The Smart Home Sensors I NEVER knew I needed!

Do you use these sensors in your smart home? I'm curious to hear!

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I'd love to know how to integrate the Airthings View Plus into Home Assistant.

I purchased the airthings because of it's easy integration into HA and wanted to track CO2 levels in the home. I incidentally found that I had a huge radon problem. I purchased a portable radon detector too so my neighbors could pass it around and so far, we all have high amounts of radon. If a house near you has it, more than likely, you have it too.

AirGradient ain't available in my country sadly.

Thank you for the reviews, however without a test for CO2 this is a good over view of these smart sensors. Your review of how they connect to a hub of some sort. Not really how accurate their readings are.

how did you get the amazon air quality meter integrated into home assistant?

Would air purifiers help with this?

VIDEO STARTS AT 8:30

Dumb commercial

Your mom is right.

Great Video! just bought the airgradient, i hope the affiliate link worked!

Hey Reed, I really enjoy your videos! I would tint my slider doors and install thick curtains to reduce a lot of heat in that room 🙂

Radon is the leading cause of lung cancer in non-smokers. It's pretty important to know if you have radon or not, and if you do have radon mitigation installed. It is highly dangerous.

How did you get the Aranet onto a smart home system?

Great product reviews 🎉🎉

Can you view data from the Airgradient outdoor sensor on the oled display on the indoor unit?

one minute into the video… gets up and opens the window.

Great video

This video is so eye opening, thank you !

Former radon midigator…. the radon level in your home can and will fluctuate just like any other gas as its still a gas. Closed up windows and doors in a radon hot home will elevate the levels just as opening windows let's the gas outside lowering levels. The difference with radon is the way it enters the home. It comes up out of the ground under your house. This is why you either have or you dont and keeping things closed increases the levels cause its trapped inside. This is why we do a week long capture test that get an average.

Long time follower , I have been thinking of in installing an ERV system in my home. I live in a the Las Vegas area. I wanted to ask, do you have an ERV in your home. And if so, how efficient is the unit in the summer? My concern is heat temperature transfer loss in the summer months. You living in Arizona we share very similar climates.

I thought the video would be about smart home devices from the title but it was more like an air quality sensor sales commercial lol.

your mother is right…

IKEA Vindstyrka now shows VOCs as well in Home Assistant.

Trying to work out why Aranet is pronounced Errant

0:32 And this is why I think hermetically sealed homes are a completely shitty idea. Yes you save energy… AT THE RISK OF YOUR HEALTH. There is no way you are living in a home more than 15 years old.

Check out Airvalent for CO₂ measurement in an ultra-compact form factor. It's a lesser-known brand but offers superior quality.

I would have really liked to see the Qingping AQ Monitor gen 2 within this comparision, as it directly competes with Air Gradients version

Or. If you are up for. The task make a DIY sensor box with a step by step guide and most heavy lifting already done: https://youtu.be/OzFAtCZh_fM?si=qDyNj6j3TKPsnMiR

You can get all of. It and still pay less than any other product on the list

Meh, I just piggyback a BME680 sensor on all my ESPHome devices. No need for a separate stand alone sensor.

You are such a liar…it is hilarious the extremes people go to to generate content…🤣

9:25 wrong!!! radon is a gas that is release by the soil… every soil have it, some more the others, the trick to not get this in the house is to build the house correctly and that is the problem, you dont know if your house is correctly build until you measure all polluters. so you are wrong, is not a question you have it or not.

Yes I would like this tech that you can buy, WHY cant I buy a ready made home assist, I dont want to build my own

Another air quality metric to look out for, especially in colder climates, is the humidity. My apartment is very well ventilated meaning CO2 is not a big issue, but as the temperature outside drop below like 10C, the air can't hold as much humidity, leading to lower relative humidity inside. This can cause sore throats, headaches and increased risk of spreading airborne diseases such as a colds. Many smart thermometers comes with hygrometer, and if you see the humidity drop below 30% you probably need a humidifier.

Can you make a review of water quality sensors that are compatible with home assistant? Ones that can test PH, lead content, etc.

He's just really into home automation, so he'll find any excuse to use or buy something. The placebo effect is happening on a lot these sensors.

a tuya/ smart home app one for like $75 can be setup to turn on a fan outlet when there is too much CO2, can these?

When you say skip the radon is when I stop right there, you have any idea of what radon is?

Try opening the door or window mate you would have to work hard at it to get it above 500 if you let air in.

Wow, the Aranet4 is stupid expensive.

Minimizing Radon – not a good idea.

I know its been only 3 months, but now my Airgradient Indoor arrived and I can't wait for your home automations with it 🙂

Problems with airtight homes

6:49 she's right, you know!

If you have radon, then Airthings is cheap. If you are in certain areas and have a basement, then you definitely have radon.

If you are having headaches because of too much co2 in a room. These sensors are great but fixing the issue is still needed and opening a door and turning on a fan isn't the fix. Get a proper test to find out the air exchange rate of your home

Hi, any more options for a co meter? I would like to put one close to the fireplace. I love that all your options had home assistant and are mostly wired. Do you also have recommendations for fire alarms? maybe a system that work interconnected, if one goes off more of them go off?