Customer Ratings & Reviews

This is a great help to add purification to any home

Works as described the quality of air is very noticeable

solid air purifier quiet barely notice it's running would buy again

It's great idem that I have bought, usefull for my living room

I became a convert to air purifiers a few years ago when a nearby forest fire left smoke in the air for several days. We had purchased a purifier to help with my wife’s allergies but I wasn’t very excited. The purifier got much more attention when the fire came and did a fantastic job keeping our home air clean and when we changed out the filter, it had certainly collected a lot of particles we might otherwise have kept breathing. This is now our third purifier from different brands. It’s not that big of a deal as they all look different and fit in different spaces or we have tried to match the color scheme of the room. Filters tend to run out at different times anyway so no real advantage to keeping them the same brand. This one from Shark is probably the most versatile of the three. Unpacking it was easy and then if you just follow the quick-start instructions, it will have you unload the filter to remove a plastic bag which protected it during transit and then you can just replace the filter, plug in the tower and get going. There is a removable remote control which can live on top of the unit and is secured with a magnet. I found this a great way to keep tabs on it when not needing to adjust and most of the time, I don’t need to remove it but it would be useful for people who will be manually adjusting settings from the couch or in bed. The unit has a switch that controls some of the functions and has two positions: the first lets you use the fan and heated air and the second position is for just cleaning the air on an auto setting. The switch is more of a mechanical function as it changes the direction the purified air will blow out – the front outlet is for fan or heated air and the rear outlet is for the auto purified air. I believe this is probably a safety function in case you place the unit too close to a wall, furniture or curtains as heated air blown out that close might be a fire hazard. The instructions do advise placing this 3 feet away from any furniture or walls and again, I think this is to prevent a heat-related fire from the heated air function. I certainly have the front more than 3 feet from anything but it seem fine otherwise closer to a wall and console. The Shark 3-in-1 Max is currently in a workout room but will likely trade with another unit. This is because it is powerful enough to clean the air in a much larger space (up to 1000 square feet, with 1 full air change per hour), making me think it would be better in our downstairs area which is mostly open plan. We generally run it on the Auto setting and it mostly reports back through the onboard LED screen that the air quality is 100%. If we open a window in that room or one nearby, this number does drop down to around 70-75% and then the unit cranks up its fan to draw in more air and clean it. If you click through the Information button on the included remote, the tower’s built-in display can show you how long it estimates it will take to clean the room’s air as well as estimated filter life and the actual amount of particles it detects in the air at that time. I try not to click through too much though as the audible “beep” seems to bother one of my cats and she runs away if she hears it. It would be nice to have a silence feature but I haven’t found that yet. This would also mean I won’t put it in the bedroom as it would disturb a partner if you wanted to make a change and had to click through lots of annoying beeps! The Shark does at least let you turn off the bright display at night. In our workout room, the purifier helps keep the air clean and odors down. The room does double duty as it houses a cat litter box so the Shark definitely helps to keep cat odors to a minimum. The fan function is impressive because you can manually set the power and also set it to oscillate (the top moves from side to side, pushing air out of the front) or literally aim the output which I tend to do so it blows towards me on a treadmill. The fan is obviously more noisy, the higher the fan setting but I had a good, cool and clean breeze on me as I ran and could not hear much with ear buds in anyway. The same probably could not be said for someone going by the room but at least it is just a standard fan noise. I have tested out the heated air function and it is very impressive, heating up quickly and pushing out warm, purified air. I don’t have any cold rooms in my current house as it is centrally heated but in a cold apartment or house, this would be a great feature. You can even set the temperature you want it to stay at and it will adjust the heat to get the room to that point and then stay at that temperature. When I was looking at the filter, it seemed different to the other brand’s filters we use and I think this may be Shark’s Nanoseal technology as well as a built-in carbon filter for trapping odors. Shark claim that other HEPA filters may be letting particles back out while theirs traps and holds them. I can’t tell if that is true but it will be interesting when we change filters as one of our others does seem to drop dust and other bits when we go to swap it out and I have to vacuum out the filter body on that one sometimes. At close to 30 inches in height, this is not an easily hidden unit but it packs a punch, especially if you have a larger space or open plan home and would easily tame a floor with living room, kitchen and more. On the auto setting at 100% clean air, it is almost always silent and barely noticeable when the air quality drops to around 75%. I would think in a more serious situation, the sound would crank up but only long enough to deal with the particles and then back off as the air was gradually cleaned. The LED display also shows when the air quality is an issue and changes from blue to orange and I think then to red but have not seen air quality that bad yet. The only thing I really miss from this unit is an app and Wi-Fi connectivity, to monitor it remotely and track usage. One of our three units does this and though I am not in it much, the app is nice for reminding me of expiring filters and also keeping tabs on how hard the unit is working during forest fires. I am very impressed with this Shark purifier and wish I had its heat/fan functionality on the little unit I use at my work. The Shark looks impressive and easily deals with whatever we throw at it. No forest fires recently to test it with but I have no doubt it will be useful as part of our “team”, keeping the air in the house clean and particle free. The oscillating fan and heater function are great additions and knowing that the fan and heater are still purifying the air is great! All in all, this would be the unit to get if you want to cover all eventualities and have a large space to cover. Well done Shark!

Great air purifuer. Works great on the heat mode..

Got this for a great discount. This unit regulates heat temperature, and is also a fan and air cleaner. So far, this has worked very well.

You should notice the change in your air quality. Does a great job of filtering.

The Shark Max Air Purifier is a nice heater, but it didn't deliver the consistent temperatures for the room I was hoping for. It was placed in a 400 sq ft room with 20 foot ceilings, so there was definitely some heat loss. For the price point, it was more cost effective to get multiple smaller space heaters to more evenly heat the room (though tougher on the electrical system).

Gave this as a Christmas gift and they are loving it!

Perfect. I've tried so many variants and other options.

Does what it says... I use it to maintain a clean air environment.

It’s actually a really great investment easy to use and works great!

Great product- highly recommend for anyone with pets

The best way to keep clean air in your home. Worth the investment.

We’ve had this purifier, heater and fan for 1 month and really like it, so far. I only wish the heat came out closer to the floor, and not only at the top. But I still like it. We now can use our porch year-round during the day. (We covered the screen with clear plastic and added some drapes for insulation.) I recommend it.

Very effecient in clearing the air. Heats up a large livingroom. Very happy with this product.

Great purchase! Works wonderfully for what I needed!

Works great and is fast. Can notice it start to work

One of the best purchases i have made in a long time.