Clean air without the hassle of a messy set-up.
In the past few years, our family has been very cognizant about the quality of the air in our home. We have several different models of air purifiers in different rooms. Some of them are complicated and require a lot of upkeep. Personally, I enjoy the ones that don’t need a lot of maintenance and that you can monitor from afar. If you are like me, then you will really enjoy the Smartmi Air Purifier P1.
DETAILS
The Smartmi Air Purifier P1 is an ‘intelligent’ air purifier. It combines filtration and monitoring to ensure that your room is as clean as possible. It features a classic tower shape for powerful indoor airflow reaching every corner. The device has a dual-purpose laser particle sensor that monitors indoor air quality as well as a True HEPA filter that removes 99.98% of particles down to 80nm. In addition to its superior monitoring and air filtration systems, the P1 also supports three major smart home systems (Google, Amazon Alexa, and Apple HomeKit).
The powerful air purifier can clean a bedroom’s (100 sqft) air in approximately 6.5 minutes. The air purifier is lightweight and can be moved easily. It has a leather handle installed on it so that you can carry it from room to room. It has the same footprint as a potted plant and can rapidly fill any room with clean air (250m3/h CADR – when using pollen filter; 4160L fresh air per minute – when using pollen filter; 360º cycled purification). According to Smartmi’s website, it takes approximately 20 minutes to purify a space that is 320 sqft in size.
There are two different filter types – pollen and pet. Each filter costs approximately $40 USD (at the time of publishing this article), but they only have to be replaced every 6-12 months (depending on use). The pollen filter is a specialized filter that effectively removes allergens while the pet filter contains activated carbon to remove pet odor. The LED HD display provides a quick at-a-glance air quality statement for your space. Just by seeing the color (green, yellow, orange, red), you will know if your area’s air quality is very good, medium, moderate, or heavily polluted. The purifier also has four operation modes – sleep, normal, custom, or auto.
Purification Efficiency
- 4160L Fresh air per minute
- 99.97% Particles down to 0.3μm removed
- 99.98% Particles down to 80nm removed
- 99.9% smoke removed within 1 hour
- 150cfm Pollen CADR
- 130cfm Dust CADR
- 120cfm Smoke CADR
USER EXPERIENCE
Our Smartmi experience began with the purifier’s delivery. It was shipped in the retail box so it was fairly beat-up. The photo shows some of the damage, but honestly, this was the box’s good side. The set up of the purifier was very easy. The first step is to lift the entire unit out of the box. Flip the purifier over so that the bottom is facing you and twist the can. This will reveal both the filter assembly and the HomeKit code. The filter is easily replaceable. It lifts right out of the purifier’s canister and slides back into place just as easily. The purifier is powered by a standard AC plug.
Once you power it on, you will want to connect it to the Smartmi app and whichever smart assistant you choose. In our case, it was Apple HomeKit. The process for connecting it to the app was very simple. The app automatically recognizes that the device is nearby and once you set up a free Smartmi account, you can connect the purifier to your account and start using the device. The feature I like the most about this purifier is its automatic mode. You can schedule different times for the purifier to kick on and off, but I prefer to leave it on auto so that it will kick on when it senses that the air quality has changed. It’s very convenient and user-friendly that way.
Our P1 Air Purifier has been running continuously now for about three months. I’ve been very impressed with its performance. The only real criticism I have of the system is the app. It doesn’t offer a lot of details about your air quality. It shows where there are blips in the air quality but it doesn’t really give you a detailed look at what caused the blip. I would love to see that included in future versions of the app. I do like that the app alerts you to how long you have left with your filter. That is very helpful information. I also think it would be nice if there was a temperature sensor in the air purifier. I could see that being helpful information as well as a humidity sensor.
CONCLUSION
I applaud the Smartmi team for creating a very user-friendly device. Because of its ease of use, I think this air purifier is worth the investment ($180 USD). I do hope that the app gets updated so that the user can receive additional data on their surrounding air quality.
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