Rabbit Air 2

I hate it. It works, but you have to screw around with it and look at all the different “views” because they’re not all the same and not all the features work in the different “views”. In fact, I have to stand right next to it to make sure it’s working. Did I say I hate this new interface? If not, then I hate it. Clearly they did not have anyone unfamiliar with this test it to see if it makes sense.

Update: Finally got around to messing around with this some more because some of the purifiers started blinking the ion light and the wifi lights were no longer on. Both apps were showing the devices as offline. Deleting them from the app and redoing the wifi setup inside the new app ended up fixing both that issue and the issue with the new app. I did have to also unplug and re-plug in the devices to get the wifi setup button/light to work first, not sure if any of this was because of some kind of update or shutdown of the older app. Some aspects of the new app I like. Being able to select the icon that matches the art panel of each device, the new scheduling features, and the ability to adjust the auto’s sensitivity are nice. I’m a big fan of being able to completely turn off all the lights during the sleep schedule. I also like that it’s a full screen on iPad now too. I wish it was easier to swipe devices without accidentally changing a setting, but for now I just use the dots at the bottom to bring up the selection menu. I think it would be good if the app had some kind of migration help built in to tell users what to do if the new app isn’t working properly with their previously paired devices. Original Review: Old app shows current air quality and current settings as expected regardless of how the purifier was turned on. This one shows “off” for air quality and all settings even if the purifier is on unless you made the changes from within this app.

I purchased the wireless Rabbit Air and originally used the first version of the app, which worked great. After about a year, it stopped working and forced me to switch to version 2 of the app. Since then, I’ve had ongoing issues connecting to the unit. I can see the Rabbit Air wireless network, but the app seems to skip that step and jumps straight to my home network,yet it never actually connects. Now I have to manually turn the unit on and off or adjust the settings myself. I know it sounds foolish , but it defeats the whole purpose of having a wireless unit.