Stuff Gadget Guide - UK - Issue 5 (2022-01)

The ionising ingester

LightAir CellFlow Mini 100

This portable purifier is discreet enough

to pop on a shelf next to your ‘Batman on

the toilet’ themed action figure collection...

and like the much more elegant but also

much pricier IonFlow model, it uses

ionisation to suck the tiniest pollutants

out of the air with near-silent efficiency.

£129 / lightair.com

The humid hero

Boneco H300

It’s not quite Alpine air, but Boneco’s box

is packed with Swiss-designed smarts

to purify and humidify the air in your

home. Set your ideal levels in the app, and

the H300 senses relative moisture before

automatically adjusting its evaporator to

maintain your chosen level.

€380 / boneco.com

The house hooverer

Vax Pure Air 300

Capable of filtering spaces up to 120m², this

tower is fit for a wannabe fresh prince of

swell air. Installed in your palatial pad, the

cylinder can process up to 428m³ of air

per hour (translation: a lot), while its 360°

filter claims to remove up to 99% of

airborne allergens.

£280 / vax.co.uk

The bug blaster

Dyson Pure Hot+Cool

Blowing hot and cold isn’t traditionally a

positive trait, but Dyson’s bladeless blower

changes that. No indecisive oscillator,

it projects 290 litres of purified air per

second at your chosen temperature, while

activated carbon filters aim to eliminate

99.95% of pollutants.

£549 / dyson.co.uk

The sniffing sentry

Philips Series 800

Protecting you from unexpected pollution,

this filter has an auto-purification sensor

to detect even the smallest changes in air

quality, cranking things up to tackle fresh

dust you’d otherwise inhale. It claims

to remove 99% of bacteria, 99.5% of

nano-sized particles and 99.9% of viruses.

£130 / philips.co.uk

The eggy eradicator

Bionaire Designer BAP600-060

An actual egg is unlikely to improve the air

quality in your home, but Bionaire’s ovoid

purifier claims to remove 99% of airborne

particles – including smoke, pollen, dust and

mould spores – from rooms up to 30m².

It uses a long-life HEPA filter and features

a built-in blue nightlight.

£75 / bionaire.com

With his flat full of farts

after another day of social

distancing, Chris Rowlands

swaps Lynx Java for a filtration

system to cleanse the

particles causing his

home to hum

The whiff whisperer

Blueair Blue Pure 411

Good for spaces up to 15m², the

411 activates every 12 minutes and a 360°

air intake means you can stick it wherever

you please. The option to switch its fabric

wrapper – also a pre-filter – means there’s

a hue to suit every room, and at just 17dB

it’s whisper-quiet.

£135 / blueair.com

The soothing snoozer

Levoit Vista 200

When is a purifier not a purifier? When it’s

also a nightlight. Tap the top of Levoit’s

cleansing tube and it glows a soothing

shade to help you nod off. Naturally it takes

care of purification too, with assorted filters,

fan speed settings and timers to deliver

clean air on demand.

£90 / levoit.com

1 Get a HEPA grinder

In the world of air purification, high-efficiency

particulate air (HEPA) is the benchmark. A true

HEPA filter removes at least 99.95% of tiny

particles from the air.

2 Filter your options

All purifiers have an activated carbon filter to

tackle bad smells and gassy pollutants. These

need to be switched periodically, so check the

cost of swaps.

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