of Scotland I'd be very surprised if the air quality outside was worse than that inside. I guess it's the uncertainty that drives people towards this sort of device. Better to know for certain.
The thing about these types of devices is that there is something for everyone's budget and obviously what you get in terms of sensor quality and number of sensors is reflected in that price.
@@Byteofgeek yes but this is a custom board. With 60$ of off the shelf cheap sensors. These aren’t even the most accurate sensors on the market. But What is the point measuring airquality when a hepa air cleaner with the same sensors on board are cheaper and measure and solve the airquality issue instead of just notifying you.
@krakakapaul ok, First point. I've priced up the sensors, EXACTLY as AirGradient have listed them on their website, from AliExpress and excluding tax and shipping it's approximately £60. Add the tax, shipping, custom board and injection moulded case and you'd struggle to do this for the price the kit is being sold for. Second point, yes it doesn't filter air, that's not its job. Consumer grade HEPA filters are basically a rip off. They only really deal with PM2.5 and have the smallest amount of carbon in them that lets them get away with stating that they have it. If you want anything even half decent then they're in the hundreds of pounds and if you want anything that actually works then you'll need commercial grade, and they aren't cheap! Just because something isn't for you doesn't mean it's a bad product, a rip off, cheap and nasty or anything else. It's just not for you, nobody is forcing anyone to buy anything and everyone is free to do their own thing. 👍
I don’t think you see my point. Lets imagine we do a test and have 2 equal rooms. in one room we place this sensor and in the other we place an equal expensive hepa14 air purifier. Which of the 2 rooms will have a better airquality at the end of the day?
@krakakapaul of course I see the point you're trying to make but you're comparing two completely different products in order to justify why one would be superior. You could do that with anything in life.
Do you have something like this in your home or have you thought about getting one, let me know down below in the comments and if you've enjoyed the video then don't forget to LIKE and SUBSCRIBE to the channel
Good video. I built my own with a sgp30 IAQ sensor and a bme280 temp/humidity sensor. about $12.00 USD with the project box i put them in. Yep some soldering and coding involved, so not for everyone. But a LOT cheaper. Shows eCO2 levels and TVOC levels and of course temp and humidity. Works well though. 😀I can see it go up when i blow on it eCO2 levels and the TVOC levels go up when i'm soldering at my work desk. HA automatically turns on my fan(s) and my air purifier when needed.
I've been really underwhelmed by the tiny solid state sensors. I've tried the ENS160 and CCS811 and have an SGP30 to try (haven't yet), but they never compare well to an NDIR sensor. The Sensair S8 seems to need a lot less calibration and works better over various temp/humidity ranges. I wanted to love them, but just can't. My plan now is to use SHT45 and Sensair S8 for cheaper builds than the AirGradient. I purchased two AirGradient Ones (one for each floor). I will make custom ones housed in an IKEA VINDRIKTNING for each bedroom using ESPHome on a D1 mini. I'm mostly concerned with temp/humidity and CO2 buildup in the rooms at night when the doors are closed. And YES, CO2 levels can get quite high at night with doors closed, especially. We don't have any sort of air exchanger.
@@bryceb1234 A fried of mine is a air conditioner tech and he as a 6000 USD air quality meter. It does a lot more but he says its extremely accurate. He used that to check to see how close the SGP30 is. I have that sensor and a BME280 connected to the same MCU. He says its extremely important to have a temp/humidity sensor working together with the air quality sensor, otherwise your readings will not be very accurate. After testing he says it's fairly accurate. Not as good as a expensive unit, but for the price he really liked how close it stayed to his 6000 dollar meter.
The biggest risk is not C02 it's falling asleep with gas appliances going out like gas cooktops to heaters being left on. Does this device detect carbon monoxide or gas leaking?? Thanks
It doesn't have carbon monoxide detection as standard which would be great if it did. As mentioned in the video, the board is extensible and there is a discussion in their forum about adding a sensor on to it.
CO monitoring doesn’t need to (and probably shouldn’t) be smart
Nest Protect monitors carbon monoxide as an option
Air quality must be flavour of the month. I've just watched Reed from Smart Home Solver review a few air quality sensors. It's not something we've been too fussed about as we live in the Scottish countryside and tend to leave our windows open most of the year, especially at night, even in winter. The safety side is covered by CO alarms, but I must admit to be curious about the quality of indoor and outdoor air where we are. Am I nearly $400 curious though? I'm not sure. Good review though. Thanks.
I think it's one of those things that will vary according to where you are in the world. If you leave your windows open during the day to deal with hot weather and you happen to live next to a busy road then how much of that is just getting pumped straight into your house, we just don't know but something like this at least gives us an idea and enables us to deal with it
As for the cost, I think everyone will have an opinion on this, I also think the majority will say it's too expensive.
It depends on how interested you are in wanting to know or caring about, this level of information. It's along the same lines as buying a smart weather station when you can just look out the door or look it up on a website.
the air outside can be worse though so even if you open the windows its no guarantee
@KrispKiwi that's true for many places, but in this part of Scotland I'd be very surprised if the air quality outside was worse than that inside. I guess it's the uncertainty that drives people towards this sort of device. Better to know for certain.
Ugh I just wanted something to work out of the box, not some LINUX bs configuration nonsense.
Who said anything about Linux? If you don't want the kit then you can buy a fully built out of the box ready to go version 🙂
This is an extremely overpriced airquality sensor. Not worth it.
The thing about these types of devices is that there is something for everyone's budget and obviously what you get in terms of sensor quality and number of sensors is reflected in that price.
@@Byteofgeek yes but this is a custom board. With 60$ of off the shelf cheap sensors. These aren’t even the most accurate sensors on the market.
But What is the point measuring airquality when a hepa air cleaner with the same sensors on board are cheaper and measure and solve the airquality issue instead of just notifying you.
@krakakapaul ok, First point. I've priced up the sensors, EXACTLY as AirGradient have listed them on their website, from AliExpress and excluding tax and shipping it's approximately £60. Add the tax, shipping, custom board and injection moulded case and you'd struggle to do this for the price the kit is being sold for.
Second point, yes it doesn't filter air, that's not its job. Consumer grade HEPA filters are basically a rip off. They only really deal with PM2.5 and have the smallest amount of carbon in them that lets them get away with stating that they have it. If you want anything even half decent then they're in the hundreds of pounds and if you want anything that actually works then you'll need commercial grade, and they aren't cheap!
Just because something isn't for you doesn't mean it's a bad product, a rip off, cheap and nasty or anything else. It's just not for you, nobody is forcing anyone to buy anything and everyone is free to do their own thing. 👍
I don’t think you see my point.
Lets imagine we do a test and have 2 equal rooms. in one room we place this sensor and in the other we place an equal expensive hepa14 air purifier. Which of the 2 rooms will have a better airquality at the end of the day?
@krakakapaul of course I see the point you're trying to make but you're comparing two completely different products in order to justify why one would be superior. You could do that with anything in life.