Lasko Electrostatic Air Purifiers

[Sushubh]

heh. i have been thinking of doing that since i got lasko. just lazy because lasko is placed in the basement while mi models are on ground floor. plus it does not really get that polluted here in the basement because it is pretty closed. i guess i would do that tonight when one of the mi models is not being used upstairs.

mi sensor is pretty shit but should be fine for basic idea. would have to create artificial pollution. i guess i can use a room freshner to do that.

i have been considering buying the laser egg 2. it costs 10K and reviews on Amazon indicate that the charging port on this device goes bad pretty soon. so it is a risky expensive purchase. there is no other decent option around.

 

[AAK]

Thats damn expensive. Cheaper import options not available for sensors ?

 

[Sushubh]

AliExpress might have worked. Right now prices of sensors there is also very high not that you can order here in India. I don't think you would save money on importing after duty and shipping costs.

 

[Sushubh]

lol. just got the mi device here and placed it besides lasko. this is what mi shows. i was expecting low figures because there is no major opening to outside air except for a small exhaust installed on the wall. but this is crazy low.

 

[Sushubh]

getting the pm2.5 up is harder than i thought. room freshener temporarily raised values to 600 but it fell down to 80 after a while. probably because it all settled down on the ground. now burning an incense stick to see if it raises it to a more stable higher level. ☠

 

[Sushubh]

Alright. So this is not a scientific test from any angle. I managed to get pm2.5 to around 100 and wait for a while to see if it remained at that level as per the mi device.

Then I turned on the lasko at max speed. The values on the Mi device are back to 20-30 levels right now. Took around an hour I guess. It's possible that the values could have dropped by themselves without Lasko running. Hard to be definitive about it.

But it does look like Lasko does take care of pm2.5 particles.

I suppose I can take both the device upstairs where it would be easier to get natural quality of pollution (lol) to test.

 

[Sushubh]

managed to get it to 600 and waited for a few minutes before running lasko at full speed. around 40 minutes later, it is down to 85 right now.

 

[AAK]

Seems lasko is on par with hepa filters in terms of purifying the air

 

[pujaari]

Thanks sushubh for taking pains to review lasko. Think its as good as hepa ones if not better in my books specially with washable filters. I have 2 mi 3 ones(hate to see 0% filter message and no option to reset it. I just vaccum the filter once a while and its been working fine but think need to change the filter now been around16months) have my eyes on the lasko one. Is yours the bigger model? Also does it remove odurs?. Think will go ahead and buy one

 

[Sushubh]

still have faint smell of a mixture of room freshener and incense stick right now. so it might not work well with strong smells i suppose. probably the same case with hepa based purifiers.

i have one mi purifier at my place that has nfc based filter tracker. and yes, it's annoying. this is why i went with sqair last month for hepa based filter. not planning to buy or recommend the nfc based mi purifiers. mi 2c works fine.

and i have the smaller model. bigger model made sense but the noise is always the primary criteria. running these devices 24x7 is better than having more fans for better efficiency.