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Review on 🌬️ High-Accuracy Air Pollution Formaldehyde Detector with Temperature Monitoring by Sean Burnett

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It'll drive you crazy

Readers, embark on this crusade at your own risk, or you're sure to end up like me: a slave to your VOC monitor. It all started with a strange smell in my apartment. It ended with hundreds of dollars for air purification products, a cold howling wind that blew through all our windows at all hours of the day and night, and several hundred more air tests in the PRISM lab. Does the device work? To an extent, but probably not very well, and certainly not consistently. For example, today I put it in front of the vent of my expensive hospital-grade Activated Carbon, Zeolite, Potassium Iodide air purifier: VOCs dropped to 0, then rose to 3,999ml/m3 in two seconds. The logic will boggle your brain: you park the car in a room, then open all the windows and wait for the car to show an increase in formaldehyde and volatile organic compounds, even though the air is noticeably cleaner. We had issues with the air: chest and eyes are easily irritated by odors and chemicals. A lab analysis of the air at home that we did showed some elevated levels, most notably formaldehyde, which is likely associated with all the new floors, walls and furniture in this home. It's not going to help you if that insanely beeping device is yelling at you that your VOC and formaldehyde levels are above recommended levels, and yes, it's beeping and there's no other way to turn it off than to throw that thing out the window right now of weakness, which, by the way, is the only place where he feels truly content. You may not live the streets, but your little VOC monitor won't settle for anything less. In general, I am sure that this thing is true: it seems that outside it becomes green and cheerful, and inside - higher. But don't take this as proof that the company knows what's going on with dangerous chemicals. He's probably sensing CO2, not more confusing chemicals like benzene. As for formaldehyde, I have my doubts that this is an accurate sensor for it. Just try breathing on it and you'll see: your lungs are obviously full of volatile organic compounds, including formaldehyde. At least that's how the manufacturer explains these abnormal readings. You will search for the source of all your problems and find that it was within you all along. Friend, learn from my mistakes: don't waste many, many hours worrying that your air purifier isn't working or that the woman who lived in your apartment before you cemented her child in the wall, where it roams now. If your house has a bad odor or some kind of chemical smell, open a window. No air purifier can match the air quality outside. Worried about smoke? You already have the best monitor there is: your nose. No sense of smell? Buy a monitor that doesn't beep. Honestly, if it weren't for that piercing, uncontrollable beep, I wouldn't even be writing this. His willfulness, alarmism, and even his surprisingly poorly written instructions (good luck interpreting them) make me feel like this isn't a monitor at all, but simply a means of psychological torture. The world is full of dangerous invisible connections. acrylamide in coffee, toast, and anything browned; All kinds of meat, PCBs in fish, animal fats, benzene, formaldehyde, plastics, toothpaste, deodorant, refrigeration, alcohol. The list keeps getting endless. If you're anything like me, you've reached your limit when trying to responsibly avoid these toxins. The last thing you want is an inconsistent device from hell stalking you every waking minute with the possibility of something truly carcinogenic smelling in your bedroom.

Pros
  • Test, measure, and verify
Cons
  • Slightly shabby