Beko Air Purifier ATP5100I Review: Fresh Air on a Budget

At a look

Skilled’s Ranking

Execs

• Easy design
• Washable pre-filter
• Transportable

Cons

• No UV cleansing gentle
• No air high quality monitor or show
• No wheels

Our Verdict

Beko’s ATP5100IA air air purifier has a restricted function set and easy design. However when you’re on the lookout for a budget-friendly air air purifier for a smaller room, it is a strong possibility, with 360° air cleansing, elimination of as much as 99.9% of micro organism and viruses, and a complete filter.

Air purifiers could be expensive. When you don’t wish to spend lots of, your choices are restricted.

That’s why we have been pleasantly stunned by the value of Beko’s air air purifier ATP5100I, which incorporates a HEPA filter and antibacterial Hygiene Defend. It claims to take away 99.9% of micro organism and viruses from the air – claims which have been examined and endorsed by Airmid Well being Group.

It’s appropriate for a smaller room, corresponding to a house workplace or bed room. However what’s it like to make use of? We took it house and examined it to search out out.

Design and construct

• Round drum design
• Simple to wash
• Transportable at 2.34kg

Beko’s air air purifier is solely designed and its function set is pretty restricted. There aren’t any wheels, there’s no distant management, and there’s no air high quality show.

It’s a white cylinder standing 30cm excessive, with a 20cm diameter. There aren’t any different color choices. The highest plastic part homes the fan and the underside steel grille sheath covers the filter. It’s straightforward to wipe clear and straightforward to hoover the highest.

However when you’ve positioned it in a room, you realise there’s loads of worth in its simplicity. Its form means it has a softer affect on the house than an oblong field and it’s far simpler to place. And it’s not a distracting addition to a room: it’s there to do the job of cleansing air in a room as discreetly as it could possibly.

The dearth of wheels could possibly be drawback for some, however it solely weighs 2.34kg – one of many lightest air purifiers we’ve examined. Most individuals will discover it a easy matter to hold it from one room to a different.

It’s appropriate for a 13m² room and it has an 180cm cable, which supplies you plug level flexibility.

The filter

• Washable prefilter
• HEPA 13 filter
• Activated carbon filter

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There are three layers of filtration with an additional ioniser possibility. Because the consumption grille is spherical and 360°, the air purifier will pull in air from all instructions. The primary filter layer is a material pre-filter that captures massive particles, hair, and pollen. Usefully, you possibly can take away the material from filter drum and wash it. We haven’t seen this function in another air air purifier, and it offers you extra choices for sustaining your equipment.

The second layer is the HEPA 13 filter. A HEPA 13 filter can take away 99.95% of all particles within the air measuring 0.2 microns in diameter, although that is worst case effectivity, so the filter additionally traps particles smaller than that. Suffice to say, HEPA 13 is a medical grade filter.

Then there’s the carbon filter that removes undesirable odours and VOCs (unstable natural compounds) from the air.

You even have the choice of turning on the ioniser utilizing the rocker change contained in the air purifier itself. This function releases unfavourable ions into the outgoing filtered air and helps to bind collectively airborne impurities to allow them to be extra simply captured.           

To entry the filter set up, merely flip the plastic high to take away it from the physique of the air purifier. You may pull the hole cylinder of the filter out simply, and it’s about 2.5cm thick.

When it’s time to alter the filter, the filter change indicator will illuminate. You should purchase substitute filters for £20 from Beko, which is nice worth.

Management panel and show

• Contact rim controls
• Timer
• Sleep mode

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Consistent with the theme of simplicity, the air purifier’s controls comprise three contact icons on its rim. The primary is the ability button, the second is the fan velocity, and the third is the timer, which you’ll set for two, 4 or 8 hours.

The air purifier will activate initially at medium velocity, after which onto whichever velocity was final used.

The sleep mode is activated by urgent the ability icon for 2 seconds; this function merely dims the icon lights when the air purifier is in operation.  

There’s no show panel, nor are there any air high quality indicators.

If air high quality indicators are vital to you, this Beko mannequin received’t be best for you. Nonetheless, Beko’s bigger ATP6100I mannequin has an air high quality site visitors gentle indicator. Because of this it’ll offer you a way of whether or not your private home air high quality is poor, common or good, relying on the color illuminated on the show. It stands 10cm taller than the ATP5100I and might clear a bigger room – 24m² room with a clear air supply charge (CADR) of 204 – and has an automated fan velocity setting.

You should purchase it direct from Beko, Amazon or Currys. It has an RRP of £150 however on the time of writing, Amazon has a greater worth.

Or, there are air purifiers with a digital show that may present way more in-depth details about your private home air high quality. You’ll find some choices in our round-up of the very best air purifiers we’ve examined. The Jya Fjord is a wonderful mid-range possibility, or when you can spend a bit extra, take a look at Dyson’s Scorching + Cool Formaldehyde.

Efficiency

• Three fan speeds
• Quiet 33dB setting
• Vital updraught on excessive velocity

To arrange the air air purifier is solely a query of taking it out of the field and plugging it in. There’s nothing to unwrap or set up.

By way of noise, we discovered the low degree to be extraordinarily quiet, lower than a desktop PC and roughly round 33dB. You may sleep at this setting degree, and, remarkably, the filtered air draught could possibly be felt at 70cm away from the air outlet, and our testers reported a far deeper sleep than regular, waking refreshed and prepared for the day.

The medium setting has a sound degree roughly corresponding to a dishwasher, however once more it actually pumps out filtered air. We might sense the draught at 140cm. The excessive fan velocity is extra of a washer degree of sound, and the air output is substantial, hitting the ceiling in our testing room.    

We might undoubtedly see how the air purifier will clear a 13m² room shortly. Beko suggests the air purifier will cope with 36m² inside 60 minutes, assuming a room is three metres excessive, and studies a clear air supply charge (CADR) of 110, though there aren’t any particular CADR outcomes for smoke, mud or pollen.

Value and availability

The ATP5100I is accessible within the UK and Europe. Sadly, it’s not on the market within the US, however we’ve reviewed loads of air purifiers which can be, in our round-up of the very best air purifiers we’ve examined.

Within the UK, it’s accessible direct from Beko, Amazon and Currys. It has an RRP of £100, which is excellent worth for a dependable air air purifier. Nonetheless, on the time of writing, Amazon is promoting it for a lot much less – and we’d suggest snapping it up when you see it on supply.

Verdict

We actually appreciated the Beko ATP5100I. It’s easy, straightforward to wash and doesn’t have design options that may collect mud. We additionally like its cylindrical form, which simply makes it simpler to discover a spot for in a room. The air output actually has some oomph too, and eventually the value level makes it a strong purchase. For a bed room or house workplace, it’s ultimate.

For extra choices and to see all of the air purifiers we suggest, take a look at our round-up of the very best air purifiers we’ve examined.