The Dyson Purifier Cool TP07 is a bladeless tower fan with a sealed HEPA H13 and carbon filter, and reviewers split on it depending on which half they judge. HouseFresh calls it the best fan and air purifier combo on the market and measured its fan at 3.03 m/s, yet says it disappoints as a purifier alone: it took 62 minutes to clear HouseFresh's test room, longer than a $99 Levoit Core 300. PCMag gave it an Editors' Choice for its small footprint, app and voice control, with two complaints: it is expensive and it gets loud at full speed.
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A strong fan, by HouseFresh's anemometer
HouseFresh measured the TP07's fan with a Testo 410i anemometer against the Blueair Pure Fan Auto, one of its favourite purifier-fan combos. The Dyson averaged 3.03 m/s to the Blueair's 0.74 m/s, which HouseFresh sums up as moving more than three times the amount of air. It also notes fan performance improved over previous Dyson generations. The tower rotates up to 350 degrees, which HouseFresh's reviewer names as the design feature he likes most.
Android Central, after six months of use in a 300 square foot bedroom, adds a caution about the name: the Purifier Cool was adequate in mild weather, but in warmer conditions 'you will need an air conditioner'.
As a purifier it trails much cheaper machines
HouseFresh fills a 728 cubic foot room with incense smoke and times how long a purifier takes to clear it at top speed. The TP07 needed 62 minutes. That is 30 minutes faster than the previous generation, but slower than the $99 Levoit Core 300 at 54 minutes, which is why HouseFresh says it would not recommend the Dyson to someone who wants the most air cleaning for the money. It also judges the carbon layer too small for strong odours.
PCMag's test was a head-to-head with the $699 LG PuriCare 360 Single Filter using smouldering palo santo: the TP07 took 19 minutes, 28 seconds to return to a good reading in Auto mode, about the same as the LG.
Noise at the top of the range
HouseFresh recorded 35.5 dB at the lowest speed and 54.4 dB at speed 10, and considers that quiet for a purifier of similar power. PCMag's reviewer was less forgiving: Dyson says the TP07 is 20% quieter than its predecessor, but she could not tell much difference from the older TP02 and TP06 at full blast and still found level 10 disruptively loud, settling on level 4 as the best balance. Android Central reports the fan is only audible from level 5 upward.
App, voice control and upkeep
All three reviews rate the software highly. HouseFresh praises the app's ease of setup and says Auto mode reacted very quickly to a vape pen. PCMag connected the TP07 to the Dyson Link app in a few minutes and controlled it through Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri Shortcuts; Android Central calls the app the key differentiator for Dyson's purifiers. The remote attaches magnetically to the top of the loop.
Running costs come from HouseFresh: $124.07 a year if run at top speed around the clock, made up of $44.08 in electricity and $79.99 for a genuine filter. Dyson covers the machine with a two-year warranty.
Strengths
- +HouseFresh measured an average 3.03 m/s of airflow, more than three times the Blueair Pure Fan Auto it compared against
- +350-degree oscillation, which HouseFresh and Android Central both single out
- +Entire machine is sealed to HEPA H13 standard, per PCMag
- +App control, scheduling and voice control through Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri Shortcuts, per PCMag
- +HouseFresh measured a maximum draw of 28.9 watts at top speed
Watch-outs
- −HouseFresh needed 62 minutes to clear its 728 cubic foot test room, against 54 minutes for the under-$100 Levoit Core 300
- −PCMag found it disruptively loud at airflow level 10; HouseFresh measured 54.4 dB there
- −$649.99 list price at Dyson, with genuine replacement filters at $79.99
How it compares
The only fan on this page that also filters air, and by far the most expensive. It oscillates through 350 degrees, against 90 degrees side to side on the Levoit Classic 42-Inch and 60 degrees on the Lasko T42951 Wind Curve. Like the Levoit it has app and voice control, which the Lasko and the Honeywell HYF290B lack.
Rating sources
“the Dyson Cool TP07 has a much more powerful fan function, moving more than 3 times the amount of air”
Not in the average — we derived this score from the review's words, and a publisher printed a score for this product, so the printed number counts instead.
Counts as 3.84/5 in our score — this publisher's 8 scores on the site average 4.44, so its scores are adjusted down to compare fairly with other publishers.
“Dyson's offering is above and beyond anything else available in this category, not just in terms of design, but also day-to-day purification and feature-set.”
Counts as 4.16/5 in our score — this publisher's 181 scores on the site average 4.00, so its scores are adjusted up to compare fairly with other publishers.
Our 4.0 score is the average of 2 of the scored reviews above, each adjusted for how strictly its publisher scores; 1 more reviewed it without printing a score and is not in the average. 1 derived score above is not in the average because a publisher printed a score for this product. Ratings marked * were derived from the reviewer’s written analysis or video transcript — the publisher didn’t print an explicit numeric score, so we inferred one from their own words. Click through to verify. More about methodology.
