Though you’ve likely seen outdoor air quality alerts on your phone’s weather app, especially if you live in an area with frequent wildfires, have you ever paid attention to your home’s indoor air quality? Curious to see how our indoor air quality changes over time and affects our daily lives, the three of us have been monitoring our air for a few months.
Aly lives in Reno, Nevada, and has been using the Blueair Classic Pro CP7i air purifier, which has sensors to monitor the air, for the past two months. Tyler resides in Bend, Oregon, and has been testing the Switchbot Meter Pro, a simple, affordable air quality monitor, for eight months. As for Anna, she lives in Los Angeles, California, and has been monitoring her air quality with the Airthings View Plus, Wave Enhance and Renew air purifier for over two months.
After months of monitoring our air, these are the most surprising things we learned about our air quality.
1. Humidity impacts PM2.5
As someone with frequent sinus issues, Anna often depends on her humidifier to relieve congestion and prevent dryness. However, whenever her humidifier turned on, she noticed that her air quality monitor (on both the Wave Enhance and Renew air purifier) would turn red. Upon checking her app, she realized that PM2.5 particles specifically increased…