1000i SeriesAir Purifier

[Employee of philipsglobal] This Air Purifier has been incredibly valuable to my dog and myself. We have horrible air conditions around the region and the 3 air purifiers I own have saved us. These are not for huge rooms but I do have 3 in my living room (and move 1 to my bedroom) which really help out. I have had no coughing or allergies from the horrible smoke we have seen this year here in Washington State.

[Employee of philipsglobal] I have owned this air purifier for several months now. We have several dogs and most of the family struggles with allergies. I have definitely noticed a difference in my allergies!

Great at filtering combined with a remarkably good air quality sensor. I have multiple other air quality sensors inside and outside my home (Kaiterra, Purple Air, Eve, Netatmo) and this does a very good job of seeing PM2.5 and VOC and ramping up the air flow to meet demand. What I’d really like to see is a way to automatically power it down when a nearby door or window is left open. IFTTT or other compatibility would be needed to shut it down. This would be useful to preserve the filter lifespan as this isn’t designed to clean outdoor air, just indoors (when doors are shut or mostly shut). Another way of doing this would be scheduling. You may say that a smart plug would be a way around this but the air quality sensor runs even when the filter is off so I’d lose the alerts that tell me when air quality is really bad. Filters are expensive but that’s the price of any true Hepa filter with GAC. Apparently few of these have sold so there’s only one company selling the filters through Amazon and that’s it. Hopefully they’ll stay supported for a while as I don’t want to replace this quality combined filter and sensor.

Overall, I was a big fan of this product - at least for the first 6 months! It was relatively easy to setup, and I was surprised by the daily fluctuations in air quality and observing when aerosols and other cleaning products triggered was insightful. It transpires our air quality is quite good, so it hasn't been used regularly - it only seems to come on for an hour or so a day (usually when other apartments are cooking and when we're cleaning) However, you need to replace one of the filters every six months, and a second once a year. Neither of which is available (either through Philips or elsewhere). If you fail to replace the filter, the device locks itself down. So now I have an expensive Air Filter that doesn't filter. The filters also retail for quite an expensive price, so this isn't a small investment.