Blueair Air Purifiers Guide

Blueair Company Info

Blueair is a Swedish company founded in 1996. The company’s only products are its line of air purifiers and filters. Blueair has received its share of notice and media attention in recent years, including magazines such as Men’s Health, Woman’s World, and Wired, among others. Blueair has also won the Excellent Swedish Design award, and one model has even been placed in the Swedish National Museum.

Blueair Purification Technology

Blueair makes many different models of air purifiers, but they all work in basically the same way. The purifiers use “patented HEPASilent technology” which the company claims “combines the best features of electrostatic and mechanical filter technology,” resulting in clean air with little noise, as well as “phenomenally low power usage.” Blueair claims a 99.7% particle filtration efficiency at .1 microns for all of its purifiers.

Blueair’s air filters also use ionizers, which the company says do not produce ozone. In addition, for an extra cost, you can also install a carbon filter (called the “Smokestop”), which will target gasses and odors; otherwise, the standard units will only filter out particulate pollution.

Airflow Technology

What makes the models distinct is how powerful they are; or in other words, how big the recommended maximum room size is. The models designed for larger rooms make use of a technology that Blueair calls “SurroundAir,” which is intended to increase airflow by drawing the polluted air in through the sides and bottom of the purifier, and releasing clean air from the sides and top.

Also, the ECO10 model is, according to Blueair, the “greenest air purifier ever,” due to a special fan that results in very low energy consumption. Finally, the Medical Filter model and the Furnace Filter system also reduce common gaseous pollutants known as Volatile Organic Compounds.

Blueair Model Price Range

Blueair’s purifiers have a wide price range over the different models, from moderate to quite high.

Blueair Air Purifier Models

• Blueair 203: HEPASilent filter, ionizer. Optional carbon filter. Coverage area of 175 square feet.
• Blueair 270E: HEPASilent filter, ionizer. Optional carbon filter. Coverage area of 210 square feet. Also distinguished from the 203 by its remote control and digital display.
• Blueair 303: HEPASilent filter, ionizer. Optional carbon filter. Coverage area of 225 square feet.
• Blueair 403: HEPASilent filter, ionizer. Optional carbon filter. Coverage area of 365 square feet.
• Blueair 450E: HEPASilent filter, ionizer. Optional carbon filter. Coverage area of 365 square feet. Distinguished from the 403 by its remote control and digital display.
• Blueair 503: HEPASilent filter, ionizer. Optional carbon filter. SurroundAir system. Coverage area of 580 square feet.
• Blueair 550E: HEPASilent filter, ionizer. Optional carbon filter. SurroundAir system. Coverage area of 605 square feet. Also distinguished from the 503 by its remote control and digital display.
• Blueair 603: HEPASilent filter, ionizer. Optional carbon filter. SurroundAir system. Coverage area of 640 square feet.
• Blueair 650E: HEPASilent filter, ionizer. Optional carbon filter. SurroundAir system. Coverage area of 698 square feet. Also distinguished from the 603 by its remote control and digital display.
• Blueair ECO10: HEPASilent filter, ionizer. Optional carbon filter. EC fan for low energy consumption. Coverage area of 298 square feet.
• Blueair Medical: HEPASilent filter, ionizer, multi-gas filter. Coverage area of 370 square feet.
• Furnace Filter System: Different from Blueair’s other offerings, this is a package that includes an ionizer and a set of filters. Blueair’s instructions are to “replace your ordinary furnace filter with a Blueair filter and plug the MX2 particle charger into the electrical outlets near the return air grills in your home.”