{"id":3556,"date":"2013-07-14T18:18:14","date_gmt":"2013-07-14T10:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/?p=3556"},"modified":"2020-07-15T11:56:31","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T03:56:31","slug":"dylos-dc1100-pro-air-quality-monitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/blog\/dylos-dc1100-pro-air-quality-monitor\/","title":{"rendered":"Dylos DC1100 Pro Air Quality Monitor (Particle Counter)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Dylos DC1100 Pro Air Quality Monitor is what I&#8217;ve often used to test the effect of air purifiers. I&#8217;ve also used the it to test whether <a href=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/blog\/is-indoor-air-better-than-outdoor-air\/\">indoor air is safer than outdoor air<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Shanghai-Indoor-Outdoor-Fudan-EN.png\" alt=\"Shanghai Indoor Outdoor Air Quality Test Fudan PM2.5\" width=\"618\" height=\"463\" class=\"wp-image-7458 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Shanghai-Indoor-Outdoor-Fudan-EN.png 2999w, https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Shanghai-Indoor-Outdoor-Fudan-EN-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Shanghai-Indoor-Outdoor-Fudan-EN-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Shanghai-Indoor-Outdoor-Fudan-EN-1024x768.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">What The DC1100 Measures<\/h3>\n<p>The particle counter gives readings for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The number of particles 2.5 microns (also called &#8220;micrometers&#8221;) and above<\/li>\n<li>The number of particles 0.5 microns and above<\/li>\n<li>Measurements are per 0.01 cubic foot<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They\u2019re\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dylos-DC1100-Pro-quality-monitor\/dp\/B004AWEG0Y?ie=UTF8&amp;keywords=dylos%20particle%20counter&amp;qid=1373814944&amp;ref_=sr_1_2&amp;sr=8-2\">available through Amazon<\/a>\u00a0for $261.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Is The Dylos Accurate?<\/h3>\n<p>Is it accurate? We\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/blog\/how-accurate-are-common-particle-counters-comparison-test\/\">tested the Dylos against official PM2.5 readings<\/a> (and another <a href=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/blog\/are-particle-counters-and-government-machines-the-same\/\">test of the Dylos versus Met One BAM PM2.5 readings<\/a>). In our tests, we compared how well it performed against two other popular models&#8211;the Laser Egg and the AirVisual. We also tested\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/data\/en\/open-data-accurate-1-micron-dylos-new-test\/\">whether humidity affects its accuracy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Picture3.png\" alt=\"Dylos DC1100 particle counter accuracy PM2.5\" width=\"447\" height=\"419\" class=\"wp-image-7621 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Picture3.png 774w, https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Picture3-300x281.png 300w, https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Picture3-768x719.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To convert to micrograms per cubic meter of PM2.5, I used the semi-official formula that an engineer from Dylos emailed me:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">PM2.5 ug\/m3 = (# 0.5 micron particles &#8211; # 2.5 micron particles)\/100<\/p>\n<p>In most situations, results are highly similar even if we ignore the 2.5 micron particles. That&#8217;s because the number of 2.5 micron particles is usually (but not always) a lot smaller than the number of 0.5 micron particles.<\/p>\n<p>They also produce a non-pro version that detects down to 1 micron, rather than 0.5 microns. Does this reduced sensitivity make the readings less accurate or less useful? To get some data on the question, we ran a <a href=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/blog\/accurate-1-micron-dylos-official-pm2-5-comparison-test\/?rel=1\">test of the accuracy of the 1 micron Dylos against official PM2.5 readings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Dylos-Pro-vs-Standard-1-Micron-EN.png\" alt=\"Dylos air quality monitor pro DC1100\" width=\"589\" height=\"420\" class=\"wp-image-7620 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Dylos-Pro-vs-Standard-1-Micron-EN.png 2134w, https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Dylos-Pro-vs-Standard-1-Micron-EN-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Dylos-Pro-vs-Standard-1-Micron-EN-768x548.png 768w, https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Dylos-Pro-vs-Standard-1-Micron-EN-1024x730.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 589px) 100vw, 589px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class='bottom-line'><div class='bottom-line-top'>Bottom Line<\/div><div class='bottom-line-title'>Bottom Line<\/div><div class='bottom-line-content'>\n<p>The Dylos is a sufficiently accurate air quality monitor for regular air-breathers to use. However, in <a href=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/blog\/how-accurate-are-common-particle-counters-comparison-test\/\">head-to-head comparison tests<\/a>, it scores worse than other models.<\/div><div class='bottom-line-last'>Smart Air<\/div><\/div><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dylos DC1100 Pro Air Quality Monitor is what I&#8217;ve often used to test the effect of air purifiers. I&#8217;ve also used the it to test whether indoor air is safer than outdoor air. What The DC1100 Measures The particle counter gives readings for: The number of particles 2.5 microns &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Dylos DC1100 Pro Air Quality Monitor (Particle Counter)\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/blog\/dylos-dc1100-pro-air-quality-monitor\/#more-3556\" aria-label=\"Read more about Dylos DC1100 Pro Air Quality Monitor (Particle Counter)\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1035,"featured_media":3554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[169],"tags":[278,101,100],"class_list":["post-3556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-air-quality-monitors","tag-air-quality","tag-dylos","tag-particle-counter","resize-featured-image"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1035"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3556"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11027,"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3556\/revisions\/11027"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}