Air Purifiers / IKEA
IKEA UPPÅTVIND Air Purifier (E2111)
The cheapest AHAM Verifide purifier here, and the only one that quotes coverage at 5 ACH.
Overall score 6.1/10
Pros
- + The most honest coverage claim in the category — 75 ft² at 5 ACH, and AHAM independently lands on 68 ft² at 4.8 ACH
- + AHAM Verifide despite the $50 price, which most $250 purifiers here are not
- + Purely mechanical and CARB-listed as Mechanical: no ioniser, no UV, no ozone pathway of any kind
- + 8W flat out; running it 24/7 costs roughly a dollar a month
- + $18 filter with no app, no subscription and no cartridge authentication
Cons
- − 44 CFM smoke CADR is genuinely small — this is a desk or nursery unit, not a living-room unit
- − EPA 12 media is one class below True HEPA; IKEA claims 99.5% on PM2.5, not 99.97% on 0.3 µm
- − No carbon or gas filter is sold for it, so it does nothing about cooking smells, VOCs or smoke odour
- − 31 dB on low is louder than the Levoit Core Mini-P's 25 dB, and it has no sleep mode to fall back on
- − No sensor and no auto mode; IKEA publishes no warranty term, only a 365-day return window
IKEA UPPÅTVIND Air Purifier (E2111) review: what the specs say
The cheapest AHAM Verifide purifier here, and the only one that quotes coverage at 5 ACH. At $49.99, IKEA's 2022 model sits among the cheapest we cover — the air Purifiers we compare run from $49.99 to $1,014.99. It scores 6.1/10 overall, calculated from published specifications across 8 categories rather than from a subjective impression.
Its strongest showing is Freedom From Ozone & Air Chemistry at 10.0/10 — whether the unit adds an ioniser, plasma, UV or photocatalytic stage to the airstream, whether that stage can be switched off, and how CARB classifies the device — 'Mechanical' means filtration only, 'Electronic' means capable of generating ozone and certified only as being at or below 0.050 ppm. The weakest is Sensor Quality at 0.5/10, which is the trade-off to weigh before buying: if that is the specification you care about most, one of the alternatives below will serve you better.
Worth knowing before you buy: 44 CFM smoke CADR is genuinely small — this is a desk or nursery unit, not a living-room unit; and EPA 12 media is one class below True HEPA; IKEA claims 99.5% on PM2.5, not 99.97% on 0.3 µm. Every specification on this page comes from IKEA's own documentation or a verified retail listing — where a figure is not published, the table says so rather than estimating it.
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Full Specifications
| AHAM Verifide CADR (Smoke / Dust / Pollen) | AHAM Verifide: smoke 44 / dust 49 / pollen 50 CFM (ahamdir.com, model E2111). Genuinely Verifide — IKEA is one of only six consumer brands with current listings. CFM |
| AHAM Verifide Room Size (4.8 ACH) | 68 ft² (AHAM Verifide suggested room size for E2111) ft² |
| Coverage Claim & Its Air-Change Basis | IKEA states "Optimized for rooms of 75 sq. ft., where air is filtered through the air purifier 5 times per hour" — the only product in this file whose headline figure is a 5-ACH figure. Compare AHAM's own 68 ft² at 4.8 ACH: the two agree to within 10%. No 1-ACH number is quoted anywhere. |
| Filter Grade (True HEPA / HEPA-Type / H13) | EPA 12 per EN 1822-1 / ISO 29463-3 — one grade BELOW True HEPA (H13). IKEA states 99.5% efficiency for PM2.5, dust and pollen. It is not HEPA and IKEA does not call it HEPA. |
| Pre-Filter (Washable?) | No separate pre-filter. The EPA 12 particle filter is the only stage. |
| Filter Cost per Year | $36.00/yr — UPPÅTVIND particle filter (art. 905.514.98) $18.00, replaced at IKEA's stated maximum of 6 months. There is no gas/carbon filter offered for UPPÅTVIND at all, so odour and VOC removal is zero. |
| Ioniser / UV / PCO & CARB Classification | None. No ioniser, no UV, no PCO. CARB-certified and classified Mechanical (IKEA UPPÅTVIND E2111, EO G-22-366, notified 2022-09-16) — mechanical filtration only, structurally incapable of generating ozone. |
| Noise, Lowest to Highest Setting | 31 dB lowest fan speed to 55 dB highest (IKEA published) dB |
| Air Quality Sensor | None. No particle sensor, no VOC sensor, no auto mode — you set the speed by hand. |
| Smart Features & Offline Operation | None, and that is the point: no account, no app, no cloud, no firmware. Works identically forever with no internet connection. |
| Power Draw & Annual Energy | 8.0W maximum, 2.4W on lowest speed (IKEA published) |
| Warranty Terms & Conditions | IKEA publishes no manufacturer warranty term for UPPÅTVIND on the US product page; it offers a 365-day full-refund return window instead. warrantyMonths is recorded as 0 for that reason, not because coverage was found to be absent. |
| Connectivity | None — three-position mechanical dial, no Wi-Fi, no app, no remote |
| Material | Not published by IKEA — the product page lists no housing material |
| Warranty | 0 months |
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