INTRODUCTION

   Air pollution has reached new heights this past decade and so it's no wonder really that an increasing number of companies is focused in the design and manufacture of products developed solely with that in mind. Such products of course include air cleaners (either standalone or combined with fans, air conditioners and even dehumidifiers) and air quality monitors/sensors (again, standalone or combined with other devices). Air quality monitor/sensors usually check for specific air pollutants the most well-known of which are PM (particulate matter - divided into numerous sub categories), CO (carbon monoxide), VOC (volatile organic compounds) and SO2 (sulfur dioxide). INKBIRD is a rather new player in the air quality monitor/sensor market (was made aware of them roughly 2 months ago myself) and since they just introduced their latest model in the market called the IAM-T1 Smart Indoor Air Quality Monitor i really wanted to test it out.

   INKBIRD is a smart IoT technology company and its business was established in 2010. As a high-tech company, INKBIRD has been devoting itself to offering its worldwide users excellent smart home living products, since the date it was established. Inspired by the history of quill-pen and the spirit of The Wright brothers’ making the world's first motor-operated airplane successfully happened, the founders of INKBIRD named the brand with the word INK which is used for writing with the quill-pen and the word BIRD which is the prototype and the inspiration of human being’s flying tools to encourage the development and continuity of the company as well as to motivate their solid steps of chasing innovation and freedom.

   Unlike most air quality monitors I’ve used to date the IAM-T1 model by INKBIRD is a CO2 (carbon dioxide) PPM monitor/sensor which actually is extremely useful not only for people who live in a big city but pretty much for everyone especially during the summer season when forests go up in flames (regardless of the how). You see in high concentration carbon dioxide is one of the most harmful air pollutants around (although not classified as toxic) produced from the burning of things like wood, charcoal, petrol, kerosene, oil, gasoline and natural gas and since in some cases it's not only colourless but also tasteless and odourless it's not easy for people to detect. To achieve optimal detection results (up to 30ppm +-3%) INKBIRD has placed an NDIR CO2 sensor inside the enclosure of the IAM-T1 manufactured by the Swedish Senseair, a leader in the field. The INKBIRD IAM-T1 also doubles as a humidity, air pressure and temperature monitor and can output all its measurements onto a very useful Android/iOS app via Bluetooth v5.0.