If fresh, clean air is a priority for you (and let’s face it, if it’s not, then it should be), then you’ll be interested in The Pure Company Large Room Air Purifier. It captures pollen, allergens, pet dander, and dust, it’s quiet, and it can even enhance your room’s environment with 100% Pure Essential Oils added in its special port.
Able to handle a room up to 750 square feet at 2 air exchanges per hour, the Large Room Air Purifier is made to look good while working efficiently.
The Pure Company Large Room Air Purifier’s features include:
- Activated Carbon Pre-Filter traps dust and eliminates odors
- True HEPA Filter removes 99.97% of air particles as small as 0.3 microns
- CADR of 205
- 360-degree filter design cleans large rooms from every direction
- Six cleaning timer settings have auto shut-off at end of the cycle
- Auto clean mode adjusts fan speed automatically based on the laser PM2.5 air quality sensor
- 24/7 color-changing light feature indicates air quality cleaning levels
- A whisper-quiet fan offers four manual speed settings, including light- and noise-reduced Sleep Mode
- Includes auto-alert for True HEPA Filter replacement
- Mess-free aromatherapy pad included for use with our 100% Pure Essential Oils
The Large Room Air Purifier measures 24.2″ tall by 10.8″ wide, and it weighs about 15 pounds; it’s comprised of three main parts: the Body, which includes the aromatherapy port on top, the control panel, the air outlet, the air quality light ring, and the air quality sensor; the carbon pre-filter combined with the True HEPA Filter; and the Base which has an integrated lock. The air purifier’s body is composed of marshmallow (off-white) colored plastic; the base and top are composed of a muted matte gold-colored plastic. As is, it looks great, but you can also purchase wraps to completely change the looks if marshmallow is too stark for your room.
There is an approximately 7′ long thick, white braided fabric wall plug coming off the back. Those little vents that you see on the back belong to the air quality sensor.
On the top of the air purifier, there is a white aromatherapy port and five large icons, most of which are buttons.
The first is the Light button; you can press it to control the brightness of the air quality light ring and control panel lights with four options: Light ring: dim/control panel: dim, light ring: off/control panel: dim, light ring: off, control panel: off, and light ring: bright/control panel: bright. This is a great addition because if you are using the Large Room Air Purifier in a bedroom, the fewer lights the better. I’ll talk about the light ring and what it indicates later in this review. The light ring, which glows just under the top of the unit lets you know which cleaning mode your air purifier is in. A clear, or white light, means “all clean!”, a blue light means you are in light cleaning mode, a purple light means regular cleaning mode, and a pink light means the air purifier is in super-cleaning mode.
The Air Speed button controls the fan speed when your Large Room Air Purifier is turned on: level A is auto mode, level 1 is slow, level 2 is medium slow, level 3 is medium fast, level 4 is fast, and sleep mode is when the air purifier is set to low and all lights are off for 8 hours.
The Timer button chooses the cleaning length cycle, once you’ve turned the air purifier on, you can set it to 2,4,6,8,10, or 12 hours. The timer light will show you how much time is remaining in the cycle in two-hour increments, and the air purifier will turn itself off once the cycle is complete.
The Filter icon has a small LED at the top which will glow red when your True HEPA Filter needs replacing, but you should check the black carbon pre-filter once a month to see if it is gray from dust and debris; if it is, you should replace it. You can order replacement filters individually or as sets from the Pure Company. The carbon pre-filter replacements are $18 each, the True HEPA Filter replacements are $58, and a full filter replacement set (which includes one carbon pre-filter, a True-HEPA Filter, and a fresh aromatherapy pad for the port on top) is $78. The Pure Company also offers a 6-month replacement filter subscription service that might come in handy if you are running the air purifier all the time.
The last button is Power, which simply turns the air purifier on or off.
I should mention that each time each of these buttons is pushed, you’ll hear a chime.
Before you use the Large Room Air Purifier for the first time, you’ll need to detach the body from the base to remove the plastic bag wrapped around the filters. The base lock, on the back bottom of the air purifier, slides to the right to unlock and to the left to lock. Once you’ve removed the plastic and set the filters back on the base, you can put the body of the air purifier back on and lock things down.
With a distinctive new way to achieve fresh, clean air, our Large Room Air Purifier is a whisper-quiet solution for your home’s impurities. First, an odor-killing Activated Carbon Pre-Filter captures pollen, allergens, pet dander and dust. Next, a True HEPA Filter removes invisible pollutants and bacteria as small as 0.3 microns. Choose from our 100% Pure Essential Oils to enhance the environment in any room.
If clean air isn’t enough for you, and you want to make your room smell amazing (and promote all those happy feelings you get when smelling something comforting or energizing), you can also opt to put a few drops of 100% pure essential oil on the replaceable aromatherapy pad. You can order various blended and single-scent essential oils from The Pure Company, too. I’ve talked about The Pure Company’s 100% pure essential oils in a previous review; I have the Custom Blend Set, and each of them smells lovely, and they can really set the proper tone for your space.
On Automatic Mode and Level 1, the Large Room Air Purifier is incredibly silent while pumping out clean air. Levels 2 through 4 get progressively louder, but up to Level 3, they are never more than what I’d consider acceptable white noise levels for working or sleeping; up to Level 3, you won’t have to turn your television volume up a notch, if you get what I mean.
Level 4 is quite a bit louder, so you might want to save that for emergencies — like when your dog passes gas, you’ve burnt popcorn, or granddad “forgets” he’s not allowed to smoke in your home and lights up a stogie in the family room. These things happen, as annoying as they may be, but now you can squash their odors quickly.
If the marshmallow white is too plain or simply doesn’t appeal to you, or if you think it won’t look right with your decor, The Pure Company also sells $58 designer wraps which will dramatically change the look of your Large Room Air Purifier.
Here’s how you install them.
Thinking out loud here: If a $58 wrap doesn’t appeal to you, and you are a bit artistic, I think that you could get away with painting or drawing on the outside of the air purifier yourself. As long as you keep any paint or markers away from the air quality sensors on the back, of course. All that white looks like a canvas just begging to be decorated and personalized if you want something wilder than a solid color or marble effect, right? The Pure Company doesn’t mention this or recommend it, and it’s likely that would void any warranties, though, so bear that in mind if you decide to go for it.
The main quibble that I have regarding the air purifier, beyond its price, is that it isn’t smart. There is no app attached to it, so you can’t check air-quality levels in your home when you are away, and you can’t control it with a smart home assistant like Alexa, Siri, or Google Home. This probably won’t matter to most people, but it seems like a major oversight on a ~$400 air purifier in 2018 to me.
The Pure Company Large Room Air Purifier is quiet, and it really is a powerhouse; it gets rid of odors quickly, maintains a healthier breathing environment by controlling dust and other funk floating in the air, and its ability to freshen the clean released air with a hint of aromatherapy oil on a replaceable and dedicated filter pad is a welcome bonus. This is one of the best-looking air purifiers I’ve seen or reviewed, and it’s got a permanent spot in my office now.
The Pure Company Large Room Air Purifier retails for $399, and it is available directly from the manufacturer. You can also order designer wraps for $58 each.
Source: Manufacturer supplied review sample
What I Like: Attractive design that can be personalized with designer wraps; Extremely quiet to operate up to levels 3 and 4; Air quality light ring indicates cleaning modes and can be dimmed or turned off for less light pollution at night or while sleeping; A dedicated, replaceable aromatherapy filter pad allows you to add essential oils for delightfully flavoring the clean air produced by the air purifier
What Needs Improvement: It’s expensive; No app, which means no remote control by smartphone or smart home integration