[typh00n]

> You don't just clean a filter and say I KNOW there is 12 months more.

Yes, you definitively do.

I am located in a defacto dust free location, but I use an air purifier to keep my pollen allergy under control when spring arives: This shitty DRM is telling me to change filters after X hours, because it ASSUMES it is clogged, even though it has no idea of the reality? No idea if the air is like in New Delhi or like in the north of Sweden?

Hell no! Thank you, but I can decide that on my own.

[graphe]

Did you buy the device? If your home is indeed "dust free" you wouldn't need this filter (and cleaning it won't clear the small things you probably want to filter, water also damages the filter). If you're using HEPA you can't tell their life just from the way they look.

If you could do that all and still chose to buy the device with drm, locked hours and a proprietary fan with filter there is flawed logic way before you bought the device. Even going forward a box fan and filter is cheaper and better.

[typh00n]

Yes, I own three of those but an earlier version (2) that comes without RFID sensor. And I use the filter waaaaay longer than the device wants me to. This DRM is just milking money out of the consumer and producing waste, nothing else.

My eyes can probably not tell if the filter is over its lifespan, but my pollen allergy definetly can tell if it still works.

[graphe]

They makes sense. Have you considered using another filter? A box fan with a hepa filter or one that has appropriate sized holes may even work better for pollen and also be washable by default. Did you want the smarts in it if any? I'm hooking a plantower sensor to a purifier or you can use the Ikea air quality detector to smart trigger it. https://esphome.io/components/sensor/pm1006.html