This fan promises to cool you down and clean the air around you

Earnest Mangulabnan-Zabala

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This fan promises to cool you down and clean the air around you
'You can be confident that the air on the opposite side of the room is just as clean as its immediate surroundings'

Dyson first made a splash into our homes by providing us with a product that matched our need to have a household that was as immaculately clean as possible through its revolutionary line of vacuum cleaners.

It therefore comes as no surprise that in their quest for making the cleanest spaces imaginable, they will train their sights on the aspects invisible to the naked eye as well: the quality of the air we breathe.

We know the facts: Living in big cities like Metro Manila is one big breathing challenge, even for those not afflicted with respiratory ailments like asthma. Urban pollution from cars and vehicles remain the biggest culprits and the most visible of these health hazards. Some of us have begun donning gas masks every time we step out of our houses, in a bid to protect our precious lungs.

It turns out that our homes are not free from impurities in the air either. No matter how much we try to keep our indoors free from outdoor particulates, these still find a way in. Indoor pollution is a real thing.

Allergens such as pet dander and pollen from plants and flowers abound. Gases emanating from cleaning products, bug sprays, air fresheners and cooking fumes could be trapped inside your homes making it a respiratory challenge in the long run.

“The problem with the air we breathe is that you are not always able to see it. By the time you notice that the air is polluted, it’s always a bit too late. You already inhaled a lot of the bad stuff,” explains Thomas Ting, Singapore-based Dyson design engineer on the need for a purifier at home.

He was here on a short visit to help launch the latest version of Pure Cool purifying fans.

First introduced in 2015 as the company’s response to address the increasing problem of indoor pollution, Pure Cool comes in two sizes — a large tower format for the floor, and smaller tabletop version for desks.

Among its more recent innovations is the inclusion of a LCD display that shows “not only the amount of pollution but the kind of pollution that’s around you as well.” It has three sensors to do this job.

The purifier has lasers to measure and detect ultrafine particles. Another one monitors volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that usually stem from scented candles, cleaning agents, cooking fumes and tobacco smoke as well as the presence of deadly nitrous oxides from cars and other forms of vehicles. And a third sensor is in place to measure humidity and temperature.

The machine is constantly monitoring its environment for impurities and immediately goes on purifying mode as soon as it detects a need to clean; say when someone opens a door and lets untreated air come in.

Pure Cool claims to “capture 99.95% of particle pollution as small as as 0.1 microns including allergens, bacteria, pollen and mold” via improved filters that include 60% more HEPA media to effectively trap floating matter. Not only that, they have seen fit to split the filters into separate parts: one for particulate media and a carbon filter for the VOCs.

“The reason we split the filters in two is because different people live in different environments. Some environments might be smellier. Some environments might be a little more polluted. So the saturation of one filter over the other might come sooner and therefore can just swap one out without throwing the other one out,” explains Ting.

Typically, the filters need to be replaced every 6 months, assuming it is used every day. Don’t worry about not knowing when it is exactly that the filters need replacement as the machine comes equipped with an app that will help you with the timely upkeep of the filters.

Available in both iOS and Android, the Dyson Link app also remotely gives you a real-time read on the levels of cleanliness, temperature and humidity levels of your home.

Hands up if like me, you initially thought of the Pure Cool and its eye-catching bladeless fans as a cooling appliance from the future. It becomes apparent that this innovative design element is the best way to ensure that clean air is circulated into every corner of the room.

What happens is that dirty air is sucked in by the filter, gets cleaned, goes up into the oscillating bladeless fans which then projects up to “290 liters of purified air per second.”

As part of its commitment to make sure this purifier works in real homes globally, Dyson has evolved its own laboratory test called the POLAR test. Unlike conventional labs that use one sensor and a mixing fan only, their lab installed 8 more sensors.

This set up gives Dyson engineers the capability to read the “purification performance at various spot not just one single spot. You can project for air that’s as far as 5 to 8 meters away, mix the air, pull it back, clean the air,” explains Ting.

What do consumers get out of all this? They get a product that promises to deliver clean air wherever you are in a room.

“You can be confident that the air on the opposite side of the room is just as clean as its immediate surroundings,” says Ting.

Think you’re a good candidate to own a Pure Cool purifying fan but still have lingering questions? Drop by any of the company’s three demo shops at the SM Aura Premier, Greenbelt 5 or the latest one at the Podium. A Dyson expert will help you determine which Pure Cool product best suits your needs.

The Dyson Pure Cool Desktop Purifying fan retails at 34,500 while the Dyson Pure Cool Tower Purifying Fan is at 44,500. – Rappler.com

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