Ikea Starkvind air air purifier evaluate: Distinctive and useful
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Ikea Starkvind
MSRP $259.00
“The Ikea Starkvind combines a desk with an air air purifier, serving as sensible furnishings as a substitute of only a sensible equipment.”
Execs
- Distinctive and helpful design
- Straightforward assembly
- Intuitive on-device and in-app controls
- Good value for what it presents
Cons
- Barebones app
- Doesn’t introduce one thing new exterior its kind
The Ikea Starkvind air air air purifier is actually essentially the most distinctive air air air purifier I’ve ever examined.
It typically seems like air purifiers are a dime a dozen as we speak, nevertheless most have the equivalent design: A tower-like physique with fairly a number of interior filters. The Starkvind models itself apart by storing the air air air purifier inside a desk. It doubles its utility by providing every a desk and an air air air purifier.
However does it make an excellent smart home product? That’s debatable. Its normal efficiency is significantly restricted, nevertheless so are the smart capabilities of every totally different air air air purifier I’ve ever tried out. With that comparability in ideas, the Starkvind is a preferable chance as a result of it does additional than merely take up home on the bottom.
Design
The Ikea Starkvind has 4 desk legs and a excessive. There’s a slight gap between the very best of the desk and the physique to accommodate the airflow consumption. It’s obtainable in two colors: Stained oak veneer, or white (nevertheless additional beige) veneer.
As soon as completely assembled, the desk stands at 22 inches extreme, 21 inches in diameter, and has a twine measurement of 4 ft 11 inches. A button and dial on the doorway of the air air air purifier acts as a bodily administration stage for the Starkvind.
The excessive of the desk is locked in place nevertheless lifts as a lot as allow entry to the filter beneath. If you substitute the filter, you’ll should take the very best off, nevertheless that’s as simple as snapping 4 pins misplaced. There can be an optionally obtainable extension for the ability twine to give you barely additional measurement.
App administration
The Ikea Residence sensible app has the identical primary, streamlined design as a lot of the firm’s furnishings. That’s to not say it’s dangerous by any means — it simply doesn’t have quite a lot of bells and whistles.
You too can manually shift the velocity from one to 5, though I discovered it unpleasantly loud at each the fourth and fifth velocity settings.
The Starkvind Air Air purifier may be managed completely via the app and is definitely extremely attentive to it. A built-in air high quality analyzer will inform you the situation of the air in your house, and when you set the controls to Auto, the Starkvind will mechanically alter its fan velocity to compensate.
You too can manually shift the velocity from one to 5, though I discovered it unpleasantly loud at each the fourth and fifth velocity settings. The Starkvind expels a formidable quantity of air, and that’s nowhere extra obvious than at its highest settings.
In case you have babies round (otherwise you simply need your air air purifier left alone), you possibly can disable the on-device management knob from inside the app. This locks the management panel, however don’t fear — an LED on the entrance of the Starkvind acts as a reminder so that you don’t unintentionally attempt to flip the knob.
The app additionally tells you the way lengthy till it is advisable examine the filter, and can remind you when it’s time to interchange it. In the event you faucet the knowledge icon — denoted by an I with a circle round it, it breaks down how you can examine and alter the filter with step-by-step directions and knowledge graphics.
The app has different options, like the power to create scenes. The options are par for the course; the app works properly, even when it doesn’t have a lot to set it aside from the opposite apps available on the market.
Exterior of this, there isn’t a lot to say. The Starkvind does a great job of cleansing the air in your house, and the meeting course of makes for an fascinating dialog starter.
Our take
The Ikea Starkvind’s major promoting level is its distinctive design, however its air purification qualities shouldn’t be underestimated. I saved an air high quality monitor (separate from the built-in one) connected close to the air purifier, and I noticed marked enhancements whereas the Starkvind ran. It’s an amazing possibility for getting extra performance out of an equipment that might in any other case simply take up house.
Is there a greater various?
There are actually air purifiers with extra bells and whistles, however there aren’t actually any choices that mix a desk with an air air purifier in the way in which the Starkvind does. In the event you’re on the lookout for two-in-one performance, you may contemplate the LG PuriCare Aerotower — a air purifier and fan in a single.
How lengthy will it final?
The Starkvind has a filter lifetime of round six months, after which it might simply get replaced. The design itself is sturdy, with clever design decisions to guard potential ingress factors. Whereas I wouldn’t attempt standing on it, the Starkvind ought to final for years as a aspect desk or finish desk.
Do you have to purchase it?
Sure. In the event you don’t thoughts assembling it your self, the Starkvind makes for a sexy piece of furnishings and an efficient air air purifier. Whereas I want to see extra performance within the app — and to see the subsequent iteration of the Starkvind introduce one thing new to the air air purifier house — this one is a stable purchase.
