Air purifier filter prices are too high for consumers to afford

“Beijing has the most severe air pollution from late autumn to winter. It is recommended to replace the air purifier filter once every quarter for up to four months.” said Qian Hua, a senior engineer at the Shanghai Institute of Environmental Science, if the filter element in the air purifier is prolonged. Do not clean or replace, not only does not achieve the effect of purifying the air, but will become a breeding ground for bacteria, and even endanger the health of consumers.

When consumers spent three or four thousand yuan to buy back an air purifier, they found that they would have to pay for the replacement of the filter cartridge. “When I first purchased, the factory’s Purchasing Purchasing Manager said that it would be similar to changing the filter once a year. However, I did not open the window for a minute. The air purifier turned red and started the alarm.” said Wu, who lives in Beijing Sihui, from From November last year to now, she has replaced the purifier filter twice. "Dust filter replacement costs about 300 yuan. If it is updated three times a year, the cost of using the air purifier will increase by 900 yuan. I didn't expect that the cost of air purifiers' maintenance would be so high that it would be too much to eat."

"I've cleaned the filters that can be manually cleaned according to the product manual, but some of the accessories that can't be started by yourself need to be replaced on a regular basis." Miss Liu, who lives in Shanghai Jing'an District, also said that she last year 1 After purchasing an imported air purifier in the month, the current cost of replacing the filter cartridge has already cost more than 1,000 yuan. Such a large amount of late investment feels a bit like burning money.

However, despite complaints about the high maintenance costs of air purifiers at a later stage, these consumers also said, “If you spend a thousand more and let the family breathe fresh air together, it's worth it.”

The filter element is a little expensive. Some of the air purifier brand guides emphasize that their products have technologies to eliminate PM2.5, but most of them will not introduce consumers to the frequency and price of filter replacement. It is understood that due to the differences in brand, model and efficacy, the filters of various brand air purifiers cannot be universal. When the purifier is purchased, manufacturers will give one or two “replacement” filters, but after use, consumers need to contact the manufacturers to pay for new ones.

Taking an air purifier with a foreign brand price of 4,000 yuan or more as an example, the deodorizing filter price is 213 yuan. Excluding the formaldehyde filter 259 yuan, the HEPA dust filter is the most expensive, and it costs 549 yuan to replace it once.

In this regard, there are home appliance industry observers said that the people have established a concept of spending money to buy health, spend money to buy mineral water, spend money to buy soymilk, in the future to spend money to buy air will also be popular. Whether it can provide good after-sales service will become the focus of future air purifier companies.