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Holmes Small Room HEPA Air Purifier VS. GermGuardian AC5900WCA

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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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Holmes Small Room HEPA Air Purifier

Reasons to buy Holmes Small Room HEPA Air Purifier :

  • button icon A slim dual positioning design.
  • button icon 3 speed settings for customized-control.
  • button icon HEPA-filter that removes 99% of Allergens.
  • button icon An optional-ionizer assists in particle removal.
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PERFORMANCE
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USABILITY
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SAFETY
WINNER :

GermGuardian AC5900WCA

  • OZONE FREE
APPEARANCE
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GermGuardian AC5900WCA

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COMPARISON – Holmes Small Room HEPA Air Purifier VS. GermGuardian AC5900WCA

PERFORMANCE

HEPA FILTER

Holmes Small Room HEPA Air Purifier
GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Yes

Features a HEPA-type-filter that removes 99% of airborne particles as small as 2-microns so that you can breathe comfortably.

Yes

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

TIMER

Holmes Small Room HEPA Air Purifier
GermGuardian AC5900WCA
No

Yes

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

FOR LARGE ROOMS

Holmes Small Room HEPA Air Purifier
GermGuardian AC5900WCA
No

No

REMOVES CIGARETTE ODOR

Holmes Small Room HEPA Air Purifier
GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Yes

Uses an activated carbon filter to remove cigarette-odor and other household-odors within air.

Yes

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

ROOM SIZE AND AIRFLOW

Holmes Small Room HEPA Air Purifier
GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Yes

It’s designed for use within small-to-medium sized rooms of up-to 109-square-feet (10ft x 11ft). It also pulls in dirty-air from the front-vents and gives-off clean air at the top-vents.

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.

FIGHTS GERMS

Holmes Small Room HEPA Air Purifier
GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Yes

Its plastic-housing features Microban-protection that guards against microbial-growth of germs, mold & bacteria.

Yes

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

ELIMINATES DUST MITES

Holmes Small Room HEPA Air Purifier
GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Yes

The unit uses a HEPA filter to trap 99% of typical airborne particles including dust-mites.

Yes

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

REMOVES PET DANDER

Holmes Small Room HEPA Air Purifier
GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Yes

Its HEPA-filter can trap 99% of typical airborne-particles including pet-dander in-order to improve on the quality and freshness of air within your home.

Yes

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

GETS RID OF POLLEN

Holmes Small Room HEPA Air Purifier
GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Yes

It uses a HEPA-filter and an optional ionizer to trap and eliminate pollen and other airborne-particles.

Yes

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

REMOVES SMOKE

Holmes Small Room HEPA Air Purifier
GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Yes

It uses an activated carbon filter and an optional ionizing function to trap and eliminate smoke and other household-odors.

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.

REMOVES MOLD

Holmes Small Room HEPA Air Purifier
GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Yes

Its uses a HEPA type filter to remove up-to 99% of mold and other airborne-particles as small as 2-microns

Yes

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

TRAPS ALLERGENS

Holmes Small Room HEPA Air Purifier
GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Yes

This unit uses a HEPA-filter to trap 99% of typical airborne-allergens while its optional ionizing function improves on performance.

Yes

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

QUIET OPERATION

Holmes Small Room HEPA Air Purifier
GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Yes

Select a lower-speed for continued purification with less ambient noise.

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.

WASHABLE PRE-FILTERS

Holmes Small Room HEPA Air Purifier
GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Yes

You can easily wash and reuse the pre-filter but other filters are replaceable.

No

EASY FILTER REPLACEMENT

Holmes Small Room HEPA Air Purifier
GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Yes

Both filters can be easily accessed through a pop-off cover at the front. So, you don’t need any tools or professional-help to change the filters.

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.

AUTOMATICALLY DETECTS AIRBORNE PARTICLES

Holmes Small Room HEPA Air Purifier
GermGuardian AC5900WCA
No

No

SLEEP MODE

Holmes Small Room HEPA Air Purifier
GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Yes

It can be set to the lowest speed-setting in-order to provide continuous air-purification with less ambient noise (white-noise) so that you can sleep better.

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.

WATTAGE

Holmes Small Room HEPA Air Purifier
GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Yes

Its uses 49.5-watts on the highest speed-setting and less than 5-watts on the lowest speed setting.

Yes

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

ENERGY STAR

Holmes Small Room HEPA Air Purifier
GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Yes

Its Energy-star rated because it consumes less power even when running on the highest speed-setting. In fact, its maximum energy consumption is 49.5-watts.

Yes

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

USABILITY

CONTROLS AND MODES

Holmes Small Room HEPA Air Purifier
GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Yes

It features 2 sliding switch controls for selecting between 3 speed-settings and the other switch for power on/off.

Yes

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

FILTER REPLACEMENT REMINDER

Holmes Small Room HEPA Air Purifier
GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Yes

There is a filter change indicator to let you know when it’s time to change the HEPA-type-filter and carbon-filter.

Yes

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

ECONOMICAL

Holmes Small Room HEPA Air Purifier
GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Yes

This device consumes less power and its filters are very affordable thus making it very economical.

Yes

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

AFFORDABLE

Holmes Small Room HEPA Air Purifier
GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Yes

This unit is very affordable and you should actually acquire it to receive clean and purified air at all times.

Yes

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

IDEAL FOR ASTHMATIC PEOPLE

Holmes Small Room HEPA Air Purifier
GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Yes

Its HEPA-type-filter helps to remove up-to 99% of airborne-allergens down to 2-microns so as to provide cleaner air for asthamtic-people.

Yes

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

ALEXA COMPATIBLE

Holmes Small Room HEPA Air Purifier
GermGuardian AC5900WCA
No

No

REMOTE CONTROL

Holmes Small Room HEPA Air Purifier
GermGuardian AC5900WCA
No

No

FILTER LIFE - BASED ON USE

Holmes Small Room HEPA Air Purifier
GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Yes

The HEPA-TYPE-Filter and Carbon-filter should be replaced once every 3-to-4 months. However, you can rinse the carbon pre-filter well to save some bucks.

Yes

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

SAFETY

CHILD LOCK

Holmes Small Room HEPA Air Purifier
GermGuardian AC5900WCA
No

No

OZONE FREE

Holmes Small Room HEPA Air Purifier
GermGuardian AC5900WCA
No

Yes

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

GermGuardian AC5900WCA

APPEARANCE

DESIGN

Holmes Small Room HEPA Air Purifier
GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Yes

Features a slim, dual-positioning design which makes it easy to set on any surface either vertically or horizontally. It also features a compact desktop-design with 2 sliding switches on top.

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.

SIZE AND APPEARANCE

Holmes Small Room HEPA Air Purifier
GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Yes

Has a dimension of: 6.34"H x 13.07"W x 9.72"L. It also features a compact, lightweight and multi-color body made of durable ABS-plastic coupled with 2 control sliding switches at the top.

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.

WEIGHT

Holmes Small Room HEPA Air Purifier
GermGuardian AC5900WCA
Yes

5.65-pounds which makes it very lightweight and easy to carry and move form room-to-room. It’s also a great choice for travellers.

Yes

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

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