AX7 Air Purifier
The best thing in my life.…
20/05/2022 14:24
The packaging is great, as expected. Very nice box, with good access to the item and reasonable protection.
I realised it's quite a large purifier in the end. The difference is most of these devices have a cylindrical shape and therefore take even more space (with space also required around them). This purifier looks more like a suitcase - that's how I called it in the app! My second choice was 'amp', because it reminds me of a relatively thin guitar amplifier.
The shape is very modern though. Nice round edges, huge front bracket covered by quality light grey material. Very unobtrusive but visible AEG logo at the top adds to elegance. There's almost nothing at the back apart from a handle, which turned out to be a hanger - because you can hang it on a wall. You even get a small metal bracket for this in the set. You also get a pair of easy screwable legs, to make it stand securely on the floor.
The top has a touch control panel. You have an on/off button, the mode button and a bar for setting the fan speed. There's also a Wifi icon and one for ionizer, as well as a bar that changes colours from red to green to indicate the level of air pollution. Finally you have a removable leather handle in a questionable but strangely matching pink.
You get two work modes: manual and smart. In manual you are the master deciding on how intense you want your purifier to clean the air. In smart the purifier takes control and based on the range of sensors adjusts the speed. In both settings you can enable or disable the ionizer.
How does a purifier work? The heart of the system is the front of the device, which hides a double filter under the easily removable front plate. It's inside when you take the device out of the box. You have to take it out before 1st use though - both parts are wrapped in protective foils which should be removed. One is a white filter similar to car air filter. The other one is a black plastic frame with lots of honeycomb holes with what looks like small pieces of carbon inside. They are of course protected from falling out by a small net. You also have some blue plasters around the whole item that hold different parts of the device while in the box. They also need to go.
Once the filters are unwrapped, they go back in the same place you got them out of. The direction is marked on each. I would then recommend to install the app.
You need to create an account, but it's a quick and simple process. Then you set up Wifi connection (again simple) and off you go. The operation is really simple. You have the 'Turn on/off' button and the information about the percentage of filter use. When you switch it on, as default it starts in smart mode. The ionizer is off but you can switch it on - as long as you don't unplug the device, it will remember the setting.
Underneath you get lots of stats about air quality. Some update very quickly and some take a while. They refer to different size of polluted particles in the air that have different levels of acceptable density.
The ionizer I mentioned a few times helps attracting pollutant particles to group together, by emitting ions into the air. Other options in the app include a decent scheduler and feed, which is basically a summary of each activity when the item was on.
So does this purifier make a difference? Is it a true item or just a gimmick? It's much easier to answer this question if you have allergies or suffer from breathing difficulties. In general the quality of air indoor for your household will most likely be very good or good. But using air fresheners, more intensive cooking or keeping your space unventilated for a while, may cause the stats to go all the way to red. Again is it a bad thing? Not for a typical person probably, but I'd like my air quality to be the best it can be. It helps with sleeping, not getting allergies and it also gets rid of odours (slowly but surely).
The unit isn't cheap. £400 is a considerable expense. But air purifiers are generally quite costly. The main advantages of this item over other ones is the size and portability, including the ability to be hung on the wall. The smart mode and the wifi app work very well and are simple to use. It's also really quiet - in smart mode you hardly hear it. I can recommend it to run overnight in your bedroom. The filter takes 12 months before you need to replace it. This is good as many other purifiers need this investment after only 6 months. The price of replacement isn't going to give you a massive headache either. And finally this purifier looks really good.
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Crawley , Spojené království
Age: 41
Gender: Female