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

Great product after 6-8 months use, worth the $$$
Purchased this to track radon in our mostly-finished basement area. Wanted (1) A product that was wifi connected that could (2) track radon and humidity levels over a long period of time, (3) offered some kind of long-term dashboard/UI that was easy for human consumption, and (4) gave some level of warning if levels were astronomical.While spendy, this product was one of the only ones to check off all the boxes. I considered going with the bluetooth-only model to save money, but I’m really glad I didn’t. The convenience of getting alerts from anywhere, seeing results any time of day or night is really worth the extra coin.I’ll admit, Airthings really needs to work on their alerting system. Getting alerts about CO2 when working out in its vicinity, particulate matter alerts when cleaning, it’s a bit annoying when the main alerts I want to see are radon and humidity, and I really wish they would allow you to set your own thresholds, but the smartphone app’s UI and usability is exceptionally good and the product is easy to work with.My other nitpick would be battery life and/or no rechargeable batteries. The supplied batteries lasted for a solid 100-120 days or so. I replaced with my normal Energizer long-life battery and got maybe 75 days out of those before changing a couple weeks back to the next set. I usually can tell when the batteries are going because sometimes the results get a little crazy. I’d also like smartphone app alerts when the battery levels are, say, below 20% but I don’t see that option. I mean, I’d love to just plug the unit into a power adapter and forego batteries totally, but I don’t recall if it was an option on this unit, and batteries have sufficed. I may look into that later.Overall though, yes, it’s expensive. But for constant monitoring, with alerts, to monitor all sorts of airborne levels, ACCURATELY, there isn’t another product on the market I could find. I’m a satisfied customer, with a little polish in a few places, I could really see Airthings becoming a household name to the level that Ring and Nest have become. Great little product here!

Good until it broke three months later
Initially my View Plus worked great – pairing and setup was simple and the device reported data without any issues. The results looked accurate when compared to other air quality and temperature/humidity sensors that I have in my home. I like the UI in the app and the alerting features. The fact that only two metrics can be displayed on the View Plus device itself is a little annoying, but generally not a problem if you are mostly using the app.All was good until I needed to reconnect the device to my wifi network. At this point, the device was unable to ever find any wifi networks again. This is clearly a device problem since my phone displays 10+ networks available to connect to. After trying the various troubleshooting guides on Airthings support site, trying factory resets, trying to connect with a different phone, using an older app, etc.. the View Plus device is still stuck in a state where it can’t detect any wifi networks and hence can’t finish the setup process. This renders it completely useless and it is not just sitting there as an expensive paperweight.After trying everything, I contacted the customer support via the app. Airthings support is completely abysmal. You will be lucky to get a generic response from them within a week. At this point, I’ve been in a conversation with them where I am lucky to get a response. If it does come – a week later typically after I follow up – the response always begins with “Sorry for the late response” followed by basic troubleshooting instructions that I have mentioned already trying. I have asked for a refund or a replacement device as mine is still covered by their one-year warranty, but this request has completely been ignored by their support team.Bottom line is the device works great initially, but if there is ever a failure with it you are almost guaranteed to be out $300+ while trying to contact an almost non-existent support staff.

Rilevatore di inquinamento assolutamente eccezionale, la cui unica pecca è il prezzo un po’ alto.PRO:- Facilità d’installazione: si installa in pochissimi minuti, le istruzioni sull’app sono molto chiare e comprensibili.- Radon: uno dei pochissimi in grado di rilevare anche il radon, solitamente si deve comprare un dispositivo dedicato.- Personalizzazione: il dispositivo può mostrare 2 tra le tante informazioni che rileva (PM, CO2, Radon, Umidità, ecc…)- Può funzionare sia a batteria, che via cavo USB C, che con entrambe le fonti di alimentazione.- Ha un piccolo sensore sulla parte frontale che consente di avere un riepilogo degli inquinanti quando si passa la mano davanti.- Disponibile sia da APP che via browser, un riepilogo completo con tanto di grafici, dati medi, dati aggregati, ecc…- Il tutto ha già delle scale di valori per cui quando i valori diventano gialli o rossi si ha intuitivamente un idea sulla gravità degli inquinanti rilevati.- Possibilità di avere delle notifiche da App quando si superano le soglie su uno o più inquinanti.- Anche se manca la connessione a internet il dispositivo conserva le informazioni per qualche ora e se torna disponibile le carica con le altre.- Viene fornito già con un cavo USB –> USB C di una lunghezza molto alta, molto utile.CONTRO:- Non è disponibile la lingua italiana.- Prezzo un po’ alto, preso in sconto a poco più di 200€, a 300€ non so se l’avrei preso.- Fa un piccolo rumore quando si aggiorna per rilevare gli inquinanti, può dare fastidio se lo si tiene vicino a dove si dorme, nel caso basta alimentarlo via cavo e staccarlo di notte.- Il display non è retroilluminato, quindi serve sempre avere una fonte di luce per leggerlo.Consigliatissimo.

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.