I preface

We live on a blue planet. The earth and the sea, the sky and the earth, rain and snow and air are always with us. Once upon a time, we never cared about the ubiquitous and ordinary air around us; However, as the terms haze and PM2.5 come into common people's view, they begin to become unavoidable topics in our lives; "Air quality", an extremely important indicator that was once far away from us, is also receiving more and more attention from the public. PM2.5 value in weather forecast has become the most important weather indicator after temperature and rain. The PM2.5 value of a city provided by the weather forecast is too macro after all. If we want to know how the air quality is in the microenvironment we live in, we still need a household air detection device. Our protagonist today, 360 Air Testing Master, has made a brilliant debut.

II Unpacking (fake)

The packaging design of 360 Air Testing Master adopts the current popular simple style. The package is small in size. There is no other element except the product name on the front, which is simple and lively. On the back, the basic information of this product is marked with a sticker. It can be seen from the package that this is a hardware product from 360, a well-known security software company in China.

Open the outer package of the product, and you will see the master of 360 Air Testing. There are not many accessories in the package. In addition to the product itself, there is only a manual describing the basic operation of the product.

III appearance

360 Air Detection Master is not big, small and exquisite. It is about the same size as the common bedside alarm clock. It doesn't feel abrupt when placed on the bedside.

The front of 360's product is designed to be round inside and round outside. The white square is matched with the round dial, which is simple with a little lively element. It looks durable. In the center of the dial is a square LCD screen to display data; 360 LOGO is printed below.

The control button on the top is also the only button on the body of 360 Air Detection Master. The top and both sides of 360 Air Testing Master are made of this wood like material, which is comfortable to handle, and the overall feeling is also very high-grade.

The air inlet and exhaust holes on the left and right sides of the product, during the detection process, the air is discharged from the primary air inlet side. The opening process is very exquisite, and there is no rough feeling. It can be seen that 360's product is very exquisite in workmanship.

The back panel is made of white plastic, and the lower part is the power socket and RESET hole. The 360 LOGO is engraved on the upper part in the form of relief.

IV function

To use 360 Air Monitor for the first time, you need to install an app called 360 Air Guard on the mobile phone to complete the binding operation. After downloading the APP, click Add Device to enter the login interface of 360 account. After logging in, insert a sharp object into the RESET hole until the 360 Air Detection Master screen displays "The device is waiting for networking, please open the APP". Enter the home WI-FI password and connect to complete the whole process of binding.

360 Air Detection Master can also be used when disconnected from the mobile phone. When connected to the power supply, 360 Air Detection Master will automatically start up and complete an air detection, and display the PM2.5 data directly on the screen, with the temperature and humidity data of the current environment displayed on the same screen. Click the button on the top of 360 Air Detection Master to switch to the time mode; At this time, the inspection master will display the date and time, and the overview of air quality, excellent, good or polluted, will be displayed in the top column.

360 air detection master will automatically detect the air quality every few minutes after completing the startup air quality detection, and update the displayed data. If you want to update manually, you can also double-click the top button, and the system will enter the detection mode to re detect the air quality. During the detection process, due to the need for air intake, a certain amount of noise will inevitably be generated, but the noise is not loud enough. If the environment is slightly noisy, it will be completely inaudible.

The UI design of 360 Air Guard thinks that this kind of environmental monitoring APP should be designed in a fresh and elegant style, and the faint tone is more comfortable.

The tab at the bottom is divided into four modules: "Air Quality", "My Home Air", "National Ranking", and "Praise on the Scene". "Air Quality" provides air quality reports provided by multiple authoritative monitoring points in the user's city, including the values and trends of PM2.5, PM10, SO2, NO2 and other pollution data, and provides life advice on air conditions. My Home Air provides The value measured by 360 air detection master hardware. The "National Ranking" shows the air condition ranking of the user's city. As a Hebei native, the author has been sobbing. "Live complaints" are photos published by other users. It seems that 360 also wants to make some social attempts on environmental apps. On this page, we can also upload photos to other users.

V test data

The test data at about 10:00 p.m. on January 15, 2016 is selected here, and the official PM2.5 value released at this time（ //www.pm25.in ）115. and Outdoor data 102 (measured three times within ten minutes, the values are 88, 104, 110, take the mean ）, slightly lower than the official value. Considering the environmental difference between my location and the official test point, this data should be no problem.

At this time, the indoor detection value is still about 56 (measured twice within ten minutes: 51, 61, take the average)

It can be seen that under the condition of infrequent ventilation in winter in the north, as long as the room is kept clean and tidy, the indoor PM2.5 value is about half of the outdoor PM2.5 value without using the air purifier. The results of several measurements also confirm this conclusion.

VI summary

Today, people pay more and more attention to air quality, and air safety has become an unavoidable topic for the masses. The author's personal experience also confirms that more and more people around choose to wear masks when serious pollution occurs, and more and more families choose to buy air purifiers to improve the air quality in their homes. As the public, if we are unable to change the world, we should try to change ourselves.

When I think about the product positioning of 360 Air Testing Master, I always have a little doubt. Such an air detection product targeting household users can only provide air quality detection data, but cannot purify the air. How big a market can it have? In the short experience of these days, the answer to this question gradually becomes clear. As an ordinary person who doesn't pay too much attention to air quality, but never takes it lightly, I began to pay more attention to the air quality in the small space we live in during the trial of 360 Air Testing Master's product. Fortunately, in most cases, indoor air quality is better than outdoor air quality. However, not every family will be so superior to individual differences. For some users who are sensitive to air quality, they can purchase such an air detection equipment first, and then decide whether to purchase an air purifier according to the air quality at home. For families that already have air purifiers, they can also purchase such a miniaturized air detection equipment to test whether there are dead spaces in some rooms in the whole house and how effective the air purifier is. 360 Air Testing Master is such a product full of wisdom in a small body. Finally, I hope 360 can make more achievements in the field of air safety and bring us a better experience.

advantage:

1. Excellent workmanship and feel

2. Simple operation and good experience

3. The time and calendar functions are practical and can stay at the bedside for a long time

Disadvantages:

1. There is no built-in power supply, no switch, and the power is cut off when the data cable is pulled out

2. The screen brightness is not high, and the screen cannot be seen clearly under sunlight

3. APP function and experience need to be improved