The product looks nice, but the most important question will be whether it works with Home Assistant. I'll pass if it's locked down.
IKEA launches VINDSTYRKA – a smart sensor to measure indoor air quality
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Re: IKEA launches VINDSTYRKA – a smart sensor to measure indoor air quality
#12I'm glad a known brand is taking this line of product. I am unsure about IKEA quality. I'd like to see someone like Apple (or Google or even MS take this up) I question IKEA because they are all over the place quality-wise. Some things are built with quality in mind, whereas others are semi-disposable and I cannot tell what this will be. Will it require and enable periodic recalibration?
I have their previous air monitoring device (just displays a range of color from red -> orange -> yellow -> green), and regularly compare it to the air quality display of a Sharp air purifier in the same room. It's no scientific measurement, but both devices seem to be mostly reacting the same. There's some time lag between the two, and the air flow seems to impact a lot of what they'll detect (the air purifier is mo…
So most air quality monitors need to be "cleaned" and recalibrated by cycling them in a clean air enviro for a few mins, especially if they have been exposed to high levels of pollutants otherwise they may be "off" in their measurements.
Anyhow, it's worth giving them a try it seems.
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#13This looks great. It looks like the existing VINDRIKTNING sensor, but with more sensors and compatible with their existing smarthome hub (which implies Zigbee connectivity, I think). The only question is whether the fan will be as obnoxious as the one in the VINDRIKTNING. It’s audible and constantly spins up and down, so it’s extremely distracting. I often just unplug it for that reason, which is unfortunate.
There's a mod for that, connect the fan to constant power (3.3V instead of 5V if you want it quieter too)
Re: IKEA launches VINDSTYRKA – a smart sensor to measure indoor air quality
#14The product looks nice, but the most important question will be whether it works with Home Assistant. I'll pass if it's locked down.
Just FYI that their current[0] can be somewhat easily (for hacker types) be modified to integrate with Home Assistant[1]
[0] https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/vindriktning-air-quality-sensor...
[1] https://style.oversubstance.net/2021/08/diy-use-an-ikea-vind...
Re: IKEA launches VINDSTYRKA – a smart sensor to measure indoor air quality
#15What’s the sensor IC? This is just a nice paperweight with a screen if it’s like all to other indoor air quality sensors which are way off and improperly calibrated.
Re: IKEA launches VINDSTYRKA – a smart sensor to measure indoor air quality
#16I'm glad a known brand is taking this line of product. I am unsure about IKEA quality. I'd like to see someone like Apple (or Google or even MS take this up) I question IKEA because they are all over the place quality-wise. Some things are built with quality in mind, whereas others are semi-disposable and I cannot tell what this will be. Will it require and enable periodic recalibration?
Amazon makes one but to view data, it's app based and that's a dealbreaker for me: https://www.theverge.com/22971411/amazon-smart-air-quality-m...
Yeah, I bought one and am pretty disappointed by it. Not only does the Amazon app suck for looking at the data, but it has CO instead of CO2 for some idiotic reason.
At least it convinced me to finally figure out how to get my AirGradient working with Home Assistant.
Re: IKEA launches VINDSTYRKA – a smart sensor to measure indoor air quality
#17I got PM 2.5 sensor from Xiaomi for $24.99. I am not sure if it works correctly. It shows 002-003 all the time.
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#18I got PM 2.5 sensor from Xiaomi for $24.99. I am not sure if it works correctly. It shows 002-003 all the time. https://a.aliexpress.com/_Eu7cPbR
Yet you spam an affiliate link.
Mods, please take a look at this user's comment history, it seems like spam is their main purpose...
Re: IKEA launches VINDSTYRKA – a smart sensor to measure indoor air quality
#19This looks great. It looks like the existing VINDRIKTNING sensor, but with more sensors and compatible with their existing smarthome hub (which implies Zigbee connectivity, I think). The only question is whether the fan will be as obnoxious as the one in the VINDRIKTNING. It’s audible and constantly spins up and down, so it’s extremely distracting. I often just unplug it for that reason, which is unfortunate.
It's a bit annoying that this doesn't work with the tradfri hub by the way, only the much more expensive dirigera one. Both are zigbee so they both have the technical capability.
Re: IKEA launches VINDSTYRKA – a smart sensor to measure indoor air quality
#20I got PM 2.5 sensor from Xiaomi for $24.99. I am not sure if it works correctly. It shows 002-003 all the time. https://a.aliexpress.com/_Eu7cPbR
That's pretty normal in a home. The sensor of my Xiaomi air purifier always shows similar levels. But one time there was a slight smell of burning outside (a little bin fire 100m away) and it immediately went to 200+ despite there not being visible smoke.
Also, my await lite tracks the graph of the Xiaomi pretty well. I guess most fine dust comes from outside. Unless you're frying or 3D printing which elevates levels here in my house for sure.