GermGuardian Air Purifier for Home with HEPA Pure Filter, Night Light Projector, UV-C Light Helps Reduce Germs, Removes 99.97% of Pollutants, Rooms up to 263 Sq. Ft., 11″, Pink, AC4150PCA

The GermGuardian Kids Night Night 4-in-1 Hepa Air Purifier with Projector is an effective – albeit a bit noisy – air filtration system. Our son has miserable allergies, particularly during this California Fall season. To keep his allergies at bay, my kid takes showers before he goes to bed in order to minimize any dander or pollen being transferred to his bedding, we vacuum regularly, he takes allergy medications as needed, and we’ve placed both a humidifier and an air purifier in his room. We’ve switched out his Honeywell Compact Tower for the GermGuardian to see how he’d do with the more kid friendly looking unit. The GermGuardian didn’t really help with filtering out the allergens as well as his old unit, but did work well for our daughter who has very mild allergies. The unit has a single sided air flow (only come out from the front) and very tiny UV-C light which doesn’t seem to serve much function. The UV-C light only covers the bottom 1/4 of the filter, so a majority of the air flow goes through without passing by the light. The purifier does help with scents in the room – when turned on, any scent gets filtered out effectively, and we’ve noticed that even when cooking scents waft into a room that the scents get effectively filtered out. The unit is very attractive and is slightly larger than a large shoebox. The unit is a nice Robin Egg color, and features a three LED light night light on top with plates that are interchangeable. The plates can feature either stars/moon, ocean creatures, or safari creatures on the ceiling. There are three different light colors to choose from including white, green, blue, or a rotation of all three. For some odd reason, the white LED makes the shapes look very blurry. The blue is also creates shapes that are a bit blurry, but not quite as much as the white LED color. The green is by far the sharpest LED shape – I’m not sure why this is, but it may be because of the positioning of the three different light bulbs. This unit has three filtration speeds ranging from low to high. On the lowest setting the unit is fairly quiet, and the air input is low but effective. When on the highest setting, the noise is loud enough where light sleepers may find the noise distracting. My boy doesn’t like the unit being set on high as he complains it’s too noisy. Having the fan system is also a bit annoying when using on colder nights. Overall, if you’re looking for an air purifier that can effectively reduce scents, looks cute, and functions well as a night light, this a decent unit to consider. If you’re looking for something that will help reduce allergens in the room, this unit is not as effective as other systems we’ve tried. On the upside, the filters are much cheaper than other systems out there, and if you have mild allergies, this unit may work well for you. We’re likely going to place this in our daughter’s room, and put our son’s old purifier back in his room. While this didn’t work for him, our daughter thought it was awesome, and it seems to work well for her.