Hasta La Gadget!

Living in a New York City apartment, you learn quickly to care about indoor air quality. If your wallet resists shelling out for a large floor model, take a look at the Anion Air Purifier.

Sold by Brando for $19, the small USB Anion Air Purifier can easily fit on the smallest and most cluttered desk. It’s powered through the computer’s USB port and purifying the surrounding air as long as the computer is on (and who turns off their computers nowadays?). If for any reason you don’t want the device doing its purification thing, there’s an On/Off button.

There’s certainly plenty of dust and other irritants floating around indoors that we wouldn’t find outside, including smoke from your downstairs neighbor’s cigarette, odors, and mold. The Anion Air Purifier claims to purify air in a 20-square-meter area by emitting healthy negative ions. These ions attach themselves to air molecules and any impure particles in the air to negatively charge them.

The air purifier comes with a USB power cable and is available in either red and black or yellow and white.