Alen T300 Tower Air Purifier Review

What the reviewers like:
In tests, the Alen T300 is extremely quiet, and does a good job of removing pet dander, pollen and mold spores from the air. It has advanced features such as a UV lamp for bacterial control and activated carbon filters.

What the reviewers don’t like:
One Amazon.com reviewer says he had a hard time dealing with Alen customer service after the UV lamp burned out. For the money, the Alen T300 doesn't clean a very large area, so it's better for a small bedroom or office than it is for a living room.

Alen T300 Tower Air Purifier review highlights

Air-Purifiers-America.com calls the Alen T300 "the quietest HEPA air purifier we have ever tested," and especially likes its features that are more often found on more expensive air purifiers: a UV lamp for bacterial control and activated carbon filters for removing odors (which are relatively inexpensive to replace). Reviewers say this air purifier is especially good at removing pet dander, pollen and mold spores, but only covers an area of 300 square feet (compared to up to 800 square feet for another Alen model, the A350). One expert says it works best in much smaller rooms of about 100 square feet. In this price range, we also found good reviews for the Whirlpool Whispure AP51030S (*est. $290).

We were only able to find two professional reviews of the Alen T300 Tower Air Purifier, but they’re good ones: a short blurb on Air-Purifiers-America.com based on this site’s rigorous testing, and a thorough description by the enthusiast site Air-Purifier-Power.com. The T300 also receives comments from a handful of owners posting on Amazon.com. It has not yet been tested at Consumer Reports.

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*In order of credibility (see our Ratings Criteria).

1. AirPurifiers America.com
Alen T300 Tower Air Purifier
Editors of Air-Purifiers-America.com

Air-Purifiers-America.com tests air purifier models with a high-performance laser particle counter, which measures the air purifier’s ability to remove particles from the air. The editors of Air-Purifiers-America.com praise the Alen T300 Tower Air Purifier’s UV lamp for bacterial control, activated carbon filters for odors and reasonably priced replacement filters. The Alen T300 is called "the quietest HEPA air purifier we have ever tested." They say it’s especially effective at removing pet dander, pollen and mold spores.

2. Air-Purifier-Power.com
New Air Purifier: Alen T300
Ed Sherbenou

Reviewer Ed Sherbenou doesn’t test the Alen T300, but does a good job describing its features. Although he dismisses tower air purifiers as representing "style over substance," he has mostly good things to say about this machine, and notes that it will work best in only very small (100 square foot or so) rooms.

3. Amazon.com
Alen T300 Tower Air Purifier
Contributors to Amazon.com

There about six owners who post reviews at Amazon.com about the Alen T300 Tower Air Purifier, and they’re mostly positive. However, one reviewer complains of poor customer service from Alen after the UV lamp failed and another laments the price of the UV lamps, suggesting an alternative and less expensive brand to replace them.

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Alen T300 Tower Air Purifier Review