Germguardian AC5900WCA Review, high CADR for low price tag

The Germguardian AC5900WCA air purifier has an excellent reputation for being a high-quality air purifier for large-sized rooms. Plus, this 3-in-1 air purifier has most of the convenient features you’d ever need to make owning and using an air purifier an enjoyable experience.

This Germguardian AC5900WCA is best for removing various particles, including dust and smoke, from the air. Its three-part filtration system claims to clear up to 99.97% of common airborne pollutants, also thanks to the new fan power which is really great for larger room coverage. So get to know some excellent features of this air purifier.

Price

Certainly, when we want to buy any product then usually we become interested in its price range. There are different types of air purifiers on the market today and all come with different price tags, so you can check which one is the right model for your home. But, most of the time the price depends on its important key features. Here also you may check all the affordable germguardian air purifiers so that you can pick one that will suit for you.

The Germguardian AC5900WCA is a low range segment air purifier that comes with some excellent features. Although, you need to spend some extra money for its filter replacement a few times every year, but as a good and powerful air purifier it will likely be well worth the money you’re spending.

Great Design

GermGuardian AC5900WCA air Purifier comes with a very smart and attractive sleek design. This tower unit stands at 21-inch height and 16-inch width, and it weighs just 13 pounds.

In fact, this unit looks more like a large speaker that can be fit anywhere in your office, bedroom, living room or even your child’s room. A control panel which is conveniently located at the top of the unit is very easy to operate. By using this control panel, you can easily change the fan speed, turning on and off the UV-C system, and observing UV bulb and filter replacement warnings.

Overall, we are satisfied with GermGuardian AC5900WCA looks; a simple yet elegant design that doesn’t take up much space. Also, you can place the air purifier against a wall since air is emitted from the left side, so you don’t need to set it in the middle of your rooms.

Filtration

Pre filter: – Pre filter combines with a granular activated carbon filter to remove most of the large particles of pollutants and reduce odors created from smoke, cooking, and pets.

True HEPA filter: – The main filter is a true HEPA filter that is perfect to capture 99.97% of microscopic allergens, dust and mold spores down to 0.3 microns in size.

UV-C Light: – With a UV-C light bulb, AC5900WCA kills airborne bacteria, viruses and mold spores, and works with Titanium Dioxide to reduce volatile organic compounds

Filter replacement

As usual, you need to replace the True HEPA filter every 6-8 months and the cost will be $69. As a low range air purifier like Germguardian AC5900WCA, it looks expensive.

CADR

CADR ratings are very important for an air purifier because the CADR ratings show how effective the air purifier is when it comes to removing the three types of airborne pollutants – smoke, dust, and pollen. Like most CADR ratings, the higher the figure, the better the air purifier. The AC5900WCA CADR scores 218 for smoke, 220 for dust, and 215 for pollen. Any air purifier with CADR ratings above 200 is going to be undoubtedly awesome.

Air change per hour

The ACH or air change per hour of Germguardian AC5900WCA is 4x. It means AC5900WCA can purify its coverage area 4 times per hour.

Room coverage

Germguardian AC5900WCA offers larger room coverage. This AC5900WCA air purifier can cover a room of up to 338 square feet. So, if you wanna buy an air purifier that has a large room coverage then the Germguardian AC5900Wca can be the right choice for you.

Sound

With three fan speeds, this AC5900WCA air purifier is still as noisy as an average 5 to 6 fan-speed-air purifier. It’s not hard to tell the culprit, a bigger size device like Germguardian AC5900WCA needs a bigger fan which creates much noise. If you run this at the lowest setting, then its noise reaches 40 dB. And when you switch to the highest setting, the noise level will reach as high as 60 dB. which looks a little bit noisy than Levoit core 300 and GermGuardian AC4300BPTCA.

Power consumption

The Germguardian AC5900WCA comes with a powerful motor. So, it can consume your energy bill a bit more. If you use it for 8 hours each day, it would cost you up to $30 per year. That looks a little bit expensive, but if you don’t want to spend your money on this purpose you can choose Levoit vista 200 that is really great to save your energy cost. For running a Levoit Vista 200 8 hours each day, you only need to pay $5 per year.