Blast Mini Carbon Filter

2,729.00

In stock

HEPAs capture particulate pollution like PM2.5 and pollen. Carbon filters get VOCs. These are hazardous gases that normally pass right through a HEPA. As always, we’ve tested these filters, and all the data is available online.

This is the replacement carbon filter for the Blast Mini air purifier.

Description

Blast Mini Activated Carbon Filter

Clean air in your office and clinics

What is an activated carbon filter?

HEPA filters capture particles like small PM2.5 particles. Activated carbon or charcoal, on the other hand, captures odours and gases like volatile organic compounds (VOCs). VOCs include harmful gases like formaldehyde and benzene, and can cause cancer, throat irritation, dizziness, and other not-fun side effects.


VOCs

Formaldehyde

Paint odour

Smoke

How does activated charcoal work?

The carbon filter mesh consists of many carbon granules that have been treated to become extremely porous. This means that they have huge surface areas. In fact, just one gram of activated charcoal can have between 500 to 1500m² of surface area!

This massive surface area allows the carbon granules to trap many harmful gas molecules, giving you that fresh odourless and chemical-free air.

Blast Mini Carbon Filter Eliminates Chemicals and Odours

Troubled by odours or smoke smells in your office or hospitals? Get the Blast Mini Carbon Filter to effectively remove the harmful chemicals and odours.

HEPAs are great at capturing particles, but we’ll need a carbon filter if we want to capture gas pollutants.

The Blast Mini is simple and easy to use. Just like the Blast, the Blast Mini carbon filter screen slots into the HEPA frame and sits between the fan and the HEPA.

Does everyone need a carbon filter?

Not necessarily. Not all homes have dangerous levels of harmful gases or VOCs that would call for a carbon filter. VOCs are more common in homes:

  • with recent home renovation or repainting
  • with smoke or other offensive odors
  • near a source of gas pollution like a factory

If you have inflammation or asthma symptoms, you may also consider using a carbon filter.

Purifier companies have a financial incentive to convince people to buy carbon filters. They make more money if they can scare people into buying carbon. We won’t do that. Check the facts and data first before spending your money.

Does activated carbon really work?

To answer this question, we ran tests with an Industrial Scientific MX6 iBrid gas detector that can detect VOCs and many other harmful gases. In an enclosed porch, we lit three cigarettes (known to emit formaldehyde and benzene), turned on a Cannon fan with a carbon filter, and tracked VOC concentration. We also ran a control test of a fan with no carbon attached.

The blue line shows how the carbon layer effectively reduced VOC concentrations.

Carbon Test: VOC Reduction

Your Purchase Includes 1 × Blast Mini Carbon filter
Colour Black
Dimensions L × W × H (cm) 54 × 1 × 54

Free Guide to Breathing Safe

Want to learn more about protecting your health? Join thousands more and stay up to date on protecting your health.

Reviews

There are no reviews yet.

Only logged in customers who have purchased this product may leave a review.

Smart Air low cost purifiers

Smart Air is a social enterprise that creates simple, no-nonsense air purifiers and provides free education to protect people’s health from the effects of air pollution. We are proud to be the only certified B-Corp dedicated to fighting air pollution.

Certified B-Corp air purifier company