Personal Air Cleaner Hygia 4.0 Desktop Air Purifiers

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Product Features

• Charcoal filter in personal air purifier removes odors and smoke.
• HEPA filter - captures 99.9% of particles
• PCO filter in personal air cleaner captures and dissolves airborne bacteria and mold.
• Dimensions of air cleaner is Length: 8 inches, Width: 7 inches, Height: 3 inches
• Ionizer in desktop air purifier emits small amount of negative ions to freshen the air

Product Description

Size: Replacement Filter

Product Description
replacement filters for gdt ac4000 includes 1 combo charcoal and hepa filter*

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5 x 5 x 5 inches ; 2.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000ND6E6S
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #149,551 in Home & Garden (See Bestsellers in Home & Garden)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars just too much for one little guy to handle..., June 16, 2008

By	A. Berger (College Station, TX) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good product, September 2, 2008

By	K. adamson "review" (TN) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Like the other reviewer said, this air cleaner isn't good for a bedroom. but it only advertises 100 sq. ft. So I think it performs as stated. If the air filter is clogged you can vacuum it clean. It's suppose to last for 6 months. I bought it for my desk cubicle at work. It works great for that. The replacement filters are high ($20) and I didn't know the UV light wasn't replaceable, so that's why I gave it 4 stars.

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