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Want to keep an eye on your indoor air quality? This air quality monitor measures carbon dioxide, particles and temperature and shows if the air needs improving. Based on the universal standard Matter.
Article Number706.093.96
Product details
Displays your air quality at home by measuring carbon dioxide (CO₂), particles (PM2.5), temperature and humidity – helping you make life at home smoother, more comfortable and safer.
Recommended to be used with one of our air purifiers. When it indicates that the air quality in your home is poor, turn on the air purifier to improve the indoor air quality.
Place it in the living room, bedroom or other rooms where you spend a lot of time.
You can also set it to display the time and use it as a clock.
This smart product uses the universal standard Matter, making it easy to install, operate and add to DIRIGERA hub and to other well-known systems.
Designer
W Braasch/M Arvonen
Good to know
Built on the open standard Matter and is compatible with smart systems from, for example, Amazon, Apple, Google, Homey and Samsung.
Materials and care
Material
ABS plastic
Assembly and documents
Advice and care instructions
ALPSTUGA Air quality sensor706.093.96Measurements
- Width: 1 ½ "
- Height: 1 ½ "
- Length: 3 ½ "
Packaging
ALPSTUGA
Article Number706.093.96- Width: 2 "
- Height: 1 ¾ "
- Length: 3 ½ "
- Weight: 3 oz
- Package(s): 1
Reviews
Matter worksJesseWorks as expected. Love that they added matter
Good bang for the buck, but could use some firmware improvementsKenVery cost effective device. However, I'd like to see the ability to calibrate the sensors. In particular, it seems that the temperature and humidity sensors aren't very accurate. It would also be great if there was an easy way to sync the clock through Home Assistant.
Good sensor, but nobody wants MatterScottThe sensor is great and the value is really good, but I can’t give more than 2 stars for abandoning Zigbee and requiring a brand new hub after years of excellent Zigbee support. This is especially frustrating because the main chip in this device and its antenna both support Zigbee, but IKEA has decided not to implement Zigbee firmware support just to force you to re-buy a new hub and replace all existing lights, switches, and sensors.
It’s even worse that nowhere on this product is it clarified that it’s Matter over Thread, it just says “Matter”
Great price and works good.KevanI like the device and the setup into HomeKit was great. It reports the air quality in HomeKit. It is not reporting the temp, humidity to the environment systems like the other Temp and humidity sensors. Also occasionally it changes the read outs from Fahrenheit to Celsius and 12 hr to 24 hr.
Other wise it is great.
Up and running quicklyJimMy first matter device in home assistant, and while there was some education, I still had it up and running quickly, as my first matter/thread device. I am please with the info it provides, and am already considering another.
No it works with DirigeraIngoWith the latest update it works with Dirigera hub. Good and functional.
No connection to DirigeraIngoThat piece is the opposite of smart: No connection with Dirigera hub possible. I will return it
Attractive and functionalMathewI like how compact this sensor is. The screen is a tad "fuzzy" but doesn't hamper legibility. Initial set up in the Home Smart app was quick and easy. If i can suggest an improvement, I wish there was a way to customize in the app, to allow automatic rotating of display information instead of having to press the button every time to see a different value. Lastly, IKEA please just give us a cable in the box instead of making us buy one separately.
Temp/Time units do not save but otherwise works fineAMy biggest complaint with this device is that it does not save the measurement units for temperature and time after it loses power. This seems like a very trivial thing to implement and I hope IKEA releases a firmware update to solve this. I think it would also be nice to have an on-device method to turn off the display(like press and hold top button) and maybe an option to cycle through each screen automatically. Otherwise, it works great with Home Assistant. This was my first Matter device, and the trick to getting it to pair was to sync the thread keys twice on the HA app. Excited to see IKEA's matter line up progress in the near future.
Easy to setup on HomeAssistantAlexandreQuick to connect to HomeAssistant, using the ZBT-2 antenna. Can easily see historical graphs of CO2, PM2.5, temperature and humidity. I use it to turn on the fans when CO2 reaches 1,000 in the bedroom.
As most wired thread devices, this helps extend the thread network.
A lot of potential hereMichaelWanted this for all of it's sensor options especially air quality, CO2, and humidity, Still trying to integrate it with my smart humidifier as instruction manual is a bit light on details (including how to connect it to IKEA's own air cleaner). May offer more with IKEA's new hub over generic Matter hubs. Also testing different locations to get the best data. Really appreciate the 24 hour clock option. Great product for someone who likes to tinker with home automation but not necessarily your grandmother.
Great valueRalfThis air quality sensor is a bargain. PM2.5 and CO2 for $30! Sure, the CO2 readings are not as accurate as my other sensors, but they’re good enough. It seems to typically report higher than actual CO2 values.
Good sensorIgorI like the sensor connected to a DIRIGERA hub. There were two issues though: clock is auto-sync in UTC and I don't see how to change it to use in my time zone. Ios app shows temp in celsius on UI (top of a sensor history screen).
It would be nice if you gave me an option to reply.JamesI gave this product a bad review because it's basically useless in HomeKit. IKEA responded and said they were sorry the sensor isn't "compatible with my smart systems". It's Apple HomeKit, not Bob's Home Smart Home Stuff. Please don't act like this isn't at one of the top 3 smart home ecosystems. Then you proceeded to tell me I can return it. It's not worth driving 300 miles to the nearest store to return a $30 product. I was so hopefully for these new low cost Matter of Thread devices but they have been very disappointing. The only product so far that I've been happy with is the buttons.
Awesome Little Sensor - HomeKit Integration Needs WorkBlakeThe build quality on this thing is great. The sensor is high quality, the injection molding feels durable, and the display is very legible. Matter over Thread support is the future and 100% the direction IKEA needed to go. You can’t find a comparable product for this price point, and in that sense IKEA nailed it.
That said, the HomeKit Integrations need some work. None of the sensors are separated out when viewing them in the Apple Home app, and you can’t view the temperature or humidity in the Apple Home app at all. If you look at the sensor in Eve’s iPhone app, it shows all the details separated, but that isn’t a real solution. Hopefully, this will be addressed in software updates (via the Apple Home app), but I can’t fully recommend this for HomeKit Users until IKEA updates their firmware.
Works perfectly with Home Assistant.DanielThe route I used to add this to HA was to pair it with HomeKit, then display the pairing code and add it to the Matter integration in HA.
Pretty useless in HomeKitJamesI was assuming that you could get notifications in HomeKit if the air quality fell below a certain level or if the CO2 level went above a certain level.
There are zero options to get notifications of any kind from this sensor.
Also like others, the temperature and humidity don’t show up in HomeKit climate info.
Very disappointing.
Functions well but could be designed betterJThis sensor works well- plug it in and shows all your air quality readings. It also detects ambient lighting and dims automatically, which is great. I'm also glad Ikea has been adopting Matter. It connects up easily to my thread border router. The clock synced up instantly once I paired it with matter. The monitor itself also looks very nice, it blends in well in the home.
What I don't like:
- No cable or power adapter included. This is a pretty big nuisance
- Temperatures in Fahrenheit are only report to the nearest degree. I wish it had 1 decimal place.
- I wish it was bigger so it could display multiple values on the screen at once. Like at least temperature/humidity on one screen, and CO2/PM2.5 on the other. I don't like having to pick a singular value to be displayed all the time unless I walk up to it and press the button.
Clock Is UselessBrianSo the clock has its own local time, which it continually reverts to no matter what I do to manually adjust the time setting. I've got this matter paired for my Apple Home. Main reason to use as a clock in a living room, with the side benefits of the environmental readings it offers. Ugh. Since I'll only be using this paired via Matter I doubt we'll see a firmware fix for this. Ugh. Will return.
FrustratingMarkMy Alpstuga won't connect to Matter or Home apps. Google searches on various word combinations produce nothing useful to resolve the issues. I cannot find even basic operating instructions either. I only gave 2 stars since I might use it as nice-looking clock or hygrometer.
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