Airthings monitors provide insight into the air quality of your home. You can only learn some things with special technology. Airthings provides the tech that sees what you can’t. For example, Radon levels in your home have no odour and the bad effects on your body from Radon exposure take a long time to develop. Only with these insights can you take action before things like Radon can hurt you. In this contest Best Buy and Airthings will equip two winners with great Airthings monitors.

Is the air in your home as clean as you need to be

This is a question that most of us can’t answer without a monitor to detect the presence of harmful gases or particulates in the air. Airthings monitors are designed to inform homeowners about a range of conditions in your home. For example, they can tell you the concentration of Radon gas in your home.

Most people are unaware that Radon gas is the second leading cause of lung cancer. Fewer people smoke these days, which is reducing the number of new lung cancer cases in Canada. However, Radon exposure is not something you can “just say no” to; you first need to know when it’s there. Radon is a natural byproduct of the constant process of radioactive decay that occurs all over the world in the Earth’s crust. Under your home, radon gas is produced and seeps up. It can then become trapped in your home, increasing to unsafe levels unless you act accordingly.

What can you do about Radon

Is the radon levels in your home safe? Unsure? The first thing to do is to get a device that can detect Radon. The blog team has reviewed several Airthings monitors over the past few years and we found that they are easy to set up and the information they provide about the air quality in your home is easy to understand. We also sent an Airthings Radon detector across the country to get readings in many cities where writers on the team live. The results varied dramatically; the highest levels (from our tests) were observed in southern Ontario.

But no matter where you live in Canada, your home may have higher Radon levels than you would prefer. Testing the radon levels is the first step. Health Canada recommends you do this during colder months when windows are more likely closed—so now is a great time to get a monitor. If radon levels are high, you may need to hire a contractor who can identify areas of your home that can be sealed (e.g., cracked foundation, ground level pipes, etc).

Which Airthings monitor is best for your home? We recently sent two different models to Shelly and Myriam for reviews in English and French. Each of the two winners of this contest will get both of those monitors. You could put one in the hallway near the bedrooms and one in the living room (areas of the home where your family spends most of their time). Think about that, then enter the contest.

How to enter

Entering this contest is easy and you can enter in two different ways.

  1. In a comment below, tell us in what area of Canada you live (general area or city is fine) and if you know what the radon levels are like in your area of Canada and if you ever had your home tested.
  2. In a comment beneath the review article on the blog, tell us where in your home you would put each of the two prizes if you win.

What you can win

At the end of this contest, we will randomly select two winners. Each winner will get an Airthings View Plus Air Quality Monitor and an Airthings View Smart Radon Monitor.

This contest runs from Oct 31st to Nov 13th.

Remember you can enter in two different way. Your friends and relatives will also want to know if the air quality is safe in their homes, so share this contest with them too.

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Good Luck.

Martin Renaud
Martin Renaud
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Martin loves working with the talented editors and writers on the Best Buy Blog as Editor-in-Chief. During his spare time he is either working on his next novel, cooking up a masterpiece in the kitchen, or adding some smart tech to his new home on Mayne Island in British Columbia.
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  6. I live in Abbotsford BC, and we have never had either air quality or radon levels tested. This would be a great contest to win!

  9. I love in Prince George BC. I don’t know what the reason levels are like here and I’ve never had my home tested.

  10. I live in Kelowna, BC and radon levels are high here. We had our home tested and it was so high, we had to put a mitigation system in!

  12. I live in White Rock BC…and I do not know the answer to either question…never had the opportunity to find out.

  14. I live in Nova Scotia and haven’t a clue as to the radon levels nor ever had a test done. I would place the Airthings View Plus in my living room and the View Radon in the upstairs hallway between bedrooms.

  15. I’m not sure what the radon levels are like here in NE Ont. and our house has never been tested – I think this would be a great prize.

  16. I live in Nova Scotia and haven’t a clue what the radon levels are and haven’t ever had a test. I would place the Airthings View Plus in my living room and the View Radon upstairs in the hallway between bedrooms.

  21. I’m in the greater Toronto area…not sure what the levels are…never tested…this would be great to win.

  25. I live in the greater Edmonton area, and I believe radon levels can still be very high. I am about to have our home tested.

  26. Greater Toronto Area, I have no idea what the radon levels are like, we have never had it tested. I would put the Airthings View Plus in my living room and the View Radon in my bedroom (same places as stated in the review).

  27. I live in Muskoka area and I have no idea of our radon levels, as we’ve never had them tested although Ive inquired about it previously.

  31. I live in Halifax, and we are in a high area of Radon

    There are a couple of rooms that I would have these. The basement and our home office

  35. Niagara Region in Ontario
    I have no idea what our Radon levels are. and I am not aware of any testing results anywhere near here

  36. High Prairie in Alberta
    I have no idea what our Radon levels are. and I am not aware of any testing results anywhere near here

  38. Niagara Region in Ontario.
    I have no idea what our Radon levels would be. I’ve never heard of any test results anywhere near me.

  41. From Calgary, AB. I believe some area’s of Calgary are known to have high level of Radon. A detector would be great/1

  47. We live in Victoria area and. from what I understand radon levels are generally low/acceptable here. We’ve never had our home tested, but I have thought about it over the years – especially when we dug our basement.

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