Austin Air Baby’s Breath Air Purifier: Trusted Review & Specs

The Austin Air Baby’s Breath is the hidden gem of the Junior Series in the Austin Air family. This new small form somehow adds two additional color options to the previous Austin Air Allergy Machine Jr. We’ve done a full Austin Air Baby’s Breath Review for you to compare with the old machine.

However, the Austin Air Pet Machine is discontinued, so we recommend you look for the Austin Air HealthMate instead, which has a close price to the old Junior series.

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Since 1990, the Austin Air has been the top-of-mind brand when anyone searched for an air purifier in the U.S. market. As an air purifier designed to keep the air in your child’s nursery clean and safe, the Austin Air Baby’s Breath is clearly the best air purifier for babies. Let’s find out in our Austin Air Baby’s Breath Review.

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Austin Air Baby’s Breath Price

The Austin Air Baby’s Breath will give your baby the necessary clean air – that’s the advertisement for this air purifier on the Austin Air website. In fact, investing in an Austin Air Baby’s Breath is not just for giving your baby a safe, healthy place in which to grow and thrive; it is also for the normal Austin Air Allergy Machine Jr to help you against all types of allergies and asthma issues.

That is, like the Allergy Machine Junior before it, the Austin Air Baby’s Breath puts an impressive specification on its air filtration system, with a comfortable size to fit anywhere in your room, and makes you wonder why no other brands are interested in scaling their big machines.

Not everyone wants a giant air purifier, and who could be blamed for wanting to use a compact air purifier, especially for a small and extra-small room?

The Austin Air Baby’s Breath sits alongside three other air purifiers from Austin Air in the Junior Series, and it starts at $435 for the non-caster version or $465 for the caster version. This is exactly the same price as the Austin Air Allergy Machine Jr, and you can top up $30 to buy the Austin Air HealthMate Plus Jr. Still, all of the junior models have been discontinued.

Even as a budget air purifier from the Austin Air family, the price of the Austin Air Baby’s Breath can be matched by the modern Oransi Max or even the high-level devices from other well-known brands like the Sharp KC-850U, Winix HR1000 and Rabbit Air BioGS 2.0. So what could you expect from an air purifier like Austin Air Baby’s Breath? We will find out, but below is a quick deal for you to grab.

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Austin Air Baby’s Breath Design and Size

The Austin Air Baby’s Breath, like any others in the Junior Series line, follows closely the excellent design established by the bigger Austin Air Allergy Machine. It is drastically smaller than its brother from the Standard Series, with only 16.5 inches in height and 11 inches in width. It’s enough to make a difference, as the Austin Air Baby’s Breath is only half the size of its bigger brother.

The Austin Air Baby’s Breath has a full steel housing with a baked-on powder coat paint finish. This material helps prevent any off-gassing of chemical vapors, both within the clean air stream and in the unit’s end-of-life phase.

The felt gaskets will seal the filter chamber to maximize air filtration performance. This is a must-have feature on any portable air purifier, and out of all the devices I’ve reviewed, the Austin Air family is undeniably the best.

You might have noticed that the Austin Air Baby’s Breath is the only device in the whole Austin Air family with a different set of color options. This air purifier is mostly for a baby’s bedroom, and it is painted in the most lovely colors: Blue and Pink. You can choose the Blue version for your son and/or the Pink version for your daughter. It is quite childish if compared with the Austin Air Allergy Machine Jr, but this is the necessary color to differentiate these two editions.

Other specs remain the same as with the old machine, as the Austin Air Baby’s Breath still features the powerful 360° air intake system, which is only available on air purifiers with high fan power, like the Honeywell HPA300 or Blue Pure 121.

Just like any other machines of this company, the Austin Air Baby’s Breath is CSA (Canadian Standards Association) approved—the highest certification for any electrical, mechanical, plumbing, and gas products that meet the strict requirements to be safe.

The Austin Air Baby’s Breath weighs in at 17 pounds, 4 pounds lighter than the Austin Air HealthMate Jr or Austin Air HealthMate Plus Jr. It’s easier to move this air purifier around your home with the optional installation of casters.

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Austin Air Baby’s Breath Filters

When checking the performance of one air purifier, normally we will check the quantity of air filters and what types of air filters are in this device. Austin Air Baby’s Breath, though small, keeps the new 4-stage air cleaning system from the Austin Air Allergy Machine.

1. Pre-filter – During the first stage, Austin Air Baby’s Breath will capture any large objects of airborne pollutants that can be seen with the naked eye, such as large dust, pet hair, fur, and even some pet dander particles.
2. Medium Particle Pre-filter – Just like Rabbit Air MinusA2, Austin Air Baby’s Breath makes use of a double pre-filtration and can remove small to medium-sized particles like dust, pollen, and mold spores in this stage.
3. True HEPA filter – The 30-sq-ft Medical-grade True HEPA filter of Austin Air Baby’s Breath can remove 99.97% of all particles larger than 0.3 microns, and even 95% of all particles larger than 0.1 microns.
4. HEGA filter – It is composed of a carbon cloth and is more efficient than a normal Activated Carbon filter at adsorption of gaseous pollutants, chemicals, and odors.

The Austin Air Baby’s Breath is the basic air purifier of this company, with powerful double pre-filtration. It is high-quality and can remove even the small particles, leaving only the ultra-fine particles for the HEPA filter. Therefore, the True HEPA filter can easily last 5 years.

At the center of this air purifier is a 30-square-foot medical-grade true HEPA filter for removing more than 99.97% of all airborne allergens smaller than 0.3 microns. Actually, the Austin Air Baby’s Breath can push farther than this point and can deal with even the 0.1 microns of pollutants in your baby’s room.

As introduced in the Allergy Machine, the Austin Air Baby’s Breath makes use of the HEGA (High Efficiency Gas Absorption) filter. This air filter is constructed of military-grade activated carbon cloth and adsorbs chemicals, gases, fumes, vapors, and odors. It is also effective in removing harmful volatile organic compounds (VOCs).

You shouldn’t wait long for the performance test, as I only performed a similar test as the Austin Air Allergy Machine Jr, with the participation of Rabbit Air BioGS 2.0 and Sharp FP-A80UW to compare with the performance of this Austin Air Baby’s Breath. All the tests are conducted in a room of 200 square feet for one full hour. Again, the clear winner of this game is the Austin Air Baby’s Breath, with a high efficiency of trapping 99.97% of all particles down to 0.3 microns. The Sharp FP-A80UW can reach 99.97%, while the Rabbit Air BioGS 2.0 was down to 99.92%.

The Austin Air Baby’s Breath has a more affordable air filter cost, at only $205. Because you only need to replace one every 5 years, the annual filter replacement cost is down to only $41, which is even more reasonable than buying an Alen BreatheSmart FIT50 or Blueair Classic 405.

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Austin Air Baby’s Breath Room Coverage

For the fan power, Austin Air simply reduced the room capability of the Austin Air Baby’s Breath to only 700 square feet. But just don’t fall for the manufacturer’s suggested room size, because you need to know the CADR rating to determine an air purifier’s fan power.

The ACH of Austin Air Baby’s Breath is 2X to 4X. It means the Austin Air Baby’s Breath can exchange the air in your room up to 4 times per hour.

The CADR of Austin Air Baby’s Breath is 200 cfm in general. With a lower CADR rating than the Winix HR1000 or Sharp KC-860U, the Austin Air Baby’s Breath is not a fast device for cleaning your room.

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Austin Air Baby’s Breath Sound

Looking at the very high noise level of the Austin Air Allergy Machine, I expect a much quieter air purifier this time. The answer is, not much, it seems. Even with a smaller size fan, the Austin Air Baby’s Breath still draws a lot of noise.

The range of noise levels is from 49 to 65 decibels (dB). If you compare with the noise level of the Rabbit Air BioGS 2.0 (20 decibels) or the Alen BreatheSmart 45i (39–55 decibels), you will not accept the high noise level of this Austin Air Baby’s Breath. For an air purifier to help your children sleep easier, I wonder whether the obvious noise of the Austin Air Baby’s Breath can interfere with the nice advertisement of an air purifier designed specifically for babies and young children. Of course, this is soothing white noise, but it is too noisy to handle.

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Austin Air Baby’s Breath Power Consumption

In Breathe Quality, one of our most FAQs is “Do air purifiers use a lot of energy?”. In fact, an air purifier needs to run for a long time (usually more than 8 hours) to be efficient, and therefore, power consumption is an important criteria to consider when deciding which air purifier to buy.

The Austin Air Baby’s Breath has a Permanent Split Capacitor (PSC) motor to draw less current and reduce your operating costs. But the power consumption of this air purifier is still too high, ranging from 56 watts to 80 watts. In fact, in this price range, the Austin Air Baby’s Breath could be easily the most power-consuming air purifier.

For running an Austin Air Baby’s Breath for 8 hours per day, you need to pay from $20 to $30 annually.

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Austin Air Baby’s Breath Additional Features

The Austin Air family is the first and foundation of the air purifier industry in North America. The company chose to constantly improve the high quality of the air filter over adding any kinds of additional features. It is also the trend of any high-end air purifier that aims at high-quality purification, not flashy features.

There won’t be even the filter replacement indicator or the timer. There is only one manual knob to change the fan speed of this machine.

If you want to add the Smart Sensor, a great feature to automatically adjust the fan power to suit the current indoor air quality, you need to buy the Oransi Max. Or you can choose between the Sharp KC-850U or the Sharp KC-860U for the humidifier function. It is your choice, right?

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Austin Air Baby’s Breath Customer Service

If you are using or planning to use one air purifier, you can’t skip the name of Austin Air. The leading indoor air cleaner manufacturer in the United States is also one of the largest air purifier manufacturing facilities in the world, producing everything in-house, from the filters to the metal housing and even the finish powder coat paint. Buying an air purifier from this brand is a smart investment to improve your indoor air quality.

There is more to say about the Austin Air Company. The brand is recommended by lots of well-known organizations such as the Red Cross, FEMA, and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the career of dealing with the negative health effects of ash, chemicals, VOCs, and other miscellaneous airborne particulates released into the air. This is also the only brand selected by the U.S. government to save people from chemical attacks, natural gas leaks, and even wildfire smoke.

Back to the top-ranked customer service in the air purifier industry, you can contact its customer service anytime through its online form or via phone at 800-724-8403.

If you buy one product from this brand, you need to register to activate the 5-year warranty for your air purifiers. The medical-grade True HEPA filter is also covered by another 5-year warranty, for which you need to register separately. The warranty submission is quick and easy, and you should do it immediately after purchasing a product from Austin Air.

Our verdict

The Austin Air Baby’s Breath should stay as another color version of the previous Austin Air Allergy Machine Jr, or else you can’t just buy this machine for your baby, especially when he or she is sleeping. The noise level is just too high to accept, especially when the children are sensitive to the loud sound.

The air purifier has been discontinued.