Beko Air Purifier ATP5100I review: Fresh air on a budget

Air purifiers might be expensive. If you happen to don’t wish to spend a whole lot, your choices are restricted.

That’s why we had been pleasantly shocked by the worth of Beko’s air air purifier ATP5100I, which includes a HEPA filter and antibacterial Hygiene Protect. It claims to take away 99.9% of micro organism and viruses from the air – claims which have been examined and endorsed by Airmid Well being Group.

It’s appropriate for a smaller room, akin to a house workplace or bed room. However what’s it like to make use of? We took it residence and examined it to seek out out.

Design and construct

• Round drum design
• Straightforward to wash
• Transportable at 2.34kg

Beko’s air air purifier is just designed and its characteristic set is pretty restricted. There are not any wheels, there’s no distant management, and there’s no air high quality show.

It’s a white cylinder standing 30cm excessive, with a 20cm diameter. There are not any different color choices. The highest plastic part homes the fan and the underside metallic grille sheath covers the filter. It’s simple to wipe clear and straightforward to hoover the highest.

However when you’ve positioned it in a room, you realise there’s plenty of worth in its simplicity. Its form means it has a softer influence on the house than an oblong field and it’s far simpler to place. And it’s not a distracting addition to a room: it’s there to do the job of cleansing air in a room as discreetly as it could possibly.

The shortage of wheels might be drawback for some, but it surely solely weighs 2.34kg – one of many lightest air purifiers we’ve examined. Most individuals will discover it a easy matter to hold it from one room to a different.

It’s appropriate for a 13m² room and it has an 180cm cable, which supplies you plug level flexibility.

The filter

• Washable prefilter
• HEPA 13 filter
• Activated carbon filter

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There are three layers of filtration with an additional ioniser choice. Because the consumption grille is spherical and 360°, the air purifier will pull in air from all instructions. The primary filter layer is a material pre-filter that captures massive particles, hair, and pollen. Usefully, you’ll be able to take away the material from filter drum and wash it. We haven’t seen this characteristic in every other air air purifier, and it provides you extra choices for sustaining your equipment.

The second layer is the HEPA 13 filter. A HEPA 13 filter can take away 99.95% of all particles within the air measuring 0.2 microns in diameter, although that is worst case effectivity, so the filter additionally traps particles smaller than that. Suffice to say, HEPA 13 is a medical grade filter.

Then there’s the carbon filter that removes undesirable odours and VOCs (risky natural compounds) from the air.

You even have the choice of turning on the ioniser utilizing the rocker change contained in the air purifier itself. This characteristic releases damaging ions into the outgoing filtered air and helps to bind collectively airborne impurities to allow them to be extra simply captured.           

To entry the filter set up, merely flip the plastic high to take away it from the physique of the air purifier. You may pull the hole cylinder of the filter out simply, and it’s about 2.5cm thick.

When it’s time to alter the filter, the filter change indicator will illuminate. You should purchase substitute filters for £20 from Beko, which is sweet worth.

Management panel and show

• Contact rim controls
• Timer
• Sleep mode

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In step with the theme of simplicity, the air purifier’s controls comprise three contact icons on its rim. The primary is the facility button, the second is the fan velocity, and the third is the timer, which you’ll be able to set for two, 4 or 8 hours.

The air purifier will activate initially at medium velocity, after which onto whichever velocity was final used.

The sleep mode is activated by urgent the facility icon for 2 seconds; this characteristic merely dims the icon lights when the air purifier is in operation.  

There’s no show panel, nor are there any air high quality indicators.

If air high quality indicators are vital to you, this Beko mannequin received’t be best for you. Nevertheless, Beko’s bigger ATP6100I mannequin has an air high quality site visitors mild indicator. Because of this it’ll offer you a way of whether or not your house air high quality is poor, common or good, relying on the color illuminated on the show. It stands 10cm taller than the ATP5100I and may clear a bigger room – 24m² room with a clear air supply charge (CADR) of 204 – and has an computerized fan velocity setting.

You should purchase it direct from Beko, Amazon or Currys. It has an RRP of £150 however on the time of writing, Amazon has a greater worth.

Or, there are air purifiers with a digital show that can present rather more in-depth details about your house air high quality. You will discover some choices in our round-up of the very best air purifiers we’ve examined. The Jya Fjord is a superb mid-range choice, or for those who can spend a bit extra, take a look at Dyson’s Scorching + Cool Formaldehyde.

Efficiency

• Three fan speeds
• Quiet 33dB setting
• Vital updraught on excessive velocity

To arrange the air air purifier is just a query of taking it out of the field and plugging it in. There’s nothing to unwrap or set up.

When it comes to noise, we discovered the low stage to be extraordinarily quiet, lower than a desktop PC and roughly round 33dB. You may sleep at this setting stage, and, remarkably, the filtered air draught might be felt at 70cm away from the air outlet, and our testers reported a far deeper sleep than regular, waking refreshed and prepared for the day.

The medium setting has a sound stage roughly similar to a dishwasher, however once more it actually pumps out filtered air. We might sense the draught at 140cm. The excessive fan velocity is extra of a washer stage of sound, and the air output is substantial, hitting the ceiling in our testing room.    

We might undoubtedly see how the air purifier will clear a 13m² room shortly. Beko suggests the air purifier will take care of 36m² inside 60 minutes, assuming a room is three metres excessive, and reviews a clear air supply charge (CADR) of 110, though there are not any particular CADR outcomes for smoke, mud or pollen.

Worth and availability

The ATP5100I is offered within the UK and Europe. Sadly, it’s not on the market within the US, however we’ve reviewed loads of air purifiers which can be, in our round-up of the very best air purifiers we’ve examined.

Within the UK, it’s out there direct from Beko, Amazon and Currys. It has an RRP of £100, which is excellent worth for a dependable air air purifier. Nonetheless, on the time of writing, Amazon is promoting it for a lot much less – and we’d suggest snapping it up for those who see it on provide.

Verdict

We actually preferred the Beko ATP5100I. It’s easy, simple to wash and doesn’t have design options that can collect mud. We additionally like its cylindrical form, which simply makes it simpler to discover a spot for in a room. The air output actually has some oomph too, and at last the worth level makes it a strong purchase. For a bed room or residence workplace, it’s ideally suited.

For extra choices and to see all of the air purifiers we suggest, take a look at our round-up of the very best air purifiers we’ve examined.