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When we bought our house 3 years ago, a radon test was required. The level came back at 8pCi/L, so a mitigation system was installed. It pains me to think about the previous family that lived here for almost 20 years and having no idea what the radon level might have been and knowing how easy it would be to assume it will remain low. This product is pricey, you could do a yearly mail-in test for 10 years for this price. And it doesn't have wifi or an app like some other products in this price range. I don't care so much about that, but other people might, and this does collect lots of data that could have been useful to view in another manner. This is mostly why I'm taking off the one star.
However, this feels like a quality product. It looks and is packaged like a nice consumer electronic, not any kind of industrial equipment, and comes with everything you need to use it including a power block. You could easily display this anywhere and it looks like a cute little clock. It could not have been easier to use - open the box, plug it in, and you start getting real time readings shortly after. The instructions say to place it 20" from the floor or any walls. The floor is easy, any counter or shelf works, but 20" from the wall may not always be possible - not sure how that affects readings, but we'll see as I move it around the house. There's only two buttons, one to change the readout (real time, various averages) and one to change settings (brightness, units). I'm a little torn on not having an app to view the data, but I do love the simplicity of not having to set anything up or having to download anything. The only other hesitation I have about this is that I'm not sure how you'd confirm that it is or remains accurate. The instructions I think say the accuracy is +/-0.7 pCi/L, which may be fine generally but seems a little large when the safe level is 2.
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