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I live in a small resort with a water tank and small building to catch rainwater and we didn't needed water trucks in the last 4 years as far as I know ... I'm pretty sure the owner would have charged me for that and told me. Before I lived in fischermans village for 3 years and we needed it once, usually the water coming from a well on site. From my impression, and that is not proven by any facts, it is raining a lot recently. There was quite a strong short shower on Saturday ... I understand that the weather is often quite local but I would have assumed that it will even out over time, more or less, but might be wrong? I also can't say how the average rainfall over the years was but it also feels more for me. I might be completely wrong. I was on the weekend in Lamai in a run down cheap resort and there was no sign of water shortage. The weekend before i was in a different Hotel, same. Might it be - on top of the real shortage - that some are prepared and some not?

https://www.advice.co.th/ I bought there a Laptop (during covid when it was not that easy to get what I wanted) and several times smaller stuff: always good, decent priced and fast delivery. Maybe worth a shot ... but I really wonder that none of the others have the right computer for you ...

The point is: look at the link and the daily or even hourly values. Do you really think that the AQI is nearly all the time the same? Of course it isn't. Who ever operates the page or provides the data for Samui is doing something wrong. It is not the first time this site was posted here and again it is not usable. Compare to other sites and you will find pretty quick that the values are changing most of the time depending on many factors. Being stable at one value is nearly impossible for Samui.

Please stop posting this link, it is not working at all. It shows always the same values. 51/50 since weeks, nice. Or is it me and I'm doing something wrong? I don't think so, just tried another browser. Compare this with other pages, it is a no-brainer that this page is broken or the sensor is hidden in a compartment with always the same air quality. Maybe it works for other cities, but not for Samui.

Here is one montior i DON'T recommend, not working at all for me. I have it in my kitchen and even when I cook something there is no change while my air purifier detects the bad air and spins up. lazada.co.th/products/i4155851447-s16316882857.html So it is basically a 1000 baht clock for me ... Be careful, the other one posted @phetphet are sometimes in the same listing and you might end up with a <deleted>ty one.

I can't read this at all from the OP and I commented on THIS post. I told on MY experience and that I agree that a dedicated monitor is maybe not what you want. When I was in KL the AQI was 322, that was not a joke at all. I had to leave KL because I couldn't breath anymore and felt constantly pepper sprayed. Since I know the feeling I can compare it with Samui last year, which was btw the first time I had problems here - after over 10 years.

Well, If you have problems with the air quality it is not senseless and not everyone is "mainly in open air". People are different and you spend usually a third of you day inside your bedroom. Waking up without a cloudy head is great. I can't comment on if the view is normal or not, might be. Fact is that the AQI was really bad last year around this time and for sensitive people an air purifier might be a good solution. A decade ago I lived in KL where it was much worse (also from burning trees plus the usual city pollution) and I know the symptoms quite well. Last year I had the same problems - albeit less severe - on Samui and that was when I decided to buy one and I don't regret it, it helped ME a lot. If you don't have any problems at all you probably don't need one, good for you.

I agree, just get a smart air purifier and you can monitor it. I bought a "Mi Air Purifier 4 Lite" which you can monitor and control via phone app and monitor it even via linux and do whatever you want with the data. When it got serious last year I also got another device to monitor the quality, but it is not working at all, even after converting the units. But hey, nice display. Since these are quite expensive and I can get the values from the other device I stopped searching. Right now it might not be the best air quality but compared to last year it is fine for me. And yes, the purifier works great for me. Filter is now at (calculated) 48% and I run the device usually automatically when the AQI is above 15 and down to 5. That is quite low and I changed it recently to 20 to 5. Also I run it one hour in the morning before I usually wake up. So a filter replacement will hot happen that often, I got it nearly exactly a year ago. ... just if you fear the costs. But my bedroom is really small, your mileage may vary ...