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Elane42

Excellent

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 23, 2018

Bought this beast after the dust from our never ending building work started to get seriously out of hand and was making us ill. We positioned it in the hallway next to the stairwells and, after just a couple of hours, could feel the air improving all over the house. We had our first proper night's sleep for weeks, with no coughing and less wheezing from me and no sniffing or sneezing from the other half. We already have a smaller Vax AP02 in the bedroom and a mini Vax AP01 in the caravan which help me manage my asthma very effectively and I rate both very highly, but we needed something bigger for the rest of the house and the Pure Air 300 is in a different league - simply amazing. It is so quiet, compared to the smaller models and, on night mode, it just whispers, making it easy to ignore and sleep through. I love the way it responds to changing air conditions - every time it detects a wave of dust, or the toxic smoke seeping in from our neighbour's woodburner, it revs up and clears the air in minutes. When the soil pipe was being cut in our bathroom, it eliminated the odour immediately. One small downside is that the dog is getting a complex, as the machine revs up every time she walks past it, however, it has certainly driven the message home to my other half about how much dust he has been carrying around on his DIY clothes. This machine takes up a bit of space as you need to keep a margin around it for it to work properly but it is not unattractive and has serious capacity. Great for large, open plan areas. Very pleased with this purchase and the delivery was very quick and efficient.

37 people found this helpful

Oli

Helps make room feel fresher in smokey house

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 16, 2016

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I have had this running in my bedroom for 2 months now. I bought it as my housemates smoke in the house (I hate the smell) and to help with my hayf ever in the Summer.

I leave it in auto mode during the day and night mode whilst I'm sleeping. Whilst in sleep mode you really can't hear it and it's not a problem at all, obviously it's not very powerful running at such a low speed, but it's nice knowing that the airs still getting cleaned whilst you sleep.

In auto mode it's very quick to react to changes in environment. The moment I open my bedroom door (allowing the polluted air into my room) the light turns red and you can hear the fan rev into maximum mode. When it't going at it's highest it is really quite loud and you would need to turn the TV up if you were in the same room.

What effect has it had? Well, the moment I walk into my room I can tell the difference in the air quality - it just seems cleaner and fresher, which is exactly what I was aiming for (I still open my windows for 15 minutes most mornings to let new air in as this machine can't magically produce fresh air! it just cleans the air that's in the room)

In terms of appearance, it looks a bit like a kitchen bin and it's quite light so easy to move from room to room. Personally I like the look of it. It's worth noting that the air intake is at the front and the back (and the air quality sensor is on the back), so pushing it right into a corner is going to decrease its performance a little - I have mine about 20cm away from the wall.

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Sally R

Great for Renovations

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 2, 2018

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I bought this machine 1 1/2 years ago. We purchased a house that need gutting downstairs and we "camped" upstairs. The dust was HORRENDOUS! My allergies were even worse. After plugging this big boy in it took a few hours for the red light to go off but the air felt cleaner and my allergies cleared up after a few days. He was a godsend. The bad news...he's BIG, he takes up a lot of room and he's difficult to hide away. The worst news...the filters are expensive! Buying him was the best investment ever but I haven't purchased a new filter yet. He has been sitting behind my bedroom door for about 6 months because the old filter now stinks of dust. I'm going to splash out on a new filter today and I'm honestly very excited to get him out again!

9 people found this helpful

Womble

Very effective particulate filter

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 20, 2017

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Bought this on the strength of a Which? review, plus others' comments. I don't find it excessively noisy, even on the highest setting, although you certainly know it's running then. At the lowest levels it's almost silent. The sensor is located at the back of the machine, and air intakes are front and back, so sometimes it's not as quick to ramp up if the dust etc. is directional from the front. If left on auto in a dusty atmosphere, or where there's a draft, it can ramp up and down quite frequently - I tend just to put it on the middle setting if this happens. It clears particulates (e.g. smoke) very quickly and effectively, but it won't work on cooking smells - or rather, it will remove the smoke but vaporised cooking oil can taint the filter (so you get the smell of cooking next time you use it!) The only real drawback I've found with the unit is that it is very light and easy to knock over, being fairly tall - I wouldn't use this unsupervised where there are young children or pets.

5 people found this helpful

Excellent air purifier for people with dust mite allergies

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 4, 2020

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This is an excellent product for people with dust mite allergies. I have both the 300 and the smaller 200 model (one for the bedroom and one for the living room). It is very quiet during normal operation, and it can get even quieter in night mode where the light also is barely noticeable. It also has a remote and the HEPA filter can be easily changed.

When the purifier detects something harmful in the air and it is in automatic mode, then the circular light turns red and it starts filtering the air with a lot more intensity and gets noticeably loud, which is a good thing, because it notifies you to open a window and clear the air. This however can be changed manually or via the remote. The filter can be replaced after few months, at which point you realise how much dust the filter removes from the air. The white filter becomes brown from dust.

JMorris

Not a product I could recommend - the noise is really, really, REALLY annoying

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 24, 2020

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*** Updated Nov 2020 - The unit has become noisier over time (which I didn't think was possible) and there are currently no replacement filters available. I rarely used this device due to the noise - leaving it on in the kitchen after cooking is not an option, as it can be heard over the TV in another room.
Also worth noting that it is no longer possible to buy replacement filters, and no generic cheaper versions have ever been available that I am aware of.
This unit is headed for the recycling centre.
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Having purchased this Feb 2019, I have had the product for almost 18 months.

On the plus side, it does appear to be really good at removing particulates from the air - I can't say how scientifically effective it is, but I replace the filter every 3-6 months (usually 3 months), and the filter is very visibly dirty, which I take to be a positive.

On the downside, my main issue with this is, if you leave it on auto (which you would expect it the most appropriate setting), the changes in speed are ANNOYING - when running at the standard (normal) setting then the noise/pitch is something you can tune out, but the stage between normal and high (which is very noisy) is not something you can block out, especially when the speed can change every 10 seconds or so (and can vary, so auto means there are inbetween speeds between normal and high above what you can manually set), thus the high pitched running noise with a constantly varying pitch means you either end up switching the unit off, or switching it back to standard ... which seems to defeat the object.

Over the past year the change in pitch/noise has definitely become more noticable, but there does not appear to be any way I can clean or change anything other than the filter itself. In the last month, nearly 18 months after purchase, I have got the point where I have tried spraying WD40 into the unit (without a filter) to see if this can aid/dampen the noise of the fan/motor, but it doesn't appear to have made any difference. The high pitched whinning is still present.

So, overall, whilst the product appears to be effective, I have to say that after 6-12 months, the high pitched squeal, made worse by the variating pitch of the automatic mode, means this is not a product I can recommend, and I am now looking for alternatives. Maybe the bearings have gone on my device, but with a usage of 3-10 hours per day I would not expect this to be an issue.

But you decide! My video is of the unit in the low setting, then I switch it to medium and then auto (the two beeps you hear) which mean because of the amber light it moves to medium, then high on red, then back to medium. It does this often, so the change in pitch is frequent (in my experience) and yes, I have cleaned all the sensors but it still changes speed very frequently. (The high and low setting are easy to block out, its the medium one that grates for me!). I suggest turning your volume up when listening to the video, as this is what is sounds like when you are next to it - make you own decision.

(For sleep mode, this is very quiet - though the fan must be running so slowly I have to wonder how effective it is).

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Ste

This actually works

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 26, 2019

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When you search 'air purifier' on amazon you will see a wide range of cheaper products. Most if not all will come with a HEPA filter - the all important specialist filters that can remove microscopic particles from the air.

The problem with most of the cheaper models is that they either dont specify a CADR rating on their ability to remove dust and pollen etc, or they have a low rating - rendering them useless for all but small sealed bedroom use.

This Vax model comes with a CADR rating and its one of the highest of any of the models available to date across all fields (pollen, dust). It is also suitable for large spaces - 120ms - which is practically a whole house.

One thing to note though is that the high CADR rating will presumably have been measured with the unit on 'high' mode - which is 'very' noisy. This may be fine if you position the unit in a part of your home where the noise will not be as intrusive - in theory as long as your windows are closed and internal doors open it will still recirculate the air in your home, as its powerful enough.

The alternative for those who want to use this overnight in bedrooms is to close your bedroom door and window and have this on low mode (there is a night mode but the air flow is so low i question whether this actually does anything). Low mode is quiet enough to sleep yet still effective in an enclosed room.

I have this in my kitchen, with the ioniser function enabled. I have a cat and find using this regularly (as in few hours a day) on auto mode keeps the dust and cat hair levels from the air down (you can see it when a beam of sunlight comes through the window - there is a noticeable difference in bits floating in the air).

The filters on this model are ridiculously expensive though. Vax really should fix this as their main competitor (e.g. philips) filters are cheaper.

So all in all I would recommend this model if you want a reasonably priced unit which actually works. Beware the cheaper models on amazon and always check the CADR rating and room space they're designed for vs the use you want it for in your home.

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Russell

Hmmm...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 24, 2020

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Bought this in late December 2019 primarily to help freshen up our bedroom as we seem to have a rather dry, stale quality of air in there. Worth adding we're non-smokers & don't have pets allowed in our bedroom, we just seem to sleep better having the window open when fresher air can circulate the room, so we thought having a fairly higher-end purifier in the room would help increase the air quality... but I have to say if it has, we haven't really noticed.

Firstly, it's worth mentioning how big the unit is... although we were expecting that. It's not the most inconspicuous thing in the World and you generally have to engage in doing the 'Purifier Waltz' at least a couple of times a day, moving it around the room hither & thither!

Secondly, I was a little disappointed with just how noisy the sleep setting is... granted the actual volume isn't the loudest, but the volume seems to constantly go up & down (as if it's getting to a level and then go back down), which is waaaay more annoying that it just being a constant level. You get into hearing it whilst trying to sleep, and are anticipating the changes in sound - very annoying & it certainly didn't work for us.

So we keep it on a low setting all the time which is far more pleasant and offers a nice white noise to sleep too... however as it's classed as 'normal mode' you can't dim the lights (which happens in sleep mode automatically) so we had to fashion a cover to slide over the top of the lights to stop the room from lighting up green - again not a massive issue, but given you're spending a decent amount of money on a well-known branded product you shouldn't have to fabricate a makeshift cover to stop something from happening which is pretty common.

It's been on fairly constant for 9 months now and we haven't had a filter warning - it's been hoovered several times and that seems to have kept it clean, so even though it's not a reusable filter we seem to have gotten around that issue by making it reusable!

So rounding up... does it actually work? Hmmm... not sure, you get a nice stream of air coming out of the top of the unit, but for us it definitely hasn't brought that really nice fresh feeling to the room we were after - perhaps we were expecting more than possible.

7 people found this helpful

honestK

Not sure it's working after 3 months

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 1, 2022

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So we purchased this in the summer due to hayfever issues and it worked amazing. Definitely saw an improvement. Thought it was worth every penny.

After 3 months a red light kept coming on...which is supposed to indicate the air is bad. However, nothing had really changed. We kept house clean and no pets.

We hoovered the clean looking filter. Read reviews that said filter often needed changing. So we turned it off and left it for a couple months until we got a new filter. Filter swapped and the red light still came on all the time.

Rung Amazon support who told us to hold in the "filter" button on the front for 5 seconds. It flashed and then the light went green.

Although it's green now and again. It still appears red pretty often. It never did before.

Going to keep it on again and see how we all feel with it back on and how the light seems.

After the money it cost, I definitely didn't think I would need to buy a £50 filter after just 3 months of use.

Purchase with caution. When it works, it's amazing!

Nigel Thomas

A very efficient hepa filter unit

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 22, 2021

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I bought this VAX HEPA filter unit cheaper from Amazon warehouse. It came in its original box but sadly it was minus the remote control and user manual. This is not a problem however because the unit is very easy to use. The unit has a very large HEPA filter in the base, and a very powerful fan to pull air through the filter. The unit is silent in operation unless the higher two speeds are selected, in which case it becomes very noisy but also very powerful.

Normally it is just left in automatic mode, so that when it detects a high level of airborne contaminants the unit reacts to this and automatically Increases the fan speed.

I am very happy with my purchase and would thoroughly recommend.

This was a “Which?” Best Buy a few years ago, but now “Which?” say that there are better units on the market. The VAX unit is a must for allergy sufferers.

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