Many friends are concerned about the air quality and safety at home, especially after the completion of new home decoration. They are worried about poor indoor air quality, so now when moving into a new home, they will consider using an air purifier.

Some people think air purifiers are useful, but others roast that air purifiers are IQ taxes.

So is an air purifier really useful? After using it myself for a year, I also want to be honest with everyone. Friends who are planning to purchase can refer to these experiences.

Is an air purifier useful? >

I also hesitated for a long time before buying an air purifier. Later, on the recommendation of a friend, I chose an air purifier and have been using it for almost a year now.

After using it for a year, my evaluation of the air purifier is: useful, but not very useful.

Why is an air purifier useful?

Because my husband often smokes at home, every time he smokes in the living room, the air purifier placed in the living room will automatically recognize it and turn on high power for air purification.

So at this moment, I think the air purifier really played a role.

Why is it said that air purifiers are not very useful?

Although air purifiers have certain functions, after using them, I feel that their usefulness is not very great, and the purification effect is not as good as I imagined.

Because when using an air purifier, I also conducted a test where the air purifier was placed in the bathroom. When my husband took a cigarette out of the bathroom and turned on the air purifier, it took nearly 40 minutes to completely eliminate the smoke smell in the bathroom. During this process, the doors and windows were tightly closed.

It seems that the air purifier has indeed played a certain role in dispersing the smoke smell in the bathroom, but this time is indeed a bit long. If all the doors and windows of the bathroom are opened, the smoke smell in the room will also dissipate after 40 minutes.

So after comparison, I think that although air purifiers have some usefulness, their usefulness seems not very significant, and sometimes even less effective than opening windows for ventilation.

Defects of Air Purifiers

After using my own air purifier for a year, I feel that it is not perfect and has some shortcomings.

Firstly, the cost of using an air purifier is relatively high.

Setting aside the cost of purchasing an air purifier, in the daily use of an air purifier, we also need to purchase and replace some consumables, which also incurs certain expenses.

The consumables inside the air purifier, which are the filter cartridges used, usually need to be replaced every six months or so.

A regular filter can only filter out PM2.5 and PM10, and its price is usually around 100 yuan;

And slightly better types that can filter out pollen and bacteria usually cost around 300 yuan;

Even better, the price of filters that can remove formaldehyde is generally around 800 yuan.

The cost of replacing the filter element each time is also considerable, and if we do not replace the filter element, the air purifier will not only lose its original function, but may also cause secondary pollution to the indoor air, which is also the most distressing problem.

If the filter element of the air purifier is not replaced for a long time, a large amount of dust will accumulate on the filter element, which not only fails to achieve the filtering effect during use, but may also blow the hidden dust and bacteria into the room, causing secondary pollution to the air.

Secondly, there is the issue of noise from air purifiers.

This is a problem that many friends did not consider before purchasing and using air purifiers, and it can also make many friends particularly annoyed.

In automatic mode, the air purifier adjusts the purification speed according to the indoor air quality. If the indoor air quality is not good, the purification power of the air purifier will increase accordingly, which will naturally improve the effect, but the noise will also become higher.

When using an air purifier normally, it may be okay, but once it comes to the noise emitted by the air purifier at night, it may affect our sleep. Even if we turn the air purifier to the lowest level, there will still be some noise.

Write at the end:

After using an air purifier myself, I feel that it actually has certain uses, but the usefulness is not so significant, and the cost required during use is also relatively high. Therefore, everyone should carefully consider before purchasing.