Air Purifiers & Humidifiers Homedics Air Purifiers & Humidifiers You’ll get a good deal when you buy Homedics air purifiers and dehumidifiers online or in store from The Good Guys. The Good Guys’ range of air purifiers and dehumidifiers includes portable and wall mounted dehumidifiers, air cleaners, and replacement filters to maintain your body's wellness and your family’s health for a life well lived by keeping the air in your home clean.Free Standard Delivery on orders over £40 Free Click & Collect from a selected store Next Day Delivery order before midnight Save a total of  £20.00 This purifier from Homedics boasts an easy remote control with a choice of three settings. It uses HEPA filtration to remove up to 99% of airborne particles and allergens, such as bacteria and dust mites, while UV-C light actively removes bacteria, mould, fungus and viruses from the air. How to get this item Sunday to Friday - order by 9pm Saturday - order by 6pm

Monday to Sunday - order by midnight Show countries and charges Show full delivery details How to return this item Related to this itemHoMedics Professional HEPA AR-10A-GB Air Purifier The HoMedics Professional HEPA air purifier AR-10A-GB is one of three air purifiers offered by HoMedics, retailing at £99.99 (incl. VAT) and as such is the cheapest unit in the HoMedics range. The HoMedics professional HEPA air purifier uses two filters: a pre-filter which is washable and a mechanical HEPA-type filter. X Very basic functions X Filter needs to vacuumed every 4 weeks X Less than HEPA performance HoMedics is a privately owned American company, founded in 1987. The company sells various products such as back, foot, and neck massagers, foot baths and humidifiers. In the UK these products are sold through retailers such as Argos, Homebase, Curry’s and Debenhams. At £99.99, the HoMedics Professional HEPA air purifier is the lower end model of their air purifier range.

The mid-range unit (AR-20-GB) sells at £149.99 and the top end model retails at £199.99. The HoMedics AR-10A-GB is very similar to the AR-20-GB, which is suitable for a slightly larger room; despite the size difference, however, the AR-10A-GB and the AR-20-GB have the same basic features. The dimensions of the HoMedics Professional HEPA air purifier are 43cm x 38cm x 22cm and the unit weighs 3.85kg; making the air purifier easy to move around. The unit has three basic functions; an on/off button, a filter life indicator and a dial for the three different speed settings. The unit does not have a remote control, a programmable timer, electronic filter check, or UV light, as the AR-29-GB model does. The pre-filter for the HoMedics Professional HEPA air purifier is washable, and the manufacturer recommends that the filter is cleaned at least once a month. The filter indicator lets you know when to clean the HEPA-type filter, which is every 2,800 hours of use and the HEPA-type filter will need to be replaced every 18 months according to the manufacturer.

Replacement filters for the HoMedics air purifier can be purchased online for £19.99 (inc. VAT). As the back of the air purifier functions as a pre-filter this needs to be cleaned and vacuumed on a monthly basis as it is likely to collect significant amounts of dust overtime.air duct cleaning tulsa cost The HoMedics Professional HEPA air purifiers are primarily advertised towards people suffering with allergy. bionaire® air purifier reviewAs the manufacturer says the air purifiers “reduce the sufferer’s exposure to airborne pollen”[1], and that they “remove up to 99% of airborne contaminants like allergens, pollen, smoke and dust”[2]. costco com air purifierThe manufacturer markets the unit to be a “super quiet operation for bedrooms” and boasts an “ultra slim design”[3].

The manufacturer also claims that the “cleanable HEPA filter will last 5x longer than conventional filters” if the filter is vacuumed every month[4]. The HoMedics Professional HEPA air purifier is made out of a greyish plastic and may not appeal to someone who is looking for a more modern look. The unit is basic and only offers three options: the power on/off button, clean filter indicator and the speed settings. The HoMedics Professional HEPA air purifier operates by drawing the air in from the back of the unit and then releasing the filtered air through the top. The HoMedics air cleaners control panel sits on top of the unit and covers the outflow. Thus, protecting the inside of the air purifier from collecting dust when the unit is turned off – which is good. We also like that the control panel has a curved design, which makes it easy to clean. To access both filters you need to open the grill plate which is on the back of the unit. This can be a bit tricky to open as you need to pull the tabs on both sides together.

The grill plate is made out of a basic plastic and we have concerns that the tabs that lock the grill to the air purifier will break off after some time from the frequent opening and closing to either change or clean the filters. HoMedics is advertising that their air purifier has a main filter that can be vacuumed. That obviously sounds appealing as it could be a great money saver. But it is very unusual for filters to be designed in this way. One reason is that the suction from the vacuum cleaner will very likely damage the integrity of the filter media. This would result in the filter being less effective and letting pollution pass through it before blowing it back into your environment. The manufacturer states that the HoMedics Professional HEPA air purifier is a HEPA air purifier as it uses a “HEPA” filter as its main filter - even calling the unit “HoMedics Professional HEPA air purifier”. However, a true HEPA filter retains 99.97% of airborne particles at 0.3 microns.

HoMedics, however, admits that their air cleaner has only a 99% filtration efficiency. Therefore, the filter of the HoMedics air purifier is either only a HEPA-type filter (so not an actual HEPA filter) or alternatively the air purifier is not leakage free. Either way we find it very misleading that they have the words “Professional HEPA air purifier” in the title, when the unit – by the manufacturers own admission, does not give a HEPA performance. We also did not like that the HoMedics Professional air purifier does not have any carbon filtration for removing odour, gas and chemical pollution (such as from cigarette smoke for example) from the air. We are therefore also uncomfortable that the manufacturer is marketing the HoMedics Professional HEPA air purifier AR-10A-GB as being good for removing cigarette smoke – as it will not be. Once we turned the unit on we noticed a slight rattling sound, which sounded like there was something scraping against the fan. As the rattling sound did not disappear the unit was deemed defective and we returned it for a new one.

The HoMedics Professional HEPA air purifier has an airflow rate of 140m³/hr on the highest setting. The AR-20-GB model has an airflow rate of 180m³/hr and the HoMedics Tower (AR-29-GB) air purifier has an airflow rate of 215m³/hr. These figures are based on the highest speed setting. We were unable to get any information about the airflow rate for settings 1 and 2.  We contacted the manufacturer, but funnily enough, they said that they did not have that information either… There are also a couple of issues we noticed that we did not like in terms of health and safety. The HoMedics Professional HEPA air purifier for example continued to operate when the back grill and filter was removed, exposing the (still operating) fan. This is a problem as things could get stuck in the fan, damaging the air purifier and making the unit very child unfriendly. When we tested the unit for noise levels on the different settings, the unit is quiet on setting 1. There is not a huge difference in noise levels for settings 2 and 3 – which were both quite audible.