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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

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

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

I second this--anything but true laboratory testing is going to be unreliable. But to answer your question--any heavy carbon purifier with potassium iodide or potassium permanganate creates a chemical reaction which converts formaldehyde to other chemicals, which are harmless (to most people) or are

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

The issue with units from IQAir and Austin is that the amount of carbon makes it so they are pretty underpowered and you’d need multiple units to clean a space efficiently. This review from House Fresh does a good job of explaining. You’d need like three of them for 700 sq ft. I don’t know what you

An air cleaner with a whole bunch of activated charcoal will likely work. Austin Air health mate plus is an example.

I found a%/ samsung cube AX300T9080W air purifier on marketplace for $80. Got the filter on Amazon for 55. Also found a Austin air healthmate 450 for $100. The filters for those are expensive but they are legit. I know people lately have had quality control issies but I haven't had any problems. The