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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

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

We need to calculate room volume since your ceilings are higher than 8 feet. This is covered under the "CADR Particulate Types and Sizing" heading in our How To Choose An Air Purifier for Particulates [Comprehensive Guide]. Bedroom: 160 sq. ft. × 10 = 1,600 cubic feet volume. 1,600 cu. ft. ÷ 8 ft. =

To start, apply the AHAM 2/3 rule described in the AutoMod comment. Since your ceilings are slightly higher, we have to calculate by room volume to get a "readjusted" coverage rating. 1,040.4 cu. ft. ÷ 8 ft. = 130.05 sq. ft. 130.05 sq. ft. ÷ 1.5 = 86.7. Round up to get bare minimum CADRs of 87 CFM.