Can second hand smoke cause a positive result or is this accurate enough to only pickup direct smoke inhalation?
1755773
I belive, in my opinion that direct exposure to second hand smoke may indicate a positive result
1755774
This is a accurate kit in my opinion. I would say yes if you are exposed to second hand smoke
1885345
It says it blocks 23% of second-hand smoke and TVOC (whatever that is). I'm sure you could contact them through their website too with the question.
606992
We do not allow smoking in the house, therefore we have not tested it against this capability. I can check the instruction manual tonight but my recollection is that it will not. I hope that helped.
1535088
I don't know because it went up in smoke as soon as I tried to use it.So to make it short no it isn't.
1571627
No. It's supposed to either detected or not. I think the kit pamphlet says it's detectable down to 200. Most of the literature backed that up. But I had a friend take it who is a smoker and it negative for him. It should have been positive since he smokes daily. The test is unreliable.
909229
I don't smoke and there are no smokers in my home or office so I can't give you an answer. It has taken care of dust in my office and home.
307240
Yes, especially if you are smoking meats. If you have a very hot fire I would be careful. I use mine in a electric smoker and the oven @450.I have used it on my Sons Charcoal grill but I just used it to check temps. NOT left in the meat. Hope this helps
319377
2 would work better than one and this would help. For smoke though, I'd recommend Odoban. It's more expensive but more effective for heavy smoke smell.
891535
There is a certain amount of liability I would take by answering if your machine is accurate. I would suggest you do a charcoal test next to it to compare readings. Your first test that come back over 4.0 always makes you second guess any machine.
39594
It absolutely does NOT work for cigarette smoke. The room I use it in occasionally has secondhand smoke from the neighbors and this machine will not remove the odor. At best you can hope it will pick up a little stray smoke particles if the smoke is particularly thick. You will need to buy a true HEPA air purifier with a dedicated filter with lots of activated carbon (I think charcoal is one option). This product is not true HEPA - it's just a cheap alternative since you don't need to buy disposable filters every few months.
1666117
No experience with such things, but seriously doubt that anything but a 'clean room' at medical or manufacturing facility could clean the sorry fumes of burning tobacco. Ask your smoking neighbors to move, or consider the same for yourself.
775219
That depends on the temp. of the smoke. If its cooler, say 50deg. and there are warmer objects in or beyond the smoke, eg. 80 deg. +, then yes it can. In my experience with it, the ability to positively identify a heat source (man, animal, other) tops out at 75 to 90 yds. This imager is relatively cheap compared to others. You get what you pay for.
531199
Depends, It will not tell you if someone has smoked. What it tells you is how much particulates are in the air. If you just got finished smoking than there would be particulates that are air borne and this would show up on the Dylos. The Dylos is only going to show you what the particulates that are in the air. This is a great device in the industry that we use it for, We are a fire and water damage company that also does mold remediation, This device has been great for us on our clearance testing as it tells us what our air quality is before we order testing. Hope this helps!
174931
Hello. I don't think this will help like smoke can. The Amazon site states:"Uses infrared sensors to measure surface temperatures" which is true. And it does a really good job showing you what the surface temp is at where you are pointing. This is the only one that I know of that gives you a color signal when out of range. But it only reads surface temps. Help this helps you.
1447272
I quit smoking a few years ago. If I did, I would smoke outside. The odor meter seems sensitive when I cook, so I think it would spike up, I'm not sure about deodorizing the air though. I think it would clean it of some particles, but perhaps not eliminate how stinky cig smoke is. I heard the Vapor cigs don't stink. Overall I like the product for pet dander and dust. The fan noise is soothing...The machine would be better than no machine if I/someone was smoking indoors. I hope you don't have loved ones who don't smoke living in your house or pets. Sorry to be a ninny. Maybe you're smoking fish: yes, I betcha after a while it would help with the smoked fish odor. I quit smoking a few years ago. If I did, I would smoke outside. The odor meter seems sensitive when I cook, so I think it would spike up, I'm not sure about deodorizing the air though. I think it would clean it of some particles, but perhaps not eliminate how stinky cig smoke is. I heard the Vapor cigs don't stink. Overall I like the product for pet dander and dust. The fan noise is soothing...The machine would be better than no machine if I/someone was smoking indoors. I hope you don't have loved ones who don't smoke living in your house or pets. Sorry to be a ninny. Maybe you're smoking... » Read More I quit smoking a few years ago. If I did, I would smoke outside. The odor meter seems sensitive when I cook, so I think it would spike up, I'm not sure about deodorizing the air though. I think it would clean it of some particles, but perhaps not eliminate how stinky cig smoke is. I heard the Vapor cigs don't stink. Overall I like the product for pet dander and dust. The fan noise is soothing...The machine would be better than no machine if I/someone was smoking indoors. I hope you don't have loved ones who don't smoke living in your house or pets. Sorry to be a ninny. Maybe you're smoking fish: yes, I betcha after a while it would help with the smoked fish odor. « Show Less
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I have had great results with Nok-Out but I haven't had occasion to use it with smoke odor. I found some details re tobacco/smoke odor on the Nok-Out site and maybe that might help. http://www.nokout.com/Tobacco-and-Smoke-Odor.html There are suggestions listed in the main text and more in the column on the left side of the page. It might depend on a number of factors....like the type of fiber in the cloth and the intensity of the smoke. Best of luck!
1239174
Yes. This is exactly what we did. We had several smoke detectors and one went bad.