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The benefits of clean air

Learn more about purifying the air in your home

Pollution

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Pollution

The facts about air quality

We all want our homes to be safe and clean for our families. But the air in your home can be 2 to 5 times more polluted than the air outside.

The impact of air pollution

Air pollution can have a number of impacts on your health. The most common symptoms include headache, inflammation, nasal congestion, respiratory problems, skin irritation and stomach pain.

Pollutants

Philips air purifiers clean the air from these common pollutants

Pollen

Hay fever sufferers are allergic to outdoor pollens found in grasses, trees or weeds.

Pet dander

Pet allergens can stay in the home for months and bother you, even after the animal has been removed.

Dust mite allergens

These microscopic creatures nest in our bedding and upholstered furniture.

Fine Particles

Philips air purifiers have a multi-stage filtration system that captures up to 99.97% of harmful particles, from dust and allergens to aerosols and PM2.5 particles.

Outdoor pollution

A number of outdoor pollutants can sneak into our homes and contribute to poor air quality.
Gas

Cookers, heaters, stoves and open fires can release dangerous gases into the air.

Bacteria

The air can carry microorganisms, especially in hot or humid areas.

Smoke and odor

Tiny particles from smoke can drift through your home and remain harmful for up to 5 hours.

Mold spores

Mold spores are usually found lurking in the bathroom, kitchen or basement.

Volatile organic compounds

Gases that emit from household products like cleaners and disinfectants.

Dust

Cleaning, bed-making or any kind of human activity can resuspend dust back into the air.

Philips air purifiers have a multi-stage filtration system that captures up to 99.97% of harmful particles, from dust, allergens and PM2.5 particles.

*From the air that passes through the filter, tested with NaCl aerosol by iUTA according to DIN71460-1.

Philips filters

Purifies nano-sized particles

Once the air passes through the filter, the microscopic pollutants are trapped.

1 Milimeter

1 micron is 1000x smaller than 1 millimeter

Extra-fine salt

60-100 microns

Pollen

15 microns

Not visible to the human eye

Inhalable particles (PM10)

< 10 microns

Respiratory Droplets**

5-10 microns

Fine particles (PM2.5)

<2.5 microns

Bacteria

1-3 microns

HEPA*** standard filters until 0.3 micron

Candle smoke particle

0.01 microns

Philips purifiers filters up to 0.003 micron

Tested for 99.97% filtration of nano-particles, at 0.003 microns by IUTA independent institute.

*Particle sizes are indicative, to give a scale of reference. Some of the listed particle types cover a wider size-range.

***HEPA Filters according to the American US DOESTD-3020-2015 standards.

CADR

What CADR means for your home

The Clean Air Delivery Rate is the global standard for measuring how much air (m3) a purifier

can clean in a certain amount of time. So, the higher the CADR, the faster the purification.

Airflow only measures wind speed, so it only tells us how much air is coming out. What airflow

does not tell us is how clean that air is. This is why CADR is the right metric to use when choosing your purifier.

With air purifier of CADR 500

With air purifier of CADR 100

With no purifier

Best in test

Best Air Purifier according to Stiftung Warentest

The AC2889/10 performs best in German Stiwa Tests because we engineer and optimize our products for high CADR.

Allergens

How allergens attack

Your immune system's job is to defend your body from harmful invaders. But when it mistakenly declares war on substances it shouldn’t, that’s an allergy.

The most common airborne allergens

Effectiveness

Philips Air Purifiers eliminate 99.99%* of allergens

99.97% of the airborne allergens like pollen, dust mites, mold spores and pet dander that passes through the filter, are filtered from the air.

European Center for Allergy Research Foundation
Certified allergy-friendly. Philips air purifiers fit the needs of allergy sufferers.

*From the air that passes through the filter, tested according to Austiran OFI test method SOP 350.00.

Study

Tested in real homes to effectively reduce airborne allergens like dust mites

In 2020, a Philips-sponsored study run by the Munich Germany Center for Environmental Health proved the effectiveness of purifiers in removing house dust mite allergens.

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