CATEGORY : Air Purifiers

Winix NK100 VS. Germ Guardian AC5250PT

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Winner:

Winix NK100

Reasons to buy Winix NK100:

  • button icon A 4-stage air filtration system.
  • button icon An All-in-one, 360°, 3-layer filter.
  • button icon 4 fan speeds and an advanced air-flow.
  • button icon Air Quality monitoring with automatic SmartSensors.
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Runners Up:

Germ Guardian AC5250PT

Reasons to buy Germ Guardian AC5250PT :

  • button icon Affordable
  • button icon Ideal for allergic people
  • button icon Great for pet households
  • button icon Effective on litter box odors & other weird odors
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summary Review:

PERFORMANCE
WINNER :

Germ Guardian AC5250PT

  • TIMER
USABILITY
DRAW :
SAFETY
WINNER :

Winix NK100

  • CHILD LOCK
  • OZONE FREE
APPEARANCE
DRAW :
Comparison Winner
Winix NK100

Reasons why we like it:

  • CHILD LOCK
  • OZONE FREE
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COMPARISON – Winix NK100 VS. Germ Guardian AC5250PT

PERFORMANCE

HEPA FILTER

Winix NK100
Germ Guardian AC5250PT
Yes

Comes with a True HEPA Filter that helps to capture 99.97% airborne-pollutants up-to as 0.3-microns.

Yes

HEPA Filter that captures and removes up to 99.97% of allergens and other particles as small as 0.3-microns such as household dust, pet-dander, mold-spores and plant-pollens.

TIMER

Winix NK100
Germ Guardian AC5250PT
No

Yes

Comes with an inbuilt-timer that can be set from 1-to-8 hours depending on how long you want this device to purify your room air before it shuts down.

FOR LARGE ROOMS

Winix NK100
Germ Guardian AC5250PT
No

No

REMOVES CIGARETTE ODOR

Winix NK100
Germ Guardian AC5250PT
Yes

It uses a CD Carbon Filter to eliminate different household-odors including; cigarette-odor so as to keep your home smelling fresher.

Yes

Uses an activated charcoal filter to capture and eliminate common odors including cigarette smoke odors.

ROOM SIZE AND AIRFLOW

Winix NK100
Germ Guardian AC5250PT
Yes

It’s designed for use in small-to-medium sized rooms of up-to320Sq.Ft. Likewise, it takes in polluted-air from sides for purification and after gives-off clean purified -air from the top-section.

Yes

Room coverage is up to “180Sq.ft.” CARD rating; CADR Smoke - 116, CADR Pollen 128, CADR Dust - 126

FIGHTS GERMS

Winix NK100
Germ Guardian AC5250PT
Yes

It uses PlasmaWave-Technology and a True HEPA Filter to eliminate germs, bacteria and other indoor air-pollutants.

Yes

Uses optional UV-C light technology that works along with Titanium Dioxide to eliminate airborne germs like; staph, influenza, pneumonia and rhinovirus

ELIMINATES DUST MITES

Winix NK100
Germ Guardian AC5250PT
Yes

The True HEPA Filter helps to eliminate 99.97% dust-mites while the Pre-Filter helps to trap large dust-particles.

Yes

Uses a True HEPA Filter to capture and remove up to 99.97% of dust mites. Additionally, it also features a Pre-filter that helps to capture large dust particles.

REMOVES PET DANDER

Winix NK100
Germ Guardian AC5250PT
Yes

Its True HEPA Filter will help to capture 99.97% of airborne-pollutants including; pet-dander.

Yes

Uses a Pre-filter with an activated carbon layer to capture and remove pet-odors within your home hence making it a perfect appliance for pet-owners.

GETS RID OF POLLEN

Winix NK100
Germ Guardian AC5250PT
Yes

The True HEPA Filter can destroy airborne-pollutants like pollen down to 0.3-microns at an efficiency-rate of 99.97%.

Yes

Uses a True HEPA Filter to trap and eliminate pollen and other allergy-triggers within your home.

REMOVES SMOKE

Winix NK100
Germ Guardian AC5250PT
Yes

Its CD-Carbon-Filter coupled with PlasmaWave-Technology will help to get rid of cooking-smoke, cigarette-smoke and other household-odors.

Yes

Uses an integrated Pre-filter and Charcoal-filter to trap and eliminate cooking-smoke, cigarette-smoke and other types of smoke that may accumulate within your home

REMOVES MOLD

Winix NK100
Germ Guardian AC5250PT
Yes

Its True HEPA Filter helps to eliminate mold-spores at efficiency of 99.97% and down to 0.3-microns so as to keep your home fresh and clean.

Yes

Uses a Hepa-Filter to capture up to 99.97% of allergens including mold. It also uses Pet Pure which is an antimicrobial agent added to the filter to inhibit the growth of mold, mildew and odor-causing bacteria on the surface of the filter.

TRAPS ALLERGENS

Winix NK100
Germ Guardian AC5250PT
Yes

It can trap and eliminate 99.97% of allergens and other airborne-pollutants using a True HEPA Filter coupled with PlasmaWave-Technology.

Yes

Uses a Hepa-Filter to remove 99.97% of allergens and other particles 0.3 microns from your home. This actually makes it a perfect home-appliance for allergy sufferers.

QUIET OPERATION

Winix NK100
Germ Guardian AC5250PT
Yes

This device can be whisper-silent on sleep-mode with only 33.7-DBs and it’s also really quiet when running on turbo-mode with only 52.7-DBs.

Yes

Operates quietly even when operating at the highest speed-setting. Also features an ultra-quiet sleep mode that operates at the lowest setting to provide you with optimum peace when sleeping.

WASHABLE PRE-FILTERS

Winix NK100
Germ Guardian AC5250PT
No

No

EASY FILTER REPLACEMENT

Winix NK100
Germ Guardian AC5250PT
Yes

Its 360 degree all-in-one filter is very easy to access and replace by simply removing the side-panel without needing any complicated tools.

Yes

Features easy-to-change filters that will need to be replaced after 6-to-8 months or depending on the use of the product. In fact, these 3 filters can be easily accessed by pressing a lock and release button

AUTOMATICALLY DETECTS AIRBORNE PARTICLES

Winix NK100
Germ Guardian AC5250PT
Yes

It uses an Auto-mode and Smart-Sensors to monitor indoor air-quality and after automatically adjust fan-speed so as to equalize any airborne-pollutants and create a clean-air environment.

Yes

Features an auto-mode that automatically captures and eliminates 99.97% of dust and allergens as small as 0.3-microns.

SLEEP MODE

Winix NK100
Germ Guardian AC5250PT
Yes

At night-time, this unit can be set to sleep-mode in-order for it to operate at lower fan-speed with dimmed-lights to help you achieve a quieter and comfortable sleep.

Yes

Features an ultra-quiet sleep mode uses the lowest speed-setting in-order to ensure optimum silence when you’re sleeping at night.

WATTAGE

Winix NK100
Germ Guardian AC5250PT
Yes

It uses only 46-watts on the highest fan-speed (Turbo-mode) and about 5-watts at lowest fan-speed (sleep-mode). It also has a power-voltage of: 110-120V.

Yes

Uses 63-watts when operating on the highest speed-setting and it use 33-watts when running on the lowest speed setting.

ENERGY STAR

Winix NK100
Germ Guardian AC5250PT
Yes

This unit is Energy Star Rated for its low power-consumption with only 46-watts at the highest speed setting and only 5-watts at the lowest speed-setting.

Yes

Energy Star Certified because it meets strict energy efficiency guidelines set by the US-EPA

Germ Guardian AC5250PT

USABILITY

CONTROLS AND MODES

Winix NK100
Germ Guardian AC5250PT
Yes

It features touch button controls at the top-section and these include; Mode (Manual-Operation, Auto Mode, Sleep Mode), Child-lock, Check-Filter, Power and several SmartSensors and LED-lights.

Yes

Controls include: A timer-set button, UV-C ON/OFF Button, Fan-speed button, Power on/off button and a filter-reset button. Modes include; the fan-speed mode, UV-C mode and ultra-quiet sleep mode.

FILTER REPLACEMENT REMINDER

Winix NK100
Germ Guardian AC5250PT
Yes

The Change-Filter-Indicator will light-up to help you instantly know when it’s time to replace the filters.

Yes

Features a filter replacement reminder that alerts you when it’s time to replace the filters. However, its only one single filter that needs to be replaced every 6-8 months

ECONOMICAL

Winix NK100
Germ Guardian AC5250PT
Yes

Since this device is ENERGY STAR certified, it does not take a lot of energy to run and this makes it very economical.

Yes

Uses less energy even with long-hours of performance and it is also very affordable.

AFFORDABLE

Winix NK100
Germ Guardian AC5250PT
Yes

This unit is very affordable compared to other advanced air-purifier brands with similar features.

Yes

It is very affordable compared to most air-purifier models within its range.

IDEAL FOR ASTHMATIC PEOPLE

Winix NK100
Germ Guardian AC5250PT
Yes

It’s very ideal asthmatic-people because it features a True HEPA Filter and PlasmaWave-Technology to eliminate 99.97% of allergens.

Yes

It is perfect for allergy sufferers including Asthmatic People because of its UV-C light technology that works with Titanium Dioxide to reduce airborne bacteria, viruses, germs and mold-spores

ALEXA COMPATIBLE

Winix NK100
Germ Guardian AC5250PT
No

No

REMOTE CONTROL

Winix NK100
Germ Guardian AC5250PT
No

No

FILTER LIFE - BASED ON USE

Winix NK100
Germ Guardian AC5250PT
Yes

Its 360-degree All-in-One Filter should be replaced annually or depending on the air-quality-levels within your environment.

Yes

All the filters in this device require a replacement every 6-to-8 months

SAFETY

CHILD LOCK

Winix NK100
Germ Guardian AC5250PT
Yes

When the Child Lock feature is enabled, the control panel will be locked so that settings can’t be changed.

No

OZONE FREE

Winix NK100
Germ Guardian AC5250PT
Yes

This device is ozone-safe and it even uses PlasmaWave-Technology to eliminate airborne-pollutants without emitting harmful-Ozone.

No

Winix NK100

APPEARANCE

DESIGN

Winix NK100
Germ Guardian AC5250PT
Yes

It has a circular, conical tower-shaped structure with a display-control-panel at the top-section coupled with an air-quality LED-lights & SmartSensors. It also has a white-body made of ABS-plastic.

Yes

Tower design – fits in small spaces

SIZE AND APPEARANCE

Winix NK100
Germ Guardian AC5250PT
Yes

Has a dimension of: 12.2”W x 12.2”D x 29.45H which makes it very slim and portable. It also features a white, conical-tower-shaped body made of durable ABS-plastic.

Yes

28-inch tall with a small footprint coupled with a lightweight body

WEIGHT

Winix NK100
Germ Guardian AC5250PT
Yes

23.1-pounds coupled with carrying-handle for easy to lifting and movement from room-to-room.

Yes

10.55 pounds

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