8 Best Air Quality Monitors (Review) In 2020

Awair is one of the biggest names in the world of air quality monitors. They take smart technology, interior design, and the latest in air quality monitoring technology and put it into every product they make. Our favorite product in their range is the Awair Element Indoor Air Quality Monitor. It tracks the five most important elements of air quality – CO₂, VOCs, PM2.5, temperature, and humidity. You can read these measurements in real-time using the Awair app to get a picture of your home’s air quality, so you take steps to improve it. 

The main reason for buying the Awair Element over the other air quality monitors in this list is the way it looks. It looks like a modern speaker or alarm clock, which means you’re not going to be embarrassed to have it in your home. You can also integrate it with Alexa or Google Assistant and control your air quality using just your voice. If you’re looking for the best air quality monitor on the market, you’ve found it. 

The EG Air Monitor is one of our favorite budget options on the market. It’s around $100 cheaper than most of the professional-standard pollution monitors around, so it doesn’t have quite the same accuracy or number of features. However, if you’re looking for something entry-level, that will give you a good insight into your air quality, this is a great product.

One of the main things we like about it is that it comes with an LED screen. A lot of modern air pollution monitors require you to connect the device to your smartphone or tablet, but with this product, you can just pick it up and check your readings. Having said that, it still does come with a corresponding app, if you want more detailed analysis.

The Temtop M2000C has an industrial-looking design that sets it apart from a lot of the air quality monitors we’ve featured on this list so far. It’s a handheld device that you can use in your home or in a business setting like an office or warehouse. It has an advanced sensor that detects PM2.5, PM10, particles, CO₂, temperature, and humidity. That gives you a pretty complete view of the quality of the air you’re breathing in. It has a small TFT color LCD screen that displays the data and is powered by a 2200 mAh rechargeable lithium battery that provides around six hours of battery life. Another feature we like is the air quality alarm, which lets you know if the measurements rise above a set level.  

How assured are you that you are breathing in healthy air? Have you ever thought about the impact unhealthy air can have on your health? Knowing that breathing is an every day, all day process which one cannot do without as long as they live, you might as well want to pay some attention to the quality of the air you inhale in your home, office or car.

With the help of the ECOWITT WH0290 Air Quality Monitor, you can identify all the significant air quality pollutants there can ever be. It can locate PM2.5 particles – these are almost impossible to see with the human eye. Stemming from wildfires, woodstoves, power plants or industrial processes, these air pollutants are part of our everyday lives. It grades the status of your air quality into six easily acceptable levels; from good to hazardous. In between are moderate, poor, unhealthy, and severe levels.

This Eve Room – Indoor Air Quality Monitor is a carefully designed air quality monitor. It is a highly portable device with excellent efficiency. No wonder it remains an award-winning product. Eve Room, manufacturers of this air quality monitor assures 100% data privacy with every information it gathers from your use. Feel free to use this to your benefit everywhere you find yourself. It is suitable for use indoors. Again, it does not support Eve cloud and data sales but it does guarantee the privacy of all your data.

For clean, healthy, and fresh air, this is just right for you and your loved ones. Unpleasant VOC levels which stem from our everyday furniture, toys, electronics, carpet, and many others are detected by this air quality monitor. Everyday activities like cooking and cleaning are closely monitored, showing how they impact the quality of air in your home or office. Plus it gives reliable recommendations on steps to be taken to improve your air quality.

The IQAir Air Monitor is one of our favorite premium products on this list. It does the same basic job as the cheapest air monitors, but the readings are generally more accurate, and they offer better connectivity. In simple terms, if you really want the most accurate reading, you should spend more money. But not everyone needs to know exactly what their home’s levels of CO2 are.

The stand out feature on this air monitor has to be the large LED display. It’s super bright and easy-to-read thanks to the color-coded smiley face system and the large font. You can set it to display exactly what you want to see at a glance, including the weather and air quality outside. As soon as you power it up, it can detect your location and display the readings from the nearest monitoring station. This makes it a much more comprehensive tool than the other air monitors we’ve featured.

Our last product on this list is the Plume Labs Flow. Just from a quick glance, you’ll probably notice that this product’s a bit different from the rest. It’s the leather handle that gives it away. And the fact that it’s tiny and weighs just 70g. The reason for this is that it’s designed to be mobile so you can take it anywhere with you. This is a product for the truly vigilant among you that want to know about the quality of the air wherever you go.

It works by letting air pass through the tiny holes in the shell and shooting a laser into the air. This laser detects the particles of air and records the data. Because it’s designed for mobile use, it focuses on three primary measurements – Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2), Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) and Particulate Matter (PM2.5, PM10). These are the three main pollutants that have an adverse effect on our health and the most common pollutants you’re likely to encounter when you’re out and about.

The VSON Air Quality Monitor is one of our favorite handheld monitors. If you want a portable device that can read the air quality anywhere, this is one of the best. It provides a pretty complete view of the air quality. It shows the temperature, humidity, PM1, PM10, PM2.5, TVOC, and HCHO (formaldehyde). The only thing it doesn’t provide is the CO₂ level, so you’ll need a separate device for that. One of the best things about this air quality monitor is how portable it is. It’s powered by a 1000mAh battery that gives it around 3-6 hours of life. Plus, it weighs just 170.5g, which means you can carry it around in your pocket without really noticing it.