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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  3. I live in Winnipeg, Manitoba. I am unsure of the radon levels in my area. I have not had my home tested.

  4. I live in Southern Ontario and I am unsure what the Radon levels are in my area and I have not had my air tested

  8. I live in a small town name Val-d’Or, in the province of Québec. We do not know the radon levels in the area and we have never tested them. I would love to know since to much radon can be harmfull for me and my family. I would put one in the living room upstare, and one in the living room downstair! Thank you for this opportunity!

  9. I live in Saskatoon, I do not know the radon levels of my home, nor have I have ever tested. Thank you.

  15. I live in Eastern Ontario. I’m not sure what the radon levels are for this area and I have not had my home tested.

  16. I live in Eastern Ontario, I don’t know what the radon levels are in my area, and I have never had my home tested

  18. I live in Saskatoon and had a radon test last year. Thankfully, the levels were very low, unlike some parts of Saskatchewan.

  23. I live in Ontario and have never tested my radon levels. But I definitely should. Don’t know what radon levels are here.

  27. I live in NB, Canada. I don’t know the radon levels in my area of Canada (but I will do some research) and my home has never been tested (yet)!

  35. Waterloo Region and no, I have no idea what the air quality is like here, which is why these devices would be great.

  36. Northern BC, radon levels vary a lot depending on soil conditions, so every location is different. I have not had my radon levels checked.

  37. I live by Regina, Sask. I have never had my home tested for radon
    I would put one in the hallway leading to the bedrooms and one in the basement in the laundry room

  46. I live in Stoney Creek, ON. I was told that Radon levels in the Niagara area are high. I had my radon levels checked a long time ago in the basement. Would love to do it again.

  48. I live in southwest Ontario where radon levels are generally high. Our radon level was tested a year ago with a single use test and came in at 90 ppm in our basement (Health Canada recommends levels not exceed 200 ppm). Levels are typically higher in lower levels, areas of poor ventilation and in winter, so basements are generally highest levels.

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