Awair

Although we spend about 90% of our time inside, indoor air quality might not be something you’ve given much thought about until recently. If the global pandemic and widespread smoke from devastating wildfires have you concerned about the air quality of your indoor environment, you should consider investing in an air quality monitor.

An air quality monitor tracks the ventilation quality in a room and gives you measurements of what pollutants are in the air, including carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, volatile organic compounds, fine particles, and more. The cleverly named Awair gives you a real-time snapshot of the air quality in your home, and it’ll help you track data over time with its convenient and free app. We’re big fans of its modern-looking design that’ll almost certainly blend into any room of your home. Besides looking great, the gadget works hard to track temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide, VOCs, and particulate matter in your space. Numerical levels for each of these categories can be displayed on its front LED screen as well as a score (on a scale of 100) that takes each of those levels into account.