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GermGuardian AC5900WCA VS. Austin Air Healthmate Standard B400A1

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GermGuardian AC5900WCA

Reasons to buy GermGuardian AC5900WCA:

  • button icon It captures 99.97% of dust and allergens.
  • button icon Has 3-speed setting for customized performance.
  • button icon Covers small-to-medium sized rooms of up-to 338Sq.ft.
  • button icon It uses UV-C light technology to fight bacteria & germs.
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Austin Air Healthmate Standard B400A1

Reasons to buy Austin Air Healthmate Standard B400A1 :

  • button icon 4 stages of air-purification.
  • button icon An ultra-quiet motor with 3-speeds.
  • button icon A Solid, welded-steel case with wheels.
  • button icon A 360° air-intake and one-side air-flow.
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summary Review:

PERFORMANCE
WINNER :

Austin Air Healthmate Standard B400A1

  • FOR LARGE ROOMS
  • WASHABLE PRE-FILTERS
USABILITY
WINNER :

GermGuardian AC5900WCA

  • FILTER REPLACEMENT REMINDER
  • AFFORDABLE
SAFETY
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APPEARANCE
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Comparison Winner
GermGuardian AC5900WCA

Reasons why we like it:

  • TIMER
  • FILTER REPLACEMENT REMINDER
  • AFFORDABLE
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COMPARISON – GermGuardian AC5900WCA VS. Austin Air Healthmate Standard B400A1

PERFORMANCE

HEPA FILTER

GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Austin Air Healthmate Standard B400A1
Yes

Features a True HEPA-Filter that eliminates 99.97% of allergens and other airborne-contaminants as small as 0.3-microns.

Yes

It features a True Medical Grade HEPA-filter that removes 99.97% of all particles larger than 0.3-microns and 95% of all particles larger than 0.1-microns.

TIMER

GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Austin Air Healthmate Standard B400A1
Yes

It also features a programmable-timer that can be set for 1, 2, 4 or 8 hours before the unit shuts down.

No

FOR LARGE ROOMS

GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Austin Air Healthmate Standard B400A1
No

Yes

It’s designed to purify air within larger rooms with sizes of up-to 1500sq.ft but with normal ceiling heights.

REMOVES CIGARETTE ODOR

GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Austin Air Healthmate Standard B400A1
Yes

Uses a Carbon-filter to trap and eliminate cigarette-odor and other household-odors from pets and cooking.

Yes

Uses a combined granular carbon and zeolite filter to eliminate cigarette-odor, gasses and other chemicals.

ROOM SIZE AND AIRFLOW

GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Austin Air Healthmate Standard B400A1
Yes

Designed for use in small-to-medium sized rooms of up-to 338Sq.ft. Additionally, this device can filter and circulate room-air for over 4X per-hour.

Yes

Effectively cleans room-sizes of up to 1500sq.ft coupled with a 360-degree intake system and air-flow output from the upper-deck directed to one-side.

FIGHTS GERMS

GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Austin Air Healthmate Standard B400A1
Yes

Uses UV-C light technology with Titanium-Dioxide to eliminate airborne germs, bacteria and viruses.

Yes

It uses a True Medical Grade HEPA-filter to trap and eliminate 99.97% germs and other airborne-particles as small as o.1-microns.

ELIMINATES DUST MITES

GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Austin Air Healthmate Standard B400A1
Yes

Its True HEPA filter eliminates 99.97% of dust-mites while the integrated Pre-filter helps to capture large dust-particles within air.

Yes

Uses a Certified HEPA-filter to remove 99.97% of airborne-pollutants including dust-mites.

REMOVES PET DANDER

GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Austin Air Healthmate Standard B400A1
Yes

Uses a True HEPA Filter to capture 99.97% of pet-dander and other airborne-pollutants down to 0.3-microns.

Yes

It features a Large Particle Pre filter that helps to trap and remove easily seen particles including pet-dander, dust and other particles.

GETS RID OF POLLEN

GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Austin Air Healthmate Standard B400A1
Yes

The True HEPA Filter helps to destroy 99.97% of pollen and other airborne-allergens down to 0.3-microns.

Yes

Uses a Medium Particle Pre-filter to remove small-to-medium sized airborne particles including pollen.

REMOVES SMOKE

GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Austin Air Healthmate Standard B400A1
Yes

Its Carbon-filter can eliminate cigarette and cooking smoke. This filter can also remove common household odors so as to provide you with fresh air.

Yes

A combined Activated Carbon and Zeolite filter helps to remove smoke, gases and other chemical-odors within your home.

REMOVES MOLD

GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Austin Air Healthmate Standard B400A1
Yes

Uses a HEPA-Filter and UV-C light technology with Titanium-Dioxide to eliminate 99.97% of mold-spores.

Yes

Uses a Medium Particle Pre filter to eliminate small to medium size airborne-particles like mold.

TRAPS ALLERGENS

GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Austin Air Healthmate Standard B400A1
Yes

The integrated True HEPA Filter can destroy 99.97% of allergens and other airborne-pollutants as small as 0.3-microns.

Yes

Uses a True Medical Grade HEPA-Filter to remove 99.97% of allergens and other airborne-pollutants larger than 0.3-microns

QUIET OPERATION

GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Austin Air Healthmate Standard B400A1
Yes

It features 3-speeds whereby the low-speed (speed-1) provides ultra-quiet operation making this unit perfect for use in areas that require optimum silence.

Yes

It features an ultra-quiet motor with 3-speeds. In fact, this motor is mounted on shock-absorbers to eliminate vibrations and noise even when operating on the highest-speed.

WASHABLE PRE-FILTERS

GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Austin Air Healthmate Standard B400A1
No

Yes

It’s only the wrap-around pre-filter that can be removed and washed every 6-12 months. But you also need to vacuum the inner-sections of the pre-filter.

EASY FILTER REPLACEMENT

GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Austin Air Healthmate Standard B400A1
Yes

To change its filters, you just need to take-off the front-panel by pushing on a clip and then pull to reveal the filters.

Yes

The bottom-plate can be removed for easy accessibility to the filters. This process will require using a simple Philips screwdriver.

AUTOMATICALLY DETECTS AIRBORNE PARTICLES

GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Austin Air Healthmate Standard B400A1
No

No

SLEEP MODE

GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Austin Air Healthmate Standard B400A1
Yes

It features an ultra-quiet sleep mode that runs on lowest speed setting (speed-1) thus making this device perfect for use in bedrooms.

Yes

Since this device features 3 fan-speeds, you can set it to the lowest speed-setting to achieve quiet-operation all night long.

WATTAGE

GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Austin Air Healthmate Standard B400A1
Yes

Uses about 65-watts on the highest speed-setting and less than 8-watts at the lowest speed.

Yes

This unit uses about 115-Watts of power on highest speed-setting and a lesser-wattage on the lowest speed-setting.

ENERGY STAR

GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Austin Air Healthmate Standard B400A1
Yes

It has an energy star rating for low power-consumption even when running on the highest speed-setting.

Yes

It’s an ENERGY STAR Certified device because it’s very energy-efficient and will help you save a lot of money electricity-bills.

Austin Air Healthmate Standard B400A1

USABILITY

CONTROLS AND MODES

GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Austin Air Healthmate Standard B400A1
Yes

The control-panel features several digital controls which include; fan-speed, UV-C on/off button, filter-replacement-indicator, Timer & a Power-button.

Yes

It features a 3-Speed control-dial switch with a shut-off option.

FILTER REPLACEMENT REMINDER

GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Austin Air Healthmate Standard B400A1
Yes

Has a filter-change-indicator that will blink red to alert you that it’s time to replace the filters.

No

ECONOMICAL

GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Austin Air Healthmate Standard B400A1
Yes

It’s very economical because it consumes less power and even features a timer-option that help in the energy-saving process.

Yes

It’s very economical because it uses only 115Watts of power on highest speed-setting and less-power when running on the lowest speed-setting.

AFFORDABLE

GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Austin Air Healthmate Standard B400A1
Yes

This unit is affordable but equipped with some of the best technologies in air-purification.

No

IDEAL FOR ASTHMATIC PEOPLE

GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Austin Air Healthmate Standard B400A1
Yes

It uses a True HEPA filter & UV-C Technology to reduce on exposure to indoor asthma triggers.

Yes

If you suffer from asthma, then this device will work perfectly for you because it features True Medical Grade HEPA-filter that removes 99.97% of all allergens.

ALEXA COMPATIBLE

GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Austin Air Healthmate Standard B400A1
No

No

REMOTE CONTROL

GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Austin Air Healthmate Standard B400A1
No

No

FILTER LIFE - BASED ON USE

GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Austin Air Healthmate Standard B400A1
Yes

All its filters need to be replaced every 6-to-8 months depending on the use of the product.

Yes

The True Medical Grade HEPA-filter, Activated Carbon and Zeolite filter should be replaced every 5-years. The Large-Particle Pre-filter & Medium-Particle-Prefilter must be replaced every 5-years too.

GermGuardian AC5900WCA

SAFETY

CHILD LOCK

GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Austin Air Healthmate Standard B400A1
No

No

OZONE FREE

GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Austin Air Healthmate Standard B400A1
Yes

Doesn't emit harmful- ozone because it UV-C technology converts it back to oxygen.

Yes

The Baked-on powder coat finish and foam-seal gaskets at the top and bottom help to eliminate off-gassing hence making this device ozone-free.

APPEARANCE

DESIGN

GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Austin Air Healthmate Standard B400A1
Yes

It has a portable, speaker-like tower design with a display-control-panel at the top, air-inlets at the back and air-outlets on the sides coupled with a stand at the bottom and a carrying-handle.

Yes

Features a tower-shaped, box-body with a 360° air-intake while the air-output is at upper-deck and directed to one-side. It also has Baked-on-powder-coat-finish with caster-wheels at the base.

SIZE AND APPEARANCE

GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Austin Air Healthmate Standard B400A1
Yes

Has a dimension of: 9.6"W x 16"L x 21"H coupled with a compact, black tower-shaped body made of durable ABS-plastic with a carrying-handle and stand.

Yes

Has dimension of: 14.5″L x 14.5″W x 23″H, Baked on powder coat paint finish, 3 Speed control switch and caster-wheels at the base.

WEIGHT

GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Austin Air Healthmate Standard B400A1
Yes

13-pounds and this makes it lightweight and easy to transport.

Yes

45-lbs and this makes it very hard to carry but the included caster-wheels make it easy to move from room-to-room.

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