January 09, 2020
If you are seeking a simple air purifier for your car
While the HEPA filter can take care of dust as tiny as PM2.. Let’s check out
some of the pros first, and later move down to the cons.Status/monitoring: There
is no information on the unit as to power or pollution /purification
levels.Below the filter is a suction fan. It promises to purify the air you
breathe inside the car’s cabin whilst on your journey.
The filter here is also
pretty small. It blocks odour, gases and also traps finer particles and gases.
The product is simple to operate and deploy but is not smart enough to inform
you about the pollution levels. It is a simple unit with a fan and filter.
Unless your car has a cigarette lighter port on the rear seat, we see this as a
problem.
However, not all dashboards are flat and the unit could slip off or not
fit at all. Kent should have provided the splitter arrangement in the unit
itself. The air trapped inside the car is also filled with dangerous gases that
were let in when the doors and windows were open.Power: While this draws 12V of
power from your car, it occupies the car’s cigarette lighter port.The air
purification works. When air is passed through this filter, you can be sure that
the filters work their way to reduce dust, gases and odours. There is no
wall/ceiling mount either, which could help place the unit out of the way for
the driver to concentrate on his driving. The lighter port connector features a
toggle switch with three positions.
If you are seeking a simple air purifier for
your car, then Kent’s Magic Hepa Car Air Purifier at Rs 2,997 (discounted
period) is a steal, but at the original MRP of Rs 7,999, it is pretty
expensive.Noise: yes, the unit is noisy, especially when set to high. While this
could be good enough for those who drive for around 2 – 3 hours at a stretch, it
is useless for those who have shorter rides. However, we failed to spot the
ionizer inside the air purifier as the unit looks like a simple filter-fan
assembly and nothing more. Kent claims that this is a specially treated
activated carbon filter that effectively absorbs any odour/foul smell in the
air, volatile organic compounds, oxides of sulphide and nitrogen, hydrocarbons,
cigarette smoke, dust, pet odour, etc. Usual air purifiers at home need
replacements in around 180 days, but in the case of a car air purifier, you may
have to change them sooner, depending on your usage. Either a splitter or a USB
port on the unit/adapter would have helped out the consumer.
Air purifier inside
the car can promise better air quality whilst you are driving on a polluted
road. Kent has also not mentioned the replacement time or life with regards to
the filter. However, with the AC turned on, the air purification is also handled
partially by the AC cabin filter, which helps to reduce the dust at a faster
rate. Air is sucked in from the top, which is forced through a HEPA filter and
clean air is then let out through the bottom.Lastly, you cannot use this air
purifier without the air conditioner turned on, unless you live in a colder
place and won’t need the AC at all. The unit is a no-brainer to operate and is
kept very simple. And what can help here is an air purifier that can efficiently
do the job. Using this air purifier, you will have to sacrifice your car’s phone
charging, or any other accessory you may be using in the car that needs the
cigarette lighter port. This would force you to place the unit near the hand
brake or on the rear seat, pushing the power cord to distract you when using the
gears. It retails for Rs 7,999 and comes with a single filter and a power cord.
The purifier has no intelligence, whatsoever. It helps reduce the number of dust
particles inside the China hexagonal nut
Manufacturers cabin to a large extent. So if you are a person, who smokes,
or likes to keep the windows down whilst driving, this product is useless for
you.Mounting: the unit has four rubber pegs that help you place it on your
dashboard. Lastly, we still don’t know how much it costs.
Usual air purifiers
indicate the air quality, but here you don’t know what are the levels pre and
post using the unit. Filters need to be replaced on time as they have a said
life when their saturation levels are nearing. The unit has no LEDs that denote
its power status, and neither is there any sensor inside the unit that helps
automate the purification. Also, the air purification totally depends on the
area it is placed. This trapped air needs to be filtered too. A power socket is
provided on the rear bottom end which plugs into the car’s cigarette lighter
port. Well, while it could be partially right, it is definitely not true.
However, the purifier is ineffective if you keep the windows down, open the
doors multiple times, or have a short journey lesser than half an hour or
so.Kent RO had recently launched an air purifier for cars and we tested one on
the go. However, doing so could also make your car look ugly within.Performance:
This air purifier can be used only if you have all the windows rolled up. It
takes around 15 – 20 minutes (at least) to clean the entire air inside the
cabin.As for the performance, we found this air purifier to be pretty effective,
but there were concerns about the product’s use and the way it would be used by
the end user.
The air purifier has a small filter and has a CADR rate of
25m3/hour. It effects differently at different places —dashboard, front seat,
rear seat, centre of all seats, etc.Kent also mentions that the air purifier
features an ionizer to further help improve the air quality.Cons:Filter: While
the filter seems effective, we were unable to find a replacement filter online.
The noise levels, though not as loud, can be pretty disturbing if you are not
used to unwanted noises inside the cabin.Verdict:The Kent Magic Hepa Car air
purifier is a great product to have in your car. Passengers inside a car think
that rolling up the windows and turning on the air conditioners can keep them
safe from the pollution that is outside. It is around 5-inches (squarish in
size). Toggling left and right increases/decreases the fan’s speed while leaving
it in the centre switches it off. The top of the unit has a door that houses the
HEPA filter.5, the activated carbon ensures that the air is free from more than
dust.
The moment you roll down the window or open a door, you let polluted air
inside the cabin and the air purifier starts the entire process all over again.
Kent Magic Hepa Car Air Purifier is a simple no brainer car air purification
solution and is priced at an MRP of Rs 7,999.Pros:The filter used here is pretty
effective. A larger filter helps faster purification and more life. If you are
not used to a whizzing fan in your car, then you may find this irritating. You
would have to end up buying a cigarette lighter port splitter for your car if
you want to use multiple accessories in the car. This means, if you are opening
the door for multiple passengers during the journey, or if you are opening the
window to pay for tolls, you are indirectly hitting the performance of the
purifier. And neither Kent has featured filter replacements on their website.The
Kent Magic Hepa Car air purifier is a simple tiny air purifier that is about the
size of a small school lunch box.
The air purifier has absolutely no buttons or
control panel and does not have any display or LEDs. How did it fair and is it
as effective? Let’s check it out. Apparently, while this review was being
written, we saw a limited period offer and the unit was being sold for as cheap
as Rs 2,997 on Amazon. Kent has used a HEPA-based filter that also features
activated carbon granules. It features vents on the top and bottom that channel
the air through the built-in HEPA filter. There could have been a wireless
communication to a smartphone app and the consumer could finally know important
information such as air quality, power status, speed, filter stats and alike.
Rating: With an increasing number of cars on the road today, it only speaks
about the number of commuters that are out on the streets
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