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An air purifier small enough to fit in your pocket, with a purification system that rivals Dyson

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Technology hasn’t just allowed products to grow smaller, it’s made them more powerful too. Your iPhone is a fraction of the size of a landline, but can to a million more things than just make and receive calls. In fact, even air-purifiers have become smaller and sleeker over the years… We just covered a domestic purifier that was as thin as a framed painting a few days back. The 6GCool, however, takes things to a different level. Designed to be the size of a bar of soap, the 6GCool is the world’s first portable air purifier with a patented 4-step purification method. Within its tiny format sits HEPA + Ionizer + UV Light + TiO2 filtering technologies that deliver a focused beam of 99% clean air. And when you’re done, the air-purifier fits right into your pocket!

Call it a weird coincidence that the 6GCool released at a year where air quality and contamination were at their worst levels yet. The designers behind the 6GCool set out to make a product that would serve more of a niche purpose (in polluted cities, or for people with allergies). The product development took a few years, and then the pandemic and wildfires hit around the same time, making the 6GCool more relevant than ever.

You’re probably asking one crucial question though… why do we need a PORTABLE air purifier if we’ve got one at home? Let’s really look at the example I gave you of the iPhone being better than your landline. The same way the smartphone untethers you and gives you the freedom to communicate with anyone anywhere (and not be bound to your landline), the 6GCool lets you take pure air with you. Whether it’s in your car, in a café, in your workplace (which may or may not have an air purifier), or anywhere your at-home purifier doesn’t benefit you. The 6GCool is pocket-sized, but packs a punch, with HEPA and PECO filtration technologies. It comes with a front-facing air-inlet, that pulls air you’d normally breathe into it… and an upward-facing exhaust that pushes pure air towards you, when you carry the purifier on your person by either strapping it to your clothes, holding it in your hand, wearing it around your neck, or suspending it by your shoulder-bag.

Fitted inside the 6GCool is perhaps one of the most interesting pieces of air-purifying innovation yet. The reason I say this is because companies like Dyson are working hard to scale down their tech to a portable format (they’ve patented wearable purifiers but haven’t announced anything yet), although the 6GCool shows that this is, in fact, possible. Fitted with patented HEPA and PECO purification systems, the 6GCool doesn’t just trap particles. It disinfects and sanitizes the air that passes through its filters. The HEPA filters trap microparticles, but that’s just half the story… the PECO (or Photo ElectroChemical Oxidation) purification tech uses a combination of UVA LEDs, Titanium Dioxide plates, and a Negative Ionizer to destroy microorganisms like bacteria and viruses, as well as break apart air-based molds, volatile organic compounds, and odors. While the HEPA filters need replacement periodically, the PECO tech lasts as long as the 6GCool purifier does, working without needing any sort of replacement over periods of time. The purifier runs on a 1450mAh battery which gives it 8 hours of use on a full battery. A MicroUSB port on the 6GCool lets you charge it too, which means you could potentially hook it to your power-bank and run what is officially the smallest, most powerful air-purifying setup… no matter where on earth you are!

Designers: Oliver Lehtonen, Eric Gu, Shing Lo & Thomas To

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6GCool – World’s Smallest High Tech Air Purifier

The 6GCool is a mobile air purifier that uses a patented 4-step filtration process, including HEPA filter, anti-bacterial TiO2 layer, air ionizer, and UV light.

6GCool provides 8 hours of clean air on every charge and is perfect for office, commute, remote work, and travel.

6GCool inhales dirty air from the bottom and releases clean fresh air out from the top, through an adjustable outlet.

6GCool has been tested by renowned independent laboratories to global standards, including particle filtration test PM2.5, PM1.0 and PM0.5 (GB/T 18801-2015). The team has over 30 years of dedication to innovation in air filtration technologies. The 6GCool is the first air purifier to use HEPA filtration together with state-of-art PECO filtration technology.

Instead of cleaning the ambient air around you, 6GCool creates a personal zone of clean air where you need it.

The Science of Clean Air

You already know about HEPA filters. You might have also heard about PECO filtration. They combined the two for the ultimate filtration performance. They call this technology 6G filter (6th generation) technology and they already patented it.

Their H12 grade HEPA filter is the same air filter found in other high-end air purifiers.

PECO technology breaks down the remaining compounds that would otherwise sneak past the HEPA filtration process.

1. H12 HEPA filter: HEPA filter is our first filtration step and already captures the majority of the airborne particles.
2. Titanium Dioxide coating initiates a chemical reaction (with UV-light) which creates mini compounds called hydroxyl radicals. These mini compounds then react with bigger harmful chemicals/compounds and chop them down to harmless compounds.
3. Ionizer: Negative ionizer enhances the filtration efficiency of UV-light and TiO2 coating.
4. UV-A LEDs finalizes the chemical reaction (with TiO2 coating) which creates mini compounds called hydroxyl radicals. These mini compounds then react with bigger harmful chemicals/compounds and chop them down to harmless compounds.

6GCool Features

Quiet 6200 rpm/min fan –  They designed 6G to have 2 operating modes – turbo and silent – to suit your busy life. Turbo Mode expels larger volume of clean air out and is perfect for when you are on the move or in a crowded environment whereas the Silent Mode is perfect in a more stationary situation where you need the air purifier to work in the background.

Turbo mode pushes as much as 2.8m/s of filtered clean air out through the adjustable outlet.

Testing & Certifications

6GCool delivers in seconds. They have tested 6G against common air pollutants PM2.5, PM1.0 and PM0.5. For test results please reach them through the website.

Submitted to independent SGS testing. ISO 17025 accredited SGS Lab will test particle filtration efficiency with PM0.5 (GB/T 18801-2015) and PM1.0 (GB/T 18801-2015). For test results contact us separately.

Replaceable Hepa Filters & Lifelong Peco

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This air purifier is so slim, it’s designed to look like a painting hanging on your wall

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Now here’s an appliance that makes a conscious effort to not look appliance-y (if that’s a word). While it’s usually a great practice for designers to make their tech beautiful enough to adorn your homes, there’s something rather clever about how the Sauberair FLAT purifier approaches this direction.

The Sauberair FLAT uses sleekness to its advantage. By being perhaps the only purifier to reach a thickness of approximately 3½ inches, the Sauberair FLAT disguises itself as a piece of wall-art you can hang around your home. By serving a more defined aesthetic purpose instead of just looking decor-friendly, Sauberair FLAT’s approach to tech is similar to the one found in Samsung’s TVs with their Ambient Modes, that displayed the pattern on the wall behind it, to cloak its appearance instead of looking like a massive black square when switched-off.

The sleek air-filters come in three variants. A ‘LITE’ version that requires you to manually switch it on, a ‘PLUS’ IoT-enabled version that uses automatic air-sensors to detect and filter air when it senses a quality-drop, and perhaps my favorite, the ‘BT PLUS’, which not only runs automatically, but even comes with integrated Bluetooth speaker, making it perhaps the only air purifier to be able to pump out fresh air as well as fresh beats! All variants rely on the same format, and fit into the same 3½ inch framework. Designed to be sleek enough to mount on the wall, the purifier’s intakes and exhausts are built around the sides, keeping the front-face intact for your art. The purifier hangs directly on your wall, although you can choose a standing version too. The art sits within a wooden frame (available in three colors – brown, white, and black) and can easily be removed to reveal the purifier beneath.

The Sauberair FLAT purifiers come with a smartphone app that lets you run the device as well as monitor the quality of air in real-time. A manual mode lets you choose the intensity of the purifier, going from a quiet whirr to a more powerful speed setting (if the air inside the house is on the unhealthy side). Moreover, if you opt for the Bluetooth variant, you can even connect the purifier’s speaker to your phone, using it to play music, podcasts, or even be your alarm. The app even tells you when to replace the filter, a task made incredibly easy thanks to the Sauberair FLAT’s sleek design. Just pop the artwork off and you’ll see the filter below a two-piece plastic panel. The old filter come out with a snap, and new filter can just be press-fitted in. The purifier’s wind-flow pattern results in a filter that is as sleek as it’s effective. The thin filter-unit comes with a pleated sub-HEPA filter on the inside, designed to work thrice as effectively as a standard HEPA filter. It catches pollen, bacteria, molds, dust-mites, and even pet-dander, while also working to reduce VOCs and harmful chemicals like Carbon Monoxide or smoke in the air. The purifier comes with a CADR (Clean Air Delivery Rate) of 136, outperforming Dyson’s score of 88 to deliver more clean air faster around your house. You can even use multiple Sauberair FLAT purifiers together and sync them to work in tandem, keeping your air clean and your house beautiful. Oh, and yes, you can fit your own artwork into the frames!

Designers: Oliver Lehtonen, Eric Gu, Shing Lo & Thomas To

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Sauberair FLAT: An Art Display Air Purifier With Wireless Stereo

The Sauberair FLAT is an ultra-thin air purifier disguised as an art display. Features built-in smart sensors to detect, monitor the indoor air quality like PM1, PM2.5, VOCs, CO2 and humidity, temperature, and you can check them and modify the filtering mode on the app anytime, anywhere.

Results That Can Be Seen & Measured

Sauberair FLAT works similarly to the hospital filtration system to protect you and your family from exposure to the allergen, aerosol, droplet, bacteria, germs, virus, etc.

Thinnest Air Purifier On The Wall

With a thickness of only 3.5in (9cm), Sauberair FLAT still reaches a high clean air delivery rate (CADR) suitable for most room sizes, capable of cleaning a 207ft² (19m²) space within 12 minutes or a 345ft² (32m²) room in 20 minutes.

CADR is a must-have indicated value for an air purifier. However, it is not scientific nor economic to pursue the largest CADR value without referring to the area of your room.

Economical and 7-in-1 Filtration System Frame

Sauberair FLAT has a low maintenance fee which is equivalent to only 1/7 or 1/8 of others. It features a two-stage filtration for an all-round purification: an activated carbon pre-filter that eliminates odors, pet hair and other large particles, and a fine, pleated filter that traps harmful smoke, airborne pollutants and aerosol.

Sauberair FLAT uses a self-developed and accredited filter with significantly lower cost and equivalent filtration effectiveness. Using a better sub-HEPA filter, which is as effective but more affordable, FLAT goes to great lengths to achieve an air circulation volume so high that it compensates the vertex of the efficiency curve at 0.3 microns (MPPS) therefore boosts the overall filtration effectiveness.

FLAT uses the most reliable non-woven fiber material filter, thick and heavy. It guarantees high dust-holding-capacity. In other words, it has a longer lifespan, and the airflow will not reduce rapidly (still keeping high filtration effectiveness) when accumulating mass dust.

Changing the filter is easy too, which takes less than one minute.

Thanks to its cutting-edge aerodynamic circulation system and energy-saving approach, Sauberair FLAT’s custom made BLDC motor, which is thin yet forceful, consumes fewer energy and generates less noise.

Sauberair FLAT is equipped with a high-sensitivity laser sensor to detect suspended aerosols and the newest sensor from Germany to monitor environmental parameters. It offers five-speed settings in manual, auto, and sleep modes. In auto and sleep modes, FLAT automatically and intelligently adjusts its fan speed based on the air quality it senses. So you just sit back and enjoy healthier, fresher air.

The App also enables you to share control of the Sauberair FLAT with family members, and everyone can remotely control it.

Sauberair FLAT deploys a unique world-leading ClogSense™ Technology which alerts you to replacing the filter at the exact time when it becomes saturated.

It monitors the airflow passing through the filter in real time, the obvious gauge of the actual clogging status, in contrast to almost all other air purifiers on the market who simply determine the filter changing time using a countdown clock from its rated operation hours.

Sauberair FLAT takes the modern air purifier to the next level by spreading graceful music as well as refreshing air from up on the wall.

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