Airthings 2960 View Plus – Battery Powered Radon & Air Quality Monitor (PM, CO2, VOC, Humidity, Temp, Pressure)

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I have had this unit for almost 2 years now, I will buy another. It literally saved my life!If you work from home, like I do, then you need this unit or something like it. I had Radon levels above 7pCi/L and had been living with it without knowing it, for almost 3 years. For those that don’t know, Radon is a radioactive breakdown of uranium, thorium, or radium in rocks, soil, and groundwater. The CDC and EPA claim that levels above 4pCi/L are considered highly toxic and proper mitigation should be taken to reduce the levels. This is why Radon mitigation systems are installed in nearly every home across the United States.If you don’t know, educate yourself about Radon and understand that radon causes over 21,000 lung cancer deaths in the United States each year and 2,900 of those deaths are people that have never smoked a day in their lives! For me, every now and then, I would cough and a small spat of blood would sometimes appear and i could never figure out why…Now, do you NEED this system?- Absolutely not, there are plenty of radon detectors out there and they are pretty cheap.Why do I recommend this system and why did I choose it?- Historical Data: This bad boy tracks all of your air quality metrics over time. This is extremely important when you want to understand cause and effect in anything in life. Many of the “bad reviews” talk about how some of the metrics displayed are inaccurate when compared to another device that specializes in one or many of the metrics this unit does display. Accurate comparisons only matter when comparing against a controlled environment and are purely for the sake of argument. This is important to understand because no unit needs to be 100% accurate, it just needs to be accurate to itself so that when you make a change, you can properly see that the change is affecting the metrics in a way that makes sense for what you meant to accomplish.For example, I had high radon (the value of the metric didn’t matter other than the fact that it is higher than 0… it’s radioactivity, is anything above 0 TRULY acceptable?) When I installed my radon mitigation system, I could watch my Radon levels drop tremendously over time, which proved that my radon mitigation system was actually working as expected! Also, I haven’t had any spots of blood appear when I cough… I call this a success.- Dashboard: Airthings has a nice application and semi-customizable dashboard which makes viewing really easy to do, and from anywhere in the world. When my pets are home while the family is away, I can notify my neighbor to open a window to let some fresh air in, while we’re away.- Alerts: Always cool to have alerts so you don’t even need to “monitor” the metrics. Fun fact, CO2 builds up pretty rapidly in a well-sealed home. When you go through insulation techniques to seal off cracks and crevices to improve your HVAC efficiency in the thermal zone, it is easy to forget that CO2 has no easy escape. Needless to say, this little guy alerted my phone and I was able to crack a window and keep my family safe. I later installed a fresh air intake on my HVAC system and again, could watch the metrics historically, as they fell to a more than acceptable range, yet again proving that my air intake installation was actually doing its job.I hope this helps anyone looking to decide on this purchase. It has been an absolute godsend to have in our home and I didn’t even get into some of the other things it helped me solve that had been plaguing us.

Lost functions after 16 months
Original Review: It’s great to see the various levels of air pollutants the device measures. I have no way to know whether it’s accurate. I had no problem at all with wifi or with the app. But when I contacted customer support with basic questions, I hit a wall. The process: Leave a question and your email address in the “chat,” and they may get back to you. I still haven’t got an answer to a question about moving the 2960 View Plus from one room to another. I was directed by support to an article about moving a DIFFERENT AirThings device from one room to another. Those instructions don’t work for this device. It’s been a few days. If I can’t get an answer, I’ll be returning it. A device in this price range should have customer support that can answer basic questions in minutes.One good feature in the app is a graph for each sensor’s data. What would make that even better is a graph the overlays data from multiple sensors chosen by the user. This would show each pollutant in relation to others over time.Update 16 months after purchase: I ended up not returning it, but wish I had. After 16 months, the function that shows any troubled air quality category(ies) when you wave your hand in front of the device has stopped working. I thought I had registered the device, qualifying for the 5-year warranty — but as their unfortunate customer service informed me, I had only registered for an Airthings account. So despite the receipt that shows me as the buyer, emails that show I had registered for an account (who knew it was the wrong registration?!), despite their own emails showing they could see what the device was recording when I reached out early on, they don’t stand by the product, and I’m out $330.

I am a fan of Airthings products. I ordered two and I am very satisfied with it so far. Here are my feedbacks. I hope you guys can keep it up and do better.Strength:1. The light and noise sensors are more useful than I originally thought. For instance, the light sensor helped me make decision if I need to add black out curtains to the room. I doubt the accuracy of VOC sensor. Given that identifying harmful VOC is really hard and complicated, it is reasonable to me. It is good to have it and it does capture the change.2. The CO2 sensor is accurate and reminds me to open windows and exchange the air regularly even tho we have HRV running 24/7 at maximum capacity. I was surprised by the CO2 level especially during the sleep with door closed.3. Nice look, good app, visualized graph, long-term data and easy setup just like other Airthings products.4. One specific thing I really like the enhance is that it has really clear purpose and scenario, which is mainly used in bedroom/office. The combination of sensor makes lots of sense to me as I don’t like putting multiple sensors on the wall. Although it is missing the pm2.5, its price is more affordable and can be covered by the purifier.Areas of improvement:1. The app can be more optimized for the enhance. For example, the app does not show the remaining battery life which is on the web dashboard.2. It maybe a good idea to add “identifying sensor” to the app. If consumer bought multiple units with the same looks, they can easily mixed up the sensors. It is difficult to tell which is which. For instance, the “find the sensor” may trigger the one to blink signal light. It is the feature I saw on my wifi mesh equipments.3. It works without hub from my understanding. However, to get real time data, it requires a Airthings hub. I have a wave view plus at ground level, therefore, it was not an issue to me.

Ich habe mittlerweile schon 4 Airthings View Plus Sensoren daheim und bin sehr zufrieden damit. Sie machen einen sehr solide verarbeiteten Eindruck und meiner Erfahrung nach erzeugen alle Sensoren sehr vergleichbare Messungen. Die Einrichtung war kinderleicht. Die Integration in ein Home Assistant Heimautomatisierungssystem funktioniert ebenfalls völlig problemlos. Besonders schön ist auch das e-paper basierende Display, welches man prima ablesen kann und zusätzlich sehr stromsparend arbeitet.In einem Fall hatte ich einen defekten Sensor. Keine Stunde später hat der sehr freundliche Support bereits geantwortet, ein paar Lösungsvorschläge gemacht und als klar war, dass es ein physischer Schaden war direkt die Zusendung eines Ersatzgerätes veranlasst.Ich bin sehr zufrieden und kann das System nur empfehlen.