Customer Ratings & Reviews

PROS: - The app makes setup quick and easy - Provides very detailed information - Monitor is quite small and blends in - Customizable alerts (if there is carbon monoxide for example) - Works with Google Assistant, Nest, and Amazon Alexa CONS: - Can't connect to a 5GHz network - Requires you to enable location services in phone to setup - Takes a couple days to complete calibration for CO2 (for me at least) -- SETUP -- Setting up the uHoo air quality monitor is (for the most part) quite quick and simple when using the app (which is required). uHoo does a good job of helping you with each step in the process, even switching your phone from your home network to connecting to the uHoo. My only complaint about the setup process is that you need to enter your time zone AND allow the uHoo to access you phone location to complete the setup process. uHoo claims this is to help ensure the calibration is as accurate as possible. Thankfully, you can revoke the app's location access in your phone after the air quality monitor has completed both the setup and calibration. -- FEATURES -- The uHoo air quality feature helps to track: - Virus index - Temperature - Humidity - Air pressure - CO2 - VOC - Particulate matter - Carbon monoxide - Nitrogen dioxide - Ozone uHoo not only provides real-time information on each item above, but you can customize your own alert settings to notify you if any/all items are above a safe quantity (especially helpful for carbon monoxide). It did take a couple days for the CO2 sensor to complete calibration for me (which is why it's so high in my screenshot for the first couple days). I don't use Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant (I have a "dumb" home), but you can pair up the uHoo air monitor, allowing you access information from your Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant if you have it (and don't want to use the uHoo app on your phone). -- BOTTOM LINE -- My wife and son both have asthma, so it's very helpful to have so much detailed information on the air everyone is breathing in. The uHoo air monitor allows us to make adjustments (turn on/off our humidifier, maybe the home air filters need to be changed early, windows should be left open longer/shorter, etc) to help keep everyone as healthy/happy as possible. I'm especially looking forward to the uHoo monitor to assist with winter air monitoring.

To be honest, I wasn’t sure what to expect from a unique product like this. I knew I wanted it because I have family and friends that have asthma and airborne allergies, and I also care for a couple of indoor cats. My main concern was the amount of particulate matter in my home, but I was super surprised to understand the other 8 things that can be going on. First, the uHoo app and device setup was a breeze...on iOS. At first, I tried setting it up on my Android device, but had very little luck getting past the hand-off to wifi. Anyway, you’re going to have to set up an account on the uHoo app and add the uHoo itself. You’ll be able to add more than one uHoo, so if you choose down the road. If you were wondering, you’re gonna have to keep it plugged in full time. There are a few sensors inside that will need a few days to calibrate itself, so pick a good spot and leave it alone! It has 9 areas of monitoring; I won’t go through each one as you can read about that on your own and determine what’s most important to you. Again, I wasn’t expecting various levels of monitoring from this little device. But here’s the best part about uHoo and its app: if any of the 9 monitoring warning thresholds are met, the app will notify you immediately, no matter where you are, and suggest ways to mitigate the warning levels. In many cases, it will suggest you run an air purifier, run the A/C or open some windows for fresh air. I mean, how else would you easily know your CO2 and NO2 levels are climbing? What about a CO leak? And that, in itself, is worth the price of admission. The uHoo also has a 1-10 virus index, 1 being best and 10 being worst. It takes into account all 9 sensor readings and presents a virus index assessment, meaning how likely a virus is able to survive in your home and how likely an airborne virus is able to spread. During a time of virus crisis, this is another way of mitigating your COVID-19 risk. For us geeky types that are truly interested in the data, the app presents graphs of each sensor and its readings throughout a day. I honestly don’t care about the numbers, but more about the trending; for instance, why does my air pressure readings spike around 9AM-12PM and from 7PM-10PM for the past week? Turns out that during the statewide flex alert, the electrical company was putting my Nest Thermostat in Eco Mode, effectively turning it off between 12PM-8PM. It was only when my A/C was on, the air pressure was up in my home. I know, pretty geeky stuff. Finally for tech savvy, there’s a bit of smart home integration. It has Google Assistant and Alexa integration, which seems to be the trend nowadays for most new devices. But with IFTTT, you could potentially purchase a smart air purifier that would trigger on if the uHoo detected high PM2.5 levels. The uHoo’s price is in the upper range of its class and it can get a little costly if you need a 2nd or 3rd in your home. That being said, I wouldn’t mind picking up another for my home. I currently keep mine in the family room, where we mostly congregate throughout the day.

It's an interesting little device, not much to it on the outside - just a white cylinder with holes on top and the bottom and a USB power cable. On the inside however it holds an impressive sensor array - temperature, humidity, air pressure, Carbon Dioxide, VOC, Particulate Matter (2.5), Carbon Monoxide, Nitrogen Dioxide and Ozone! It's an impressive combination! If you are to look at the commercial HVAC products - CO2 sensor alone would cost 2/3 of this device. What does it do? Normally in my case - it just reports all green (in the middle of a Texas summer), however on a rainy or cool day - it clearly shows CO2 levels creeping up.. I did not think of it before I've got a way to actually monitor it. Now I can just turn on a ceiling fan if I see CO2 levels creep up in my master bedroom or open a window to air out the room. It's a very good investment for anyone who thinks of looking at the indoor air quality for whatever reason. Getting headaches? Asthma? Allergies? Start with the air you breathe, it's possible that solution to your problem has nothing to do with medications! Few negative points: - there is no way to get information of this device locally, like, let's say - MQTT server. Sure there is Google and Alexa integrations and IFTTT, but I do prefer local access. - No Apple Home Kit integration...