Reddit reviews Fluke 985 6 Channel Indoor Air Quality Particle Counter
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Measure filter efficiencyMonitor industrial cleanroomPre-screen indoor air quality and confidently work with indoor air quality specialistsLocate particle sources for remediationOne-year warranty
The real issue is that this $10 Chinese "TOMTOP" thing they bought doesn't actually measure anything.
You can buy an actual PM2.5 measurement device from Fluke for $5K+ here: https://www.amazon.com/Fluke-Channel-Quality-Particle-Counter/dp/B008RE1JRO
For the most part, the best air quality monitors are going to be lab-grade equipment running into the thousands of dollars. This is going to go for any reliable VOC monitors, and detectors of other gases.
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Particulates, on the other hand, can be measured reasonably accurately with home air monitors, and you thankfully don't have to spend an arm and a leg. I personally have liked my Koogeek air monitor, which can track PM2.5 and PM10 levels. In general, I use this as a surrogate for the overall quality of air in my house and during my commute (which included train stations that are particularly dirty for my city). Here is a link to my thoughts if you want to see some pictures in action
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You can find it on Amazon, and it does seem to do the trick. Industrial-grade monitors you can also find there, with something like this being among the top of the line. I don't think that's neecssary for routine home monitoring, though
Do you have animals, and how is the indoor air quality? (Allergens, VOCs from cooking, particulates, off-gassing, industrial sector pollutants, etc)
https://airnow.gov/ (if you are in US)
https://earth.nullschool.net/
https://aqicn.org/map/world/
https://www.amazon.com/Fluke-Channel-Quality-Particle-Counter/dp/B008RE1JRO
https://www.amazon.com/Air-Pollution-Formaldehyde-Detector-Temperature/dp/B078ZS8RVL
>I was having trouble with severe eye irritation. It would go away if I slept with the window by my bed open. I left the windows open in the house overnight to clear out the pollution. By the end of the day the gunk in my eyes would make it impossible to read or use the computer. I used the air quality monitor to "sniff" out the sources (there were several) of the TVOC and formaldehyde and got them out of my house. Plastic containers (not food grade) and garden chemicals...laundry detergent in a plastic bottle. All were stored in the laundry room, which made it easier to find them. Life is much nicer now!
It would indeed be interesting if there was in fact a connection between your (likely) 100mW multi-band transmitter and the irritants you are exposed to. I can't really understand the rock salt in a mesh strainer though. For now, before jumping to conclusions, it would be wise to narrow down sources of irritants. If your indoor particle counts are high get a "true HEPA" filter, or if you want to pay out the nose for a biomedical air filter you will want an ULPA (expect to pay $2000 for a few spare filters on a small box with a blower...). That shizz will filter out airborne smallpox samples and dust that would bin an integrated circuit (don't quote me on that if you get an uncurable disease).
If that doesn't work to rid the irritants, you can try swabbing surfaces and wiping the sample onto cleanly prepared Nutrient/BHI Agar in petri dishes (blood can be added to agar for things like Streptococcus). Send it in for cultural analysis or get a microscope and try it yourself. And get an allergen test kit or go to the doctor for one of those skin tests to see if it is caused by a mold allergy or a residue from not properly cleaning surfaces and dishes.
https://cdn.slapdashmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/allergy-test-.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsyO71zb3Ys
https://microbeonline.com/types-of-bacteriological-culture-medium/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-chXVgu8Z0
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Let us know what route you decide to take!