This post reviews the Best Honeywell Car Air Purifier – the Move Pure and the newer Move Pure 2. October is so pleasant weather-wise. After the just concluded monsoons, the air quality remains better more or less. Come November and the air quality nosedives especially in Northern India. Farmers burning crop stubble (Parali) are the real reasons behind this. Governments are taking steps to convince them not to do so. Lets hope better sense prevails soon! Our bodies would not allow this torture onto itself year after year.
Diwali is vehemently blamed by the intellectual coterie for the mess. Agreed that Diwali night sees a spike in pollution. We should switch to Green crackers asap. But, one must ask them that why before Diwali the air quality gets worse? Do people secretly start bursting noiseless crackers in advance? And why around the 31st December night when the whole world bursts crackers it doesn’t happen? Anyways, whatever may be the real source of pollution, one can manage to stay safe.
What’s The Need For A Car Air Purifier?
Best Honeywell Car Air Purifier
The Honeywell Move Pure car air purifier is a little expensive but worth it. If you can afford a good car it won’t pinch you. I know you already have a positive impression of Honeywell products, right? In hot days pollutants like fumes of VOCs abound inside the car. In winters, outdoor pollution is at extreme and smog is so common. You cannot prevent foul air from filling inside your car. Car air conditioners filter the dust but provide little to no protection from exhaust fumes and smog. For a car air purifier to work you must keep the AC vent closed.
FEATURES – Honeywell Move Pure Air Purifier For Car
The Honeywell Car air purifier makes a purring noise. Calling it noise would be a hyperbole as its audible only if you have elephant ears. Even this last statement is an extrapolation. So, lets say it makes noise somewhere in the middle of silence and your mobile vibrator.
Design and Looks
The jet black body goes well with most car interiors and looks good. The weight is just around 900 grams only. Apart from it, the thin design does not obstruct your view. Cleaning your dashboard also does not suffer and there is no accidental toppling. Impure air is sucked in through the top surface. Pure air is delivered from the sides.
Air Purifier Placement
There is no fuss about placing the air purifier in the car. It can be securely placed on the dashboard. A couple of Velcro strips with tape can hold the device strongly. Peel off their white cover and stick them on the dashboard and the base of the air purifier. The black sides (press the velvety one against the rough nylon hooks) stick to one another.
A power cable comes inside the box which draws power from the car’s 12 Volt point. You can keep the power button always ON. This way as soon as you fire the ignition, the air purifier will start too. The power cord length is 4 meters long which is sufficient to place it even on the car’s back.
Honeywell Car Air Purifier Filter
The HEPA filter cleans the air of pollutants and removes 99.97% PM 2.5 particles. A single filter is said to last about 350 hours in test conditions. A daily usage of a 2-3 hours during commute is the average usage. This means it can last for {350 hours/(22 workdays/month *3 hours/workday)}= approx 5 months. The power button normally glows a blue LED. Once the filter is exhausted, the power light glows a red light as an indicator. This is a sign that you need to replace the filter.
CADR (Clean Air Delivery Rate)
The Honeywell Move Pure car air purifier has a CADR of 12 m³/hr. This is sufficient for small cars and sedans. Its not sufficient for SUVs which have a large volume.
Honeywell Move Pure Vs Move Pure 2
Honeywell Move Pure 2 is a newer model which costs double of Move Pure. Move Pure 2 has a real-time PM 2.5 display. It gives a live feedback of the indoor air quality. Plus it has a higher CADR of 15 as compared to 12 of Move Pure. Within 30 minutes a reading of over 250 can come down to just 10!
The filter life, performance and looks are very similar to Move Pure. Honeywell Move Pure is the Best Honeywell car air purifier. In the cost of Move Pure 2, one can buy a full fledged room air purifier like the Coway AP-0509 Sleek Pro Air Purifier!
How Is Honeywell Move Pure 2 Better Than The Rest?
The first and foremost reason has to be the pollution feedback feature. I have not seen other car air purifier which can tell me what air quality am i breathing in! For my mental peace and satisfaction, this add-on over the previous Move Pure is a welcome addition.
Second has to be its performance. It is a very good choice for your car’s air quality improvement. Worthy to mention is that it does take sometime in achieving single digit PM 2.5 air quality. Hence, for short rides you may not feel much difference. Allow it to take charge with your car’s AC vent closed and it would definitely deliver well.
Wrapping up, I hope this Honeywell Car Air Purifier review was informative! Thanks for stopping by.
