Finally, there remained the question of what to do with the living room.
Still buying an air purifier at this point in time? I think to myself. Have I become manic from drinking too many energy drinks? I carefully watch my mind, and wonder if I should still buy more air purifiers. As carefully as possible.
There is a clear fact in our house. That is, the living room remains a red zone for pollen.
Whether the robot vacuum cleaner is running around or the Braava is sweeping the flooring, the situation has not improved.
Normally, I can live without any problems. However, once my 2-year-old son, Takeh, runs around the house, his eyes itch and he sneezes. What does this mean? I clean the house every day without fail.
They say that the vibration of running raises pollen. Where can you find such pollen? If there was a dye that only colored pollen, I would want to spray it into the air.
We have of course considered the possibility that the pollen is on the clothes that Takeh is wearing. Even though he hasn’t stepped out of the house yet, he’s still feeling a bit mushy, so it appears that the problem is inside the house.
Cleaning and replacing the 24-hour ventilation filter does not seem to have improved the situation.
Perhaps, in my mind at the time, it didn’t matter much whether or not there was actually pollen in the air. I guess I was just unhappy and anxious about the fact that there were rooms that were not air-cleaned.
After installing the first and second air purifiers one after the other, we began to understand what an air purifier was all about, and then the third air purifier for the living room appeared on the scene.
I bought a Daikin MC55Z this time.
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It is a single function model of air purification.
I already have a relatively large dedicated humidifier in my house. If there are any more “humidifying air purifiers,” the already existing humidifier will get in the way and have to be thrown out. That would be a shame, so we decided to buy a stand-alone air purifier for the living room.
When examined on kakaku.com, it is the most popular model in the air purifier/humidifying air purifier genre.
However, to our chagrin, the ACK70X, a product of the same company with almost identical air purification specs, was cheaper with a humidification function. Why is the one with the humidification function cheaper?
The ACK70X is a discontinued model, and its successor, the MCK70Y, is now on the market. Because of this, it seems to be circulating at a lower price.
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The ACK70X and MCK70Y are completely different in appearance, and this is not a business like Sharp’s, where new products are released every year with different model numbers, but they look and feel almost the same.
Then I wondered if there was a Daikin air purification single function model available at a lower price than the model I was looking for. I thought so, but could not find them. To begin with, it is a characteristic of Sharp that there are plenty of out-of-model products in circulation, and other manufacturers basically adjust their inventories toward the end of sales when a new product is released. Selling old models is inherently strange.
I happened to find a store that was selling the MC55Z at a discount during a time sale, which was good because it was even cheaper than the lowest price on kakaku.com.
The MC-55Z was installed in the center of the living room as the last air purifier to be installed in our home.
My first thought was, “It’s huge! was.
The two Sharp air purifiers already installed in our home had a depth of 23 cm. The Daikin is 27 centimeters deep. Although it is only 4 cm thicker, it is very intimidating.
Depth 27 cm✕ Width 27 cm✕ Height 50 cm.
I had checked the specs beforehand, but it seemed 30% larger than what I expected. It looks like a cajon (a box-shaped percussion instrument).
You may be thinking, “Does it come with a humidifier?” You might think, “But no, no, it’s this size just for air purification.
However, it is awfully light. No, it is not light because it weighs 6.8 kilograms, but the image of a heavy box makes it feel light when you pick it up. It is an illusion. It’s just as well, because what’s inside is basically a filter, a fan, and a few extra electronic devices. That’s it.
This product works by sucking in air from both sides and releasing it from the top. The lower half has a sirocco fan like those found in a kitchen exhaust fan, and the air sucked in there passes through a filter attached like a lid and is blown out through a slit at the top.
In addition, there is a little slit under the front of the unit, which has the effect of sucking in dust and pollen near the floor.
It is much more convincing than the “coanda effect” rear intake that Sharp claims. Or rather, it is simply a graceful way of doing something about it by brute force.
Since it is so big without humidification, it will be even bigger if humidification is added.
In the case of the ACK70X I just compared it to, it is 28.7 cm deep✕ 39.5 cm wide✕ 60 cm high. Yeah, word of mouth says it’s “very large,” and it certainly is. I’m already intimidated by the one I have in front of me, which measures 27 cm X 27 cm X 50 cm, so if it’s even bigger than that, I’m not just intimidated, I’ll have a hard time finding a place to put it.
It’s a real shame to make the house smaller and less comfortable for the sake of air purification.
Nowadays, I would like to see a built-in air purification function in new condominiums for sale. But that’s impossible. Unlike air conditioning, air purifiers cannot be installed in the ceiling. The air cleaner must be placed near the floor in order to absorb dust and other particles. If you want to install a built-in air cleaner, there must be a hole near the floor. What are you going to do with it?
Even if it is technically possible, it would be useless if there were holes in odd places because everyone has their own furniture arrangement. After all, it would have to be retrofitted.
This Daikin air purifier is big, but I’m glad I bought it because it gives me a good sense of “It’s working now! I’m glad I bought it because it gives me a good feeling of “It’s working now!
I always think that “big is right” when it comes to air purifiers. In the end, it all depends on how much air is filtered, so a machine with a big filter and a big fan wins. This is the kind of product that lives up to the saying, “Bigger is better. It would probably take magic to say, “It’s small but has great air purification capabilities.” (Cleverine, I’m talking about you.)
When you look up reviews of air purifiers, you will see advice to “choose a product with specifications that apply to an area two to three times the size of the room you will be using it in. In other words, if you want to use it in a room of 6 tatami mats, the air purifier should be compatible with at least 12 tatami mats, and if you want to use it in a LDK of 15 tatami mats, the specifications should be at least 30 tatami mats.
I thought, “You must be kidding,” but after actually installing the MC55Z (~25 mats), I understood exactly what he meant.
If you want to deodorize odors, a power of just enough to gently stir the air in the room may be enough. But I want it to absorb dust and pollen! If you want to get rid of unpleasant things from your house, you need to make sure that the wind doesn’t reach the corners of the room! it is meaningless if the airflow does not reach every corner of the room.
If the power is weak, it may only stir the air around the air purifier for a meter or two and that would be the end of it. That would be meaningless.
I decided to understand that Daikin’s unusually large chassis was an indication of its seriousness in stirring the air.
One good thing about this model is that it has a dust sensor. What, the previous two models did not have it? I guess, but yes, it was not. This caught me completely off guard.
I come home and as I’m bashing away, the LED light turns yellow or red and the gusts of wind increase. “Oh, you’re doing it! I feel happy. However, this was only a reaction of the “smell sensor” and not a detection of dust.
What the heck, I thought the air purifier was doing its job. I thought the air purifier was doing its job. But it wasn’t.I come home and as I’m bashing away, the LED light turns yellow or red and the gusts of wind increase. “Oh, you’re doing it! I feel happy. However, this was only a reaction of the “smell sensor” and not a detection of dust.What the heck, I thought the air purifier was doing its job. I thought the air purifier was doing its job. But it wasn’t.
On that note, this Daikin product has a dust sensor. The living room is the largest space in our house, where the children move around at a snail’s pace. Therefore, it was nice to have a function that could respond immediately when dust was blown up.
However, as a household with children, there were two problems.On that note, this Daikin product has a dust sensor. The living room is the largest space in our house, where the children move around at a snail’s pace. Therefore, it was nice to have a function that could respond immediately when dust was blown up.However, as a household with children, there were two problems.
(1) Child lock can only be set from the remote control.
There is rarely an opportunity to change the mode of the air purifier with the remote control, so the remote control is put away. Therefore, I do not use the child lock, but my child sometimes turns it off.(1) Child lock can only be set from the remote control.There is rarely an opportunity to change the mode of the air purifier with the remote control, so the remote control is put away. Therefore, I do not use the child lock, but my child sometimes turns it off.
(2) Children use the top of the air purifier as a storage space for their belongings.
The 50-centimeter-high, 27-centimeter-square space is an ideal place for children to store their belongings. They put stuffed toys of Chipmunks, books they are about to read, and so on. If the air vent is blocked, it could cause a malfunction, so it is necessary to repeatedly tell the child, “Don’t put things here.(2) Children use the top of the air purifier as a storage space for their belongings.The 50-centimeter-high, 27-centimeter-square space is an ideal place for children to store their belongings. They put stuffed toys of Chipmunks, books they are about to read, and so on. If the air vent is blocked, it could cause a malfunction, so it is necessary to repeatedly tell the child, “Don’t put things here.
Well, such problems are trivial, and I think it ventilates the large room well enough: even at a distance of more than 3 meters, I can feel the air in the room flowing because of the air purifier. When the room temperature is low, this breeze feels cold. Even so, the fan is very quiet and comfortable. I am glad I bought it.
With this, we now have three air purifiers in our house. There is no room to buy more. It is the end of the line.
Thanks to this, the deodorizer that had been in our house for a long time lost its use before it broke down and went into storage.Well, such problems are trivial, and I think it ventilates the large room well enough: even at a distance of more than 3 meters, I can feel the air in the room flowing because of the air purifier. When the room temperature is low, this breeze feels cold. Even so, the fan is very quiet and comfortable. I am glad I bought it.With this, we now have three air purifiers in our house. There is no room to buy more. It is the end of the line.Thanks to this, the deodorizer that had been in our house for a long time lost its use before it broke down and went into storage.
I think it did a great job despite its single function, but I no longer have room for it in my current house. There were times when I used it and times when I didn’t use it, but I thank you for your hard work over the past eight years.
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