Comments on: Dylos Air Quality Monitor http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/13/dylos-air-quality-monitor/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:39:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Nate Bezanson http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/13/dylos-air-quality-monitor/#comment-233992 Nate Bezanson Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:58:10 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/13/dylos-air-quality-monitor/#comment-233992 A no-smoking section in a restaurant is like a no-peeing section in a swimming pool. It should be noted that "Analaser" smoke detectors work exactly this way, by counting particles in the air that's drawn through a network of sampling tubes. Anyway, airborne particle count is only the beginning of air quality. You also want to know CO and O2 levels at the very minimum, plus H2S and NOx if you're underground or in a confined space. So-called "four gas analyzers" are quite expensive ($1-2k), so they're usually the territory of firefighters and industrial workers. Still, one of these next to a garden-variety CO detector isn't a bad start. A no-smoking section in a restaurant is like a no-peeing section in a swimming pool. It should be noted that “Analaser” smoke detectors work exactly this way, by counting particles in the air that’s drawn through a network of sampling tubes.

Anyway, airborne particle count is only the beginning of air quality. You also want to know CO and O2 levels at the very minimum, plus H2S and NOx if you’re underground or in a confined space. So-called “four gas analyzers” are quite expensive ($1-2k), so they’re usually the territory of firefighters and industrial workers.

Still, one of these next to a garden-variety CO detector isn’t a bad start.

]]> By: Phil http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/13/dylos-air-quality-monitor/#comment-232642 Phil Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:38:30 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/13/dylos-air-quality-monitor/#comment-232642 All the air treatment equipment in the world will not stop a smoking-allowed establishment from smelling like a city dump on fire. Besides, the smoke must travel all around the rooms before being picked up by the air cleaners. For this idea to work, it would require every smoker to be fitted with smoke reclamation equipment in order to take care of the pollution at the source. I am all for that. :) As for this monitor, it seems like a pretty good deal, considering that I am used to those used in Class 100 clean rooms. This can be used around the house and the shop to monitor air quality. As much as I like windows open on a nice, breezy spring day, I bet the indicator would go bonkers just from the pollen wafting through. All the air treatment equipment in the world will not stop a smoking-allowed establishment from smelling like a city dump on fire. Besides, the smoke must travel all around the rooms before being picked up by the air cleaners. For this idea to work, it would require every smoker to be fitted with smoke reclamation equipment in order to take care of the pollution at the source.

I am all for that. :)

As for this monitor, it seems like a pretty good deal, considering that I am used to those used in Class 100 clean rooms. This can be used around the house and the shop to monitor air quality. As much as I like windows open on a nice, breezy spring day, I bet the indicator would go bonkers just from the pollen wafting through.

]]> By: Collin P. http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/13/dylos-air-quality-monitor/#comment-232481 Collin P. Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:49:20 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2008/02/13/dylos-air-quality-monitor/#comment-232481 I know the perfect use for this! I hate that Washington, Idaho, and other states have started banning smoking (which is perfectly legal to do) from privately owned establishments like restaurants and bars. If their real problem with smoking is the air quality for the people working in these establishments, then they should regulate air quality, not ban smoking. If they allow smoking, they'll just need the air handling system to keep the smoke down. This system would make it cheap enough to require every restaurant or bar to have one. I know the perfect use for this! I hate that Washington, Idaho, and other states have started banning smoking (which is perfectly legal to do) from privately owned establishments like restaurants and bars. If their real problem with smoking is the air quality for the people working in these establishments, then they should regulate air quality, not ban smoking. If they allow smoking, they’ll just need the air handling system to keep the smoke down. This system would make it cheap enough to require every restaurant or bar to have one.

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