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Purifiers under 200 wont do much for odors unfortunately. Or not for very long. You need thicker filters with black carbon pellets -these absorb odors. The normal white filters in most purifiers just capture particles. Does nothing for odors. Under 200 dollar units will fair chance have a thin carbo

I think alen air would suit you.. you have the budget for it.. specifically, alen breathsmart 35i - it’s expensive but quiet.. has good carbon for vocs should you need it.. lifetime warranty so it can grow with you.. much more cadr than you need for the room, so you dont have to run it on high.. aga

This is frustrating although it seems a little harsh as to Mila Air though imo. As most purifers break eventually, and the industry standard is pretty much just a 1 year warranty for most cheap/random brands. A lot of units will fail within 5ish years if used heavily probably, and I had many random

Great...although I just noticed about your 12 feet cielings not being in the 400 sq. Ft...meaning it's really more than 400 for the calculations. In which case an Alen 75i would be an even better choice. Or perhaps one of the other more powerful units. If you do get the 45i make sure you let it run

Filters always come with new units. A good mid-range unit for odors is an Alen 45i, with their best filter. Although it's 350. (35i smaller one is 290 I think.). So they have good filters for odors/VOCs with carbon pellets that absorb odors. (Their filters are 60 normal, 90 for that one for odors/VO