Alen BreatheSmart 45i Quiet, Big Room Air Purifier, Plus Extra HEPA Filter

If your square footage exceeds the listed square footage for your air purifier, it can still clean your room, but the rate at which it can do so decreases. When the air exchanges per hour drop to a certain point, you won’t be receiving all of the benefits of allergen-free, breathable air. For optimal performance, a good rule of thumb is to find an air purifier that can cover more than the square footage of your room. Beside this, Are more expensive air filters better than cheap ones? More expensive filters will cost more not only at the register but also when paying energy bills. Conversely, the more expensive one will filter more and provide better air quality.

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To get the purifier up and running is ridiculously simple. Once everything is unwrapped, open the front hatch via the air inlets on the side of the machine and slot in the HEPA filter, with the pre-filter facing towards you. Then once connected to mains, hit the power button and you’re alen breathesmart good to go. Although its price comes in at the higher end of the mid-range market, you’ll struggle to find another purifier for under $450 that boasts 5 air changes per hour in an 800 sq. Ft room with a CADR rating of 245, along with the real-world performance to back it up.

Thankfully, manufacturer provides detailed specifications on Alen BreatheSmart 75i airflow at different speeds. With two wheels at the back and a hidden handle, I can quickly move the purifier around the room without lifting it. What I like most about the design are the nine customizable front panel options, which allow me to match my room interiors. 10) Thanks to its easy-handle system, this air cleaner can be effortlessly moved from room to room as needed, and can even be transported from location to location with little hassle. 9) Just about anyone can easily operate the air cleaner’s simple digital display and intuitive touch-button controls.

For our latest review, we’ve turned to the Austin-based air purifier manufacturer Alen, to put the BreatheSmart 45i through its paces. Alen are widely regarded as one of the top innovators on the market, creating high-performing purifiers and long-lasting filters. If the circle is red, you have ‘dirty air’ or poor air quality.

This is an enhanced 3-layer carbon filter that works well to work against pet odor and dander . The H13 HEPA filter eliminates about 99% of allergens in the air. In addition, the optional odor combined with a smoke filter removes toxins and other pollutants. The filter system lasko pedestal fans is so fine that it can obliterate particles that are bigger than 1 micron, giving me more reasons to favor this purifier. To go along with its sleek and stylish design, this air purifier is available in 14 different color palates to match almost any setting it’s placed in.

It’s portable, so if you have a large area you can put it on one side of the room for a while and then the other side for period of time. The Alen BreatheSmart i75 completes air exchanges of up to 1300 square feet approximately two times per hour, according to the manufacturer. The ionizer is excellent when you need to get rid of airborne particles. While this unit is CARB approved, you don’t want to run this all day and night.

Testing performed by our experts shows air quality decreases significantly after only two hours of turning off your air purifier. We recommend running your air purifier 24/7 to maintain the purest air possible. Filter changes are needed every 6 months when following this recommendation. Intelligent sensor technology always lets you know the status of the air quality around you. If you have poor air quality and are running this air purifier on auto-mode it will be noisy.

Alen’s medical-grade filtration is highly effective thanks to powerful airflow, ensuring pure air for your entire room. In 2018, Alen BreatheSmart Classic was one of the best large room air purifiers. High CADR rating, aesthetic design, the addition of real-time indoor air quality sensors, and the advanced H13 medical-grade filter were great qualities back then. And in case you need air purifier for 1000 square feet room or so, I can recommend you may take a look at the Airdog X8. It costs over $1000, but way more powerful than the 75i. The Tracs company also produces air purifiers for large spaces (schools, hospitals, offices etc.).