Originally published at: https://breathesafeair.com/smartair-qt3-review-are-portable-air-purifiers-worth-it/
Over the past few years, people have begun looking for additional measures they can take to protect themselves beyond wearing a respirator. This has caused a few new product categories to become quite popular, one of which is far-UVC lighting and another of which is portable air purifiers. Today, I finally have a chance to try my first device in the latter category – the SmartAir QT3 portable air purifier. This small device is aptly named as it’s a cute device that, while not exactly small, is vastly smaller than what comes to mind when I hear the term ‘air…
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My main issue with the portable air purifiers I’m using (QT3 and Respiray) is that they’re making a lot of noise when run with max effect which will create inconvenience for people in my environment. Has anyone looked into replacing the fan with a more quite one? I thought I’d ask as a first step of looking into it.
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That’s a great point and something that needs to be considered.
I haven’t replaced the fan myself, but I assume a correctly-sized PC fan would work. This should give quite a few options for balancing performance and sound. If you do change the fan, I would love to hear your experiences and findings!