How does it create oxygen?
Unless I am missing something the moss is dried so how does it create oxygen as per the description? I am looking at getting one of these for my office and possibly the rest of the house dependent on operation
Thanking you
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As I understand it, it doesn't create oxygen. As you say, the moss can't do that and there's no other reactions going on to do so. I never saw anything claiming that this was the case though, and I'm not even sure that's something you'd really want happening anyway in any measurable level.
The purpose of the moss is to trap particles like dust. I have one myself and based on the dustiness of the upper levels of the moss, it is very effective at doing that.
Some air purification technologies do produce ozone but this, in my opinion at least, is not a desirable trait. Since Briiv operates on a purely filter-based principle though, we don't have that worry.
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It's the claim to replace nearly 300 houseplants that I found misleading: as houseplants provide filtering of particulates, removal of some chemicals (dependent on the type of plant eg VOCs) plus oxygen I wondered how it provided the final part of the services of house plants. I assumed that the answer was that it doesn't (plus that the claim may need to be slightly modified as a result) but thought a specific question would elicit the answer just to settle it. Subject to Briiv technical confirming this I then know how far the equivalency extends
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Ah yes, I see where you're coming from. On this page, it compares the Briiv unit with plants purely in terms of CADR so I think that is intended to be the extent of the comparison. Honestly if it were me, I don't think I'd have bothered with it at all - as you imply, it's a little bit apples and oranges. But equally then they might have potential customers struggling to understand or quantify the “why” for the product, so I understand the motivation behind the message. Particularly because, due to the sustainability/natural angle, it's not really possible to use other potentially-more-well-understood terms like HEPA…
I think what we're seeing here is the fact that simplification of a concept for a layperson audience can end up muddying the picture for those with more expertise in the field who'd question the specifics.
No doubt the Briiv team will be able to weigh in here and address it in an official capacity though (and correct me if needed) 🙂
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Hi Victoria Glover-Ward,
I think Mark Embling has covered it!
Briiv does not produce oxygen or ozone, and doesn't use an ioniser. The moss is preserved so is no longer photosynthesising. Briiv is comparable to 3,043 in terms of its ability to filter particulates and VOCs from the air, not in any oxygen producing capacity.
I hope this clears things up!
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