At home, the air we breathe can be five times more polluted than outside. Between yet another wave of Covid and a polluting heat wave, a home purifier is proving to be particularly useful today.
In town, ventilating your home is not enough. Quite the contrary! This sometimes even contributes to bringing in allergens and replacing harmful particles with others. And that is normal. In case of high temperatures, it is worse. Because who says heat peak almost always says pollution peak. Hence the usefulness in this viral time of using an air purifier, which will help clean up the environment. Sometimes even automatically, as on some high-end devices. Here are three models to breathe healthier air during the summer.
DYSON PURIFIER COOL FORMALDEHYDE: THE ROLLS OF THE KIND Like everything the Dyson brand does, it’s design and efficient. An elegant tower 109 centimeters high that purifies the air while ventilating from the front. Particularly useful in hot weather. The device works with an app to adjust the power. Why not put it all the time? Because it is not completely silent. But a little noisy means more effective quickly. With a loud noise in the background, it can be operated while being in the room, it will simply take longer to eliminate all the harmful particles present. Even if, in the end, it fulfills its promise at 99.95%.
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XIAOMI MI AIR PURIFIER 3H: FRIEND PRICE Its look is not envious but it exudes efficiency. It has five levels of filtration power, one of which is particularly useful: silent. This allows it to work at night, for example, without disturbing sleep. In addition, it has an “automatic” mode, which is triggered when its sensors have detected too high a concentration of particles in the air. This purifier can also be controlled via an app, to program its ignition one hour before returning home, for example. As for its price, it is fine as a particle.
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PHILIPS 2000, 3 IN 1: ROTARY EFFICIENCY Its name indicates it: its usefulness is threefold. It ventilates, it heats and it purifies. Its small size is both an asset and a weakness. Less imposing than its competitor Dyson, it is therefore more discreet (60 centimeters high) but requires using it longer to eliminate as many particles. Here, no app but a screen of childish simplicity. Three levels of ventilation to cool down and four degrees to vary the oscillation. As for its effectiveness, it can be observed directly. A luminous frieze changes color depending on the quality of the air, from unhealthy red to limpid blue.
AIR PURIFIER MARKET IN FRANCE
1 million euros in 2010
25 million euros in 2016
100million euros in 2020
500million euros in 2025 (estimate)
Source: Interprofessional Federation of Atmospheric Environment Professions (Fimea).