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I agree that those internally venting fans are largely useless. For people in apartments I instead usually recommend a HEPA air purifier in the kitchen. But even those are likely only taking care of PM2.5 particulates and not VOCs unless it is a high end and bulky one that has 10s of pounds of activ

I legitimately have no clue what people think when they say pine pellets smell the least. As someone sensitive to smells (cats in particular but I have 4), HELL NO this could not be worse advice lol. My house smelled like a barn (hyperbole, but much worse) when trying pine despite the boxes being in

I’ve owned many different purifiers and the Austin Air HealthMate+ is by far the best of them all

that is honestly the first time I’ve heard that! That’s really interesting. Are they purifiers you brought with you from previous homes? Or gotten used? Personally I had the best success with Austin Air, serious workhorses. When I moved into my brand new build apartment it had some off gassing that

I moved from TX with super high humidity to Southern California with super low humidity. The low humidity causes me to get dehydrated every summer even with drinking copious amounts of water with added electrolytes. And we found mold in my current home in SoCal due to a water leak under the kitchen

I have experience with chemicals and VOCs. Glad to see you are staying out of this toxic environment. Definitely recommend what other user said, staying somewhere with friends or hotel. You don't want your body to TILT (toxic induced loss of tolerance) and end up like me with severe sensitivities to

If you are looking to filter primarily VOCs I would look into the AustinAir Healthmate line. They come with 15 lbs of activated carbon filters. Most regular air purifiers don’t have that much carbon in them that you will have to replace the whole filter much more quickly to work against VOCs.

I’d ask yourself if you need a good all around air purifier or one that’s really good for odors/vocs but meh for particles. If you want all around, go with the healthmate plus. If you are just concerned about gases, go with the GC Multigas. I have both and prefer the healthmate plus for its superior

You should check out this guy’s (@HouseFresh) air purifier YouTube channel. Here is a really good unbiased review of the Austin Air Healthmate with respect to VOCs: https://youtu.be/8zDGJ-2DSP8?si=oGvJ3hZJjk1xD3Em

Worth looking into particulates vs gases and seeing what you're trying to treat. Pollen is a particulate and the kind of purifier you're talking about will help, but cooking odors might not be, in which case what you really want is something like the Austin Air Healthmate or Austin Air Healthmate Pl