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Is Your Home’s Air Quality Bad? I Tested Mine for 4 Days

Elise Orr wanted a real answer, not a guess, to whether her own home's air was healthy or not. In this video, she unboxes and sets up the AprilAire ZAWTHCPV Wi-Fi Healthy Air Monitor in a 1400 square foot Florida home built in the 90s, tracking particulate matter, VOCs, CO2, humidity, and temperature around the clock.

Curious what four days of real data would actually reveal, Elise let the monitor run and then pulled everything up in the AprilAire app to see the results for herself. Humidity was the biggest issue by far, spiking hard in the early mornings and afternoons, which tracks for an older, poorly sealed Florida home with no dehumidifier installed. Particulate levels stayed reasonable for the most part, mostly ticking up around cooking, while CO2 stayed consistently good the entire time.

If you’re a technician looking for an easy way to show customers what’s happening inside their walls, or a homeowner just trying to figure out where your air quality stands, this is a great starting point. Testing her own space made it clear Elise needs a dehumidifier next, a project that will be covered in an upcoming video.

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