Customers often highlight the Wave Mini's ability to monitor humidity and temperature levels in a home. The mold risk indicator is also a frequently cited useful feature for assessing home air quality. Positive feedback centers around the device's helpfulness in tracking these environmental factors. No significant negative feedback was reported.
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Pros mentioned:
Humidity, Mold risk indicator
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Works as it suggests.
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I bought this when I got mold in my attic I wanted to keep an eye on temperature and humidity. I’d does exactly what I need it to although it doesn’t break down VOC’s like I thought it suggested.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Humidity
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Effective and Inexpensive
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
The Wave Mini measures your air's temperature, humidity, VOCs, and mold risk rating. It's easy to set up with your phone, looks nice, is small, has good customer support, and has a long-lasting battery charge (3 years with the replaceable batteries included).
I check the sensor every day, and I've found that it is accurate and easy to understand. When I paint miniatures in my room and am using PVC glue, the volatile compounds in the air fill the room and the sensor's VOC count shoots up. Even with my air purifier running, the sensor can still detect it. It also helped me realize that I needed to turn off my humidifier because my humidity was too high.
Note that it does not measure actual mold in the air. I bought it for this reason and was surprised and disappointed that it does not detect mold. Instead, it uses a mathematical formula based on your temperature and humidity and gives a number between 0 and 10 that states the overall 'risk' of that particular room for generating mold. In my opinion this is worthless considering your nose can do the same thing by sniffing the air. So if you're buying this for mold concerns, it's kind of a waste unless you have smelling problems. But it doesn't hurt to have the mold risk quantified in each room of your house as an added bonus.
Same goes for the pollen detector, which is supplied by a third party. In my region it never shows any data at the moment because there's apparently no pollen in the air right now. So it seems somewhat moot.
I contacted their tech support about my frustration with the mold issue and they were empathetic and understanding. I searched for a mold detector, and from what I can tell there is no simple airborne detector on the market. Only quick tests to see if what you're sampling is in fact mold, or advanced tests that can be sent to labs for diagnosis. So that's not really the fault of Airthings, it's more the fault of how the product is hyped up by other people describing the mold rating in their reviews. It doesn't detect mold! Be aware of that.
All-in-all the Airthings Wave Mini is an effective and inexpensive air monitor. An easy and cheap entry point into the world of air quality monitoring. It gets you thinking about the quality of your air, and it gives you quantifiable data that you can show your family members to convince them to make changes to their behaviors for the benefits of your health.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Excellent and Affordable.
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Posted . Owned for 8 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Not as good as the original. but an excellent edition.
Everything's impressed me so very much that. I got a few and assisted others. in getting some.
They are very accurate. They are a long duration over. a year is only 54% battery usage. and the information provided is thorough, accessible through the website even when I'm not home.
It's a good company. Its support is exceptional. Its products are exceptional I would buy it over and over again. Had my budget not. been seriously compromised recently.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Humidity
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Cool information, but that's about it!
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Provides interesting statistics on overall air quality and humidity. For what it is, I do feel it priced on the higher end. While it is great this application works with Alexa and Google Assistance. It would be excellent if it supports Apple Homekit.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Humidity, Mold risk indicator
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Works very well I love it though by the way.
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This was very easy to setup and use you just have to download the app on the App Store and your all set it works very good you can keep track of the humidity and the temp and voc and mold on your bedroom.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Mold risk indicator
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Mini but mighty
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This is a great product. It monitored if any mold could be present in my house. There was none, thank you!
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Way to use
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Posted . Owned for 9 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Way to set up and check the air quality in any room.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Interesting product
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Gives some interesting information regarding the quality of the air in our home. I have not moved the monitor around much as yet. Checking some areas that may be more likely to have mold issues is a possible plan.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Everyone needs one
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Posted . Owned for 4 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Bought to supplement my other Airthings monitor that I have in the basement. Easy to use and read; so far no issues.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Airthings
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Works at advertised easy to install with application!
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Works as expected.
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Works well so far with my other Airthings devices.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Not Accurate
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Inaccurate VOC readings, Had the mini and the plus side by side and the mini was 1000ppm different, doesnt detect mold either, only the probability of mold which means it checks humidity
Just by the plus sensor
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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User rating, 4.7 out of 5 stars with 34 reviews on airthings.com.