Dyson Pure Cool Activated Carbon Fan and Purifier

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A couple of things to keep in mind: When the fan intensity is turned up to a higher setting, thePure Cool Link can get rather loud, to the point thatyou'll need to turn up the volume of the television or raise your voice when talking. In addition, the app disconnected a number of times in testing, enough times that I eventually gave up and just started using the remote. Hopefully this is something that will be fixed in a future software update, but it's worth keeping in mind.

The Cool Link should be kept in a corner of the room. From there, it can oscillate to blow air out in all directions. It has two sensors that analyse, PM2.5, PM10 and VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds). VOCs can be produced by paint varnishes, air fresheners, smoking and more. Essentially, the Cool Link will take care of dust, invisible pollutants and odours, just like most other purifiers. Features: This model really does do it all. Like the Pure Cool, it works to monitor your home’s air quality and, if it detects any anomalies, adjusts its power accordingly to improve the air condition until it stabilises. It can do this automatically, or manually via the remote control or Dyson Link app. The humidifier can also run automatically; just set your preferred level of humidity. There’s also 10 power levels to choose from with the fan. Aesthetics: Some may like this futuristic-looking silver and white model, but personally, I don’t like the bulky design. It reminds me of a kitchen bin, and because the wide base, takes up a fair amount of desk space. I’d say anyone with a small bedside table would struggle to make room for it, too.Performance: I was impressed with the cooling ability of this fan. Even on the lowest setting it provided noticeable cooling effects in my living room, which can get very hot as we have a large run of glazed doors that tend to trap heat. Using the night setting, my room stayed at a great temperature for sleep and the blades did not disturb me.

A Dyson engineer told me that the company recommends the Tower for most homes. However, it is actually too powerful for most regular rooms. In a 20x20 room, the purifier cleans the air in less than 20 minutes. That is, in test conditions, when I was intentionally burning matches etc. to increase PM2.5 levels in the room. Since bringing the Cool Link into the room, there's been noticeably lesser dust on my furniture too. Set-up: There is a little required assembly but putting it together was easier than with the Airgo (featured below) and I could do it alone. I just had to slot the filters onto the frame, which took all of five minutes. Pairing it with the app took another minute or so. You can control it with Alexa, too, which took me a little longer to get to grips with – but that’s more on me then the fan.

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There’s a screen on the body which shows you various pollution levels (it’s really interesting to see the levels spike when the toxin levels increase, like when the oven is on!), as well as the humidity, temperature and when the filters need replacing. Performance: Cooling-wise, the fan does work and there are 10 different speeds. Saying that, you need to crank it quite high for the hottest days, at which point I found it loud. I had to turn it right down from the most powerful setting while watching TV as the noise of the fan was competing with the television. In sleep mode, it’s capped at level three, after which it becomes rather noisy, which might not be sufficient on especially warm nights. The Dyson Link app is new in India and it's the most confusing bit about this device. That's not to say it's not useful or easy to use, it's just set to higher standards than those prevalent in India. In the week and a half that I've used it, the app has never shown me acceptable AQI levels, settling to average at best. The Dyson Pure Cool Link is meant to be placed in a corner of the room. Using the Dyson Pure Cool Link Tower