Seems like it's just like real-estate: location, location, location. Plus there's a strong dose of activity, activity, activity added to the mix.
I've got the 0.5/5.0um unit. Just to baseline it, I stuck it on a bookshelf in a room that doesn't get much traffic and put it in 'monitor' mode (samples for one minute every hour). I'm seeing 10:1 variations in the readings over a 24-hour span...when I asked the Dylos tech guy about it, he said that 50:1 was not unusual depending on activity in the area and variations in any outdoor air getting into the room.
(I also discovered it can see fog: got an outdoor reading over 10000 early yesterday morning.)
I'm starting to think these widgets are more valuable for checking long-term trends than this turn-the-saw-on-and-off business.
Yoga class makes me feel like a total stud, mostly because I'm about as flexible as a 2x4.
"Design"? Possibly. "Intelligent"? Sure doesn't look like it from this angle.
We used to be hunter gatherers. Now we're shopper borrowers.
The three most important words in the English language: "Front Towards Enemy".
The world makes a lot more sense when you remember that Butthead was the smart one.
You can never be too rich, too thin, or have too much ammo.