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@marketplunger1 @packyM Thank you for sharing 💛 always happy to hear!!!

@packyM Love my @airthings monitor. Helps me know when I need to open the windows (CO2) to increase ventilation. Also tracks PM 2.5 levels as well. Note: not sponsored either, just love their product.

It turns out, my house has been making me dumb(er). Sorry about that. Fixing it now. After I saw Lenny's tweet a month or so ago, I did a home health assessment and here’s what I found: - High CO2 levels (~1,000 ppm) due to lack of ventilation. Studies correlate CO2 at this level with impaired cognitive function. Fix is simply opening windows. - High levels of small particulate matter (PM0.3 - PM1.0) in the home compared to outside. Air purifiers are the move here. - LEDs impacting sleep. We swapped out bedroom LEDs for incandescents. - We had WiFi Access repeaters throughout the house. RF levels were high. Still learning about EMF effects but out of precaution took out the repeaters next to where we spend a lot of time (e.g. the kitchen). - Luckily, very low levels of mold!

@levelsio 23 C 😭 and no option for fresh air. Triggered 😅did it affect your sleep?

Just checked into a hotel in the Netherlands and of course the AC on max won't get the room lower than 23°C "That's the minimum of our hotel sir" So then I thought let's open the window, but "The windows are locked for security reasons sir" Another year, still degrowth 🤯

@truemed Over $150 billion sits unused in HSA and FSA accounts across the US every year. Your home's air quality should be part of how those funds get spent 💛

@truemed The process is simple. Buy an eligible product on airthings.com, fill out a short questionnaire through Truemed, get your Letter of Medical Necessity within 24 hours and then submit to your HSA/FSA provider.

To our US-based community: Our radon and air quality monitors are now HSA/FSA eligible through a partnership we just launched with @truemed. This is a first for radon monitors in the US. More in the thread about how it works...

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Hey @airthings I just re-synced my device and notice it says “no data available” for certain measurements. How can I fix this?

@GustavoValverde @levelsio We love to hear that! Sounds like you’re building a great setup 🙌 Monitoring means you don’t have to guess whether your air is good, so we hope you get some really useful insights 😁

@levelsio I already bought two Airthings sensors, a dehumidifier, and I'll be waiting for the measurements to validate if an air purifier will be needed.

🌡️ Sucking the CO2 out of my bedroom turned out to be the final thing improving my already good sleep to great My weekly sleep is now 1st in Los Angeles, 5th in California and Japan and 9th in Amsterdam, so really good Most people have way too high CO2 in their bedroom (1500 to 2500 ppm) because that's what you breathe out and it doesn't get refreshed, I discovered this after getting an @airthings sensor (unaffiliated, I just like it) There's a lot of confusion about CO2, you can't "air purify" CO2 out, it doesn't work like that, also it's not CO, it's CO2, it's what you breathe out, slowly a room will fill up with it and your brain and body will start struggling. You realize CO2 high when you feel a room is "stuffy", too many people breathing out, not enough fresh air coming in If you sleep as a couple the CO2 will be double because you both breathe out for 8 hours. Americans who think HVAC will save them: no most HVAC recirculates air it does not refresh air (very new houses do though), also outside US: regular AC just recirculates air, for CO2 to be removed you have to bring in fresh air from outside (like a bathroom fan sucking out air to create pressure to bring in new air, or an actual refresh air system). Opening a window is a nice idea but these days (?) almost everywhere is loud and you'll wake up from stuff to also slowly destroy your sleep Most people also sleep WAY too hot around 23°C/73°F but don't realize it, because that's a good temperature for a living room in the day, but way too hot for good sleep. Most studies show the ideal bedroom temperature is around 15-18°C / 59-65°F. Above that your body will not enter deep sleep meaning 8 hours of sleep in a hot bedeoom might just be 5 hours of actual sleep (I see people from warm countries consistently not accept this, so my rebuttal is: if you sleep so well, why is your GDP so low). The fix is installing a powerful AC, not blasting it in your direction (that's bad for your nose), and cleaning it regularly. I run my AC at 17°C/62°F with fan on 3/4 strength directed downward so we don't feel the air hitting us directly (important). Many ACs suck, we had Daikins and they suck, they go on and off repeatedly after hitting their target temperature, which wakes you up too, you need an AC that has constant cold air flow, we got Mitsubishi Electric which is great One other thing that I like and use every night is the @curaofsweden weighted blanket (also unaffiliated), it's 9kgs/20lbs (related to your body weight so buy the right one) which creates deep pressure and compression on your body which calms your nervous system, I think this is also related to modern bed sheets/blankets: they used to be made of organic materials like cotton etc and were way heavier than modern lightweight polyester/plastic sheets so you don't get that effect anymore, with a weighted blanket you do On top of that weighted blanket, I have a blanket that I put over it usually around 5am when my core body temperature hits the lowest point, of course this makes a good argument for those temperature regulating beds (but that's too much even for me for now) Outside of bedroom what also really helps my sleep is exercise, I lift weights about 3-4x per week and try hit 30min gym cycling for cardio 2-3x per week too. Especially the lifting puts me in a coma. Yesterday I squatted 120kg for example and you just feel like falling into your bed after that, also deadlifts and benchpress etc Anyway this is how I made my already good sleep great, I hope it helps! 😊

@levelsio Really cool to follow your journey to better sleep! Even we're jealous of that sleep score 😅Thanks for talking about this - air quality (inc. temperature, humidity, and, of course, CO2) has more impact on sleep, comfort, and well-being than people realize.

Hi! Great point :) we have offered this in the past, and current bundles are informed by data on what’s typically performed well. However we’re currently working on a personalized product selection feature to help customers choose and bundle products according to their home & use case - coming soon!’

Also interesting that @airthings doesn’t offer bundles with 3-5+ devices, especially for people looking to equip their whole home. Ideally, I’d want three: - one for the bedroom, - one for the office, - and one for the living room. cc @o_arnstein_O

@SurrealBlend @levelsio @NorbertDragan You’re very welcome 😁

@airthings @levelsio @NorbertDragan Thanks for confirming!

I got the @airthings Plus (unaffiliated, I just like the product), I think @norbertdragan recommended it I been through so many air sensors, and I really think this is the best one so I bought one for living room and then another one for bedroom, and will get another one for my coworking Why so many? Well one of the sensors I bought turned out to be a fake random number generator 😂 Another one kept phoning home to Chinese servers, kinda dodgy. Another one had values that made sense but turned out to be based on kinda estimating from other sensor values, so it didn't actually HAVE the sensor it displayed about (this is common to save money) Why the Airthings is so great: - The device is just super thoughtful and non-invasive, the screen is e-ink (I think?), no backlit, no LEDs shining at you, just black and white, it looks like a paper screen, beautiful, it knows its place! - It measures A LOT of things: AQI (PM2.5+PM10), CO2 (!), VOC, Radon (!), humidity and temperature, and it actually has sensors for all! - You don't need to pair it to WiFi, it just works by itself! (why is this great? So I remember getting that Awair sensor and I was in a hotel nomading and I couldn't even set it up cause captive hotel portal, such an Internet of Shit design to not be able to set up without WiFi) - But when you do pair it with WiFi, it easily connects to your Home Assistant and sends your sensor data to HA without any issue, that lets you automate stuff based on your air quality I love it :D

@SurrealBlend @levelsio @NorbertDragan Hi @SurrealBlend yes - it's the View Plus 🙌 (Space Pro is the B2B version, based on much of the same tech and sensors, just some added extras for optimizing larger workplace & school-type environments). Happy to help if you'd like any more info🙂

Been curious about CO2 monitoring for a while. Thanks for recommending. Is this basically the same as the View Plus? The one you showed "Space Pro" is not for direct sale... Looks about the same, just doesn't measure some extra things like light, noise and viruses? airthings.com/view-plus

@levelsio @airthings @NorbertDragan I swear by @airthings

@andersmarksen @levelsio You're welcome, super happy to hear that 🙌Just message if you need anything!

@airthings @levelsio Well then I look forward to joining the @airthings family very soon! Thanks for the link 🙏

🌡️ When we sleep our AC is set to 17°C with fan on 4/5 and pointed downwards I have to manually move the vents downward cause Mitsubishi Electric AC won't do downward to avoid dripping water, if I don't move them the lowest setting still is 45° angle and blasts cold air at us which is annoying for your nose and makes you sneezy Me and gf have thick blankets which I believe is kinda cultural, I'm Dutch so much of the winter it's cold and you need thick blankets, she's South Brazilian which is similar climate So no it's not cold for us, not until we leave the bed in the morning but then we shut the AC off Usually when I post we sleep so cold, people from hot countries say it's way too cold and say they sleep perfectly at like 27°C or 81°F, that's nice and all but also those countries have 1) low productivity, 2) lower IQ, 3) lower education levels, which is all related to sleep quality, which in turn affects cognitive ability Singapore is a great example of that, without AC it's 30°C / 86°F, but when they installed AC decades ago it became rich which its founding father Lee Kuan Yew attributes to AC My conviction is most of the world sleeps way too hot and it's making everyone dumb

@andersmarksen @levelsio Can 100% confirm, we do love a cold bedroom 🇳🇴❄️ And yes to cloud API! You can learn more here about that (& integrations) if helpful: help.airthings.com/en/collections…

Thanks, @airthings looks great, can access the data via their cloud api as well it seems. I haven't bought from Amazon for that reason, how can I trust the numbers etc. I am 100% built for the cold. I have added AC to my workspace too, I run AC in the car. If I'm thinking or working in any way then I need to be ≤ 20 ºC!

@levelsio Amazing - thanks for sharing this update! So cool to see how small change has already meant way lower CO2. And that sleep score 👏😍

🌡️ Update: 100% sleep score with bathroom fan on to keep CO2 low It sucks CO2 out of the room and creates a low pressure field that brings in new fresh air from outside the room Last time 100% sleep was in an Airbnb in Brazil we stayed which was a house built in 1970s mostly wood and very breathable, but our house is modern and very insulated So it seems it worked to improve our sleep Science supports this: high CO2 levels above 1500 cause fragmented sleep, more brief awakenings, less deep sleep and worse REM Also CO2 levels are a proxy for other air contaminants which build up in a closed bedroom so keeping it low is good We can go lower to 400-500 ppm with a real bedroom fan/vent but again this is a good start So if you're having sleep problems, check your CO2 levels

Thanks so much for writing back! That’s totally fair, travel or using it in a vacation home are definitely nice use cases, and we know different homes and customers have different needs. One thing to add (because we love talking about radon whenever we can 😇) is that for at-home use, radon isn’t something a purifier can detect or handle (yet 😅). So if radon is a concern where you live (you can explore data from our monitors at radonmap.com), a standalone monitor like ours can be really useful. Used alongside something like Mila, it can then give you the complete picture of your home’s air quality.

@airthings @jack Thanks for clarifying awesome of you guys to engage. Specifically to those points does all of the above though. I think the better use case you have is when I travel I ca check air when I don’t have my home system

agree, this is the best i've found

@stemonteduro @levelsio @Jesper_Bee Amaze! Now go check your air quality - no matter whose monitor you use. Breathe safe! 💛

@airthings @levelsio @Jesper_Bee i had to follow, not for the awesome sensor but for this reply

🌡️ Update on the CO2 bedroom saga I tried this tip by @jesper_bee We have a bathroom in the bedroom with a vent (for removing humidity after showering), so I kept the door open and vent on Anyway it worked CO2 at night peaked at 850ppm, still a bit high but almost half of before with window closed, improvement Sleep was 95% on WHOOP and gf 91% on OURA (inb4 cancelled for tracking things *omg so neurotic*) Will try window open + bathroom vent open tonight but again sound outside at night is an issue The real solution is an inward vent tube to actual bedroom though, as I think the bathroom vent is outward and doesn't get us to 400ppm CO2 by itself Nice fresh air 💨