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Yeah, Dyson is largely overpriced junk with a big marketing budget. Most common purifier brands have little activated carbon or other sorbent media for gases/vapors/odors/VOCs. Instead, they're designed for particulates. Generally if you need to filter particulates and gases/vapors/odors/VOCs, we us

Keep every window closed during active sandblasting hours, Seal gaps with draft tape or towels at window sills and door bottoms temporarily, If you have central air, turn it on to recirculate, don't pull in outside airYou want HEPA + activated carbon, minimum so for a NYC apartment with this level o

Yeah, wildfire smoke is rough. The main thing is True HEPA - that's what actually catches the tiny smoke particles. I've been using the Levoit Vital 200S-P. It's got a smoke CADR of 250, auto mode, and sleep mode is super quiet (24dB). Around $180. Coway AP-1512HH is also a classic - people have bee

Coway makes excellent air purifiers around $160. They're small and will radically reduce dust, though it may take several weeks.

I literally just got a new air purifier after doing an absurd amount of research, and the amount of information can be a bit overwhelming, especially when trying to find something bird-safe. So I'm hoping some of my research can help you avoid the amount of digging I had to do haha. I just got a Hon

I bought Vital 100S for 160€ and 2 days after Coway Airmega Mighty AP-1512HH is on sale for 168€. Now im frustrated and temped to buy it :D Mine had no smell, its plug and play. And it works decent. On setting 2 its great for sleeping and i left it run all night. Maybe its placebo but i slept really

I wouldn't keep a purifier in the bathroom because of the very high humidity spikes. Laundry room should be okay so long as relative humidity (RH) is below 85%. If it's tiny, you may not really need a purifier there at all. Generally, purifiers in kitchens are not an ideal solution; the best is a ve

Definitely avoid the PuroAir pictured here. It's astroturfed to death, not high quality, and the company tried suing a legitimate review website for an unfavorable review. I wouldn't buy the Dyson recommended by someone else either. Dyson is known for glossy marketing and poor performance for many o

Just wanted to say your comments are so educational! I wish I had found this sub before purchasing my air purifiers but I did end up getting the Coway airmega 400 for my living room, coway 160 for my sons bedroom and have a few Costco winix in the other rooms. The coway sees to pick up much more dus

Per the AHAM 2/3 rule listed in the AutoModerator comment (and elsewhere in the subreddit wiki), a 200 sq. ft. room would need bare minimum CADRs of 134 CFM. A 400 sq. ft. room would need absolute minimum CADRs of 267 CFM. These calculations assume an 8 ft. ceiling. Higher CADRs may be needed for va