I grew tired of researching Air Purifiers, found Phillips 3200i on special for AU$365, I am happy with it, it’s over sized for the bedroom, heaps quieter than my old Dyson which now sits in the lounge room.
I had the same question. I just bought the 3200 because of its higher CADR and available reviews, whereas there are very few reviews for the 2200. I like the HouseFresh reviews, and they have reviewed the 3200, which was a point in favor.
I'm not sure if it was the right decision or not, but the 2200's CADR was also just barely large enough to cover my needs, so I figured the 3200 was better for my specific situation.
The design of the 3200 is flawed, mixing intake air with the exhaust air.
You can turn a reasonably priced cylindrical air purifier, such as the Philips 2200 into the equivalent of a $4000 smoke extractor. Buy a cheap 1kg netting bag of activated carbon pellets and put it inside the cylindrical filter (wash and dry the bag first). The supplied/replacement filters for any brand aren't great. The main thing when purchasing a purifier is that the fan is quiet and powerful, then just apply that trick. Over a certain price point, you're just paying for brand.
Dyson is the least effective and the most expensive.
You're looking for around 600 CFM total, so 2 of the Philips 3200 should do it, however they would need to be on Turbo all the time which is pretty loud at 53 decibels. On Medium mode it's quiet enough but only produces 170 CFM, so you need 3-4 units to achieve 5 ACH.
Usually air purifiers don't do much from the other room. Is this one large space or is it subdivided into rooms? That will effect how many air purifiers and which exact models.
Avoid the Philips 3400, or any other humidifier that uses warm mist / cool mist / ultrasonic technology. The technology produces large amounts of air pollution (or in the case of the Philips, it clogs its own filter with the pollution it generates).
Hi all,
I’m in the market for an air purifier, and narrowed my search to those 2 - they both seem to fit my needs. And I cannot find any reason for 3200 except that it’s more often recommended…
2200 is cheaper, quieter, consumes less electricity and filter is not only cheaper, but apparently lasts 3 years instead of 1…
Whereas 3200 is just slightly better in parameters.
Can anyone here tell me if I’ve missed something that 2200 doesn’t have? Cause it seems too good to be true. Looking forward to hearing your insights!
You do have some compelling arguments here if I’m being honest… I was so happy to have narrowed down my search to only those 2, but now I think I might have to rethink it, cause it will almost certainly have to be against the wall anywhere we place it
Edit: actually I just note that 2200 has a vertical outflow, which might actually help a lot with decision making
It might have to be closer to the wall than 20cm, but that’d be just one side though. As for the above limitations - there won’t be a problem with that at all. Here (Europe) the only bad smell we get are neighbors smoking in a flat below ours, so I hope this will remedy that a little, but tbh it’s just an added bonus. The most important factor would be to well… purify the air lol; a friend living close to us got one, and said the air from the outside is really bad in the winter months (or at least his purifier shows that).
We were actually close to buy a Dyson, but decided to do some research first, and I’m glad we did, but boy.. I was not expecting so many options.
I think Philips is a good brand, and I don’t expect them to completely stop producing filters just like that.
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