6 Best Air Quality Monitors for Homes in the UK

Jul 03, 2023

Most people often assume that they breathe fresh and clean air indoors. However, you will be surprised to see the amount of pollutants present inside your home. It’s even more prominent if you live beside an industrial or construction area. Instead of risking your family’s health, get yourself an air quality monitor that tracks such harmful pollutants in real-time. Here are the best air quality monitors for home.

Although the mentioned options below are suitable for home, you can use them at your office, too. Before you invest in an expensive air purifier, measure the air quality at home for a couple of weeks and confirm your suspicions.

Before we start, check our existing coverage to elevate your smart home experience.

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GOYERRNES’ Mini CO2 detector comes with several functions and a neat-looking colorful display to show all the relevant data for air quality at home. The price is affordable compared to other rivals and comes with a companion app on Android and iPhone too.

It’s a 5-in-1 offering from GOYERRNES. The device shows time, temperature, Carbon Dioxide, Humidity, and CO2 levels. It also displays Methanol (HCHO) and ‘Total volatile organic compounds’ (TVOC) levels indoors.

The unit also connects to your iPhone or Android via Wi-Fi. You don’t need to check the reading from the device only. You can glance over the same on your phone, too. The overall design is simple, lightweight, and easy to carry around if you’re traveling. When the CO2 levels cross 1000, the device triggers an alarm. If you frequently hear the same, you may need to invest in an air purifier soon.

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Air quality manufacturers don’t usually give extra attention to the device’s build quality. Eve is an exception here. It is crafted using anodized aluminum and definitely looks and feels better than monitors made using plastic.

Eve Room is another high-quality smart air quality monitor that slides perfectly into your home furniture. It shows temperature, humidity levels, and air quality. It only offers an e-ink display to read the data. While it’s not as premium as a colorful LCD panel, this one delivers better battery life than others.

The company claims 6-week of usage on a single charge. Plus, it is one of the few devices compatible with Apple’s Homekit platform. So you can simply ask Siri to read the data. The company also offers a compatible app to check the data and air quality history.

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If you have an Amazon Echo or Alexa-compatible smart speaker, the company’s air quality monitor can be a good investment for you. It comes with all the relevant sensors to measure air quality at home.

Unlike Eve room or GOYERREN, Amazon doesn’t offer a dedicated display to show air quality reading. Instead, it connects to your phone and shows the same via the app. The device only comes with a speaker to share announcements when it detects changes in air quality.

Amazon’s smart air quality monitor can detect temperature, humidity, VOC, CO, and PM 2.5. Alexa integration is the main selling point of this one. You can enable routines to turn on the compatible air purifier when the device detects poor air quality at home.

You can ask Alexa to shout the readings or even glance over the same if you have an Echo device with a display.

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Airthings Wave Plus focuses on form over functionality. It doesn’t come with a long list of features to confuse your little ones or grandparents. It fits in with your room furniture and gets the job done in no time.

Airthings focuses on a cable-free setup and uses replaceable batteries to keep the device in charge. You don’t need to deal with yet another cable hanging around at home. The little device can measure radon, TVOC, CO2, pressure, temperature, and humidity levels.

The company offers a companion app to check all the required data on the go. The device only comes with an LED indicator to display air quality levels indoors. Thankfully, the app stores the reading history to check whether air quality has improved. However, many have complained about device accuracy. We recommend running it several times to get astute data.

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Are you looking for a portable battery-powered air quality monitor for your home? Look no further and go with the SAF Aranet4 from the list. It comes with a dedicated display, mobile apps, and a detailed data history.

SAF Aranet4 weighs only 104 grams. It’s lightweight and can slide perfectly in your travel bag, too. It measures CO2, temperature, humidity, and air pressure in real-time.

The company has packed an e-ink display to prioritize the battery life over other aspects. SAF promises a jaw-dropping up to 4 years of battery life. However, you should always take such claims with a pinch of salt.

The companion app is available on Android and iPhone. It shows air quality data and stores the history for up to 90 days. If you have recently bought an air purifier, you can compare the data to check the device’s effectiveness. It’s made of plastic and only comes in white color.

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Temtop is one of the well-known manufacturers of air quality monitors. The company’s latest device is the most advanced yet. It’s a 10-in-1 air quality detector to measure all the relevant data to keep your family’s health in check.

You can measure PM 2.5, PM 10, humidity, harmful particles, CO2, temperature, AQI, TVOC, HCHO, and more. You can even export the data and send it over to your doctor for more guidance.

The device comes with a large TFT display to check the data. You don’t get any mobile app, which is a bummer considering the high asking price. Temtop promises industry-grade pre-calibrated sensors to get accurate data.

Temtop’s latest offering weighs 470 grams, and the device dimensions don’t make it travel-friendly, either. The device is battery-powered, and the battery life depends on your usage.

Choose any of these options from the above list of best air quality monitors for homes and take the necessary steps to eliminate CO2 particles and pollutants. Apart from indoor air quality, you should also keep the floor dust and garbage in check. You can check our dedicated post to get a top vacuum cleaner under £100.

Last updated on 27 August, 2023

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Parth previously worked at EOTO.tech covering tech news. He is currently freelancing at Guiding Tech writing about apps comparison, tutorials, software tips and tricks and diving deep into iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows platforms.