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Air purifiers have an image problem. Most of them look like they belong in a dentist’s waiting room: white plastic towers humming in the corner, doing important work while contributing nothing to the room they’re supposed to improve. The category has gotten smarter about sensors and quieter in operation, but the physical design of the average unit still communicates “medical appliance.” That gap between function and form has been the unspoken compromise of indoor air quality for years.
Price: TBD
Where to Buy: LG
LG’s new PuriCare AeroMini takes a different position. It’s a compact purifier that ships with optional modular accessories, including a leather carry handle and a flower holder. The idea that an air purifier could double as a surface for fresh flowers sounds like a design school concept that never ships. But LG built the attachment structure into the product and paired it with a form factor small enough for a bookshelf, nightstand, or kitchen counter. The AeroMini isn’t pretending to be invisible. It’s trying to be welcome.
Now, for the bit that actually matters: does shrinking the body and adding lifestyle accessories compromise the air cleaning that actually matters? The timing sharpens the stakes. Southeast Asia’s haze seasons are getting longer, urban density keeps climbing, and compact living spaces across the region leave zero room for a bulky tower purifier that looks like it wandered out of a hospital supply closet.
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Smaller body, same filtration DNAThe AeroMini’s footprint is approximately 37 percent smaller than the LG PuriCare 360° Hit, and its height sits 30 percent lower. Those aren’t minor trims. This purifier is designed for tabletops, shelves, and tight corners rather than open floor space next to a couch. The recommended coverage area is 27 square meters, putting it firmly in single-room territory: bedrooms, studio apartments, nurseries, home offices.
A concealed filter cover at the base keeps the exterior clean. There’s no visible grill or exposed filter panel breaking up the silhouette, which changes how the product reads from across a room. The AeroMini hides all of that behind a smooth shell that sits flush against a bookshelf the way a ceramic vase or a small speaker would. You notice the difference immediately if you’ve ever tried to make a tower purifier look intentional on a desk or windowsill.
The rise of design-forward home tech from Dyson, Molekule, and Coway has proven that aesthetics drive purchase decisions in categories where performance used to be the only conversation. LG entering that space with this form factor feels like a smart read of where the market already moved. The AeroMini doesn’t fight the furniture around it. That’s the whole point.
What the filter actually catches
The three-layer H Filter is certified to remove 99.999 percent of ultra-fine dust particles as small as 0.01 micrometers, roughly 250 times smaller than the PM2.5 particles that trigger air quality warnings during wildfire season. It also handles airborne bacteria (99.8 percent Staphylococcus aureus removal), viruses (98.5 percent PhiX 174), and mold particles (99.9 percent Penicillium citrinum) under lab conditions in a 30 cubic meter chamber. Real-world performance will vary, but the filtration stack is borrowed from LG’s full-size PuriCare line, not a scaled-down compromise.
The 360-degree airflow structure draws air from all directions and pushes purified air upward, so placement orientation doesn’t matter. Sleep Mode drops noise to 26dB, which LG measured in a soundproof room. For context, that’s below the threshold most people can consciously register in a furnished bedroom. One all-in-one filter handles both deodorization and particulate filtration, which means a single swap covers everything. No separate carbon inserts or pre-filter layers to track.
The accessory playThe modular system isn’t a gimmick bolted onto a finished product. The leather carry handle turns the AeroMini into something you move between rooms throughout the day: bedroom in the morning, home office by noon, kitchen while cooking. A purifier that travels with you across a small apartment serves a fundamentally different role than one parked in a fixed corner all day.
The flower holder works for a reason that sounds accidental but isn’t. Air purifiers push clean air upward. The logic, at least on paper: fresh flowers sitting on top of that upward airflow would get constant circulation, reducing the stagnant humidity that accelerates wilting. If that holds up in practice, it’s a practical pairing wrapped in a lifestyle accessory. For anyone who keeps flowers on a nightstand, combining the vase and purifier into one object frees up surface area where every square centimeter counts. The accessory approach also signals LG views this as a platform, not a static product. That modular thinking is common in consumer electronics but almost unheard of in air purification.
Who should skip thisIf you need whole-home coverage or anything beyond a single room, the AeroMini isn’t the right tool. Its 27 square meter limit means open floor plans and large living rooms require a full-size unit. Anyone who already owns a recent PuriCare model and doesn’t care how it looks won’t find a meaningful leap in air cleaning capability here. The filtration technology isn’t new. It’s repackaged in a smaller body with better aesthetics and modular accessories.
Who this is forThe AeroMini is built for people living in compact spaces who’ve avoided buying an air purifier because every option looked like medical equipment parked in the corner. Studio apartment dwellers, renters with limited surface area, and anyone who treats their living space as an extension of personal style will find something genuinely different here. The modular accessories make it feel less like a health appliance and more like a home object you chose on purpose.
Price: TBD
Where to Buy: LG
LG hasn’t announced pricing yet. The AeroMini is scheduled to arrive in Southeast Asia in the first half of 2026, starting with Vietnam. If LG prices it competitively against Xiaomi’s compact purifiers and Coway’s entry-level models, it could set the tone for what design-conscious air purification looks like in the region.
For TG readers following our smart home coverage, this fits a trend we’ve been tracking: the growing demand for home tech that earns its spot on a shelf instead of hiding behind it. The flower holder is the detail that’ll get people talking. The 99.999 percent filtration at whisper-quiet 26dB is what LG is betting actually closes the sale. Shipping both in the same box is the harder move, and it’s the one worth watching.
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