How do you choose an air purifier?

To choose the best air purifier for you, it's important to keep the following in mind during your purchase:

• What do you need the air purifier for?
• Do you want an air purifier with filters, ionization, or filters and ionization?
• What's the area of the room where you want to place the air purifier?
• Do you want to place the air purifier in the bedroom?
• Do you find the sound important?

Before you purchase an air purifier, it's important to decide what you want to use it for. Do you want to use the air purifier to freshen up the air in your home? In that case, a air purifier with basic purification is a good choice. If you want to use the air purifier to relieve asthma or allergy symptoms, you need an air purifier with more power. These air purifiers clean all the air in the room between 3.5 to 5 times per hour.

To clean the air, air purifiers use various cleaning techniques, like filters, ionization, or filters and ionization. Air purifiers with ionization pull dust and allergens from the air and store it in a collector. Air purifiers with a filter pull dust and allergens from the air and store it in filters. There are also air purifiers that use both cleaning techniques. Does the air purifier have a carbon filter? In that case, it'll also remove bad odors from the air. You have to replace the filters to make sure the purifier functions optimally.

We test the noise level and how many cubic meters the air purifiers clean in 1 hour in a lab. Based on these results, we calculate the maximum purifiable surface for each air purifier. All the tests are done under the same circumstances, so you can make a good comparison between the air purifiers on our website.

Before you make a choice, it's important to choose in which room you want to place the purifier. The surface area of the room is an important factor when you choose the right air purifier. Because the maximum purifiable surface of the air purifier differs per usage situation, you can find the maximum purifiable surface for each usage situation in the product specifications on the product page.

Do you also want to place the air purifier in the bedroom? In that case, it's important the noise level of the air purifier is below 30dB, or that it has a night mode. This way, you won't be distracted by sound at night. If the air purifier has a display, it's nice if you can dim the light.

To purify the air, air purifiers have various ventilation setting. The sound of the air purifier differs per ventilation setting. If you find it important that the air purifier doesn't make too much noise, it's important to keep the noise level in mind. The air purifiers in our assortment are divided into the 3 categories silent, regular, and loud. These categories are based on the maximum noise level of the air purifier in the highest setting. In a low setting, the air purifier makes less noise.