Customer Review

• 0

  Effective and relatively quiet - it's just there!
  Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 March 2019
  I kept this product on in the living room continuously - it's where we spend most of our time except for sleeping, and as I use a CPAP machine anyhow which has it's own filters, I thought the bedroom wouldn't be a sensible place for it.The first thing that struck me is that the product is large, you can't easily fit it on the sideboard or behind the sofa or anything like that. it's got to sit on the floor somewhere. Not a problem or a criticism, just a comment as I wasn't quite sure when I ordered it!Assembly was simple and the instructions clear except for one of the tags which was pictogram-only, and I could not figure out what it was meant to say until after I'd already done what it said to do (take the filter out the bag before installation). Everything just clicks together, and no special tools or knowledge is required. Removal for cleaning or replacement is just as simple, and the unit came with 2 spare charcoal filters and one spare cover for the front panel.In auto mode, the unit generally runs quietly to itself in the corner, with occasional periods where the fan ramps up as it detects dirtier air. It's never obnoxiously loud but it's noticeable when it really ramps up. it switches to night mode automatically and turns right down.I live in London within the South Circular area, so expected it to pick up a lot of dust from the air. After a few days of it running, I removed the front filter and scraped my fingers across the surface. It was immediately obvious how much dust had been removed by this filter alone.Overall, I'm impressed. I don't notice any obvious difference when I walk in the room and I don't think I ever expected it to change my life. However, I can clearly see that it is working and removing dust/dirt from the air, so I am happy to keep it running and see if there are longer-term effects.

• 0

  Significant auto/night mode flaw but otherwise great for daylight usage
  Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 April 2020
  I’ve trialled two purifiers previously (check my older reviews), both went back for pumping plastic and cardboard smells into the air, or the ‘plasmawave’ [on the Fellowes dx95] actually inducing my asthma (which is the reason I didn’t opt for the larger Winix Zero unit despite thinking the extra oomf would be a better fit for my space). I’m finally happy with this one, with some caveats regarding the night mode (see below).I have allergies to many things, my dog, hay-fever, dust, house mould, and the one that was making me suffer the most recently, tree pollen. I was getting up at 4am with awful itching eyes and sneezing fits lately, but when I began using this it vanished overnight. I went from taking the maximum allowed dose of antihistamines and eye drops to needing none the day after I began using this purifier. This is during coronavirus lockdown when trips outside are once daily so hay-fever exposure is still occurring, but limited. I know this to be the machine working and not the pollen count lowering because opening the window closest to the accursed nearby tree brings on sneezing fits and an itchy throat within seconds.The air doesn’t feel different, it’s not like you’re suddenly walking through a field of clover on a Swiss mountain. Maybe the top speed causes a slight cooling effect and that’s what people are confusing with it feeling crisp and fresh. It definitely clears the allergens out that affect me, that’s indisputable. Today though, for some reason it has stayed on red all day even with all the windows closed (maybe the liberal amounts of bleach I’m spraying around door handles to combat the coronavirus threat).I’ve had it roughly a week so far. I ran a lint roller over the outer cloth cover today after hoovering it yesterday, and it’s surprising how much fluff it accumulates in so short a time.So, the basic design problem with auto night mode:It activates in dim light and reduces noise/power/efficiency considerably. Unfortunately in hot weather you might draw the curtains to keep the room cool thus plunging your purifier into night mode where it barely works. I’m not convinced it’s worth leaving on at all on this setting. Why not have an auto mode that isn’t affected by dim light for dim rooms and/or those like myself who are comfortable with fan (white) noise even with it within arm’s reach of my bed so it can still reach the speeds it needs to clean the air?The workaround is to leave it on a manual setting and block out the lights with something placed over them if they bother you at night, but that obviously costs more to run than an automatic adjustment throughout the night.That’s the only problem so far. It’s not insurmountable so I’m keeping it, and mostly happy but slightly wish I’d bought the larger unit for greater coverage.Also, it’s worth noting that top manual speed seems to be stronger than top auto speed. And regarding the noise it generates, if you like a little white noise for sleeping to, I’ve discovered that the fan on setting 2 does a brilliant imitation of distant rain. It’s brilliantly relaxing.

• 0

  Big fresh unit
  Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 March 2019
  I’ve had the unit for a week now. I feel that the air feels cleaner and fresher when i walk into the room. It also feels cooler and crisper in the room. So what it does, it does well and that’s great..However, it’s a big unit and very noisy, so can’t just be left in a room as everyone will see and hear it, which is a let downAs the unit is still new, so far it’s noticeable improving the general air in my room, but I have yet to see how much power it’s using with it always being on and how long the filters last before replacement.

• 0

  Bright LED but auto mode makes it not an issue
  Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 May 2019
  Product is quiet, but if LED is on, its very bright.You can run it in 3 modes, auto, manual speed (low/medium/high) or sleep mode.In auto, it will vary the fan speed and the LED is on, but with the built in light sensor it will detect when the room is dark and hence enters sleep mode, where fan speed is on low and LED is off. Once the room lights up again it will go back into auto mode on low/medium/high fan speed with LED on.If you manually select a fan speed, the LED is always onIf you manually make it go to sleep mode, it will have LED off and fan speed on low (this is the mode I have settled on)If they add the feature so I can use auto mode, but cap the max fan speed that would be great (and make it 5 stars in my view)

• 0

  Improved air quality
  Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 March 2019
  Didn't notice any difference for the first few days but after a week really feeling the change in the air quality. My husband and I both suffer from asthma and COPD and we have felt the benefit of the unit being in our bedroom. We now wake up feeling better than before we had the unit with clearer airways. I leave it on constantly and it automatically runs on silent during the night not to disturb your sleep. I would definitely recommend.

• 0

  super quiet
  Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 March 2019
  This compact air purifier is extremely quiet in operation. It is being used in the bedroom. My wife suffers from asthma and she is already sleeping better and not having to reach out for the inhaler so much. I also seem to be sleeping better, waking up more refreshed. When a vacuum cleaner is being used, even outside the bedroom, the amber light comes on , showing that there is dust in the air. the green light comes back on after about fifteen minutes. Very little power is used - verified by the smart meter that we have. Very little space is taken up, we have got it in one corner of the room.

• 0

  Excellent product
  Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 June 2020
  I have found the air purifier to be well made and seems to do what I required of it, as my hay fever has been particularly bad this year but since I purchased the device it have not had any major flare ups. I may have preferred choosing a higher grade model over this but the cost and performance has been more that suitable for my bedroom.Noise is acceptable on night mode but unsure what performance the lowest setting actually offers which is what night mode runs at and as level 2 is not much more noisy but is clearly the lowest setting this should model should run at. Level 3 is considerably louder (almost 3 or 4 times that of level 2) but is the perfect day time/hour before bed setting to run at for maximum effect in cleaning the air.I tend to run it on auto which works like a charm and means I'm not running at max, when it doesn't need to be used, as that seems to gobble the power quite considerably compared to level's 1 and 2.

• 0

  Very good quality air purifier also works for smoke and cooking smells
  Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 November 2020
  This is quite large but has the front filters in light grey or beige are nice and neutral. If left in Auto, it is very sensitive to any changes in the room, cooking, cleaning chemicals, cigarette and immediately the colour indicator will change and the power will increase. It is quite effective at removing smells but the charcoal filter is not granules but the normal screen which is not as effective and I think they could have a better charcoal filter for the price but they do give you 2 spare charcoal filters in the box.This is much better quality than the Blue Air air purifier I bought for another room which does absolutely nothing but makes a lot of noise on high. However, for smoke smells, I think I would buy the Winix model with the plasmawave technology which I didn't buy because I prefer the look of this one.The negatives are that the air purifier automatically switches to Night Mode which is a constant low level when it gets dark. Not very useful in a UK winter with short days. You can override this manually so not a big problem. And I wish you could switch off the Air Quality Indicator as once you know it works and is automatically increasing power when needed, I would prefer not to have the glowing indicator on all the time.Overall, a very good unit that is a real air purifier from a proper air purifier manufacturer.

• 0

  Very quiet, excellent air-turnover and minimalist design.
  Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 July 2021
  I decided to upgrade to a larger air purifier, as my smaller one didn’t seem to do much and was overly noisy.This Winix Zero N is a sizeable unit, but the payoff is having a much larger air intake and fan. The larger the fan, the quieter they are in my experience.On sleep mode I cannot hear it, even when positioned 1.8m away from my bed. It also features a particulate sensor (that requires periodic cleaning) to analyse dust in real time. So the unit will increase or decrease it’s suction based on environmental contains of the room.The colour changing light (blue: good, amber: fair and red: poor) indicates the quality of the air. But do not that this light is quite bright. But when set on auto mode, that light will turn off (with the exception of a dim mode led light/s when the room is fairly dark) because it has a ambient light sensor.Performance so far seems excellent. Less allergens in my room means less asthma symptoms. The activated carbon filter (four included - lasts three months each) removes food smells and outdoor odours that creep into my bedroom. So overall my room feels and smells fresh. I would really recommend this air purifier - it’s one of the quietest and best performing one to date.

• 0

  This is the one, it actually works.
  Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 November 2020
  I've had this for 6 months now and it actually works. I've had cheaper smaller purifiers that were absolutely useless, but this actually works. You can even see dust gathered on the front where it sucks air in. It really helped with my allergies and you can even feel that the air is fresh and clean. It's silent and simple to use.