Ecosense EQ100 EcoQube, Digital Radon Detector, Fast Capture of Fluctuating Levels, Short & Long-Term Continuous Monitoring with Trend Charts, Remote Data Access, Only Support 2.4 GHz Networks

I live in an area and home that has a radon mitigation system installed but still like to keep an eye on the levels. I love the ease of use and, while it does not have an external LED screen to give exact readings, you can get a general idea of your radon level by the light on the device: green, yellow or red depending on your last reading. I was able to test another home with it just by unplugging it and bringing it there for twenty-four hours, so the portability is convenient as well if you own multiple homes of rentals. It seems built well enough for what it does, and I am very satisfied with the service it provides for the money I paid. At the end of the day, it's about peace of mind and, as far as I'm concerned, this is one of the cheaper things out there that you can purchase to provide that.

Just remember to pause the 5 Ghz band on your router when first setting up the device. I have had it working for about 3 weeks now with no problems. Accuracy is spot on with side by side comparison using very expensive radon detectors.

*Original Review:*When buying my house, the home inspector told me it passed the radon inspection so I had nothing to worry about. I happened to glance over his shoulder and see the read-out from his radon monitor. It showed radon levels above 4.0 pCi/L for 1 of the 3 days. He said not to worry about the high day, just trust the 3-day average, which was about 2.5 pCi/L.I couldn't get it out of my head and decided to buy this radon monitor. It was easy to set up in about 10 minutes (just follow the instructions). The app allowed me to easily read the radon levels and compare them over time. I have been running the monitor for months and check it every day to be safe. It performs perfectly.I found that the radon level has remained above 10.0 pCi/L for an entire week at a time, and has even hit 30.0 pCi/L on occasion. It would fail the home inspection 4 out of 5 times, but the inspector happened to check it during a good week. I'm just glad I trusted my instincts instead of listening to the home inspector.*Update after 6 months:*Once the weather turned cold, the radon in my basement jumped to levels like 80 pCi/L and remained above 20 pCi/L for weeks at a time. I called a radon mitigation company to fix it. The radon repair guys have now visited my house to try to track down the source of the radon. It has been a mess. They had to install multiple mitigation systems, one on each side of the basement, to get enough suction to keep the radon levels below 4.0 pCi/L.Since the radon repair guys brought in their $2,000 radon monitors and sniffers, I was able to compare the EcoQube to the professional-grade monitors. EcoQube outperformed the professional models! When the radon was rising, like from 20 to 30 pCi/L, the EcoQube would get to 30 first while the professional monitors were rising slowly. After a while, they all agreed on the number, so they were all equally accurate eventually, but the EcoQube adjusted the most quickly as the radon was rising.*Final Thoughts*You need to track radon continuously over a long period of time to know what’s going on. It fluctuates constantly, so it will be low one week and high the next week. Those 3-day testing kits are completely useless, since you never know if you picked a good week or a bad week to test it. You need a continuous monitor like this that keeps up with the data so you can see how your radon has been rising and falling over a few months. I have now compared radon levels over long periods of time in my basement using EcoQube and the high-end professional radon monitors used by a radon mitigation company. We found that the EcoQube is better than the professional monitors — it gets the right numbers and reports those numbers more quickly than the professional monitors, while also having an easy to use app for visualizing your radon over time and reporting the average levels by day, week, or month. I highly recommend EcoQube.

I bought this at the suggestion of one of the radon mitigation contractors I talked to. It was about the same price as having them do it, and no wait like there would be with a one-use test. Setup was easy, although the print on the paper instructions could be larger. The app is great, giving an update each hour. I found my level to be in the mid to upper 20s, so of course had mitigation done. It's been a week and a half and still measuring about 7, so more work will be needed. The level did go below 2 when I was able to open a few windows all day, so I feel the EcoQube is reliable. As the weather got colder, I could no longer open windows, and the radon level rose accordingly. The contractor wants me to test with a one-use test in about a week and compare with the EcoQube. As a data geek, I appreciate being able to monitor the radon levels, but will feel a lot more comfortable when the level is below 4.

We did a couple of those hardware store mail in radon test's. Both said we had high radon. We decided to get this to monitor the readings more closely. We tracked things for a couple of weeks. It does a good job of recording things in the app. We did end up getting a radon remediation system. The reasons I only gave it 4 stars was the unit does not have a digital display and the app does not allow you to print the data in the graph form it shows. You can print the data in text form.

I live in a high risk area with radon being and issue in many homes, so I has happy to find a product that could give me a good reading and potentially help with motoring a mitigation system if I needed one. I had it set up for the 7 days required to start getting a good reading and it started to return an above average grade, bouncing between 4-6. I reached out to a mitigation device installation company and the guy that ran it recommended I run a few lab test kits first to confirm before I spend 3k on installation of his device. I'm glad I followed his advice. All three kits over the following weeks reported at 1.2 or lower. Not only that, at 22 days, the EcoQube stopped connecting to WIFI. I reset the device to no avail and reached out to their support team. The email I got back was the FAQ copy pasted to me about my router is the wrong GHz (no its broadcasting 2.4), or my app needed to be reinstalled. I attempted their fixes and still getting nothing but a read blinking light. Replying to the support tickets since has lead to silence and no follow up from them.Summary:*Inaccurate readings*Device failed after 22 days of operationAt this point its an expensive paperweight that's not even heavy enough to do that job.