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I took this photo just today.  The KL Tower which is actually smack in the middle of the sky is missing. Thanks a lot, haze. -_____-

The most essential household item right now in Malaysia is the air purifier.

I myself have two Sharp air purifiers at home already.

And this is the third one!  This is the latest model from Sharp.

I was at the launch of Sharp’s new purifier today!  Thank you for having me cos I love their air purifiers so much I keep buying ok hahahaah.  More on that later.

Also had the chance to check out Sharp’s new Mite Catcher – whose purpose is to kill and eliminate dust mites.  Sorry I very auntie but I’m also very excited about this product!

But my purpose today is to introduce the Sharp 3 in 1 Mosquito Catcher Air Purifier.

We bought one for our room a few years ago and this year we bought another one for Fighter and Penny’s room .  I think our kids inherited our worst traits – sinus from me and eczema from Fatty. T_T At the very least, they can sleep in clean air and reduce their sensitivities.

We’re very satisfied with our two units so we were obviously happy to receive a third! This one is placed in our living room which is where we spend most of the day.

It’s a 3-in-1 because it has three functions – Plasmaculster, Air Purifying, and… Mosquito Catcher. I’ve blogged about Sharp Plasmacluster technology before here.  In a nutshell, Plasmacluster releases ions which interact with airborne bacteria, mold and dust mite allergens, and neutralize them.

The Air Purifying function is just that of course.  Each unit comes with 3 layers of filters – A Micron-Mesh Pre-Filter, Deodorizing Filter made of carbon (which gets rid of smells), and a HEPA filter, which removes micron-size dust particles, including 0.3 Micron viruses!  This means that it effectively filters out smoke and haze!

Love the Haze mode.  Haze I kill you. T______T

The Haze mode whirs audibly but it’s a very comforting sound cos it means it’s doing its job hehe. On normal mode it’s quiet enough that I forget it’s turned on.

The Mosquito Catcher function is entirely new!  Sharp developed specially it for the Malaysian market because of our insane dengue rates these few years.   A lot of thought has been put into this!

First, the unit is designed black to ‘attract’ the pesky mozzies.  

Then there are these narrow slats which are entrances for the mosquitos, based on research that mosquitos prefer narrow spaces.  A UV light inside the unit further attracts them, and when they get close enough, the powerful airflow sucks the mosquitos in, where they stick to a strong glue sheet.

The glue is very very sticky!  I paused for like a second to take this picture, and already left an imprint on the sheet.

Wahahaha hasta la vista mozzies.

I’ve tried other mosquito catchers before but after a while they didn’t seem effective, I don’t know why.  Maybe the suction not as powerful, but Sharp’s one is quite impressive!  Haven’t managed to try it out yet (because I swear the haze killed all the mosquitos -_-) but I’m looking forward to it. ^^

With all the dengue cases around I’m especially afraid for Penny and Fighter.  Our adult immune systems, we’ll probably be okay but their systems are still underdeveloped, plus our area always kena fogging.  Means got dengue cases la. T______T

So I’m very glad we have this 3 in 1 Mosquito Catcher Air Purifier.  At least I know I’ve taken precautions to prevent haze and mosquito related sicknesses for our family. 🙂