The Smart Home Sensors I NEVER knew I needed!

Do you use these sensors in your smart home? I'm curious to hear! Learn more about Panasonic's IAQ solutions: bit.ly/reedsolar2 Thanks to Panasonic for sponsoring a portion of this video.

Smart Home Solver, We really appreciate you showcasing our tiny multisensor! Just a quick note, the one in the video is actually our Apollo MSR-1 mmWave CO2 multisensor. This was our first sensor and after some community feedback we've actually made an updated version called the Apollo MSR-2. It has the same functionality but it's even smaller! It still uses the LD2410B mmWave sensor and the SCD40 CO2 NDIR sensor. We do offer the Apollo MTR-1 like you mentioned but it uses the LD2450 which was a community requested sensor. We apologize for not getting you our true air quality Apollo AIR-1 sensor but will send you one ASAP. It is made for ESPHome and uses the SEN55, SCD40 and MiCS-4514 sensors. We will be in touch to get you all of our sensors. Again, we really appreciate the shout out and are happy to answer any questions! Best, Justin Apollo Automation

Great video, thank you! Radon sensors are very important if your area has radon. Radon has a tendency to spike out of nowhere, so it's a good idea to ventilate your basement when it happens. Also, if you have a radon mitigation system, a sensor is a must because the system may fail, and you will not notice that.

Awesome topic to cover! I’ve got air quality sensors all over my house too and it’s been a good quality of life upgrade.

Reed, time to get some plants for your office. You can for sure cut down the number of events you have pretty easily and then you can review various watering and water monitoring sensors for us. Win win.

Dont fuck around with radon. If you live in a zone that has elevated radon I would strongly suggest the airthings sensor because it gives you a trend over time which is way more accurate for radon detection.

The public health nerd in me is in love with this--thanks for sharing! Air quality is so important.

I like the quality of the sensors used by Aranet. A few years ago when that Vulcano exploded, I could see the shockwave in the air pressure graph.

Standalone air filtration units with HEPA filters and (crucially) active carbon filters can scrub VOC's. Obviously the HEPA filter scrubs particles. Also, Vindstyrka means wind strength directly translated, so Windspeed, in case you were dying to know.

I find this video a breathe of fresh air...😉

Very nicely timed. Recently got the Airthings sensor after we had a mold issue that caused my wife asthma issues. Found out our CO2 is terrible, explaining headaches at home

As usual, great comparison! I just got the air gradient a couple of weeks back and loving it. Rich insights with data about what we can’t see in the air! Only issue with air gradient so far is that the leds and display won’t turn off at night and that becomes an issue as they are way too bright. They do have an option to turn them of on their cloud portal but doesn’t seem to work at the moment. I’ve raised a ticket with them a few days ago but no response. Their equipment is great quality but as any new product, still minor teething issues here and there!

Odd that the Apollo AIR-1 wasn't a part of this comparison but the MTR was, which is more a presence sensor than an air quality sensor.

My 13 year old farted next to our ecobee thermostat and it set off a poor air quality alert on our phones. He thought that was the greatest😂

I took IKEA VINDRIKTNING, and put ESP32 in it, have pm2.5, temp/humidity/pressure, and mmwave ld2450 (same sensor as in Apollo). Neat. :)

Radon does vary quite a bit over the course of the year. Having that information could be particularly useful if you have a system that removes it and has the potential to fail, or if you plan on adding a system soon so you have before and after Data to compare.

You now what really helps with air pollution and quality indoor plants.

That toast!! 😮

I live in NJ and Radon is continously measure on the basements. It comes from underground and can be carcinogenic.

Another super helpful video, thanks Reed!