If you are prone to sneezing and coughing indoors, the air quality in the home is to blame. The solution? An air purifier for your home! An air purifier is a device that removes contaminated particles from the air and improves indoor air quality.
However, to qualify as efficient, an air purifier not only needs to work well, but it must also be thoughtfully designed and robustly engineered. This means the machine should be powerful enough to clean the air in a room and affordable enough for you to buy. Here is a list of 10 air purifiers currently trending in the market. Factors such as affordability, noise level, and space consumption were taken into account while choosing the products.
1. Coway AirMega 150 (AP-1019C) professional air purifier for home
The Coway AirMega 150 professional air purifier has an intuitive design and superior quality. It features a special green anti-virus HEPA filter that traps 99.99% pollutants and a patented urethane carbon filter that traps formaldehyde, cigarette smoke and bad odour. It is the only air purifier with one-touch filter removal.
Specifications
• Price: Rs. 14, 400
• Floor Area: 355 square feet
• Colour: White
• Control Method: Touch
• Filter Type: Pre-Filter, HEPA and Urethane Carbon
• Noise Level: 22 dB
• Product Dimensions: 25.4 x 42.4 x 52.7 centimetres
• Weight: 6 kg 780 g
2. Acerpure Cool 2 in 1 air purifier and air circulator for home
This air purifier is a good choice if you want to keep your home both cool and clean. It is high on performance and low on energy consumption and delivers filtered air up to 12 metres. Turned-off display and reduced noise make for the ideal environment for a good night's sleep. The device even features a safety lock, so you need not worry about mishandling by pets and children.
Specification
• Price: Rs. 12, 990
• Floor Area: 12 metres
• Colour: White\
• Control Method: App
• Filter Type: Pre-Filter, Activated Carbon, HEPA Plus+ and HEPA 13 main filter
• Noise Level: 25 dB
• Product Dimensions: 25.3 x 25.3 x 57.6 centimetres
• Weight: 6 kg 340 g
3. Reffair AX30 [MAX] portable air purifier for car, home & office
Reffair AX30 removes 99.97% of pollen, dust, odours, cigarette smoke, bacteria, viruses, pet dander and mould spores. Available in a tapered, one-of-a-kind design, this air purifier adds to the comfort of your home and its décor. You can use it as a table-top accessory and accentuate the interiors of your home.
Specifications
• Price: Rs. 2, 469
• Floor Area: 100 square feet
• Colour: Black
• Control Method: Touch
• Filter Type: HEPA
• Noise Level: 35dB
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 7 x 17centimetres
• Weight: 2 kg 400 g
4. Philips AC1215/20 air purifier
This air purifier from Philips has a professional-grade performance, automatically monitoring and purifying the air. With a quiet night auto mode, it becomes an ideal choice for bedrooms. The night-sensing mode assures continuous air quality monitoring and clean air delivery to have an energised sleep at night.
Specifications
• Price: Rs. 8, 799
• Floor Area: 333 square feet
• Colour: White
• Control Method: Touch
• Filter Type: HEPA
• Noise Level: 32 dB
• Product Dimensions: 13 x 21.3 x 8.3centimetres
• Weight: 5 Kg
5. Mi air purifier 3 with true HEPA filter
Available with three filter layers and True HEPA filtration, this air purifier from Mi eliminates 99.97% of air pollutants. You can control it through the Mi home app, which will let you monitor real-time AQI, adjust fan speed and also schedule power easily on the app. It works efficiently in all seasons by eliminating damp smells and smog during the rainy season and dust during the summers.
Specifications
• Price: Rs. 9, 998
• Floor Area: 484 square feet
• Colour: White
• Control Method: Touch and App
• Filter Type: HEPA
• Noise Level: 31 dB
• Product Dimensions: 24 x 24 x 52 centimetres
• Weight: 4 Kg 800 g
6. Sharp room air purifier FP-F40E-W with Plasmacluster™ Ion technology
With a 20-degree air flow, the Sharp FP-F40E-W room air purifier cleans and purifies the air right from the floor to the roof. The device collects dust at lower levels of a room and decreases static electricity for effective cleaning. Its haze mode is specifically designed to do away with high pollutant levels.
Specifications
• Price: Rs. 11,990
• Floor Area: 320 square feet
• Colour: White
• Control Method: Touch
• Filter Type: Activated Carbon
• Noise Level: 49 dB
• Product Dimensions: 20.9 x 38.3 x 54 centimetres
• Weight: 4 Kg 700 g
7. Acerpure pro Air purifier for home
This air purifier delivers filtered fresh air with a CADR (Clean Air Delivery Rate) of 324 Cubic Metres per Hour. Its whisper-quiet operation creates a perfect environment for sleep at night. The device has a safety lock, an LCD and a smart sensor feature, ensuring automatic air purification regulation.
Specifications
• Price: Rs. 9, 990
• Floor Area: 320 square feet
• Colour: White
• Control Method: App
• Filter Type: Activated Carbon, HEPA Plus+, HEPA 13 and Pre-Filter
• Noise Level: 56 dB
• Product Dimensions: 25.3 x 25.3 x 57.6 centimetres
• Weight: 4 Kg 220 g
8. Philip high-efficiency air purifier AC2887/20
Perfect for large rooms, the Philips AC2887/20 comes with an air purifying coverage of 333 m3/per hour. With three layers of filtration, this air purifier can capture the minutest of particles and remove 99.99% of aerosols and bacteria from the air. Its smart light control helps you minimise light disturbance at night.
Specification
• Price: Rs. 14, 499
• Floor Area: 420 square feet
• Colour: White
• Control Method: Touch
• Filter Type: HEPA
• Noise Level: 19 dB
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 14.1 x 22 centimetres
• Weight: 7 Kg 700g
9. Blue star AP420OAN room air purifier
This Blue Star room air purifier uses highly advanced auto-sensor technology to quickly detect and monitor the presence of harmful airborne pollutants in closed environments. It also has a UV-based Microbe Sterilise technology that absorbs and deactivates harmful pollen, bacteria, dust mites and moulds present in the air.
Specifications
• Price: Rs. 10, 450
• Floor Area: 55 square feet
• Colour: White
• Control Method: Touch
• Filter Type: HEPA
• Noise Level: 25 to 45 dB
• Product Dimensions: 18.5 x 34.5 x 49.5 centimetres
• Weight: 5 Kg 500 g
10. Proscenic A9 air purifier for home
The Proscenic A9 air purifier for home features four-stage smart air purification technology that filters out airborne pet dander, pollen, smoke and allergens in the most effective manner. This free-standing air purifier comes in a white finish and black top with five backlit buttons for auto mode, child lock, power, shutdown timer and fan.
Specification
• Price: Rs. 12, 990
• Floor Area: 2,904 square feet
• Colour: White
• Control Method: Voice and App
• Filter Type: HEPA
• Noise Level: 24 dB
• Product Dimensions: 26 x 26 x 52 centimetres
• Weight: 5 Kg
Best 3 important features for consumers
Best value for money
The Acerpure Cool 2 in 1 air purifier for home is the best value-for-money product in this list because of its many features within an affordable range. It offers air purifying and circulating services, which even the most popular air purifiers cannot do. This air purifier is great for Rs. 12, 990, especially if you want HEPA-enabled air purifiers.
Best overall
Overall, you might not be a fan of the Honeywell Air Touch HAC35M1101G Room Air Purifier design, but in terms of ease of use and performance. You will surely love this product. After all, you need a device that is easy to operate and performs effectively; on both counts, the Honeywell air purifier does the job.
How to find the best air purifier for a room?
To zero in on the best air purifier for your room, consider the following factors:
• Filtration: Most top-performing air purifiers for rooms use standard HEPA filters and mechanical filters with a dense web of fine fibres to trap airborne particles. The HEPA filters use fine mesh to capture 99.97% of particles, measuring a minimum of 0.3 microns. The bottom-line advice is to use air purifiers that feature true HEPA filters.
• Coverage Area: Air purifier manufacturers generally list the amount of space their purifiers may cover. You might find several areas listed, like one for coverage offered in hours and another for coverage offered in square feet. In hours, choose those with lower numbers; in square feet, choose the higher numbers. This is because you require a purifier that offers instant purification while covering a large area.
Best air purifier for room price list
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