While you’ll either love or hate the overall design aesthetic of the Big+Quiet, you have to keep in mind that it's been built so it can do its thing while standing unintrusively in a corner somewhere. I’m guessing it’s going to be nigh on impossible to move over a high-pile carpet or rug. They’re extremely smooth on hard floors, needing just the slightest push to roll, but require some elbow grease to move on a low- or medium-pile carpet. A small unperforated strip on the cylinder is where the machine’s tiny remote attaches magnetically.Īs I’ve mentioned, there are wheels on the base of the Big+Quiet, but they have been designed to be invisible unless you turn the whole machine upside down. When you need to replace or check a filter, you can quickly unclip the bowl using the toggle switch at the back, then lift off the cylinder by pressing on the two red buttons located across from each other on the inside. The perforated cylinder houses the filters – two in the case of the more expensive blue-and-gold model (SCO and K-Carbon filter) and the one SCO filter in the cheaper option. Between the rim and the inner dome are perforations from where the jet of clean air is propelled into a room. Below the display is a small power button – it’s black on black and barely visible. You can cycle through them by using the information button (denoted by a lowercase i) on the remote control. The rim of the bowl is large, enclosing a smaller dome inside, in the middle of which is a square display that shows the metrics of the different pollutants it’s filtering. It looks heavy, but it’s not and can easily be lifted. You simply adjust the bowl over the cylinder till it clicks into place. It looks unlike any other Dyson purifier that has preceded it – it’s basically a large bowl that sits atop a perforated metal cylinder, each of which is packed separately in the box for shipping. They don’t move as well over carpet, though, and that’s when the Big+Quiet really feels bulky. Even then, it's a good thing there are hidden wheels that move very smoothly over hard floors (wood and tile). Yes, it’s big – but only compared to Dyson’s other home purifiers and bladeless fans – and looks a little clunky, but it’s not as heavy as it appears. Then the Dyson engineer moved the machine… gently, with one finger. ‘Big’ and ‘bulky’ were the words that occurred to me. When I first laid eyes on the Dyson Purifier Big+Quiet Formaldehyde at its Sydney unveiling, I really wasn’t impressed by its looks. Designed to be left in the corner of a large room.Looks like a large bowl atop a cylinder. Glass fiber HEPA filter + K-carbon filterĭyson Purifier Big+Quiet Formaldehyde review: Design But if you have a large, open home whose air you’re keen on keeping clean – or at least monitoring – then this could be worth investing in. There’s no denying that the Big+Quiet range is expensive, especially when you consider alternatives like the Shark Air Purifier 3-in-1 – which is only available in the US at the time of writing – is $400. The cheaper model – which misses out on the above two features – can be purchased from Dyson and authorized retailers for $999 / AU$1,499 (about £780).ĭyson says that the HEPA filter in the Big+Quiet will not require replacing for about five years – five times longer than the ones used in its other air purifiers – which could make it a little more cost effective than spending on, say, the Dyson Purifier Hot+Cool Formaldehyde that costs $849 / £599 / AU$1,149, although this is also a heater and, thus, more versatile than the Big+Quiet.ĭyson has promised that the Purifier Big+Quiet will be available in other markets subsequently, but no timeline has been revealed and neither have the prices. It’s also the model that will get you all the bells and whistles the Big+Quiet can offer, including the CO2 sensor and an additional K-Carbon filter that can capture three times more NO2 than Dyson’s other purifiers. There are two colorways – Bright Nickel / Satin Dark Blue and Satin Dark Blue / Gold, with the latter being a Dyson exclusive only and will not be available to purchase from a third-party retailer. While Dyson announced the Purifier Big+Quiet Formaldehyde range in May 2023 globally, it was released for Australian shoppers first.
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