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(More customer reviews)I think germ guardian makes some very good products. I own a few of their plug in GG-1000 UV germ/odor killers and I like them. I got this unit because it had actual particle filtration and carbon filtration for odor removal. It looks like a great all in one package from a company that is making a decent name for themselves thus far in the all too marketing based field of air purification.
This unit is SMALL, and I mean small.. 8" x 6" x 3.5" It has a TINY air filter with a terribly high price tag to replace. For comparison, many other units which are large and have excellent consumer ratings cost less to replace the filter. The internal UV light is non-replaceable and the company makes no claim towards its longevity. It seems unlikely the light will last more than a few months.
The unit functioned well for a few days but after that its tiny filter became so clogged it barely output any air. The unit is not very quiet like the GG-1000 units when on high speed. Air output on low speed is negligible. In my opinion the unit would be adequate to purify the air volume of a car not a room.
I have owned the unit less than 2 weeks and I just purchased a 3M FAP02-RS to replace it. Hopefully I can take it back to big box mart with the replacement filter I already bought for it. There is no way I will change a filter out every two weeks just to keep it running correctly. Perhaps this is my fault, the size alone of this unit suggests its inability to handle a small bedroom. I had my doubts but I liked the GG-1000s.
Looking at the product description here, it says the filter is washable. Uhm.. it is made out of paper and NOTHING in the documentation (or common sense) suggests washing it. This "Photo-Catalytic Oxidation" is not mentioned anywhere on the product or the parent website. A little excess marketing for the local crowd I guess. In my opinion, its a small fan, a paper filter, and a cheap unreplaceable (magic) light bulb in a unit about the same size as my external hard drive. How much affect do you really think that will have?
It's called a table top air purifier with no real mention of how much it can really handle. I think calling it a dashboard air purifier might be more appropriate. It works a little bit but it truly fell short of my expectations and I doubt I will even waste the electricity on it much longer. You can get a good purifier with a much higher capacity in this price range.
On a final note, UV-C light kills germs at a slow/moderate pace. As I understand it, the air must be in contact with the light for some period of time before it will become effective at killing the bad stuff. A air filter must move large quantities of air through a filter to be effective at physical removal of contaminants. This unit tries to do both and I feel like it is a miss at least for mechanical filtration.
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