Customer Reviews for IQAir - Atem Car Portable Air Purifier - Black
Customer Rating
5
Can't drive without it!
on August 12, 2025
Posted by: Less Is More
I live in a dusty area, dirt roads to the house, and occasionally drive on freeways in the city. My car is a 1999 Land Cruiser, far from air-tight! So the dust, fumes and even smoke during fire season easily invade the interior cabin. I bought this car air filter 10 months ago, and have it constantly on "high" level whenever I drive. It is phenomenal. Can't recommend it highly enough! It clears the air inside my car constantly. I drove without it for a few days when I had to load the car during a move, and I noticed how much worse the air was inside my car. This item is life-changing!
Quiet and effective. Starts automatically when the car is started. Fan speed is easily adjusted with the mobile app. Filter is easy to replace with filter life shown on the mobile app. I live in the U.S. in an area with high volume truck and car traffic. It is comforting to know that I am reducing my risk of stroke, dementia, and heart disease by using this car air filtration device.
I have Exercise Induced Anaphylaxis and this car air purifier has helped me so much. When I have to drive through traffic with lots of car exhaust fumes, or even during times of the year when my outdoor allergies are worse, it has dramatically helped improve my breathing and swelling from allergy triggers.
Nice form factor/design. very easy to set up. Not too noisy. Works well. Keeps PM 2.5 levels zero in my car. Down sides: 1-no pm 2.5 monitor on the device 2-No way to turn off the Bluetooth. 3- power cord is a little short for for 3 row SUV (barely makes it). Despite working engine, magnetic fields and electric fields are not significantly increased for the nearby passengers. This was a big concern for me but turned out to be ok. I did the testing when outside pm2.5 concentration was just moderate and car air flow was in re-circulation mode. I don't know if the device will be able to keep internal PM 2.5 concentration low when outside PM 2.5 is high or air circulation is open to outside. Given it size it is unlikely that it will be able to keep PM 2.5 low if the air circulation is open to outside. When I keep air flow in re circulation CO2 gets very high (more than 10 times baseline) above 4000 ppm even in half an hour so it is something to think about. If you want to keep the PM 2.5 low then CO2 will rise unless outside pm 2.5 is already low then you can circulate outside air and still have low internal pm 2.5.
Love breathing the cleaned air from my IQAir Atem Car. Air quality has been near and over 100 so I have been using the Atem in my bedroom. I have not been outside because of lung issues. I have not needed to use my air concentrator nor oxygen while sleeping since I began using my Atem. I'm enjoying being able to breathe fresh clean air. I can feel, with each breath, that the Atem air is clean.