Blueair HealthProtect 7470I Air Purifier 38 m²

Setup was fairly simple although the detailed setup instructions dont indicate the exterior wrapping for the air filter has to be removed it ships already installed.There was a tab sticking out of the device indicating the wrapping needed to be removed -- but the instructions including the quick guide just say to plug it in and turn it on.The physical device interface and the interface on the app are complex as a lot of real time and historical usage data is displayed. Many weeks later Im still somewhat confused.When opening the app and looking at the device data log there is a long pause for the data to refresh and display. Until you learn to wait for the refresh, you might not see accurate real time data.The device monitors air quality and then automatically sets ... MoreSetup was fairly simple although the detailed setup instructions dont indicate the exterior wrapping for the air filter has to be removed it ships already installed.There was a tab sticking out of the device indicating the wrapping needed to be removed -- but the instructions including the quick guide just say to plug it in and turn it on.The physical device interface and the interface on the app are complex as a lot of real time and historical usage data is displayed. Many weeks later Im still somewhat confused.When opening the app and looking at the device data log there is a long pause for the data to refresh and display. Until you learn to wait for the refresh, you might not see accurate real time data.The device monitors air quality and then automatically sets the fan speed. The fan speed impacts how fast the filter is used up. Running the filter for 5 minutes on high speed fan max speed used 1%of the filter life. Allowing the device to Auto set the fan speed results a much longer life expectancy of the filter.The filter runs very silently and auto sets the fan speed based on real time sensor data. For example of located near a kitchen it will detect when youre cooking and run the fan art a higher speed until the air is cleaner.I use the app on an Android 6 Pro

Breath of Fresh Air!!!!

The Blueair HealthProtect 7470i with GermSheild has been a breath of fresh air in our home. The quality of air in our home, specifically in our bedroom, has improved significantly to the point where you can tell the difference when you walk into another room, it also does an amazing job removing odors, and airborne viruses and bacteria’s and the best part its quiet, so you don’t even know when it’s working. So, let’s go over the Pros and Cons of the Blueair Healthprotect 7470i. THIS PURIFER HAS NOT BEEN TESTED AGAINST COVID-19.Unboxing and Setup-So, the setup process on the Blueair Healthprotect is extremely simple. Simply take the air purifier out of the box, open the side panel revealing the filter. Take the plastic off the filter, place the filter back into ... MoreThe Blueair HealthProtect 7470i with GermSheild has been a breath of fresh air in our home. The quality of air in our home, specifically in our bedroom, has improved significantly to the point where you can tell the difference when you walk into another room, it also does an amazing job removing odors, and airborne viruses and bacteria’s and the best part its quiet, so you don’t even know when it’s working. So, let’s go over the Pros and Cons of the Blueair Healthprotect 7470i. THIS PURIFER HAS NOT BEEN TESTED AGAINST COVID-19.Unboxing and Setup-So, the setup process on the Blueair Healthprotect is extremely simple. Simply take the air purifier out of the box, open the side panel revealing the filter. Take the plastic off the filter, place the filter back into the unit and close the panel, and you are pretty much done. The unit is ready to the clean and purify the air in your home. Blue air does have an app and I would highly recommend downloading the app to be able to connect the air purifier to wifi, remotely control the air purifier, and check on its cleaning status. The app also keeps track of the life of the filter, child lock control, and setup a schedule.-Features- This air purifier is intended for an area about 418 square feet. We have this setup in our master bedroom which is about 250 square feet and have it setup on auto mode with the Germshield mode and it takes roughly about 10 minutes to clean the air. This purifier works by pulling in air from the bottom and pushes the air up through its HEPA, Antibacterial, Antimicrobial, Activated carbon filter to clean and filter 99.97% of airborne particles, dust, dander, pollen, mold and kills 99% of bacteria and viruses caught in the filter and also to remove any odors. THIS PURIFER HAS NOT BEEN TESTED AGAINST COVID-19. The purifier also features a very sleek looking touch pad and 2 inch by 2 inch color display which shows you the current status of the cleaning process, current temperature and humidity levels and buttons to control the unit. The unit has two wheels on the bottom so its easy to move around from one room to another. The unit measures about 27in Height, 10in Width, and 12in Depth and roughly weights about 35lbs, so its fairly easy to move about the house.Pros- Works extremely well – Even removing odors, and air freshener smell. To put this unit to the test I sprayed an air fresher around the blueair to see how well the air purifier works and with in a few minutes I could no longer smell the air fresher, and neither could my wife. The purifier pulled everything in, even the air freshener, the cleaned the air.Cons- I could not find anything on the unit at this point.This unit performs really well in cleaning the air in your home, I would definitely recommend this to anyone looking for portable air purifier.

Breathing better

We bought a pair of these and they have made a substantial improvement in our air quality. Asthma and allergy symptoms are reduced, and cooking smells are gone quickly. Leaving them set to automatic is perfect. Most of the time the fan is so quiet I don't even know they're running. The app is simple but effective, stable, intuitive. Filters are easy to maintain and the warranty got extended to 5 years when we registered them. The buying experience was simple and straightforward. Very happy so far.

Fresh air maker

Fresh air and very quiet. This is a great air purifier if you are looking to reduce any smells or stuffy air. I live in an apartment with carpet, and this purifier got rid of the unknown smells and stuffiness that comes with apartment living.It connects to wifi and the app allows you to schedule times for different fan speeds and other settings like night mode (turns off the display lights).It's a very well-designed product and looks like a modern device (reminds me of Tesla or BMW).It even picks up on cooking smells, which you can track in the app. If you are chopping onions or sauteing food, this purifier will help. We were cooking a crock pot meal one day, which usually permeates through the whole place, but the Blueair purifier must have been doing its ... MoreFresh air and very quiet. This is a great air purifier if you are looking to reduce any smells or stuffy air. I live in an apartment with carpet, and this purifier got rid of the unknown smells and stuffiness that comes with apartment living.It connects to wifi and the app allows you to schedule times for different fan speeds and other settings like night mode (turns off the display lights).It's a very well-designed product and looks like a modern device (reminds me of Tesla or BMW).It even picks up on cooking smells, which you can track in the app. If you are chopping onions or sauteing food, this purifier will help. We were cooking a crock pot meal one day, which usually permeates through the whole place, but the Blueair purifier must have been doing its job.Also great for checking humidity, temperature, and the levels of PM particulate matter in the air.

Good purifier, but limited wifi connectivity

The Blueair Health protect 7470i is a well-built air purifier with premium features, unfortunately many of the features require the use of a buggy app. Setting up the purifier out of the box, is simple and straight forward. Once that’s done, you just plug in the purifier and proceed to set it up using the app. The 7470i is rather large and heavy, but the design is very aesthetic and pleasing. On the top of the purifier consists of a small square LCD display, this gives you all sorts of information such as; room temperature, humidity level, air quality levels, and the lifespan of the current filter. Below the screen has your basic controls, which are touch sensitive, such as power, auto mode, WIFI toggle etc. Directly under the controls is a long LED light strip that ... MoreThe Blueair Health protect 7470i is a well-built air purifier with premium features, unfortunately many of the features require the use of a buggy app. Setting up the purifier out of the box, is simple and straight forward. Once that’s done, you just plug in the purifier and proceed to set it up using the app. The 7470i is rather large and heavy, but the design is very aesthetic and pleasing. On the top of the purifier consists of a small square LCD display, this gives you all sorts of information such as; room temperature, humidity level, air quality levels, and the lifespan of the current filter. Below the screen has your basic controls, which are touch sensitive, such as power, auto mode, WIFI toggle etc. Directly under the controls is a long LED light strip that shines a color depending on the air quality…For instance, if the air quality is good it shines blue, if it’s bad then it shines red etc... The light bar is extremely bright, which is fine but the only way to adjust the brightness is through the app. I wish they would’ve incorporated the light controls on the machine itself.In order to get the full benefit of the 7470i purifier, you will need to download the app and connect the purifier to WiFi. The 7470i purifier works in conjunction with the blueair app, and without the app, you immediately lose out on many of the products features. With the app, you are able to change the brightness of the LED light strip/LCD display, set a manual fan speed, set a custom timer, but most importantly, this is where you get all your information about your air quality. Sadly, the app is poorly designed and doesn’t let you connect to mesh networks or modem/router combos. I have countless devices connected to my network, including other brands of air purifiers and not once have I ever had an issue like this before. But the biggest problem I have about that, is not anywhere in the manual or on the website does it state this. The only I was able to find this out, was after support contacted me about it. That being said, I was able to connect my purifier to my mobile hotspot in order to set it up and register it for the first time.Once the purifier is up and running, you will hardly notice it running as its very quiet. Although the one thing that is very distracting is the LED light strip on the top of the unit. It constantly stays lit up. You can adjust the brightness in the app, but when you lower it, it also lowers the brightness on the LCD screen (which isn’t that bright to begin with)... The purifier seems to do a good job at what it was designed for, which is cleaning the air. I was able to notice a big difference in my air quality, as I didn’t wake up in the middle of the night stuffy as I usually do. This really helps a lot, especially when it comes to getting a good night’s sleep.Overall, I am pretty disappointed with how Blueair designed the app and how it connects to certain WiFi networks only. The absurdly bright LED strip on the top of the unit, makes it hard to fall asleep to and without being able to connect to the app, I had to result in putting a sock over it. While you can adjust the brightness, anything over 1% is still too bright for me and at that, you won’t be able to see the LCD display. I will say, that the unit is very quiet and seems to clean the air properly. The Blueair 7470i is a very nice purifier, with tons of features…But if you currently have a router/modem combo, or mesh network, then you’re going to have a hard time connecting it to your network. Sadly, because of that reason, I wouldn’t be able to recommend this to anyone.

Great air purifier for a good night sleep!

Overall, we are very pleased and are both sleeping much better with this air purifier.Positives: We really like this air purifier. It is extremely quiet on low setting. The design is slick and it is very well made. The unit is solid but a little bit heavy. I like the air monitor strip with color codes. Filters will be easy to replace.Negatives: I would like a better explanation of air quality definitions in the manual or website. The manual is not well written and website information is inaccurate. They state the night mode can be set up manually, but this is not correct. It was a little frustrating to call 2x and have customer service reps give me directions on how to set Night Mode manually that did not work. On the third call the service rep checked and then ... MoreOverall, we are very pleased and are both sleeping much better with this air purifier.Positives: We really like this air purifier. It is extremely quiet on low setting. The design is slick and it is very well made. The unit is solid but a little bit heavy. I like the air monitor strip with color codes. Filters will be easy to replace.Negatives: I would like a better explanation of air quality definitions in the manual or website. The manual is not well written and website information is inaccurate. They state the night mode can be set up manually, but this is not correct. It was a little frustrating to call 2x and have customer service reps give me directions on how to set Night Mode manually that did not work. On the third call the service rep checked and then apologized and said it is not possible. Night mode and dimming and some other features can ONLY be accomplished with the app. But these things were just an inconvenience in getting things set up.We are really very happy with this product.

Great purifiers - hope you don't need much support

My ten-year-old air purifier works great and does well with simple filter cleaning maintenance every six months. It is a Blueair brand.The HVAC folks want a lot of money to install and maintain an inline duct air purifier so I thought I'd see what a couple of smaller purifiers, spread throughout the house, would cost. I did a search for Blueair, since I already have experience with their products.I have two of these 7470i purifiers now and in a month or so (when I recover financially) I'll look for a couple of smaller ones for the other places in the house that are not served by these, and don't need to clear such a large volume of air.The tech support people gave me a lot of static about what looked like a veteran's discount reference on their website, otherwise ... MoreMy ten-year-old air purifier works great and does well with simple filter cleaning maintenance every six months. It is a Blueair brand.The HVAC folks want a lot of money to install and maintain an inline duct air purifier so I thought I'd see what a couple of smaller purifiers, spread throughout the house, would cost. I did a search for Blueair, since I already have experience with their products.I have two of these 7470i purifiers now and in a month or so (when I recover financially) I'll look for a couple of smaller ones for the other places in the house that are not served by these, and don't need to clear such a large volume of air.The tech support people gave me a lot of static about what looked like a veteran's discount reference on their website, otherwise I'd give the, a five-star rating.

Not sure if it even does what they claim it does

Does NOT remove odors. Kind of disappointed with this air purifier. I have contemplated sending it back, except that I bought it on an exceptional sale. I don’t think I can find any purifier that does what it claims to do for that price. It is probably better then nothing. My biggest complaint is that it does not remove odors, therefore in my opinion I don’t think it is working. It is the correct size for the room (I measured the room). Other then that the app works great, the delivery was good and it is super quiet even on the highest fan setting. Which another reason I’m contemplating keeping it. I have had it for over 2 weeks still not crazy about it.

SMART Easy to use Efficient Air Purifier

With pandemic, staying at home/ work from home is the new normal for past 10 months and living in phoenix, AZ where the air quality is not great(phoenix ranks 7th for worst pollution), we were looking for a good air purifiers that can reduce allegories and filter airborne particles like dust, pollen and if possible some virus and bacteria and found this Blueair healthprotect that met all our requirements for protecting health by improving indoor air quality index.Packaging was good and it’s very easy to setup. Unpacked, installed in our bedroom that measures 22 x 18(396 sq ft) and seems to work well compared to our other brands we tried so far with its performance(280CADR). Machine is whisper quiet at the lowest setting and can barely hear its running but can hear ... MoreWith pandemic, staying at home/ work from home is the new normal for past 10 months and living in phoenix, AZ where the air quality is not great(phoenix ranks 7th for worst pollution), we were looking for a good air purifiers that can reduce allegories and filter airborne particles like dust, pollen and if possible some virus and bacteria and found this Blueair healthprotect that met all our requirements for protecting health by improving indoor air quality index.Packaging was good and it’s very easy to setup. Unpacked, installed in our bedroom that measures 22 x 18(396 sq ft) and seems to work well compared to our other brands we tried so far with its performance(280CADR). Machine is whisper quiet at the lowest setting and can barely hear its running but can hear the fan sound when its set to highest setting but not compared to Vornado Vortex fan that is super loud that we use in summer months for air movement. It uses very less watts even on the highest setting. Filter change is very easy and uses HEPASilent Ultra filtration. Cost of replacing this smartfilter is expensive ($70) compared to other brands and there is no generic brand that fits as of this writing, but filter change is required yearly and if enrolled to automatic subscription we can get for $59. Cost is high because this smartfilter uses a smart RFID chip for real-time usage monitoring and alerts the user when its required for filter change compared to other brands.Another cool feature, is that the blueair app keep track of the air purifier progress in real time with its advanced sensors. LCD display has a blue bright light that gives details of the air quality, VOC levels, temperature and humidity. In order to control the brightness or turn off the blue light on the lcd panel, you would need to download app on your mobile as this machine is wifi /Bluetooth enabled and works best with smart phones for easy control which I love it. Color changing indicator on the LCD is a nice cool feature to know the air quality in a quick glance without browsing your phone. If its blue the air quality is great, green for good, yellow for moderate, orange for slightly pollute and red for pollute. There is also a child lock feature in the app where you can enable it to just make sure kids don’t mess with the settings.Scheduling is another great feature that we use it on ours every day. It is done through app. We just scheduled to run 1 hour before our bedtime just to be sure the air is cleaner. Comes with extended warranty at no additional cost for 5 years.Pros: Quiet, SMART, Cool design, App and voice enabled, SmartFilter, Large LCD with color change for air quality, protects from most airborne virus and bacteria.Overall, highly recommended if are in a city that is highly polluted and the AQI is not great. So happy to have this purifier installed to know that we are protected against the bacteria and virus (germshield technology) and not worry about the germs in air.

Seems to work great, well made, high quality.

I recently purchased this purifier from Blue Air for a good price. It arrived quickly and well-packaged and was easy to set up and the box made it easy to get it up our stairs. So far, it appears to be working well. Although I cannot tell if the levels of the different air particles are correct (they've always been zero since I plugged it in) there are fluctuations in the reading for VOC which make sense and the levels of VOC eventually go back to the lowest level it can detect. It is much quieter than our old Sears/Kenmore purifier. The Blueair app I downloaded when I first got it works great. However, I am not going to download the update because I read that it will not accept WiFi passwords with two identical characters in a row and I do not feel like creating a ... MoreI recently purchased this purifier from Blue Air for a good price. It arrived quickly and well-packaged and was easy to set up and the box made it easy to get it up our stairs. So far, it appears to be working well. Although I cannot tell if the levels of the different air particles are correct (they've always been zero since I plugged it in) there are fluctuations in the reading for VOC which make sense and the levels of VOC eventually go back to the lowest level it can detect. It is much quieter than our old Sears/Kenmore purifier. The Blueair app I downloaded when I first got it works great. However, I am not going to download the update because I read that it will not accept WiFi passwords with two identical characters in a row and I do not feel like creating a new WiFi password and re-setting all my devices. So, the only problem right now is the app update but you should be good if you are now setting up your unit for the first time.